Oliver Musovik

Born 1971 in Skopje (Macedonia)
Graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje, Department of Printmaking.
1997 Currently attending postgraduate studies at the same faculty

Solo Exhibitions:

2002 Neighbours – New Acquisition for the 2000+ Arteast Collection, Small Gallery (of the Museum of Modern Art), Ljubljana (SI)
Neighbours 2: The Yard, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia)

1999 Hypsiphobia, Artists’ House Foundation, Boswil (CH)
taking shoes off, CIX Gallery, Skopje (Macedonia)

1998 Several free interpretations of important and less important works of literature through illustrative examples, Open Graphic Art Studio, Skopje (Macedonia)

1997 Prints, Youth Cultural Centre, Skopje (Macedonia)

1996 Prints, Art Gallery, Bitola (Macedonia)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002 Home Sweet Home, MAN Art Museum of the Nuoro province, Nuoro (I)
22nd Nadezda Petrovic Memorial, Art Gallery “Nadezda Petrovic”, Cacak (YU)
2000+ Arteast Collection, Skopje Art Gallery, Skopje (Macedonia)
V International Biennial of Young Artists "Time Codes", Vrsac (YU)
Manifesta 4 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurt am Main (D)
I – YOU, Bitola (Macedonia)
Who am I?, Cultural Centre Belgrade (YU)
TTT, Visual Research Centre, Dundee (UK)

2001 Selection 2000, Art Gallery, Strumica (Macedonia)
Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery, Bonn (D)
konverzacije, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (YU)
Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery, Stuttgart (D)
52nd Michetti Prize: Adriatic – The two coasts, Michetti Museum, Francavilla al Mare (I)
Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery, Stuttgart (D)
5th Youth Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia)
Hidden Texts, Gallery of the Widened Media HDLU, Zagreb (HR)
BREAK 21 – 5th International Festival of Young Independent Artists, Ljubljana (SI)
Small Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia)
Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery, Berlin (D)

2000 TIK – TAK – TOK, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia)
WORDS – OBJECTS – ACTS, Museum of the City of Skopje (Macedonia)
Komsi kapicik, One Degree Gallery, Skopje (Macedonia)
Part of the System, <rotor> association for contemporary art, Graz (A)
The Continuous Cities. Urban Situations, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (A)
Graphic Art Experiment 2, Open Graphic Art Studio, Skopje (Macedonia)
A(l=t)titudes, Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje (Macedonia)

1999 view assistance, Basel (CH)
6th International Istanbul Biennial, Dolmabahce Cultural Center, Istanbul (TR)
The First Peep Show in the City, CIX Gallery, Skopje (Macedonia)

1998 Little Big Stories, Riksarkivet, Stockholm (SE)
Little Big Stories, National University Library, Skopje (Macedonia)
BREAK 21 - 2nd International Festival of Young Independent Artists, Ljubljana (SI)

1997 Graphic Art Experiment, Open Graphic Art Studio, Skopje (Macedonia)

Prizes

1998 28th Graphic Art Exhibition of DLUM / Purchase Prize

1994 “Dragutin Avramovski – Gute”, FFA

Works in Collections

2000+ Arteast Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana (SI)
Art Gallery “Nadezda Petrovic”, Uzice (YU)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia)
World Bank, Washington D.C. (USA)

Selected Bibliography

- Abadzieva, Sonja. “Holmes from our Art Street”. In the catalogue Oliver Musovik – Neighbours 2: The Yard, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, 2002: 3-19
- delle Case, Andrea. “Casa dolce casa”. ExibArt, 24.10.2002. www.exibart.com/notizia.asp?IDNotizia=5679&IDCategoria=83
- Lapp, Axel. "Manifesta 4", ArtMargins, 2002. www.artmargins.com/content/review/lapp.html
- "Artist portraits (28): Oliver Musovik". . Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt 29.06.2002
- Bocvarova, Marika. "Small Talk", The Large Glass 14. Skopje 2002
- Talevski, Saso. "Koj sum jas?". Makedonsko delo 441, Skopje, 12 April, 2002: 49-50
- Dimitrov, Valentino. "Everyday Everyday Everyday Everyday and Ends". The Large Glass 12/13. Skopje 2000/1: 24-24
- Terekessidis, Mark. "Vermessene Metaphern". Texte zur Kunst, September 2001: 203-206
- Vilic, Nebojsa “Few Textual Quotes on the Hidden Commitments”. In the catalogue Sunny Moon – The Month of Contemporary Art . Zagreb, 2001