Grau Monument / from the series Childrens Playgrounds - Monuments of a Void Childhood Painting

Dejan Kaludjerović was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna and gained an MA in visual arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2004. For his achievements in visual arts, Kaludjerović was granted an honorable Austrian citizenship. In 2017 Kaludjerović co-founded a Vienna based arts and cultural organization Verein K. Since finishing his studies in 2004, Dejan Kaludjerović has been exploring the conjunction between consumerism and childhood, to analyse identity formation and stability of representational forms. Most of his paintings, drawings, objects, videos and installations, employ the processes of recycling, copying and reenacting, thus creating patterns that simulate mechanical reproduction, and criticise homogeneity embedded in popular culture. Kaludjerović’s work is part of many private and public collections, among others: MUSA, KONTAKT, STRABAG collection and collection of the Artothek des Bundes in Vienna and Salzburg Museum der Moderne; Museum of Contemporary Art, October Salon Collection and City Museum in Belgrade; APT Berlin; Yarat - Centre of Contemporary Art, Baku; National Museum of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alanica, Vladikavkaz, etc. He has exhibited internationally at numerous solo and group shows in Europe, USA, Australia and Asia: 10th Bucharest Biennale, 8th Sinop Biennale, Steirischer Herbst 21, Graz, Austria; Artium Museum, Spain; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg; Kunstraum Niederösterreich and Kunstlerhaus Vienna; Cultural Centre Belgrade (solo); Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna (solo); Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan; Santa Maria delle Croci Ravenna (solo); Museum of Con- temporary Art Belgrade (solo); 6th Athens Biennale, 1st and 4th Beijing International Art Bienniale; CAC Vilnius; Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina; Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, Italy; Essl Museum (solo); Tokyo Wondersite – Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo; Kunstpavillion Innsbruck; 28th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana; Kunsthalle Krems; 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th and 55th International October Salon Belgrade; Museum of Modern Art Saint-Etienne; 2nd Sinop Biennale, 2nd Bucharest Biennial of Youndg Artists; Landesgalerie Linz am OÖ Landesmuseum, Linz; Prague Quadriennail and Manifesta 4 (archive project), Frankfurt, Germany and 6th Moscow Biennale – Special Project Alanica. The Experimental Method.