Braco Dimitrijevic

Braco Dimitrijevic
biography

Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1948.
Lives and works in Paris, France.

1958
First one-man show, at the age of 10
1968 – 1971
Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Kroatia
1971 – 1973
Post graduate work at St Martin’s School of Art in London, UK
1972
Britisch Council grant
1976 – 1977
DAAD fellowship in Berlin, Germany
1978
Receives Prix Jean Dominique Ingres from Académie de Muséologie Evocatoire
Receives Major Award from the Arts Council of Great Britain
1992
Receives Knighthood for Arts – Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in Paris
2005
A.B.O. d’Oro, Rome, Italy

selected solo exhibitions

2009
Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Palazzo Ca’ Pesaro, 53rd Venice Biennale
Gallery TR3, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2008
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary

2007
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
1st Floor Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin, Germany

2006
Xin-Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Imperial College of China – Temple of Confucius, Beijing, China
Galerija Zona, Zagreb, Kroatia
Galeria II Ponte Contamporanea, Rome, Italy
Galeria Pino Casagrande, Rome, Italy

2005
Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy
The State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

2004
Galeria Pino Casagrande, Rome, Italy
Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Kroatia

2003
Medievalmodern, London, UK
Pièce Unique, Paris, France

2001
Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum Mimara, Zagreb, Kroatia
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

2000
Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Porin Taidemuseo, Finland

1998
Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany

1996
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany

1995
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany

1994
Galerie de France, Paris, France
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

1992
Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium

1991
Fundacion San German, Puerto Rico, USA
Galerie de Paris, Paris, France
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada

1990
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, USA

1989
Galerie de Paris, Paris, France
Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1988
Outdoor Retrospective 1968 – 1988, Interim Art in collaboration with Serpentine Gallery and Hayward Gallery London, UK
Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, USA

1987
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Galerie de Paris, Paris

1986
Hilman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1985
Tate Gallery, London, UK

1984
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

1982
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

1981
Waddington Galleries, London, UK

1979
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany

1978
MTL Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

1976
Galerie Rene Block, Berlin, Germany
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, Italy

1975
Sperone Gallery, New York, USA
Robert Self Gallery, London, UK
Stadtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium

1974
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, Italy
Gallerie Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy

1973
Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Kroatia

1972
Situation Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany

1971
Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy

1969
Galerija SC, Zagreb, Kroatia

selected group exhibitions

2009
Who killed the Painting?, Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
53rd Venice Biennale, Italy
3rd Moscow Biennale, Russia
Performa, 3rd Biennial of Visual Art Performance, New York, USA

2008
Interiors, Oredaria, Rome, Italy
October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
Poznan Biennale, Poland

2007
Intramoenia Extrart, Castelli di Puglia, Italy

2006 – 2007
Busy Going Crazy, The Parlestein Collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France

2006
Conflicts, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
Force de l’Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Belgrader Oktober Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
Fremd bin Ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany

2005
Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970, Tate Modern, London, UK
My Private Heroes, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Big Bang, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
The First Balkan Biennial – Cosmopolis 1, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece

2004
Passage d’Europe, Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
An Other Epistemology, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA

2003
Blut und Honig, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
In den Schluchten des Balkan, Kunsthalle Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany
Cetinje Biennale, Montenegro

2001
Valencia Biennial, Spain

2000
Zeitwenden: Ruckblick und Ausblick, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
L’Autre moitié de l’Europe, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
D’Après l’antique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

1999
Global Conceptualism, Queens Museum, New York, USA
Les Champs de la sculpture 2000, Champs-Elysees, Paris, France

1998
Hommages. Homes illustres, héros et hommes du commun, Espace culturel François Mitterand, Périgueux, France

1997
Havana Biennial, Cuba
Made in France 1947 – 1997, Musée National d’Art Moderne: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1996
The 23rd International Biennial of São Paulo

1995
1st Biennial, SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Kwangju Biennial, Korea
Unser Jahrhundert, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

1994
Europa-Europa, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany

1993
Venice Biennale, Italy

1992
Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
Manifeste, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1990
Venice Biennale, Italy
Casino Fantasma, PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, New York, USA
Rhetorical Image, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Life-Size, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

1989
Magiciens de la Terre, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Prospect 89, Frankfurter Kunstverein and Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

1986
Biennale of Sydney, Australia
Terrae Motus, Fondazione Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy

1985
Promenades, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Biennale of Peace, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany

1983
New Art, Tate Gallery, London, UK

1982
Venice Biennale, Italy
Aspects of British Art Today, Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1978
Biennale of Sydney, Australia
Kunst in Europa na ’68, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
British Art 1940 – 1980, Hayward Gallery, London

1977
Documenta VI, Kassel, Germany

1976
Venice Biennale, Italy

1974
Projekt 74, Walraf Richartz Museum and Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany

1973
Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

1972
Documenta V, Kassel, Germany

1971
Biennale de Paris, France
At the Moment, Haustor Frankopanska 2a, Zagreb, Slovenia
May Salon, Zagreb, Slovenia