Dejan Vekic Professional Experience

2015 – Now

Senior Stills Photographer and Retoucher at Packshot Amsterdam, NL · Contracting freelance services in the field of e-commerce product photography. · Main clients: ◦ DeBijenkorf - Amsterdam, NL ◦ Peek & Cloppenburg - Dusseldorf, DE ◦ O’Neill - Warmond NL ◦ ADAMS Auction House - Amsterdam, NL

2012 – 2014

Associate Professor at American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Multimedia Department Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Lecturing in subjects of digital photography and digital photography post-production · Supervising academic programmes related to photography and multimedia design · Woking with BA and MA students

2008 – 2011

Photography Lecturer at Ministry of Culture and Sport, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina · Lecturing in photography as a part of the "Art Forum Workshop" supported by the Ministry of Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2000 – 2014

Stills Photographer and Consultant Various locations · Lead photographer for the Oscar-winning film director Danis Tanovic. See more on the following link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079467/ ·

Productions: ◦ 2013: Movie Tigers - filmed in Punjab, India ◦ 2012: Movie An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Silver Bear awarded at Berlinale ◦ 2011: Short movie Baggage ◦ 2009: Movie Cirkus Columbia ◦ 2008: Movie Triage - filmed in Spain and Ireland ◦ 2004: Movie L'Enfer - filmed in France ◦ 2000: Movie No Man's Land, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1999 – 2013

Consultant and Author for photo monographs Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Worked as a consultant and author for the following publishers: Vrijeme (Zenica), Sahinpasic (Sarajevo) and Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina publishing department. · Monographs: ◦ City of Zenica ◦ Svrzo’s House Museum in Sarajevo ◦ Parliamentary Assembly of BiH ◦ Kazniona (book about the state prison)

1996 – 2003

Photographer and Archiving Consultant at National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Official photographer of the National Gallery working on projects for the reproduction of the Gallery's collection (paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures). · Setting up and creating a digital photo archive · In addition to work for the National Gallery's collection, worked on digital archiving for the following institutions : ◦ Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art ◦ Collegium Artisticum Gallery ◦ Soros Center for Contemporary Art

1992 – 1996

Consulting at the State Commission for Gathering Facts on War Crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina

1987 – 1992

Assistant Photographer Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Assistant at "Photo Design" studio in Sarajevo.

Education

Master’s degree · University of Sarajevo - Academy of Fine Arts – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Enrolled in 2013, degree expected in 2023

Bachelor’s degree · University of Sarajevo - Academy of Fine Arts – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Obtained BA diploma in 2013

1998 · National School of Photography – Arles, France Artist in Residence

Exhibitions, workshops, volunteering Solo Exhibitions

2013 "Open View" photographs, RUB University Library, Bochum, Germany ·

2012 "What You Will Change" photographs, Gallery Java, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2012 "Mahala Dugommier " photographs, Gallery Mak, Sarajevo BiH ·

2012 “KaoSarajevo” photographs, Gallery Java, Sarajevo BiH · 2003 “Face(s) of return” photographs, Gallery Mak, Sarajevo BiH ·

2002 “Jazz fest-last five years” photographs, Dom policije, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2002 “Romeo and Juliet” photographs, Gallery Gabrijel, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2002 “No Man’s Land” photographs, Gallery Lek, Ljubljana, Slovenia ·

2001 “No Man’s Land” photographs,National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2001 “In the same time” photographs, Gallery Foto, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2000 “In the same time” photographs, Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia ·

2000 "Pour memoire", photographs, Librairie Hemispheres ,Caen, France · 1998 “4 years 4 months” photographs, JOB space, Barcelona, Spain ·

1997 "Pour memoire", photographs, Peniche galerie Le Nautilus,Nantes, France Group Exhibitions ·

2014 "Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project" Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2013 "Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project" Gallery Remont, Belgrade, Serbia ·

2013 "Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project" National Gallery, Cetinje, Montenegro ·

2013 "Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project" Gallery Klovicevi dvori Zagreb, Croatia ·

2012 "Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project" Spazio Espositivi Via Bertossi, Pordenone, Italy ·

2012 "Aftermath. Changing Cultural Landscape project" National Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia · 2012 “Ratna Java“ photo exhibition, Gallery Java, Sarajevo BiH · 2011 “SING-SING“ contemporary art Exhibition, National Library, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2007 Permanent exhibition at the National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2007 “Photonic moments” photo exhibition, Sarajevo, BiH · 2006 “Photonic moments” photo Exhibition, Ljubljana, Slovenia ·

2006 “Sarajevo self- portrait” photo exhibition, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH ·

2005 “Sarajevo self- portrait” photo exhibition, New York, USA ·

2002 “In search of Balkania“ Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria ·

2002 “Sarajevo self- portrait” photo exhibition, nGbk (neue Geselschaft fur bildende Kunst), Berlin, Germany · 2002 “Sarajevo” photo exibition, Dom fotografie Josefa Sudka, Prague, Czech Republic ·

2001 “Sarajevo self- portrait” photo exhibition, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark ·

2000 “Sarajevo self- portrait” photo exhibition, Genocide Museum, Dayton, USA ·

2000 “Made in Bosnia” advertising exhibition, McCan Erickson space, Milan, Italy ·

2000 “La Ville et Valise” photo exhibition, Universite Marc Bloch, Strasburg, France ·

2000 “Sculpture and Installation in last 20 years” National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1999 "MAXUMIM III" exhibition, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1999 "Under construction" SCCA- Sarajevo Annual Exhibition, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1999 "Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean" Roma, Italy ·

1999 “Salon Mladih”, Zagreb, Croatia ·

1998 "MAXUMIM" Action, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH · 1998 "Sarajevo a ciel Ouvert" Espace ecoureil, Toulouse, France ·

1998 Pepinieres europeennes pour jeunes artistes, Union Fraternelle des Metallurgistes, Paris, France ·

1997 "MAXUMIM" exhibition, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1997 "Meeting Point", SCCA- Sarajevo Annual Exhibition, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1997 Biennial of Young Artists, Rijeka, Croatia ·

1997 "Innenseite" exhibition, Kassel, Germany ·

1997 "5th LUR", Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH · 1996 Days of Bosnian Culture in Ankara 96, Turkey ·

1994 "MCMXCIV", Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BH Video Festivals ·

1998 Forth Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1997 "Video Medeja", presentation of the "Meeting Point" video selection, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia ·

1997 "Rootless", presentation of the "Meeting Point" video selection, Hull, UK ·

1997 Gallery "Kapelica", presentation of the "Meeting Point" video selection, Ljubljana, Slovenia ·

1997 "Ostranenie '97", presentation of the "Meeting Point" video selection, Dessau, Germany ·

1997 "Sarajevo '97", presentation of the "Meeting Point" video selection, Nantes, France ·

1996 Video Festival - Venice 96, Venice, Italy ·

1996 5e Biennale Internationale du Film sur L'art, Paris 96, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Fance ·

1995 Video festival SARAJEVO 95, Sarajevo, BiH ·

1995 First Sarajevo Film Festival 95, Sarajevo, BiH

Client List

Advertising/Photo Agencies and Film Productions:

Packshot Company (London) / FASHOT Agency (Amsterdam), ASAP films (Paris), Anurag Kashyap Films (Mumbai), NOE productions (Paris), Studio MAJ (Ljubljana), FLASH Productions (Sarajevo), SOURCE Production, 2006 Production, Mebius production, MCCann Erickson Sarajevo, Fabrika, Ideologija (Cardea), Mita group Sarajevo, DPP studio, ViaMedia, Adria Media Banjaluka, Euromarketing Pale, Communis, LUNA TBWA Sarajevo, Pristop; Media: TV OBN, FTV, TV Hayat, TV Sarajevo, TV1, Public Service BHT1, TV N1, Hayat production, Music production RTVBiH, PING doo, Info magazin, Start magazin, Magazin, Pogledi, Grazia Magazine, Elle;

Art Institutions:

ARS AEVI Sarajevo, SCCA Sarajevo, East West Sarajevo, MESS, JAZZFEST Sarajevo, Coltan Bihac, National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Publishing house VRIJEME Zenica, Publishing house CONNECTUM Sarajevo; Museum of Genocide in Chicago and Washington DC;

Companies:

Coca-Cola, Canon, BH Telecom, Telekom Srpske, AmCham BIH, Novo Nordisk, Microsoft BIH, Volksbank BH, Hypo Alpe Leasing, GFK Group Bosnia, Standard doo Sarajevo, Baumit Sarajevo, L' Arcitecture d' Ajourd’hui, Vive le talent, Architect Studio Cema Sarajevo, EFT, Sarajevski Dijamant, City Fashion, Sirbegovic Gracanica, Sarajevska pivara, Sarajevski Kiseljak, Pani doo, Dallas Sarajevo, Sinkrona Sarajevo, Jadrina Gračanica, Plamingo Gračanica, Norfish Blagaj, Jami doo Sarajevo, ProCredit Bank Sarajevo, BBI Bosna Bank International, Triglav Osiguranje, Medicopharmacija Sarajevo, Mesna industrija Stanic, Hermes, Violeta Grude, Alma Ras Olovo, Azel France Sarajevo, Borac Travnik, Dita Tuzla, Ceresit, RIS Gradacac, Petrol, Klas doo Sarajevo, Pinjo linea, Petrolinvest, Vispak Visoko, XY Foundation, Konzum Doo; Public Organisations: EUSR, OHR, EUPM, OSCE, UNDP, UNICEF, SFOR, USAID, HELP, CAFAO, ITCR, European Commission, Municipality Foca, Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.