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.
* 1983 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lives and works in Vienna.
Work: Don't Dream Dreams
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*1962 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lives and works in Sarajevo and Düsseldorf, Germany.
Work: Isola Bella
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*1948 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lives and works in Paris.
Work: THIS COULD BE A PLACE OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
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*1980 in Travnik, Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lives and works in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Work: 365 (the image of time) January
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