Dr. Phil. Đejmi Hadrović (Jamie Hadrovic) creates short films, videos, photography, performances, and installations. Her dominant themes are the position of women in the Balkans, patriarchal structures, and violence after the 1990s.
She won the Slovenian highest national visual art award – Rihard Jakopič in 2024. In 2022 she won the Young Visual Artist Award (OHO) in Slovenia. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Viennese Museum MUSA, SCCA-DIVA Archive in Ljubljana (SI), and Residency Unlimited, New York. Đejmi was a fellow of WHW Akademija in 2023. 2018 she received the City of Vienna Award; in 2017, she was a scholarship recipient of the Austrian Federal Chancellery.
CONTACT: jamiehadrovic@gmail.com
CV
EDUCATION
2023 Ph.D., Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
2016 M.A., Time-Based Media, University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, AT
2012 B.Sc., Culture and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, SI
2011 Erasmus Exchange, Philosophy Department, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, TR
AWARDS
2024 Mayor’s Award for an Honorary Citizen, Trbovlje, SI
2024 Alumni UP Award for Excellence, University of Primorska, Koper, SI
2024 Rihard Jakopič Recognition – Highest Visual Arts Prize in Slovenia, Ljubljana, SI
2022 Young Visual Artist Award Winner (OHO), P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2020 Social Art Award (Shortlisted), Berlin, DE
2019 PS37 Award, Simulaker Gallery, Novo Mesto, SI
2018 Wohn- und Atelierstipendium, Transleithanien Foundation, Vienna, AT
2018 Förderungspreise der Stadt Wien – Bildende Kunst, Vienna, AT
2017 Best Photography Award for Zahida is a Feminist, KIBLA, Maribor, SI
2016 Award for Excellence in Studies, University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, AT
2016 Digital Big Screen, 2nd Prize for Crossing Borders, Trbovlje, SI
GRANTS
2023 WHW Akademija Fellowship, April–October, Zagreb, HR
2023 Residency Unlimited, YVAA, February–March, NYC, USA
2021 Hydra Pace & Anna Lindh Foundation Grant, Košice, SK
2021 Kulturreferat, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
2021 Fem-Queer Funding Pool, Gender Studies Research Grant, Vienna, AT
2020 Ph.D. Research Grant, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
2019 Kulturreferat, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT
2018 Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Scholarship for Specialized Professions in Culture, SI
2017 KulturKontakt & Austrian Chancellery, Vienna, AT
2017 Project Grant, University of Art and Industrial Design Linz, AT
SOLO SHOWS
2024 Voices of Reflection: Ode to Palestine, Curator: Maja Kač, ZDSLU, Ljubljana, SI
2023 P74 Gallery, Curator: Nina Skumavc, Ljubljana, SI
2023 The Letter, the Veil, the Looter, Curator: Lilia Kudelia, Residency Unlimited, NYC, USA
2022 Simulaker Gallery, Curator: Adrijan Praznik, Novo Mesto, SI
2020 International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns, Curators: Ana Grobler, Eva Jus, Tamara Klavžar, Ljubljana, SI
2020 Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Curators: Sanja Kojić Mladenov & Tijana Filipov Mezei, Novi Sad, SR
2019 Space 107, Curator: Mika Maruyama, Vienna, AT
2019 Nova Galerija DDT, Curator: Marina Gržinić, Trbovlje, SI
2019 Kino Šiška, Camera Gallery, Curator: Urška Aplinc, Ljubljana, SI
2018 Kulturdrogerie, Curator: Markus Hiesleitner, Vienna, AT
ART RESIDENCIES
2025 Cité internationale des arts Paris, Paris, FR.
2023 Boundary Crossing, Theater Glej, HKU Academy Utrecht & Kadir Has University, Istanbul, TR
2023 WHW Akademija, Zagreb, HR
2023 Residency Unlimited & Trust for Mutual Understanding, YVAA, NYC, USA
2022 IoDeposito: B#SIDE WAR FESTIVAL, IT
2021 KAIR, HYDRA PACE, Košice, SK
2020 MSUV – Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Risk Change, Novi Sad, SR
2019 PCAP– Research AKBILD, Reykjavík, ISL
2017 KulturKontakt & Austrian Federal Chancellery, Vienna, AT
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTED)
2024 Biennal Exhibition: 60. October Salon: Hope is a Discipline, Curators: Lina Džuverović, Ana Knežević, Emilia Epštajn. Belgrade, October, SR.
2024 Cultural Centre Belgrade: The Rotten Smell is You vol. 2, Podroom Gallery. Curator: Jelisaveta Rapaić. July, SR.
2024 Beijing Lidu International Art Center: Body Embedding. Curators: Ursula Maria Probst, Hongwei Duan, Xiaorui Zhang, Mengmeng Wang. April, CN.
2023 Salzburger Kunstverein: Systems of Support. Curator: Mirela Baciak. December, Salzburg, AT.
2023 Moderna galerija, MG+: Vedno na voljo: Feministične pozicije v vizualni umetnosti iz Slovenije. Curator: dr. Martina Vovk. October, Ljubljana, SI.
2023 Kunsthalle Bratislava: The Rotten Smell is You. Curator: Jelisaveta Rapaić. September, SK.
2022 Gallery 5020, Salzburg: BODY EMBEDDING. Curators: Ursula Probst, Hongwei Duan. May, AT.
2022 Project Space TOP, Berlin: LIKE WATER. Curators: Alisha Gamisch, Jaana Heine, Lia Kastiyo-Spinósa. May, DE.
2021 Ramallah Municipality: Bait al-Zaibaq. Curators: Husam Abusalem, Petra Houskova. August, PS.
2021 Východoslovenská Galéria: Exhibition. Curators: Husam Abusalem, Petra Houskova. August, Košice, SK.
2021 Gallery U10, Belgrade: Leap and Dive II. Curator: Sanja Kojić Mladenov. May, SR.
2021 Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin: Experimental Film Program. Curator: Lawinia Rate. March, DE.
2020 Ulay Foundation Project Space, Ljubljana: Exhibition. Organizer: Hana Ostan Ožbolt. July, SI.
2020 Third Space Project, curator Spideh Raha, november, Helsinki, FIN.
2019 FAÇADE VIDEO FESTIVAL PLOVDIV, september, Plovdiv, BG.
2019 Memphis Gallery, Linz: Diving In: An Inquiry into Imagery. Curator: Anamarija Batista. November, AT.
2019 MGMU, Ljubljana: U3 – Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia. Curator: Vit Havránek. October, SI.
2019 Kunsthalle Vienna: Intervention – Action Against Polish Censorship. May, AT.
2018 EUROVIDEO, Liege, March, BE.
2017 NYTE 3H+K Gallery, Pori: Performance – AUTOPORTRAIT. December, FIN.
2016 Poli di Aggregazione Giovanile, Trieste: Artefatto. May, IT.
2016 Kunstforum Wien, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna: Paraflows XI – IDENTITY. September, AT.
2016 Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz: BEST OFF 2016. March, AT.
ART TALKS, WORKSHOPS
2024 ARTWEEKEND LJUBLJANA – Panel with Đejmi Hadrović and IRWIN, moderated by Zdenka Badovinac. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, SI.
2023 “The Letter, the Veil, the Looter” – Residency Unlimited, Curator: Lilia Kudelia with Đejmi Hadrović. NYC, USA.
2022 IoDeposito: B#SIDE WAR FESTIVAL – Curator: Chiara Isadora Artico. May–June, IT.
2021 Kuma International Summer School: Borders and Migration – Organized by Adela Jušić. August, Sarajevo, BIH.
2021 KAIR, HYDRA PACE – June–August, Košice, SK.
2020 Cultural Center Magacin – Organized by Kyungrim Lim Jang. February, Belgrade, SR.
2020 Academy of Arts Novi Sad – Organized by Dr. Bojana Knežević. February, Novi Sad, SR.
2019 University of Iceland, School of Social Science – Organized by Prof. Kristín Loftsdóttir. May, Reykjavik, ISL.
2017 KultuKontakt and Austrian Chancellery – January, Vienna, AT.
2017 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna – Organized by Prof. Dr. Marina Gržinić. March, Vienna, AT.
WORKS IN COLLECTION
2023 Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC, USA
2023 Private Collections (Curators: Lilia Kudelia, Maryam Ghoreishi, Nathalie Anglès), NYC, USA
2021 Private Collections (Curators: Petra Houskova, Husam Abusalem), SK / PS
2020 MUSA Wien, Vienna, AT
2019 Trans-Leithanien Foundation, LI
2019 DIVA Station – Digital Video Archive, SCCA, Ljubljana, SI