21 Jun Adela Jušić
Adela Jušić was born in 1982 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she still lives and creates. After graduating from the Department of Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo in 2007, she received her MA in Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Europe from the Universities of Sarajevo and Bologna in 2013. Since 2010, she has been working on cultural projects at Crvena Culture and Art Association, of which she is a co-founder. Jušić has participated in about 100 international exhibitions (Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain; Videonale, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; Image Counter Image, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Balkan Inisght, Pompidou Center, Paris, etc.) and many residencies (ISCP, New York; Kulturkontakt, Vienna, i.a.a.b. Basel). In 2010 he won the Young Visual Artist award for the best young Bosnian artist, in 2011 the Henkel Young Artist award and in 2013 the Belgrade October Salon special award. He has participated in numerous panels, workshops and conferences (London School of Economics, Royal College of Arts, London, England, etc.).
For more information:
http://adelajusic.wordpress.com
The artist is currently working as a researcher at Izmir University of Economics as part of the Trans-making project.
The Trans-making project aims to establish a multifaceted research and innovation network active in the field of space production/space-based art activities as a space for creating alternative narratives for social, economic and democratic regeneration. It will examine and experiment through space production to actively contribute to the educational support of individuals and disadvantaged minorities and to the democratization and well-being of society through research and production in connection with art and new technologies.
The aim is to strengthen the research capacities of academic and non-academic partners in Europe and Third Countries by exchanging knowledge and expertise in a joint research program focused on collecting, documenting/discovering, experiencing/realizing/designing. The ultimate goal for Trans-making will be to establish a long-term collaboration between partners in order to have a scientific and innovative world community for research (including art-based research), innovation and educational activity on topics related to the project.
Currently, Crvena is preparing to welcome the first researchers from Lubljana, Valencia and Istanbul in the coming months, while Crvena researchers Andreja Dugandžić and Adela Jušić continue their fieldwork in Valencia and Izmir.
For more information:
http://www.h2020.org.tr/…/marie-sklodowska-curie-actions
As part of her research in Izmir, the artist will present her work in various media (video, performance, sound installation, mixed media) at K2, followed by an artist talk and discussion with the audience.