Zlatan Vehabović

In his work, Zlatan Vehabović (1982, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina) explores the relationship between visual heritage and contemporary artistic expression. From figurative painting and narrative structures, he has gradually turned towards painted collages, in which he connects historical and contemporary motifs. His work is characterised by the transformation of motifs, an interest in visual memory, and the multilayered nature of perception.

He has exhibited at numerous institutions and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb, the Civico Museo Revoltella in Trieste, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, the National Museum in Gdańsk, the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (now Hudson Valley MOCA) in New York, and the Essl Museum in Vienna. His solo exhibitions include The School of Raging Thought (Marc Straus Gallery, New York, 2024); An Atlas of the Lesser World (National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, 2023); Dark White Earth (Art Pavilion, Zagreb, 2018); Foundations in Mud (Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2015); Cursed Crew (Lauba – The House for People and Art, Zagreb; Marc Straus Gallery, New York, 2014); and Sweeping Confetti From the Floor of the Concrete Hole (Lauba, Zagreb, 2011).

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in the class of Zlatko Keser, graduating in 2006. In 2007, he began his postgraduate doctoral studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, where since 2016 he has been an assistant professor in the Department of Painting. He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. His works are kept in both public and private collections, in Croatia and abroad, including the European Central Bank’s art collection (Frankfurt); the Essl Museum (Klosterneuburg, Austria); the Albertina Museum (Vienna); the European Parliament’s art collection (Brussels); and Lauba and Erste Bank’s collections. He lives and works in Zagreb.