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OLIVER  MUSOVIK
 
1971  Born in Skopje, Macedonia.
1997  BFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje, Department of Printmaking.
2004  MFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje.
 
solo exhibitions:
2007  - Skopje, Macedonia, Museum of Contemporary Art (with Z. Vangeli)
2006  - Skopje, Macedonia, Driving, Contemporary Art Center, Kurshumli An Gallery
- Niksic, Montenegro, Anthropology of Everyday Life, Gallery “Ilija Soskic”, Centre for Culture Niksic
- Pejë, Kosovo, Serbia & Montenegro, neighbours, EXIT Gallery / Contemporary Art Institute EXIT
2004  - Adelaide, Australia, friends, neighbours and others, Experimental Art Foundation
2003  - Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, Mama Loves Teleshop, Remont Gallery
- Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, neighbours, National Museum of Montenegro, Atelier Dado
2002  - Ljubljana, Slovenia, neighbours - New Acquisition for the 2000+ Arteast collection, Mala Galerija
- Skopje, Macedonia, neighbours 2: The Yard, Museum of Contemporary Art
2000  - Skopje, Macedonia, neighbours, Open Graphic Art Studio
1999  - Boswil, Switzerland, Hypsiphobia, Artists’ House Foundation
- Skopje, Macedonia, taking shoes off, CIX Gallery
1998  - Skopje, Macedonia, Several free interpretations of important and less important works of literature through illustrative examples, Open Graphic Art Studio
1997  - Skopje, Macedonia, Prints, Youth Cultural Centre
1996  - Bitola, Macedonia, Prints, Art Gallery
 
selected group exhibitions:
2010  - Modena, Italy, Open City (public art project
 - Mardin, Turkey, Mardin Biennale “AbbaraCadabra”
 - Vienna, Austria, Renaming Machine, Open Space - Zentrum für Kunstprojekte
  - Ljubljana, Slovenia, Quartet - Four Biennials Reflected in Prints,  
 International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC)
2009  - Berlin, Germany, Neuerwerbungen 2009, n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
      - Modena, Italy, HISTORY, MEMORY, IDENTITY: Contemporary Photography from
      Eastern Europe, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena
 - Mardin Turkey, I Received Your Invitation, Thank You, Mardin Museum
      - Zagreb, Croatia, The Renaming Machine, g-mk | Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic
- Stockholm, Sweden, The Map: Navigating the Present, Konsthall C
2008  - Skopje, Macedonia, Grafikon, Open Graphic Art Studio 
- Umea, Sweden, The Map: Navigating the Present, Bildmuseet
- Berlin, Germany, Quartett – Vier Biennalen im Spiegel grafischer
Blätter, TANAS
- Bitola, Macedonia, Festival of Contemporary Arts AKTO_3
- Bucharest, Romania, Bucharest Biennale 3, “Being Here. Maping the
Contemporary”
- Skopje, Macedonia, Future Perfect, press to exit project space
2007  - Bitola, Macedonia, Festival of Contemporary Arts AKTO_2 Bitola_07
- Varna, Bulgaria, product - Festival of Contemporary Art
- Thessaloniki, Greece, 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art “Heterotopias”, State Museum of Contemporary Art
2006  - Ljubljana, Slovenia, Festival of creativity and Free Culture 2006, Cyberpipe
- Belgrade, Serbia, 47. October Salon "Art, Life & Confussion"
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, Arteast Collection 2000+23, Moderna Galerija
- Skopje, Macedonia, Armytage, Cultural Centre Tocka
2005  - Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Critique of Pure Image - Between Fake and Quotation, Art
Today Association
- Istanbul, Turkey, Memory Lane, Goethe-Institut "Teutonia"
- New York, USA, ID Troubles, NURTUREArts Gallery
- Diyarbakir, Turkey, A Consumption of Justice, Diyarbakir Art Center
- Vienna, Austria, REALITÄTEN I - Machtfaktor Wirtschaft, Fotogalerie
Wien
2004  - Yokohama, Japan, Collaboration: Towards the Field of Potential, BankART1929
- Tirana, Albania, Onufri-Prize, 2004/Chosen Places, National Gallery of Arts
- Vienna, Austria, happy_to_be_there…, pool
- Graz, Austria, To Stay or to Leave, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz
- Zagreb, Croatia, To Stay or to Leave, Art Pavilion
- Plovdiv, Bulgaria, THE IDEAL Week of contemporary art 2004, Center for contemporary art - Plovdiv
- Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, 5th Biennale of Cetinje "Love it or Leave It"
- Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, Orchid, Former prison Bogdanov kraj
- Bangkok, Thailand, Here and Now
- Rome, Italy, Mediterraneo, MACRO al Mattatoio
- Skopje, Macedonia, DENES 2004, Young Visual Artist Annual Award,
Kurshumli An
- Pancevo, Serbia & Montenegro, 11th Biennial of Visual Arts of Pancevo “Values", Gallery of Contemporary Arts
- Lüneburg, Germany, SHAKE - ID Troubles, Halle fuer Kunst
- Bignan, France, Near and Far, Domaine de Kerguéhennec
2003  - Skopje, Macedonia, The Conceptual Discourse in the Macedonian Visual Art, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Antwerpen, Belgium, Listening to Judd..., M & M Gallery
- Kassel, Germany, In the Gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianium Kassel
- Prague, Czech Republic, IN OUT International Festival of Digital Image
- Prague, Czech Republic, Prague Biennale 1, National Gallery
- Leipzig, Germany, Writing Identities. Autobiography in Art., Gallery for Contemporary Art
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Waititing Room, Netherlands Theatre Institute
- Graz, Austria, Real Utopia, (public art project)
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, replay, P74 Gallery
- Leipzig, Germany, Introducing Sites, Gallery for Contemporary Art
- Nova Gorica, Slovenia, Urban Utopias, Urban Realities, Mestna Galerija
- Karlsrue, Germany, Para > Sites / Who is moving the global city?, Badischer Kunstverein
- Lübeck, Germany, Jünge Kunst: transkulturell, Overbeck-Gesellschsft
2002  - Nuoro, Italy, Home Sweet Home, Museo of Art of Nuoro MAN
- Cacak, Yugoslavia, 22nd Nadezda Petrovic Memorial, Art Gallery “Nadezda Petrovic”
- Skopje, Macedonia, 2000+ Arteast Collection, Skopje Art Gallery
- Vrsac, Yugoslavia, V International Biennial of Young Artists "Time Codes"
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Manifesta 4 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art
- Bitola, Macedonia, I – YOU
- Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Who am I?, Belgrade Cultural Centre
- Dundee, Great Britain, TTT, Visual Research Centre
2001  - Strumica, Macedonia, Selection 2000, Art Gallery
- Bonn, Germany, Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery  
- Francavilla al Mare, Italy, 52nd Michetti Prize: Adriatic – The two coasts, Michetti Museum
- Stuttgart, Germany, Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery
- Skopje, Macedonia, 5th Youth Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Zagreb, Croatia, Hidden Texts, Gallery of the Widened Media HDLU
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, BREAK 21 – 5th International Festival of Young Independent Artists
- Skopje, Macedonia, Small Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Berlin, Germany, Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery
2000  - Skopje, Macedonia, TIK – TAK – TOK, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Skopje, Macedonia, WORDS – OBJECTS – ACTS, Museum of the City of Skopje
- Skopje, Macedonia, Komsi kapicik, One Degree Gallery
- Graz, Austria, Part of the System, <rotor> association for contemporary art
- Innsbruck, Austria, The Continuous Cities. Urban Situations, Galerie im Taxispalais
- Skopje, Macedonia, Graphic Art Experiment 2, Open Graphic Art Studio
- Skopje, Macedonia, A(l=t)titudes, Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje
1999  - Basel, Switzerland, view assistance
- Istanbul, Turkey, 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Dolmabahce Cultural Center
- Skopje, Macedonia, The First Peep Show in the City, CIX Gallery
1998  - Stockholm, Sweden, Little Big Stories, Riksarkivet
- Skopje, Macedonia, Little Big Stories, National University Library
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, BREAK 21 - 2nd International Festival of Young Independent Artists
1997  - Skopje, Macedonia, Graphic Art Experiment, Open Graphic Art Studio
 
artist-in-residencies:
2008  - Bignan, France, Domaine de Kerguéhennec
2006  - New York, USA, Storefront for Art and Architecture with CEC ArtsLink Residency Award
1999  - Boswil, Switzerland, Artists’ House Foundation with grant from Pro Helvetia – Art Council of Switzerland
 
curatorships:
2005  - Laafeld, Austria, personal spaces, Pavelhaus
 
prizes:
1998  - 28th Graphic Art Exhibition of DLUM / Purchase Prize
1994  - “Dragutin Avramovski – Gute”, FFA
 
works in collection:
- Modena, Italy, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena
- Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, National Museum of Montenegro
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art (2000+ Arteast collection)
- Skopje, Macedonia, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Uzice, Yugoslavia, Art Gallery "Nadezda Petrovic"
- Washington D.C., USA, World Bank
 
 
 
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