NATAŠA KOKIĆ

Born in 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia. Graduated (BA) in 2005 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, University of Arts, painting department. Got Magister of Arts degree at the same Faculty in May 2010, painting department. Member of ULUS (The Association of Serbian Visual Artists) since 2006.

Currently working on her PhD.

Lives in Belgrade.

Solo exhibitions - selection:

2013 – Nothing comes from isolation, drawings, Tegneforbundet gallery, Oslo, Norway;

2012 – Strength in us, Visual Kontakt gallery, Ulm, Germany;

2011 - Strength in us, European Centre for Culture and Debate Grad, Belgrade;

2011 – Horizont, Magacin gallery, Belgrade;

2011– Drawings on paper, Remont gallery, Belgrade;

2010 - Talog/Debris, paintings, Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia;   

2009 – Restoration, drawings on paper, Gallery of The Belgrade Cultural Centre, Art gallery, Belgrade, Serbia;

2009 – Houses, paintings, Gallery of Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia;

2007 – City views, paintings, Independent Art Association Remont, Belgrade, Serbia;

2007 – The life you’d like to lead, Contemporary gallery of National museum, Krusevac, Serbia;

2007 – Target Market, Dom omladine Beograda, Belgrade, Serbia;

2006 – Hiperrealno, Independent Art Association Izba, Novi Sad, Serbia;

2006 – Paintings, DKSG Gallery (Dom Kulture Studentski grad), Belgrade, Serbia;

2006 – Drawings on paper, Gallery of Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia;

2005 – Drawings on paper, Gallery of Centre for Study in Cultural Development, Belgrade, Serbia;

In preparation:

2014 – Nataša Kokić and Øystein Agerlie, Art gallery, Cultural Centre Belgrade, Serbia;

2013 – Solo exhibition, Cultural centre Požega, Serbia;

2013 – Group exhibition, 9th Circle of Obsession, Kunstimaja gallery, Tartu, Estonia;

Group exhibitions – selection:

 2012 – Collection 1, first exhibition of the collection of October salon, Cultural Centre Belgrade,Serbia;

      2012 – Høstutstillingen 2012, Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway;

      2012 – 9th Circle of Obsession, Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin, Serbia;

      2012 – After communication, 16th Spring Annale, Dom kulture Čačak, Serbia;

      2012 – Mikser festival, The most beautiful building, with NGO Kiosk, Belgrade, Serbia;

      2012 – NordArt 2012, Kunstwerk Carlshutte, Budelsdorf, Germany;

 2012 – Supermarket, Stockholm Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stokholm, Sweden;

 2011 – Hjem.Dom.Home, Vanløse Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark;

 2011 - Tranzit, studio Stag, Drammen, Norway;

 2011 – Kunst Kamers Rotterdam, Home is where you hang your Art, Noordereiland, Rotterdam, Netherlands;

 2011 - Young visual artist award (Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos Award), exhibition of the finalists, Zvono gallery,

            Belgrade, Serbia;

 2011 -  Exhibition of 33^rd Jalovik Art colony JLK, Gallery of University library “Svetozar Markovic”, Belgrade, Serbia;

 2010 -  Mikser festival, Zitomlin, Belgrade, Serbia;

 2010 – Exhibition of 33^rd Jalovik Art colony JLK, Gallery of Cultural centre Jalovik, Serbia;

 2010 -  23rd Art salon, by invitation, Gallery 73, Belgrade, Serbia;

 2010 - 10th International Biennale of Miniature Art, Cultural centre, Modern gallery, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia;

 2009 – Identity, El Centre Civic Drassanes, Projecte Cultural Erasme Janer, hosted by Casa Eslava Cultural centre,

            exhibition of Serbian artists, Barcelona, Spain;      

2009 – Ny Serbisk Kunst, Vanløse Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark;

2009 -  Mural project for Vanløse Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark;

2008 – Centre for Icelandic Art, CIA, Reykjavik, Iceland;

2008 – Henkel Art Award for contemporary drawing, exhibition of the finalists, House of Legacy (Kuca Legata),

            Belgrade, Serbia;  

2008 – Plazma, young artists from Serbia and Kosovo, Leonhardi kulturprojekte, Siemens_artLab gallery, hosted by

            Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria;

2008 – Remake, an informal group of artists, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Smederevo, Serbia;

2007 – Young visual artist award (Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos Award), exhibition of the finalists, Kontekst gallery,

            Belgrade, Serbia;

2007 – Mixed worlds, project between Serbian and Finnish artists, City of Tampere Cultural centre, Finland;

2007 -  Plazma, young artists from Serbia and Kosovo, Leonhardi kulturprojekte, Karben – Frankfurt, Germany;

2007 – Remake of simulated, remake of the real, an informal group of artists, Kontekst gallery, Belgrade, Serbia;

2007 – Drawings of students of Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, in honour of 70^th anniversary of Faculty of

            Fine Arts in Belgrade, French Cultural centre, Belgrade, Serbia;

2006 – 47^th October salon – Life, art and confusion, curators and selectors Rene Block and Barbara Heinrich;

            works acknowledged by Robert Storr, member of the award jury; Belgrade, Serbia;

2006 - Artists pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzoric”, Belgrade, Serbia;

2006 – April meetings, Students cultural centre (SKC), Belgrade, Serbia;

2005 – 6^th Fair of short electronic form – KEF 6, Cultural centre REX, Belgrade, Serbia;        

Public buys:

2012 - Stockholms lans landsting, City of Stockholm, Sweden;

Awards:

2011 – One of the finalists, Award for drawing, Velickovic award, given by Haos gallery and Vladimir Velickovic,

            Belgrade, Serbia;

2008 - Henkel Art Award for contemporary drawing, award in a form of a certificate as one of the 5 artists representing

           Serbia in Vienna;

2006 - Gallery of Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation, Award for the best exhibition in 2005/06 season, Belgrade, Serbia;

2001 – Award for drawing, from Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia;         

Workshops:

2007 – Leonhardi Kulturprojekte, Re-enacting moments, Kosova Art gallery and Stacion Centre for

            Contemporary Art, Prishtina, Kosovo;

2005 – Conversations with Jannis Kounellis (Jannis Kounellis was guest of Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade);

Residencies:

2008 – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SIM) and Centre for Icelandic art (CIA), Reykjavik, Iceland;

2010 - 33rd Jalovik Art colony JLK, by invitation, Jalovik, Serbia;

2011 - Kunst Kamers Rotterdam, Home is where you hang your Art, Noordereiland, Rotterdam, Netherlands;

Presentations:

2007 – Young visual artist award (Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos award), presentation of the finalists, Kontekst gallery,

            Belgrade, Serbia;

2007 - Leonhardi Kulturprojekte, Re-enacting moments, Kosova Art gallery and Stacion centre for contemporary art, 

            Prishtina, Kosovo;

Collections:                                                    

Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria;

Siemens Company, Vienna, Austria;

and private collections.

Contact:   natasa_kokic@hotmail.com   

                  natasa.kokic@gmail.com