Ismar Čirkinagić
Artist Ismar Čirkinagić came to Denmark as a refugee in 1992 and now lives and works in Copenhagen and Prijedor.
Ismar Čirkinagić. Photo: Alen Cortic
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About
Ismar Čirkinagić (b. 1973, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. He came to Denmark as a refugee in 1992 and now lives and works in Copenhagen and Prijedor.
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Ismar Čirkinagić’s conceptual practice explores sociopolitical questions through photography and installation. His work examines how war, displacement and social change leave traces in people, landscapes and materials.
He has exhibited in Denmark and internationally, including at SMK – the National Gallery of Denmark, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Brandts Art Museum, HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art and MAC Belfast, as well as the Liverpool Biennial and the ARoS Triennial.
His work is held in collections including SMK, ARKEN, ARoS, Sorø Art Museum, the Royal Danish Library – National Collection of Photography, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, MSU – Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb and Ars Aevi in Sarajevo.
