Artists
Kamerić, Šejla

Artists

Šejla Kamerić

*1976 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lives and works in Sarajevo and Berlin, Germany.

About Šejla Kamerić

As a Bosnian artist who has personally experienced war and its consequences, Šejla Kamerić explores the traces and traumas it has left behind—both on an individual and collective level. Her work revolves around themes of memory, identity, and social power structures.

A central motif in her art is the self-portrait. Since the beginning of her career, Šejla Kamerić has been exploring her identity through photography, using her body both as a medium and a subject. In doing so, she constructs her own narrative, questions ascribed identities, and engages with self-representation, resistance, and emancipation—particularly in response to historical and societal structures. Her work is deeply influenced by personal and collective experiences of conflict, displacement, and gender-based oppression.

  • Sejla Kamerić, Portrait, Fragile Sense of Hope, meCollectors Room Berlin, 2014
    Sejla Kamerić
  • Šejla Kamerić, Bosnian Girl, 2003, exhibition view at 4th Berliner Herbstsalon at Maxim Gorki Theatre October November, 2020
  • Šejla Kamerić, EU & Others, 2000, Installation view Tromostovje Ljubljana
  • Šejla Kamerić, installation view Manifesta 14, Prishtina, 2022
  • Keeping the Balance Ludwig Museum Budapest Installation view Krassimir Sejla
    Sejla Kamerić on 'Ballot Box', 2012
    Keeping the Balance at Ludwig Museum Budapest

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