Velma Babić
Munich, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2024 · Change of Perspective – Photography Exhibition, AusARTen Festival, MFI, Munich, Germany
2023 · Photo Reportage – RE.TE.Ong, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2022 · I Shot the Self – KUK Gallery, Cologne, Germany (curated by Dr. Claudia Zini)
2018 · Inside–Outside – Art Gallery Brodac, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017 · A Stage of One’s Own – Bartcelona Concept, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 · Losing Words – Bartcelona Concept, Belgrade, Serbia
2023 · Photo Reportage – RE.TE.Ong, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2022 · I Shot the Self – KUK Gallery, Cologne, Germany (curated by Dr. Claudia Zini)
2018 · Inside–Outside – Art Gallery Brodac, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017 · A Stage of One’s Own – Bartcelona Concept, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 · Losing Words – Bartcelona Concept, Belgrade, Serbia
Selected Group Exhibitions & Contributions
2025 · Collective Performance: Cleaning – Kuma International at Historical Museum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024 · Cleaning Soundwork – Radio Elsewheres (2nd Edition), in collaboration with Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024 · Intersection – Culture Days, Atelier Projekt, Munich, Germany
2023 · ŠTO TE NEMA – Benefit Art Auction, Manifesto Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 · Culture Days – Atelier Projekt, Munich, Germany
2022 · I Shot the Self – presented within DC Open, Cologne, Germany
2018 · Grain Photography – Belgrade, Serbia
2017 · Contemporary Refresh 2 – Brodac Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 · Medusas: Woman–Myth, Woman–Shadow – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2015 · Abrahadabra: The Ritual of the Usual – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá & São Paulo, Colombia, Brazil
2012 · Panta Rhei – Art Festival, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 · Memory and Society – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2010 · Spaces of Silence – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2024 · Cleaning Soundwork – Radio Elsewheres (2nd Edition), in collaboration with Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024 · Intersection – Culture Days, Atelier Projekt, Munich, Germany
2023 · ŠTO TE NEMA – Benefit Art Auction, Manifesto Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 · Culture Days – Atelier Projekt, Munich, Germany
2022 · I Shot the Self – presented within DC Open, Cologne, Germany
2018 · Grain Photography – Belgrade, Serbia
2017 · Contemporary Refresh 2 – Brodac Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 · Medusas: Woman–Myth, Woman–Shadow – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2015 · Abrahadabra: The Ritual of the Usual – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá & São Paulo, Colombia, Brazil
2012 · Panta Rhei – Art Festival, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 · Memory and Society – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia
2010 · Spaces of Silence – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia
Talks, Lectures & Public Contributions
2025 · Artist Talk: Migration in Pictures (painting, photography, video), Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024 · Artist Talk: Change of Perspective, AusARTen Festival, Munich, Germany
2024 · Artist Talk: Spy in My Own Yard & Cleaning, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024 · Artist Talk: Change of Perspective, AusARTen Festival, Munich, Germany
2024 · Artist Talk: Spy in My Own Yard & Cleaning, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2022 · Artist Talk: Between Past and Future, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 · Artist Talk: Borders and Migrations, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 · Guest Editor & Workshop, Mahala Magazine, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020 · Artist in Conversation: Diasporic Art, Memory, and Identity, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019 · Artist Talk: On Exile, Kuma International & Academy of Arts, Banja Luka
2021 · Artist Talk: Borders and Migrations, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 · Guest Editor & Workshop, Mahala Magazine, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020 · Artist in Conversation: Diasporic Art, Memory, and Identity, Kuma International, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019 · Artist Talk: On Exile, Kuma International & Academy of Arts, Banja Luka
Photo Reportage for Cultural Memory and Heritage Initiatives
2025 · ŠTO TE NEMA – Monument Lab: Memory as Resistance, Munich, Germany
2020–2025 · Cultus BH e.V., Munich, Germany
2022 · RE.TE.Ong, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020–2025 · Cultus BH e.V., Munich, Germany
2022 · RE.TE.Ong, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education
2007 · M.A. Russian and South Slavic Studies & Modern German Literary Studies
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany
2003 · B.A. Slavic Literary Studies & German Philology, University of Konstanz, Germany