Siniša Ilić

Siniša Ilić (Belgrade, 1977) is a visual artist who holds a BA and an MA in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. His practice combines works on paper with installations, video and performance. His artistic practice focuses on exploring various forms of social tension – whether related to sustainability, cultural heritage or working conditions – as well as on finding ways to foster friendship, solidarity and different forms of artistic collaboration.

    He also works in set design and the design of performance spaces both in Serbia and internationally. His set designs have been realized at Atelje 212, the National Theatre, CZKD, Yugoslav Drama Theatre and the Little Theatre “Duško Radović” in Belgrade; the National Theatre in Užice; Šabac Theatre; Gavella and ZKM in Zagreb; Istrian National Theatre Pula; SNG in Ljubljana and Kranj; and The Split City Puppet Theatre. He has represented Serbia at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.

   He has exhibited his work at MOCA, the Museum of African Art and the October Salon in Belgrade; the Museums of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Ljubljana and Podgorica; MAXXI (National Museum of the 21st Century Art) Museum in Rome; Tate Modern and 22 Calvert Foundation in London; the Pompidou Centre and Kadist Foundation in Paris; the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art in Yekaterinburg; Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna; the Lofoten International Chamber Music Festival; Galerija Nova in Zagreb; Kunstraum Innsbruck; and the National Gallery in Prague.

    He is the recipient of numerous awards in the fields of visual art and stage design, including the Mangelos Award, the Nadežda Petrović Memorial Award, the October Salon Award, and awards from ULUPUDS (the Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia), among others.