Inappropriate Adjustments by Shoba

Monument to the International Community by the greatfull citizens of Sarajevo steel, marbe 2007

Monument to the International Community by the great full citizens of Sarajevo, 2007

 

Fear

Pin wheels, fen, 2011

 

Remote Control

Digital print, 2001

The Kiss, 1997

Heroes

Ready mades, photos, 1999

Batllefields

( From upper left to bottom: Battle for Britain , Auschwitz, Verdun, Troy, Sarajevo, Normandy, Mostar, Leningrad, Gettysburg, Gernika. Gallipoli, Borodino)

An ongoing series begun in 1999

Under All Those Flags

Plastic foil, wood, 1999

No Lyrics, No music,No country, Nothing…

(A sign had no insciption, guitar was without strings, and singing was without sound)

1996

Untitled (Sarajevo Montecarlo)

Digital print, 1998

 

Born in Sarajevo in 1968, Shoba studied at the School of Applied Arts from 1983-1987, then Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts from 1989 – 1992. In 1999 he moved to Amsterdam to attend Rijksakademie, an international two-year artist residency and studio program.

Shoba have been exhibited in museums and art spaces worldwide, including Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris; Jeu de Paume, Paris,France; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria ; Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany; De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Creative Time, New York City; Exit Art,New York City, Dumbo Arts Center,New York City; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; The 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, and P.S. 1, New York City

Shoba currently lives in New York City (for more work see Shoba Art)

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