Džemail Silajdžić ( January 9, 1960.) is a traditional painter of Bosnian descent. His journey through Yugoslavian Academia has lead him from pencil and graphite drawings linked to regressing Yugoslav culture in the mid 80s to expressionist and abstract depictions...
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Džemail
Silajdžić ( January 9, 1960.) is a traditional painter of Bosnian
descent. His journey through Yugoslavian Academia has lead him from
pencil and graphite drawings linked to regressing Yugoslav culture in
the mid 80s to expressionist and abstract depictions of a desolated
country after the turmoil in Southeastern Europe after the 90s.
Silajdžić's
art primarily focused on dichotomies born out of a war torn region.
Confusion and hate growing in a parallel to a forced celebration of
peace and love. Often inspired by 70s cinema and literature, his
paintings reflected on a world long gone in a whirlwind of domestic
politics and blind ideology.
Džemail
Silajdžić was born in Radovlje, Visoko, on January 9, 1960. He was
the third of five children of Aiša Silajdžić and Džemal
Silajdžić. He has two younger sisters, and two older brothers.
He
attended a local elementary school in Visoko, after which he began
his pursue of art. He relocated to Sarajevo to start his education in
Sarajevo School of Art & Design from where he graduated in 1980.
After the introduction to painting and history of art, he went on to
study art at The Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo under the
mentorship of professor Ljubomir Perčinlić.
As
an active member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Association of Visual
Arts (ULUBiH) he presented his artwork on 11 solo exhibitions, as
well as various collective ones all across Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Internationally which include: Luxemburg, Holland, Turkey among
others.
He
currently lives and works in Visoko, with his wife and younger son.
