Nermin Duraković is a visual artist, working within the field of contemporary social and politically engaged art. He is Associate Professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
In his art production he uses mostly installation as a medium. Over the past two decades he has been engaged in building a number of cultural and social activities and projects. Some of his works are included in the collection at the National Gallery of Denmark.
Born 1979 in the Former Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Studied at The Funen Academy of Fine Arts 2000-2005 - Odense (DK)
Living and working in Hornbæk and Copenhagen (DK)
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Exhibitions
2022
· Connections — Danish artists from Ex-Yugoslavia, National Gallery of Denmark, September 17 / February 19 2023 Link:
SMK
· Our Border, Art Workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia, August 5
2021
· New Danish Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Denmark, 2021 - 2022 Link:
SMK
· NYT LYS 2021, Sophienholm Kunsthal, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, December 9 / January 30
Link
· In Search of 'Other' Space of Belonging, KRAK - Center for Contemporary Culture, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 15 / November 19
Link
· GÅ, Sophienholm Kunsthal, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, August 22 / October 31
Link
· Public Housing on Zealand's North Coast, Hornbæk beach Denmark - public space, August 14 / August 14
2020
· Nostalgia of the future, Fagbladet Billedkunstneren #4, 2020 (Art Magazine) / December 3
Link
· Wa(l)king Copenhagen, Public space Copenhagen, June 6 / June 7
metroplis.dk/nermin-durakovic
2019
· 14,8X21, a humanitarian exhibition, Gallery Tom Christoffersen, December 13 / December 15
· Drawings of Camps, Hospital Prison University Archive, Copenhagen, October 9 / January 30
· Long live, life to the war!, 59th Poreč Annal, Croatia, June 13 / September 10
2018
· Multiculturalists please deal with the danish racism and leave us foreigners alone, public spaces Copenhagen, May 25
2017
· Nordic Delights, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland, May 17 / August 13
Finnish Museum of Photography
· Nordic Delights, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14 / March 5
Fotografisk Center
2016
· Migration Politics, National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), Copenhagen, September 10 / November 6
SMK
. From Diaspora to diversities, Remont gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, May 30 / June 17
Remont gallery
· Nordic Delights, Oslo Kunstforening, Norway, April 22 / May 29
Oslo Kunstforening
· Northern insularity, Gallery Otok (solo exhibition), Dubrovnik, Croatia, March 13 / March 30
Galerija Otok
2015
· Recycling and Economy, Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 3 / August 6
Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station
· Northern insularity, Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, June 15 / July 4
ICA
· Northern insularity, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Croatia, May 18 / June 11
MMSU
· Camp Life, CAMP (Center for Art on Migration Politics) Copenhagen Denmark, April 17 / June 14
campcph.org
2013
· A guide to Danish Welfare, POGON – Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth, January 25 / January 27
2012
· EN GRÆNSE, Bureau Publik, Copenhagen, Denmark, (solo exhibition) December 3 / December 5
(Exhibition link)
· Meanwhile, Galerija AŽ, Zagreb, Croatia, (solo exhibition) June 15 / June 26
· Meanwhile, Koh-i-noor, Copenhagen, Denmark, (solo exhibition) March 16 / March 25
2010
· Zaprude 15%, Zapruđe, Novi Zagreb, by Kontraakcija Muzej-Kvarta, Croatia, September 11
· Nobody’s Safe (“Nitko nije siguran”), Poreč Annale, Galerija Zuccato (group exhibition), Poreč, Croatia, July 29 / September 12
· Denmark 2010 - Instructions to the nation of the ‘happiest people in the world’, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art (group exhibition), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 26 / August 15
· Danmarks Indsamling 2010, Bruun Rasmussen (group, national humanitarian auction), Copenhagen, Denmark, January 30
2009
· Aktion Auktion, Bruun Rasmussen (group humanitarian auction), Copenhagen, Denmark, September 22
· FC Bosnia Old Boys, Gallery Otok (solo exhibition), Dubrovnik, Croatia, July 3 / July 15
· Exile, by PRO, Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad (group exhibition), Silkeborg, Denmark, May 16 / August 30
2007
· How do you belong?, by publik (group exhibition), Copenhagen, Denmark
(Exhibition link)
2006
· Normalization, Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art (group exhibition), Malmö, Sweden
2005
· Leaving Exhibition 2005, Filosofgangen (group exhibition), Odense, Denmark
2004
Young Artists, Gallery Poe (group exhibition), Kolding, Denmark
2002
· City/Life, Museum of Contemporary Art (group exhibition), Torino, Italy
· Blockism, Sparwasser HQ (group exhibition), Berlin, Germany
· Don Bonzini tablesoccer-club, DFKU/Pantheonsfløjen, Odense, Denmark
Residency programmes
2009
· Artists-in-residency programme, Art radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May / September
Social Projects
2019
· Participates in the conference "Art and social change", Art Centre Silkeborg Bad at 1 and 2 November 2019
Art and social change Link
2018
· Participates in the debate about "The Politics of Migrant Images" Trampoline House - Copenhagen Refugee Community
Facebook Link
2017
· Co-founder of Public Square, a web platform for critical thoughts on society and the world in which we live
publicsquare.dk
2013 - 2014
· Social Context - International initiative and conference programme (in collaoboration with Art Workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik), Denmark / Croatia
Web:
www.socialcontext.eu
2011
· The Danish Arts Council’s Intercultural Advisory Project - hosting workshop at Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark, February 15
· Part of the selection committee for the permanent exhibition at the Danish Immigration Museum, Farum, Denmark
2008
· Urban planning of public spaces and local street activities in the district of Øresund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
· Don Bonzini Table Soccer Association, Brostræde 3A, Kolding, Denmark
Web:
www.donbonzini.dk
Grants
· The Danish Arts Council Work Grant, 2021
· Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond, 2020
https://nwbk.dk/nermin-durakovic
· The Danish Arts Council Work Grant, 2015
· The Danish Arts Council: 2009, 2012, 2014
· The Danish International Cultural Panel: 2009, 2010, 2012
· The Danish Arts Foundation: 2009
Member of
· The Danish Arts Council’s Intercultural Advisory Project, 2010 - 2011
· Kunstnersamfundet