{"id":1205,"date":"2023-06-10T00:20:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T22:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sanjalasic.com\/?page_id=1205"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:41:52","slug":"artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sanjalasic.com\/?page_id=1205","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sanja Lasi\u0107<\/strong>
Born in Sarajevo (1987)
Lives and works in Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPCOMING<\/strong>
August 20205<\/strong> \u2013 Artist Talk \u2013 in conversation with Anna Manankina as part of as part of the Creative Europe project Responding to Trauma and to Cultural Heritage Destruction supported by EU Commission at APOTEKA, Vodnjan, Croatia
September 2025<\/strong> \u2013 K1_ARt.bridges. \u2206 {Sarajevo, Wien} – Augmented Reality im \u00d6ffentlichen Raum – Gruppenausstellung
September 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Publikationspr\u00e4sentation von \u201cSevdah of Lost Identity\u201d, Standpoint Autotheory. Writing Embodied Experiences and Relational Artistic Practices, Vol. 28, Edited by Ana de Almeida, Mariel Rodr\u00edguez (Hg.), London, Sternberg Press, 2025
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EDUCATION:<\/strong>
2025
Modas – Kolleg f\u00fcr Sozialp\u00e4dagogik Wien
Prof. Daniel Koch
2017
Akademie der Bildenden K\u00fcnste Wien
Prof. Constanze Ruhm
2010
Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) Milan
Prof. Marcello Maloberti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FURTHER EDUCATION:<\/strong>
2021
Jewish traditional singing with Victoria Hanna, Online Workshop
2019
Introduction to Sevdah BiH traditional singing with Damir Imamovi\u0107, Workshop, Sevdah Lab Sarajevo
2018
Private lessons, Sevdah BiH traditional singing with Nata\u0161a Mirkovi\u0107, Vienna

SOLO SHOWS<\/strong>
2013
\u201cPortraits\u201d Solo exhibition, Hallway Gallery, Vienna
Curated by Victoria Dejaco

2010
\u201cThings can change quickly\u201d, Radical Intention, Milan
Curated by Maria Pecchioli & Aria Spinelli

GROUP SHOWS
<\/strong>2023
\u201cMost wanted female* art auction\u201d, Artcare, Vienna
\u201cLabours of care\u201d together with Nata\u0161a Mackuljak and Smirna Kulenovi\u0107, Manifesto Gallery, Sarajevo. Supported by Kuma International & Austrian Forum Sarajevo

2019
\u201cMaking truth – Abschlusspr\u00e4sentation ArtStart Studio\u201d, Traktorfabrik, Vienna
Presented by Angela Stief

2018
\u201cGuilty pleasures\u201d, LOW, Vienna
Curated by LOW team
\u201cNo place #4\u201d, Ex Ceramica Vaccari di Santo Stefano di Magra, La Spezia
Curated by Silvia Cini

2016
\u201cConvivio\u201d, Il Crepaccio, Milano
Curated by Caroline Corbetta

2017
\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is that I think\u201d, Final Diplom presentation, Semperdepot, Vienna

2015
\u201cFluidit\u00e0 del mediale\u201d, a r t web gallery @ Sala Dogana | Palazzo Ducale, Genova
Curated by Paola Zucchello

2011
\u201cInvasion One\u201d, Collaboration with Archive ART HUB, Convento dei Dominicani, Altomonte (Calabria)
Curated by Giovanni Viceconte
“in soffitta – crisi e mutamento”, Ristorante al Garibaldi, Milan
Curated by Milli Gandini

2010
“There is no place like home”, Via Col di Lana 4, Milan
“IL MA”, Fabrica del Vapore, Milan
Curated by Alice Ginaldi, Siva Le Duc, Isabella Mara e Fiordalice Sette
\u201cIL MA\u201d, Katty House Gallery, Monfalcone
Curated by Alice Ginaldi, Siva Le Duc, Isabella Mara e Fiordalice Sette

2009
\u201cIn-Side V.S. On-Side\u201d, Spazio Taccori, Milano
Curated by Marina Bignani & Ylbert Durishti
\u201cNuovo Riciclato\u201d, Spazio Taccori, Milan
Curated by Marina Bignani & Ylbert Durishti
\u201cCemento armato\u201d, Galleria ARTRA, Milano
Curated by Marcello Maloberti

2008
\u201cSo Fresh!!\u201d, Amici Galleria Spazzapan, Gradisca d\u2019Isonzo (GO)
Curated by Andrea Bruciati

ART RESIDENCY & SCHOLARSHIP
<\/strong>2024
Art Residency at Casa Lombardo, Mazara del Vallo, Sicily<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019
Scholarship at ArSstart Studio Program, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Traktorfabrik Florisdorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017
Art Residency at 1.Sausaler Kunstbiennale, St. Andra im Sausal, Sudsteiermark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010
Art Residency at Fondazione Spinola Banna per l\u2019Arte, Poirino (TO), Visiting professor Liliana Moro
Art Residency at Radical Intention, Milan, Organised by Maria Pechiolli & Aria Spinelli
Art Residency at XIV Biennale Internazionale della Scultura di Carrara – Does the sculpture need a camera?, Visiting professor Grzegorz Kowalski and Lukasz Kosela<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009
Art Residency at ARTHUB – Videoarte and Sound design, Milan, Visiting professor Steve Piccolo and Marc Kalinka<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008
Premio Nazionale delle Arti – Review of artistic production of fine art academies Catania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007
Premio Nazionale delle Arti – Review of artistic production of fine art academies Catania

LIVE PERFORMANCES
<\/strong>2023
\u201cSanta Flauta Orchestra\u201d – a project by Andreas Trobollowitsch at 12ton Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab\/AIL, Postsparkasse, Vienna

2022
\u201cR e a l i t i e s\u201d at Konferencija curated by Mirjana Mustra, Semperdepot AKBILD Vienna
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity\u201d organised by RAW MATTERS at Studio Moliere Vienna

2020
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity\u201d together with Eric Arn. Curated by Mirjana Mustra at Note 15, Burjanplatz Vienna

2019
\u201cSanta Melodica Orchestra\u201d – a project by Andreas Trobollowitsch at MQ & mumok Vienna
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity\u201d together with Eric Arn at exhibition A \/ Rhythm Heartbeat Detector. Curated by Vinko Nino J\u00e4ger, Nata\u0161a Mackuljak, Ivana Marjanovi\u0107 and Em Schwarzwald at VBK\u00d6 Vienna

2018
\u201cCipolla\u201d together with Eva Sommer and Pille-Riin Jaik at Large&Long, RAW MATTERS Vienna
\u201cEvery Morning\u201d together with Eva Sommer as part of exhibition Guilty Pleasures at LOW Vienna
\u201cCipolla\u201d at Format.strk* Vienna

2017
\u201cRufen bis zur Erschopfung\u201d at Re-perform (under different conditions). Co-curated together with Alexander Felch at MO.\u00cb Vienna
\u201cSuhi Trening\u201d at 1.Sausaler Kunstbiennale, St. Andra im Sausal, Sudsteiermark

2013
\u201cLanguage experiment\u201d at Friday Exit Vienna

2009
\u201cI Am Needy\u201d at La giornata del Contemporanea at Galleria viamoronisedici\/spazioarte Bergamo.
Curated by Francesca di Nardo & Rudina Hoxhaj

SCREENINGS<\/strong>
2021
\u201cSlovenian Bosnian \/ Bosnian Slovenian\u201d at FeKK – Short Film Festival Ljubljana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019
\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is that I think\u201d organised by Luksuz Produkcija at Tovarna Rog Ljubljana
\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is that I think\u201d organised by Luksuz Produkcija at Youth Center Kr\u0161ko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018
\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is that I think\u201d at FeKK – Short Film Festival Ljubljana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017
\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is that I think\u201d at Artefact – Short Film Festival Moscow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015
\u201c\u0110enana\u201d at You\u2019ve Seen me Before II \/ Between Appropriation and Deja Vu, MUMOK Vienna. Curated by Constanze Ruhm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014
\u201c200 Fights\u201d at Performativit\u00e4t des Widerstands, Lisabird Contemporary Vienna
Curated by Talina Bauer & Sandra Voser
\u201cGrand Finale\u201d at Kunst in der Kubatur des Kabinetts FLUC Vienna
Curated by Victoria Dejaco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013
\u201cGrand Finale\u201d at YOUKI – International Youth Media Festival Wels
\u201cGrand Finale\u201d at COBALTO40 event, Il Crepaccio Milan.
Curated by Yuri Ancarani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011
\u201c200 Fights\u201d at Invasion One screening<\/a>, Convento dei Dominicani, Altomonte (Calabria)
Curated by Giovanni Viceconte
\u201c200 Fights\u201d at Cinema Take Away, Festival dell’Economia – Notte Verde, Rovereto (Trento)
Project by Alessandro Nassiri, curated by Denis Isaia
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2010
\u201c200 Fights\u201d at A Trav\u00e9s del Cuerpo event, Associacion Cultural Mediodia Chica, Madrid
Curated by Ignacio Ch\u00e1varri
\u201cDiscussion\u201d at LOOP – Videoart Festival, Barcelona


WORKSHOPS\/LECTURES
<\/strong>2025
“Tracing an Empty Space” – Workshop on Tools for the Digitalization of Lost Cultural Heritage, Realized by\u00a0Anna Manankina\u00a0& supported by\u00a0Sanja Lasi\u0107, DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna
“Armored Concrete” – Workshop on Cyber Tools of Cultural Resilience, Realized by\u00a0Anna Manankina\u00a0& supported by\u00a0Sanja Lasi\u0107, DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity – lecture and project presentation\u201d, Bew\u00e4hrungsprobe #46<\/a>, Kunstdepot, Vienna
Curated by franz
\u201cRe-drawing Bosnian \u0107ilim – Drawing Workshop\u201d as part of exhibition \u201cLabours of Care\u201d, Manifesto Gallery, Sarajevo

2022
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity – Drawing workshop and analysis of traditional motifs found on rugs\u201d as part of exhibition \u201cUp YU go! Stories about Identities on the Line\u201d, Muzej Novej\u0161e Zgodovine Slovenije, Cekinov grad, Ljubljana

PUBLICATIONS\/INTERVIEWS<\/strong>
2025
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity\u201d, Standpoint Autotheory. Writing Embodied Experiences and Relational Artistic Practices, Vol. 28, Edited by Ana de Almeida, Mariel Rodr\u00edguez (Hg.), London, Sternberg Press<\/a>, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024
\u201cSevdah of Lost Identity\u201d – Artwork publication in Balkanism Issue #1<\/a> – \u201cStrength as Diversity\u201d, Curated by Arber Qerka-Gashi, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023
\u201cAuf der suche nach der Verlorenen Heimat – die Kunst des Wiederfindes\u201d. Interview by Tana Badi\u0107, Das Biber Magazin, Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014
Balloon project<\/a>. Interview by Giuseppe Mendolia Calella<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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