Vladan Sibinovic (1987) is a visual artist who was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where he received his Master’s Degree in painting from the Faculty of Fine Art, as the best graduate student in 2011.

During his junior year he was a recipient of the Traunkirchen Akademie Summer Fellowship, where he had the opportunity to work with artists such as Arnulf Rainer, Eva and Adele, and Xenia Hausner. After graduating, he partook in many projects through artist residency programs. He participated in Glo’ Art in Belgium and the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, where he was honored by mentor Imran Qureshi. Most recently, he participated in Artist in Residence programs at Chinatown Soup in NYC, KC Grad in Belgrade and Éva Kahán in italy.

He has had eight solo shows and has been involved in several other group exhibitions in USA and Europe. Currently, Vladan divides his time between New York and Belgrade, where he works as an independent artist.

 

EDUCATION:

2009 - 2011. Faculty of Fine Arts Belgrade, University of Arts Belgrade, Serbia, Master in Painting, Average grade: 10,00/10,00

2006 - 2009. Faculty of Fine Arts Belgrade, University of Arts Belgrade, Serbia, Bachelor in Painting, Average grade: 9,78/10,00.

2002 - 2006. “Tehnoart” Grammar School- School of Arts & Crafts, Belgrade, Serbia, Department of conservation of cultural goods.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE:

2023. Éva Kahán Artists in Residence Programme in Tuscany, Italy.

2022. Artist in Residence program at KC grad, Belgrade, Serbia.

2021. Finishing Associate at Apparatus LLC, NYC, USA.

2020. Artist in Residence program at Chinatown Soup, NYC.

2017 - 2020. Painting Staff at KaiKai Kiki Co, Takashi Murakami's NY studio.

2016. International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria.

2014. Artist in residency program Glo' Art Belgium.

2008-2014. Was a member of the Sopocani and Studenica Monastery conservation team. Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, Belgrade, Serbia.

2009. Summer Academy Traunkirchen, Austria .

2009. Project Terratorija (the project of BELEF – Belgrade summer festival), in Kikinda, Serbia.

2008. Was a member of the conservation team working on conservation of mosaics from the site Guberevac. The National Museum in Belgrade, Serbia.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS:

2016. Scholarship for the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria.

2012. Member of ULUS - Association of Fine Artists of Serbia.

2011. Award - "Valedictorian of the Faculty of Fine Arts (class of 2006.) ", University of Arts in Belgrade.

2011. Award - Second Place in Photo Contest - PDP Convention, Novi Sad, Serbia.

2009. Scholarship for The Summer Academy Traunkirchen, Austria.

2008. Scholarship for 1000 young talents from Serbia - Republic of Serbia, Ministry of youth and sport .

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2023. "Listen to the Hummingbird", Monolog gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.

2022. "Marbles", Stab gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.

2020. “The Language”, Chinatown Soup, NYC, USA.

2014. "The Filing of Belgrade", Salon 77, Nis, Serbia.

2014. "The Filing of Belgrade", Dom omladine, Belgrade, Serbia.

2011. Valedictorian Art Exhibit (class of 2006.) - University of Arts, Belgrade, Faculty of Fine Arts gallery in Belgrade, Serbia.

2011. “Shadows”, Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.

2000. Exhibition at Cultural Center "Sumice", Belgrade, Serbia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED):

2023. "Perspective 2022" at Štab gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.

2022. “Artist in residence 2022” at KC grad, Belgrade, Serbia.

2020. “Friends & Lovers” at Chinatown Soup, NYC, USA.

2019. “New York state of mind” at Usagi NY Gallery in New York.

2018. “Summer Exhibition” at LIC Arts Open Gallery in New York, USA.

2017. “Inclusive Disjunction” at Sleep Center Gallery in New York, USA.

2016. The International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria.

2014. International Houston Fotofest, Houston, USA.

2014. “Artist in residence 2014” Glo’ Art, Belgium.

2014. 12th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia.

2012. “Autumn Exhibiton”, Art pavilion “Cvjeta Zuzoric”, Belgrade, Serbia.

2012. "Views 2012", Gallery 73, Belgrade, Serbia.

2012. 11th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia.

2012. "New Members of ULUS", Art pavilion "Cvijeta Zuzoric", Belgrade, Serbia.

2012. „Studio 8“, Night of Museums, Cultural Center „Palilula“, Belgrade, Serbia.

2011. „With the body“, Faculty of Fine Arts gallery in Belgrade, Serbia.

2010. Organ vida 4, photo exhibition, Zagreb, Croatia.

2009. Group exhibition of The Summer Academy Traunkirchen, Austria.

2007. „Tehnoart Beograd“, Gallery "Dom vojske", Belgrade, Serbia.