Biography

Nemanja Nikolić (born 1987) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2010, department of Painting. He finished his PhD studies at the same faculty in 2019. Nemanja has presented his works on solo exhibitions since 2010: in the Art Gallery of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, Gallery Dix9 Helene Lachermoise in Paris, ERD Gallery in Seoul, Rima Gallery in Belgrade, U10 Art Space in Belgrade, etc. He has participated in many group exhibitions in the country and abroad: Caixa Forum in Madrid and Barcelona, Kunsthal KadE in Amersfoort in the Netherlands, Kunstlerhaus in Vienna, 56th and 57th October Salon in Belgrade (Belgrade Biennale), Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro, etc. From 2018 he works on Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade as assistant professor. Nemanja Nikolić is initiator of Belgrade based U10 Art Space, independent artist-run space dedicated to supporting young contemporary artist.

He has won several art awards, such as Award for drawing at the Triennial of Drawings by Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, Award for drawing from Vladimir Veličković Fund, special award for mural and wall installation from Raiffeisen Bank and Gallery 12HUB and Award for an exceptional creative innovation from Miloš Bajić Fund. His works featured in many private and public collections including ABN AMRO collection in Amsterdam, The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, WAP Foundation in Seoul, Ekard Collection in Hague, JMS collection in Paris, Collection of October Salon (Cultural Center of Belgrade), Wiener Städtische collection, Telenor Collection in Belgrade etc.

Lives and works in Belgrade.

 

Selected solo shows:

2023 – The Future, from the Beginning, Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade

2023 – Psychopolitics, Rima Gallery, Belgrade

2023 – Ten Pictures, B2 Gallery, Belgrade

2023 – Drawing Now Art Fair, Galerie DIX9 Hélène Lacharmoise, Paris

2023 – Around video Lille, Galerie DIX9 Hélène Lacharmoise, Lille

2022 – Psychopolitics, Galerie DIX9 Hélène Lacharmoise, Paris

2021 – Rhythm Variations, Rima Gallery, Belgrade

2022 – LOOP Art Fair, Galerie DIX9 Hélène Lacharmoise, Barcelona

2020 – Shoot to Sequence, ERD Gallery, Seoul

2019 – Sketch for One Erasable Plot, Galerie DIX9, Paris

2019 – The Palace of Time and Memory, Petrovic Palace The Center for Contemporary Art, Podgorica

2019 – Vanishing Fiction, Galerie ERD, Seoul

2018 – Vanishing Fiction, U10 Art Space, Belgrade

2018 – Field of Teleportation, Belgrade Youth Center, Belgrade

2018 – It’s ok. Go, Navigator Art Gallery, Belgrade

2018 – New Paintings, Rima Gallery, Kragujevac (Serbia)

2017 – Samples of the Liquid Book, Galerie DIX9, Paris

2017 – Volta New York, Galerie DIX9, New York

2017 – Code Art Fair, Galerie DIX9, Copenhagen

2017 – Contemporary Istanbul, Galerie DIX9, Istanbul

2017 – Trains Planes Waves Hands, MKM4, Belgrade

2016 – UNTITLED Art Fair, Galerie DIX9, Miami Beach

2015 – Instead of the Ending, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade

2015 – Samples of the Liquid Book, U10 Art Space, Belgrade

 

Selected group shows:

2023 – Top Secret: Cinema and Spying (curated by Alexandra Midal and Matthieu Orléan), CaixaForum Madrid and Barcelona

2022 – Biennale Pančevo (curator Maja Ćirić), Pančevo (Serbia)

2022 – Top Secret: Cinema and Spying (curated by Alexandra Midal and Matthieu Orléan), Cinémathèque française, Paris

2021 – Triennale of Drawings and Small Sculpture (curator Kristina Sedlarević), Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, Belgrade

2021 – Image Mouvement (curator Julie Dalouche), Contemporary Art Gallery, Subotica (Serbia)

2021 – ARTiculations of Reality (curator by Jelena Pavićević), Belgrade Youth Center

2019 – Shared Meanings (curator Miloš Zec), Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana

2018 – Chalk (curator Judith Van Meeuwen), Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (Nederlands)

2018 – 57th October Salon (Belgrade Biennale), curated by Gunnar & Danielle Kvaran, Belgrade

2018 – First Biennale of Young Artists ART EX-YU (curated by Sava Stepanov), The Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Podgorica (Montenegro)

2018 – Art Rotterdam, Galerie Dix9, Rotterdam

2018 – U10 in aqb, aqb Project Space, Budapest (Hungary)

2018 – Anatomy of the Flight (curated by Milica Lapčević), Aeronautical Museum, Belgrade

2017 – Art and Film, 120 years of Exchange (curator Dominique Paini), CaixaForum Madrid

2017 – Drawing Now Paris (11), Galerie Dix9, Paris

2016 – romANTIsch (curators Stella Bach and Claudia Maria), Künstlerhaus, Vienna

2016 – Art and Film, 120 years of Exchange (curator Dominique Paini), Caixa Forum Barcelona

2016 – 56 October Salon (Belgrade Biennale), The Pleasure of Love (curator David Elliott), Belgrade

2016 – Drawing Now Paris (10), Galerie Dix9, Paris

2016 – Book Memories, Galerie Dix9 Helene Lacharmoise, Paris

2016 – Liber Numericus, Stereolux / Platforme Intermedia, Nantes

2016 – (Para)matters of Perception, / U10 art Collective, Project Space (Projektraum), Uqbar, Berlin

2016 – (Para)matters of Perception, / U10 art Collective, Galllery of Valentin Vodnik, Ljubljana

2015 – Liste Art Fair, U10, Basel

2015 – Parallel, U10, Vienna

2015 – Constellation (Curated by Svetlana Montua), Serbian Cultural Center in Paris

2015 – Art Market, U10, Budapest

2013/2014 – Ex-ordinary, No Borders No Nation, City gallery Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo; U10 Art Space, Belgrade; Center for Contemporary Art Montenegro, Podgorica

2013 – Mixer Festival, Thrill in Movement, About and Around Curating, Belgrade

2013 – Hard to be… Within the Time (curator Biljana Tomić), Geozavod, Belgrade

2012 – Bound (curated by Sofia Touboura, Maria Lianou, Nana Sachini), OpenShowstudio, Athens

2012 – Mixer Festival, The Most Beautiful Building (curated by Milica Pekić and Ana Adamović), Belgrade

2010 – Through drawing (curated by Miroslav Karić), MKM4, Belgrade

 

Selection of Awards:

2021 – Award for drawing at the Triennial of Drawings and Small Sculpture by Association of Fine Artists of Serbia

2013 – Special Award for mural and wall installation, New Wall contest, Raiffeisen Bank and Gallery 12HUB

2011 – Award for drawing, Vladimir Veličković Fund

2009 – Award for a creative innovation, Miloš Bajić Fund

 

Public collections:

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles

ABN AMRO collection, Amsterdam

WAP Foundation, Seoul

The Ekard Collection, Hague

Telenor Collection, Belgrade

Collection of October Salon, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade

Wiener Städtische collection, Belgrade

JMS collection, Paris

Mail: nemanja_nikolic@ymail.com