Lala Raš?i? is born in Sarajevo 1977. Lives and works between Sarajevo and Zagreb. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. She spent a work period at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam 2003/04. Most recently, her solo exhibition Individual Utopias was presented at BOP Gallery, Zagreb, and Gallery KC, Belgrade, the performance of the same title opened the City of Women exhibition: Natural Relations in ŠKUC gallery in Ljubljana (all 2008). Her solo show Everything is Connected in National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007), Sarajevo toured to Museum of Contemporary Art, Banja Luka and BOP Gallery, Zagreb. Solo shows also include exhibitions at Gallery Nova, Zagreb; Art Radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik; SC Gallery, Zagreb and Dik de Bruijne, Amsterdam. She has participated in group shows a.o. at La Centrale Electique, Brussels, Contemporary Art Center, Graz; Edinburgh Art Festival; The Kitchen, New York; Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles and Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul. She is the recipient of the 2006 Zvono award for best young artist for Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2007 first prize winner of Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb acquisition award for her installation Everything is Connected. Raš?i? develops her audio-drama inspired work thru scriptwriting, video, performance, installation and drawing. While maintaining the entertainment and aesthetic quality in her work, the subverted message is no laughing matter. At a closer look, the seemingly humorous works are a satirical comment on contemporary society and the artit’s own environment. In charge of the presentation Adnan Popovi?.

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