"Much like crumbling painted facades of London, my paintings are remnants of time passed, lives lived and observed, containing stories that perhaps were never told but surely existed. In a way a lick of fresh paint creates a blank slate for the future while solidifying and containing the past."
Huffington Post, Damir Polic: Art, Violence and Memories, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/davis-mukasa/damir-polic-art-violence-_b_5488827
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1978
Lives and works in London, UK
Education:
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, USA, Bachelor of Arts, 1996-2001
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA, 1995
School of Applied Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1993-1994
Exhibitions:
2021
"The 21st Century Will Be Colourful", Ad Lib gallery, London, UK - Damir Polic, Patrick Altes, Natasha Archdale, Caroline Banks, Simon Chinnery, Natalia Fundowicz, Kym Haverson, Haz, Jo Holdsworth, Mandana Khonsari, Nathalie Kingdon, Ru Knox, Anne Levine, Tammy Mackay, Andrea Mongenie, Matt Mackman, Louise McNaught, Johnny Morant, Rachel Newton, Tamsin Pearson, Kimberly J Randall, Sena Shah, Henrietta Stuart, Louisa Tebbutt, Nigel Turner, Alice Watt, Max White, Iryna Yermolov
2020
"Ad Lib Gallery Autumn Exhibition", Ad Lib gallery, London, UK - Damir Polic, Archdale, Nasser Azam, Adam Bricusse, Orlanda Broom, Will Claridge, Angry Dan, Bob Dylan, Ben Eine, Hugo Farmer, Carne Griffiths, Kym Haverson, Janek Janikowski, Hayden Kays, Anna Kenneally, Ru Knox, LUAP (Paul Robinson), Louise McNaught, Matt Mackman, Mark Metcalfe, Ben Moore, James Mylne, Emma-Leone Palmer, Carolina Piteira, Ernesto Romano, Sena Shah, Will Solomon, Louisa Tebbutt, Edward Thompson, Lars Tunebo, Hugh Turvey, James Vaulkhard, Unskilled Worker
2018
"Dronica #7", The Old Church, London, UK - Damir Polic, Minus Pilots, Rotten Bliss, Denis D'Or, Disinformation, Blanca Regina & Pierre Bouvier Patron, Charles Hayward, Daniele Sergio
2017
"All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Go", ACS Bond House Projects, London, UK - Damir Polic
2016
"September Exhibition", Lisa Norris Gallery, London, UK - Damir Polic, Bernd Mechler, OSTER + KOEZLE, Michael Luther, Lisa Dalton, Jane Goodwin, Arnout Killian, Lydia Mammes
2015
"Artistically Gifted", Lisa Norris Gallery, London, UK - Damir Polic, Frank Hinrichs, Lydia Mammes, Sonja Weber, Ilse Black, OSTER + KOEZLE, Peter Dazeley, Jane Goodwin, Els Winter, Rimondi & Orlandini
"Repose", Lisa Norris Gallery, London, UK - Damir Polic, Frank Hinrichs, Lydia Mammes, Sonja Weber, Matt Sherratt
2014
"All Inclusive", Lisa Norris Gallery, London UK - Damir Polic, Sonja Weber, Dieter Mammel, OSTER + KOEZLE, Gwenyth Fugard, Lydia Mammes, Ilse Black, Matt Sherratt, Wolgang Mages, Delmonte
AAF Hampstead, London, UK - Damir Polic, Peter Blake, Bruce McLean, Amy Judd, Dan Baldwin, San Pierre
Hicks Gallery, London, UK - Damir Polic, Peter Blake, Bruce McLean, Amy Judd, Dan Baldwin, Joe Webb, Bill Bate, Caroline Yate
AAF Battersea, London, UK - Damir Polic, Amy Judd, Bruce McLean, Dan Baldwin, Joe Webb
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/damir.polic/