Nemanja NIKOLIC
Bio
Nemanja Nikolić (born 1987) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2010, department of Painting. He finished his PhD studies at the same faculty in 2019. Nemanja has presented his works on solo exhibitions since 2010: in the Art Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Gallery Dix9 Helene Lachermoise in Paris, ERD Gallery in Seoul, Rima Gallery in Belgrade, U10 Art Space in Belgrade, etc. He has participated in many group exhibitions in the country and abroad: Caixa Forum in Madrid and Barcelona, Kunsthal KadE in Amersfoort in the Netherlands, Kunstlerhaus in Vienna, 56th and 57th October Salon in Belgrade (Belgrade Biennale), Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro, etc. From 2018 he works on Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade as assistant professor. Nemanja Nikolić is initiator of Belgrade based U10 Art Space, independent artist-run space dedicated to supporting young contemporary artist.
He has won several art awards, such as Award for drawing at the Triennial of Drawings by Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, Award for drawing from Vladimir Veličković Fund, special award for mural and wall installation from Raiffeisen Bank and Gallery 12HUB and Award for an exceptional creative innovation from Miloš Bajić Fund. His works featured in many private and public collections including ABN AMRO collection in Amsterdam, The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, WAP Foundation in Seoul, Ekard Collection in Hague, JMS collection in Paris, Collection of October Salon (Cultural Center of Belgrade), Wiener Städtische collection, Telenor Collection in Belgrade etc.
Lives and works in Belgrade.
Selected solo shows:
2022 – Psychopolitics, Galerie DIX9, Paris
2021 – Rhythm Variations, Rima Gallery, Belgrade
2020 – Shoot to Sequence, ERD Gallery, Seoul
2019 – Sketch for One Erasable Plot, Galerie DIX9, Paris
2019 – The Palace of Time and Memory, Petrovic Palace The Center for Contemporary Art, Podgorica
2019 – Vanishing Fiction, Galerie ERD, Seoul
2018 – Vanishing Fiction, U10 Art Space, Belgrade
2018 – Field of Teleportation, Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade
2018 – It’s ok. Go, Navigator Art Gallery, Belgrade
2018 – New Paintings, Rima Gallery, Kragujevac (Serbia)
2017 – Samples of the Liquid Book, Galerie DIX9, Paris
2017 – Volta New York, Galerie DIX9, New York
2017 – Code Art Fair, Galerie DIX9, Copenhagen
2017 – Contemporary Istanbul, Galerie DIX9, Istanbul
2017 – Trains Planes Waves Hands, MKM4, Belgrade
2016 – UNTITLED Art Fair, Galerie DIX9, Miami Beach
2015 – Instead of the Ending, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade
2015 – Samples of the Liquid Book, U10 Art Space, Belgrade
Selected group shows:
2022 – Top Secret:Cinema and spying (curator Matthieu Orlean & Alexandra Midal), Cinémathèque Française, Paris, (France)
2022 – Biennale Pančevo (curator Maja Ćirić), Pančevo (Serbia)
2021 – Triennale of Drawings and Small Sculpture (curator Kristina Sedlarević), Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, Belgrade
2021 – Image Mouvement (curator Julie Dalouche), Contemporary Art Gallery, Subotica (Serbia)
2021 – ARTiculations of Reality (curator by Jelena Pavićević), Belgrade Youth Center
2019 – Shared Meanings (curator Miloš Zec), Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana
2018 – Chalk (curator Judith Van Meeuwen), Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (Nederlands)
2018 – 57th October Salon (Belgrade Biennale), curated by Gunnar & Danielle Kvaran, Belgrade
2018 – First Biennale of Young Artists ART EX-YU (curated by Sava Stepanov), The Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Podgorica (Montenegro)
2018 – Art Rotterdam, Galerie Dix9, Rotterdam
2018 – U10 in aqb, aqb Project Space, Budapest (Hungary)
2018 – Anatomy of the Flight (curated by Milica Lapčević), Aeronautical Museum, Belgrade
2017 – Art and Film, 120 years of Exchange (curator Dominique Paini), CaixaForum Madrid
2017 – Drawing Now Paris (11), Galerie Dix9, Paris
2016 – romANTIsch (curators Stella Bach and Claudia Maria), Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2016 – Art and Film, 120 years of Exchange (curator Dominique Paini), Caixa Forum Barcelona
2016 – 56 October Salon (Belgrade Biennale), The Pleasure of Love (curator David Elliott), Belgrade
2016 – Drawing Now Paris (10), Galerie Dix9, Paris
2016 – Book Memories, Galerie Dix9 Helene Lacharmoise, Paris
2016 – Liber Numericus, Stereolux / Platforme Intermedia, Nantes
2016 – (Para)matters of Perception, / U10 art Collective, Project Space (Projektraum), Uqbar, Berlin
2016 – (Para)matters of Perception, / U10 art Collective, Galllery of Valentin Vodnik, Ljubljana
2015 – Liste Art Fair, U10, Basel
2015 – Parallel, U10, Vienna
2015 – Constellation (Curated by Svetlana Montua), Serbian Cultural Center in Paris
2015 – Art Market, U10, Budapest
2013/2014 – Ex-ordinary, No Borders No Nation, City gallery Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo; U10 Art Space, Belgrade; Center for Contemporary Art Montenegro, Podgorica
2013 – Mixer Festival, Thrill in Movement, About and Around Curating, Belgrade
2013 – Hard to be… Within the Time (curator Biljana Tomić), Geozavod, Belgrade
2012 – Bound (curated by Sofia Touboura, Maria Lianou, Nana Sachini), OpenShowstudio, Athens
2012 – Mixer Festival, The Most Beautiful Building (curated by Milica Pekić and Ana Adamović), Belgrade
2010 – Through drawing (curated by Miroslav Karić), MKM4, Belgrade
Selection of Awards:
2021 – Award for drawing at the Triennial of Drawings and Small Sculpture by Association of Fine Artists of Serbia
2013 – Special Award for mural and wall installation, New Wall contest, Raiffeisen Bank and Gallery 12HUB
2011 – Award for drawing, Vladimir Veličković Fund
2009 – Award for a creative innovation, Miloš Bajić Fund
Public collections:
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles
ABN AMRO collection, Amsterdam
WAP Foundation, Seoul
The Ekard Collection, Hague
Telenor Collection, Belgrade
Collection of October Salon, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade
Wiener Städtische collection, Belgrade
JMS collection, Paris