Mirko Lazovic

Birthyear
1979
Currently based
Amsterdam
Website
http://www.mirkolazovic.com/
About

Mirko Lazović graduated at the University of Arts in Belgrade and Royal Academy in The Hague, got his MA from the Royal Conservatory in the Hague (2008). His installations place strong thematic emphasis on presence, interactivity, and compositional aspects of time. Light, water, electricity and sound are his working materials. Based in the Netherlands, Lazović’s wide-reaching practice includes solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe, from relevant cultural venues to obscure and abandoned locations.

CV
Education:
2006-2008 MA ArtScience, Royal Conservatory, The Hague
2003-2006 BA Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague
2004-2005 two semestral course Leiden Univeristy, Department of Philosophy
1999-2005 MA University of Fine Arts in Belgrade
1998-1999 restoration of paintings at the Academy of Orthodox Church in Belgrade

Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Dependence no.1 - TRAMS, Vondelbunker, Amsterdam
2016 Clepsichor II, Fair Design Square in Rotterdam
2014 Electricle, Shauraum Museums Quartier Vienna, AT
2013 While staring at..../Dok gledam u...., Galerija 12 HUB, Belgrade, RS
2012 Clepsichor, Magacin, Belgrade
2012 Clepsichor, ResidenceSEA, Heraclion, GR
2011 Painting Apparatus, Utsikten Kunstsentrum, Kvinesdal, NO
2008 Concert of Angels, Filmhuis Den Haag, The Hague
2005 Maybe I won't be there, KABK Dependence, The Hague
2005 Call-0800-SUICIDE, Docentenkammer KABK, The Hague
2005 You'll be better off without me, Street action, The Hague

Group Exhibitions:
2019 Overtoons & Underslurrents, OT301, Amsterdam
2019 Kucku Transfolk festival, Loviisa, Finland
2018 VLUGTroute, Broedplaats De Vlugt, Amsterdam
2018 Istanbul on March 3rd 2018 - TransFolk2018-2019 Checkpoint #1, Lovissa, FInland
2017 Unspoken truth - Het Mysterie van de Waarheid, currated by Merel Noorlander and Arjen
Lancel, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2017 Black Noise, curated by Isin Onol and Ekmel Ertan, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
2017 I grab my circle every time I cross the line, Resonate Festival, Belgrade
2017 Inside out Outside in, group exhibition with Merel Noorlander and Ana Oosting, Quartair, The Hague
2016 International Triennial of Extended Media, Belgrade
2015 WonderLab Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, RS
2015 I grab my circle every time I cross the line, with Nenad Popov, (performance), Spectrum, Berlin
2015 Vlugt 5 years anniversary, Amsterdam
2014 November Music Festival, s'Hertogenbosch
2014 Same Difference II - Open studios De Vlugt, Amsterdam
2014 Cables, Wires etc... Frieraum MQ, Vienna
2014 Faceless, Mediamatic factory, Amsterdam
2013 AIR show, Das Weisse Haus Studios, Vienna
2013 Supper Club 4, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
2013 Same Difference I - Open studios De Vlugt, Amsterdam
2013 Faceless, curated by Bogomir Doringer, Frieraum MQ, Vienna
2013 Transformator - curated by De Zoep, Dacota Theatre, The Hague
2013 Little bit of history deleting... - curated by Işin Önol, GPL gallery, Vienna
2012 Nocturno for Clepsichord and Cyclocharp - performance with Incredible Bob, Magacin, Belgrade
2012 Inexactly this, Kunstvlai Amsterdam
2012 While staring at the wall - Vienna Art Week, open studios at Quarter21
2012 Open Huis De Vlught, Broedplats de Vlugt, Amsterdam
2012 Žinkovy arts festival curated by Hrafnhildur Gissurardottir, Žinkovy castle, CZ
2011 Hjem.Dom.Home, Kulturstationen Vanløse, Copenhagen and KC Grad, Belgrade
2011 Open SorceArt Festival, Sopot, PL
2010 Import-Export, Utsikten Kunstsentrum, Kvinesdal, NO
2010 Structet, Todays Art Festival, The Hague (performance)
2010 Notion on limitation, Stichting Centrum, The Hague
2010 EPICENTRUM, Stichting Centrum, The Hague
2009 mPnL, Todays Art Festival, The Hague (performance)
2008 Group Exhibition, Gallery Sign, Groningen
2008 PARAAT #4 - Best of Graduates, Ronmandos Gallery, Amsterdam
2007 Shooting Audio, Todays Art Festival, The Hague (performance)
2007 De Kort Beck Lazovic, B-Link Festival, Belgrade (performance)
2007 De Kort Beck Lazovic, Bonefantenmuseum, Maastricht (performance)
2006 Art Olive jong talent 2006, Wesergasfabriek, Amsterdam
2006 Structet, Todays Art Festival, The Hague (performance)
2004 Contemporary Solutions, Group Exhibition, Transvaal, The Hague
2004 BELEF-Belgrade Summer Festival
2003 Theory that walks (TKH) Urban Festival, Zagreb, HR (performance)
2003 BELEF-Belgrade Summer Festival

Residences:
2018 Loviisa Art Residence, Loviisa, FI
2016 CITE des Artes, Paris, FR
2013 Artist in Residence, Das Weisse Haus Vienna
2012 Artist in Residence, Freiraum Quartier21, Vienna
2012 Artist in residence, ResidenceSEA, Heraclion, GR
2004-2005 "Critique of Pure Reason" two semestral Course on Immanuel Kant, Leiden University
2001-2002 TKH (Theory that walks), Workshop for applied theory and performances, Cenpi, Belgrade
2001 TheO theA Workshop for applied theory, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade

Theatre:
2019 Stage design, Breken 4, OEROL festival, De Gasten production
Light and stage design, Breken 3, De Gasten production
2018 Light design for theatre MY NAME BEFORE NAOMI, de Gasten production
Light design for theatre IN OUR EYES, A CASCADE, by Clara Amaral
Light design for theatre BREKEN, de Gasten production​
Light and stage design for theatre TO VOICE, de Gasten production
2016 Light and stage design for theatre AWAKE, de Gasten production
Light and sound design for theatre Aantekeningen uit het ondergrondse, Rast production
2015 - 2016 Light and video design for theatre performance "Bolero" with Ziya Azazi and Claudio Betinelli
2010 Video assistant for theatre MARSLANDING Directed by Andrea Bozić, Frascatti production

Other:
2018 public lecture for the opening of the exhibition Colours of Hate Civil war in Loviisa 1918
2016 Guest lecturer, Interactive design department, University Paris 8, Paris
2016- Board member of Vereniging Goleb, Amsterdam
2015 workshop for kids at Noordje Kinderkunst, Amsterdam
2013 - 2014 Guest lecturer, ArtScience Deppartment Royal Academy, The Hague
2013 - 2015 Guest lecturer, Faculty for Media and Communications, Belgrade
2009 - 2011 Chairman of Stichting Centrum, The Hague
2007 - 2013 Theatre assistant for Zeebelt Theatre in The Hague

Texts:
2012 Clepsichor, text by Maja Ćirić
2008 You would be better of without me’ by Hagar Jobse, Mister Motley #20 Rondom de dood
2008 Filmhuis Magazine/June 'Concert of Angels' Interview by George Vermij
2006 Structet-Building Music, Dipassage
2008 Dance with Concert of Angels by Ljubica Jelisavac-Katić, Jat New Review

Support:
2019 Fonds Kwadraat
2019 Stichting Stokroos, Project Subsidy
2017 Stichting Stokroos, Project Subsidy
2017 Stroom Den Haag, Project PRO Subsidy
2016 Fonds for Mobility, Ministry of Culture, Serbia
2016 Stroom Den Haag, Spot subsidy
2016 Fonds Kvadraat
2013 Stroom Den Haag, Project Pro subsidy
2013 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, subsidy
2012 Production Grant, Ministry of culture Serbia
2012 Stroom Den Haag, Project Pro subsidy
2012 Quartier21 subsidy, Museums Quartier, Vienna, AT
2012 ResidenceSEA - Production subsidy Heraclion, Greece
2010 Stroom Den Haag, Project Pro subsidy
2006 Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, production subsidy
2006 Stroom Den Haag, Project Pro subsidy
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