Educational, Curatorial & Professional Activities

Grants, Awards, Memberships & Recognition

2026

  • The Award of a Grant for Culture Moves Europe, funded by the European Union (Creative Europe programme) and implemented by the Goethe-Institut
  • Status of Distinguished Independent Artist of Canton Sarajevo, by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Canton Sarajevo, BiH

2025

  • Status of Distinguished Independent Artist of Canton Sarajevo, by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Canton Sarajevo, BiH

2024

  • Awarded Status of Distinguished Independent Artist of Canton Sarajevo, by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Canton Sarajevo, BiH
  • Awarded a Grant for This is A®merica exhibition, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Sarajevo Canton, BiH

2022–now

  • Member – The Association for the Promotion of Culture and Arts – Arka

2019-now

  • Member – Peace Education Hub, Faculity of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

2013

  • Collegium Artisticum 2013 (Award in the Category of Painting), City Gallery Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH

2012–2015

  • Full Member – Association of Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUBiH) – (left in October 2015)

Curatorial, Organizational & Cultural Projects

2025

  • Picturing Scholasticide – Workshop Leader/Facilitator for the student-led installation of the travelling exhibition, Peace Education Hub, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, in collaboration with Leiden University and Pro Peace Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Preparation and Coordination of the exhibition 1990s, Years of Transition: South Africa, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in commemoration of the International Day of Peace and the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, organized by the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre, hosted by the Center for Peace Education (Peace Education Hub), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo
  • Media Developer and Communications Coordinator – Peace Education Curriculum Project: Promoting A Culture Of Peace Through Formal Education, Peace Education Hub (University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Philosophy) in collaboration with UNESCO BiH, Sarajevo, BiH

2024

  • Coordinator and Program/Project Developer – Arka – Art & Education Center, as active member of the Association for the Promotion of Culture and Art – Arka, Sarajevo, BiH

2018

  • Organizer and Curator – Japanesque, group exhibition for Japanese September, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, BiH

2016

  • Organizer – 20 Artists for 20 Years, Group Exhibition at Takanawa Civic Center Gallery, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
  • Organizer – All We Could Have Done (and What We Can Do Now), Group Exhibition at Sophia University, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Workshops, Lectures & Educational Projects

2025

  • Symposium: Psychosocial Care for Children and Youth after Conflicts and Disasters — Peacebuilding through Creative Activities and International Exchange, Speaker/Presenter, UN Week Symposium, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Exploring Global Issues in Local Communities Through Peace Pedagogy and Collaborative Art: From Problems to Dialogue, from Canvas to Solutions, Workshop Leader, UN Week Symposium, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
  • The Bosnian House: A Mirror of Interculturalism: Tradition, Heritage, and Values – Presentation and workshop on printmaking (monotype) for visiting Princeton University students, with Amer Hadžić, Eldina Kožljak & Maja Hodžić, Arka – Art & Education Center, Sarajevo, BiH

2024

  • Explorers of the Ark – Series of creative and educational workshops for children (ages 6–12), Arka – Art & Education Center, Sarajevo, BiH

2018

  • Lecture – Everything in Japan is Art or How to Live without Mori Gallery and Ghibli Museum, for the exhibition Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH

2014

  • MemorInmotion – Culture of Remembrance Workshops, Days of Peace – Citizens in solidarity for the Peace, Doboj, Tešanj, Banja Luka, BiH
  • Workshop leader with Michele Parente (forumZFD) – MOnuMENTImotion – The Art of Dealing with the Past for Reconciliation, International Youth Conference Mlada Evropa, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Workshop leader with Marko Krojač (photo journalist) and Michele Parente (forumZFD) – MOnuMENTImotion – The Art of Dealing with the Past in Western Balkans, forumZFD, Sarajevo, BiH

Street Art, Comics & Pop Culture Projects

2023

  • Thriving Futures – Selected Artist, Ithaca Murals and Get Your GreenBack Tompkins, Ithaca, NY, USA

2017

  • Curator – Muha + Blackbox present Celovi iz Anima / Anime Cels 1978–1984, BlackBox Print Shop & Gallery, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Coordinator of Street Art Workshop Youth inclusion and participation through green areas, Torino di Sangro, Italy

2015

  • Guest Artist – Street Art, Youth Centres and youth inclusion: creativity and artistic expression Workshop, Vasto, Italy
  • Guest Artist – Street Art – Art and creativity to promote human and social rights Workshop, Torino di Sangro, Italy
  • (street art) Guest Artist – Street Art – Creative expression to promote Human Rights Workshop, Verviers, Belgium

2014

  • UN Day – Mural Workshop, Doboj, BiH

2013

  • Guest Artist – Street Art – International Meeting make it possible: Youth Centers & Urban Street Culture, Berlin, Germany
  • Street Art Workshop Leader – World Vision´s Art Network Project, Poljice, BiH
  • Street Art Workshop Leader – World Vision´s Art Network Project, Petrovo, BiH
  • Street Art Workshop Leader – World Vision´s Art Network Project, Banovići, BiH
  • Workshop leader – Comics sessions on the topic of Nonviolence, KidsFest 2013, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Short lecture – Anime, Japanese Animation, Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Guest Artist – Street Art, International Meeting Youth Centers & Urban Culture 2013, Banja Luka, BiH
  • Forum – How to be Anime Otaku on Balkan, Dom Kulture Studentski Grad, Beograd, Serbia

2012

  • Workshop leader – Street Art, Bitta Generation 2012, Pančevo, Serbia

2009

  • International Comic Workshop Bitta Generation, Vasto, Italy

2007

  • Organizer – Promotion of Enki Bilal´s graphic novel 4?, Sarajevo, BiH

2004

  • Organizer – Workshop by comic artist Maja Veselinović, Comic School @ CSI, Iliđa, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Organizer – Workshop by comic artist Aleksandar Zograf, Comic School @ CSI, Iliđa, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Organizer – Group Exhibition of the Best Bosnian Comic Award 2004, CSI, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Organizer – Group Exhibition of Comic Artists, CSI, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Presenter – GRRR! 3 – International Comics Festival, Pančevo, Serbia
  • Organizer – Promotion of Enki Bilal´s graphic novel 32. December, Sarajevo, BiH & Zagreb, Croatia
  • Member of Organizing Committee – Best Bosnian Comic Award 2004, Sarajevo, BiH

2003

  • Founder, Coordinator and Workshop Leader – Comic School @ CSI, Iliđa, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Workshop Leader – Comics session in primary school Hrasnica, Sarajevo, BiH

Festivals, Screenings & Public Programs

2023

  • Meeting with the Artist: Q&A, Hanami (花見 – Flower Viewing), Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY, USA

2017

  • MOnuMENTImotion in selection of the 4th Festival of Contemporary Art arTz, Tuzla, BiH

2015

  • MOnuMENTImotion in selection of the International Animated Film Festival “Banjaluka 2015”, Banja Luka, BiH
  • Sara Art Fair 2015, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH

2014

  • MOnuMENTImotion in selection of IWM Short Film Festival 2014, London, UK
  • Days of Peace – Citizens in Solidarity for the Peace, Doboj, Tešanj, Banja Luka, BiH
  • MOnuMENTImotion Screening @ Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, BiH
  • Memory Walk B&H & MOnuMENTImotion – Screening & Q&A, Kriterion, Sarajevo, BiH
  • MOnuMENTImotion @ Anibar Animation Festival 2014, Peć, Kosovo
  • MOnuMENTImotion Premiere and Round-table @ PeaceEventSarajevo, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH

2013

  • Presentation – 100 Views of Ukiyo-e, Dom Kulture Studentski Grad, Beograd, Serbia

Art Colonies

2025

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2022

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2019

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2018

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2015

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2014

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2013

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2012

  • International Art Colony Počitelj, Čapljina, BiH
  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2011

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2010

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2009

  • International Art Colony Duga, Kulen Vakuf, BiH

2007

  • International Art Colony Vranduk, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

“The Sun may rise in Japan but it certainly goes to bed with Muhamed Kafedžić every night”

– Haris Rekanović, artist & poet

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