Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
About Boris Hodak
Born: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1970
Lives: Sarajevo, B&H
Emerging visual artist depicts the violent nature of humanity and a crisis of disillusionment in contemporary culture.
As a mixed media artist, Hodak works with painting and collage media to create his unique artwork. His post-modern artwork is filled with creative energy, very bizarre, subversive and takes a critical view of social, political and cultural issues. A parody of both the melodrama and Freudian dream explanation, urban cannibalization, the irony, satire and social-historic commentary on entertainment industry, political and royal icons, as well as interest in the changing world of today.
He prefers not to force his own interpretation or philosophical opinion upon viewers. You are absolutely free to interpret his artworks in your own unique way. In the majority of his artworks, he tries to merge images of real things with subconscious images of the surreal and philosophical thoughts. That is why some of his creations can appear similar to mental puzzles where viewers can choose to take a trip from one point to another by analyzing symbolic objects lying around for their curious minds. Occasionally, a subject matter of the images is unclear when the path is hidden under layers and layers of mutually exclusive items and the picture itself can seem to be excessively meaningless, but there is always something for you to discover if you're patient enough.
We can feel technical and ideological influence of Dada and surrealist collage and its constitutive techniques of cutting and pasting. The small and delicate perverse and surreal collage pieces explore the juxtaposition of the traditional with the unconventional. These images that are contained in each collage are both conscious and subconscious. Fragmentary compositions of the collage are often causing semantic clashes of the elements to make a disturbing and dreamlike impression. Collages should not be seen as pure expressions of the unconscious, but rather as a dreamlike exhibition of the irrational which serves as an important means in the social-political action of the surrealists against the rationality of today society.
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
2012:
- DREAMLIKE - Curated by Dragana Brkić, Art Gallery of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH
2009:
- NON-VEGETARIAN LUNCH WITH SHEITAN - Curated by Pierre Courtin, Art Gallery 10m2, Sarajevo, BiH
Group Exhibitions:
2016:
- COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM (ULUBiH) selective exhibition, Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
2015:
- Small Format 2015 (ULUBiH) - selective exhibition, Gallery Roman Petrović Sarajevo; Gallery Likum ‘76 Visoko; Art Gallery Doboj, BiH
- Review Exhibition (ULUBiH), Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- SARA ART FAIR - 1st SARAJEVO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Sarajevo, BiH
- COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM (ULUBiH) selective exhibition, Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
2014:
- Small Format 2014 (ULUBiH) - selective exhibition, Gallery Roman Petrović Sarajevo; Gallery Likum ‘76 Visoko; Art Gallery Brčko District, BiH
- Review Exhibition (ULUBiH), Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- KREAKTIVA ART COLLECTIVE: THE WALL, The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH
- Meeting Point Sarajevo (Austria-B&H cooperation project curated by Dr.in Edith Risse and Dragana Brkić) - GrazMuseum, Gotische Halle, Graz, Austria
- Steiermark - Sarajevo Art Connection 2014 - (Austria-B&H cooperation project curated by Dr.in Edith Risse and Dragana Brkić), Art Gallery of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH
- SHOW YOUR HOPE - Curated by Martin Voorbij, Gallery Charlama Depot, Sarajevo, BiH
- KREAKTIVA ART COLLECTIVE: Drawings Exhibition vol 1. - Kino Bosna (Old Cinema), Sarajevo, BiH
- COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM (ULUBiH) selective exhibition, Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- 15th Winter Saloon - BODY THAT REMEMBERS, National Gallery of Macedonia Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
2013:
- Small Format 2013 (ULUBiH) - selective exhibition, Gallery Roman Petrović Sarajevo; Gallery Likum ‘76 Visoko; City Gallery Jajce; Banja Luka, BiH
- Review Exhibition (ULUBiH), Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- VII Bugojno Biennial of Puppetry - Retrospectrum UGBiH with guest artists, Bugojno, BiH
- COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM (ULUBiH) selective exhibition, Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- SHOW ROOM ONE - Selected Artworks, Duplex100m2, Sarajevo, BiH
2012:
- Small Format 2012 (ULUBiH) - selective exhibition, Gallery Roman Petrović Sarajevo; International Gallery of Portrait Tuzla; City Gallery Goražde; Gallery Likum ‘76 Visoko, BiH
- Review Exhibition (ULUBiH), Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM (ULUBiH) selective exhibition, Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
2011:
- Small Format 2011 (ULUBiH) - selective exhibition, Gallery Roman Petrović Sarajevo; Gallery Likum ‘76 Visoko; City Gallery Goražde; International Gallery of Portrait Tuzla, BiH; Centar za kulturu Novi Pazar, Republic of Serbia
- Review Exhibition (ULUBiH), Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- COLLEGIUM ARTISTICUM (ULUBiH) selective exhibition, Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
2010:
- Small Format 2010 (ULUBiH) - selective exhibition, Gallery Roman Petrović, Sarajevo; Gallery Likum ‘76 Visoko; City Gallery Zenica; City Gallery Tešanj; International Gallery of Portrait Tuzla; City Gallery Bihać; City Gallery Goražde; City Gallery Brčko; City Gallery Mostar, BiH; SKC Gallery Beograd, Republic of Serbia
- The 16th Annals - HKD Napredak - St. Anthony Gallery Sarajevo, BiH
- Review Exhibition (ULUBiH), Gallery Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo, BiH
- “In the Meantime“ (Friends of Art & Rasvjeta) ASA Art gallery Sarajevo, BiH
- “Private and Public” International Joint Exhibition Široki Brijeg, BiH
- YAGE - one day art festival 400% BiH - Club Fis Sarajevo, BiH
- Easter Review Exhibition - HKD Napredak - The St. Anthony Gallery Sarajevo, BiH
