Mirza Cizmic
b.1985
https://www.instagram.com/mc.contemporaryart/
Education:
2005 High School for Applied Arts Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 Art College Munka – Ljungby (Helsingborg, Sweden)
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
2019 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2023 THE IMMORTAL FAIRY TALES OF THE SPOTLESS VOICES, Artemin Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Lucky Cats and the Family portraits, Ama Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2023 Equilibrium Part I, Contempo gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Equilibrium Part II, Poola gallery, Pula, Croatia
2022 Mirza Cizmic Solo show, X Vitamin gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2022 Memories of loud silence, Hang tough Contemporary Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2022
2021 Metamorphosis, Aleksic gallery – Kragujevac, Serbia
2021 Stolen Memories – Chronicles, Pogo galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Artist in Isolation, Brodac Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 Springs were so cold, Project Room, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Don’t think about Art – The night of the arts 2016, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Landscapes, OP GALLERY HELSINGBORG, Helsingborg, Sweden 2011 One hundred chairs, GALLERI K2, Munka-Ljungby, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 Intimate – group show /Robert Fontaine gallery, Miami Beach, United States
2023 Cul. Bite. Chien, Blast – exhibition space, Liege, Belgium
2023 One Art Taipei, Taiwan
2022 Papa Hood, Taoyoan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2022 Double worlds, gallery Rankka, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Nesvrstani, Poola gallery – Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia
2022 One Art Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, United States (during Art Basel week 2021)
2021 Art Taichung, Taiwan, represented by Equal Art Lab
2021 Hang Tough Editions Winter Print Show, Hang tough Contemporary Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2021 Portrait NOW, The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
2021 Portrait Now II, Ljungber Museum, Kronoberg, Sweden
2021 For the love of, Hakola studio – Helsinki design week, Finland
2021 Winners Exhibition, Delphian Gallery – Unit1 Gallery, London England
2019 Fantome Aave, Galerie Au Medicis, Paris, France
2018 Kuvan Kevät- Spring show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Microsites, Helsinki, Finland curated by Pontus Kyander
2017 Närmare Borta, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Bachelor’s degree exhibition 2016, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Portraits, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 Porvoo Pre-Triennial (Porvoo, Finland) – “JOY IMPORT EXPORT” – collaboration with Finish
artist group “JOYMEN”, Angel Mix / Enkeli Mix / Porvoon Taideyhdistys with Petri Hytönen
2015 Exhibiting Painting 2, Open Art – Biennale, Örebrö, Sweden
2015 Basware 2015, Finland, Helsinki 2015 Exhibiting Painting 2, Open Art – Biennale, Örebrö, Sweden
2015 Exhibiting Painting, Kuva Tila, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Performance with Petri Hytönen, Liisa Risu-GALLERI SIC, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Who is IN? FAFA GALLERY, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Big Bang, SKÅNES KONSTFÖRENING MALMÖ, Malmö, Sweden
2012 You are art, GALLERY CKA-CHARLAMA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 Time, RÖDA KVARN, Helsingborg, Sweden
2011 Hans Christian Andersen, JÄRNVÄGENS MUSEUM, Ängelholm, Sweden
Grants and awards:
2023 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2021 Frame
2021 Finnish Cultural Foundation
2020 Taike – Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2019 Vantaa City
2018 Suomen Taideyhdistys – Finnish Art Society
2018 Paulon Säätiö
2018 The Anita Snellman Foundation
Works purchased for public collections/Public artworks and commissions:
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland
Päivi ja Paavo Lipposen Foundation
Swedish-Finnish Cultural Center Hanaholmen, (Helsinki, Finland) Aleksic collection
Private collections