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Curriculum vitae
Croatian Artist and Designer, lives and works in Germany
1990 Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo, focus on graphic/painting with prof. Salim Obralic
1992 Interruption of the studys because of the Balcan war - Escape to Germany
1995 University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld
focus Visual Communication / Painting
1999 Diploma by Prof. Jochen Geilen
2001/02 study tour in Croatia
2002/04 Bielefeld University - scientific assistant,
Designer for the IWT, Bielefeld (Institute for Science and Technology Studies )
From 1999 designer/artist
“On the last evening of our lives we are asked only about love...”
Bernard Simunovic
Solo / Group exhibitions
Juni 2019 Kutlesa Gallery Switzerland
2019 Artplex Gallery Los Angeles
2019 Artspace Warehouse Gallery Los Angeles
2018 Artsy
2018 Art Acacia Gallery San Francisco
2018 Singulart Galerie, France
2017 Pikto Galerija, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 Artwista Gallery, Berlin
2016 Saatchi Gallery, UK
2016 Carlos Reid Gallery, FL
2015 February Depot, Dortmund
2014 March Group exhibition Westfalenhütte, Dortmund
2013 Sept. Group show 44|88 Kunstschauraum Showroom, Berlin
2013 Sept - 26 Studios Gallery, New York
2013 June/July - 26 Studios Gallery, New York
2013 June - Bushwick Open Studios, New York
2013 June - Group show 44|88 Kunstschauraum Showroom, Berlin
2013 April - Art Monaco
2013 March - International ArtExpo New York
2013 February - AAF - Art Fair Brussels
2013 Jan. Solo exhibition, Bürgerhaus Essen
2012 Solo exhibition "Lebensfaden" Berswordthalle, Dortmund
2011 Solo exhibition "Observation II" Blaues Haus, Dortmund
from 2011 Simunovic presented his works to the public
2002 Kunsthalle Bielefeld - Art Exhibition OWL
2001/02 "Creations" Art Fair Sinsheim Design / Art
2000 Solo exhibition "Zeichen Untertage" Galerie - FH Bielefeld
Solo exhibition "Zeichnen Untertage" Zeche Friedrich-Heinrich,
Kamp-Lintfort
1999 Diploma exhibition, FH Bielefeld
Solo exhibition Mercator Halle, Duisburg
ZiF (Center for Interdisciplinary Research), Bielefeld
1998 Group exhibition, KHG, Bielefeld
1997 Solo Exhibition, Aldegrever Gesellschaft, Münster
1996 'Observations', St.Joseph Church Bielefeld "Sarajevo - a wounded city"
(UNESCO, traveling exhibition in 40 european cities and New York, USA)
1995 Group exhibition, Mercator Halle, Duisburg
1994 International Literature Cafe Bielefeld
1992 "Stop the war in Croatia" with Croatian artist Branimir Cilic, NRW
1991 Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo
Scholarships /prices
2001/02 Art Fair Sinsheim Design /Art Competition - 2nd price
1996/97 Artist scholarship, Aldegrever Gesellschaft, Münster
Artist scholarship, Albertus Magnus Gesellschaft, Paderborn
Artist residency Kamp-Lintfort, "Zeichnen Untertage"
Private and public art collections
companies, international private collectors
1999 ZiF art collection, Bielefeld
Aldegrever Gesellschaft
Schloß Solitude
Bernard Simunovic
Bernard is a Croatian born artist and Designer, lives and works in Germany. Bernard Simunovic plays with color, form and minimalistic lines in his abstract figurative, analyzing but also sculptured like compositions with the meticulous application of acrylic, oil, spray paint or even collage. Bernard creates an extraordinary composition in each of his works. The simple black or coloured contour line, runs through his classical paintings or in more graphical artworks as a “ thread of life”. He is interested in themes like intimacy like the artwork bed secret, society like "family portrait" , exploring transcience of human beings and all kind of relationship between all kind of creatures – the barely existence BEING is connected in all his works. The works are primarily distinguished by their complex simplicity. They are telling stories, sometimes humorous or sarcastic, but always trying the viewer to stimulate, to explore their own introspection.