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Dragan Simicevic
Photographer & Visual Artist Berlin Germany
Dragan Simicevic was born in Sarajevo in 1981 and raised in Croatia. He later moved to Berlin where he studied psychology at Freie Universität. His life path has had much influence on his art: though a practicing psychologist, his artistic sensibilities were strong and he began working as an artist towards the end of the 90s.
Simicevic’s art is an exploration of his catholic upbringing, of the ties that bind his family and the impact of the Yugoslav wars on his psyche. Much of his work explores the contrast between life and death. This fascination with the macabre has contributed to the evolution of his aesthetic, which he describes as “brutal sensibility.”
His video and photography works compel the viewer to penetrate his extraordinary melancholy, a world of black and white playing with contrasts, with Eros and Thanatos, with intimacy and aloofness, with urban life and mysticism.
When you show in your soul, your heart, your passion, the happiness within. All these are colored monochrome. Don’t be afraid, just love.
Motion pictures collaborations:
“Wespen” – independent movie by Jean-Sébastien Meynard, main artwork by Dragan
“Breath” – fashion movie with Marko Popadic
"Femminicidio" - Unter der Haut liegen die Knochen by Alessandra Marlene Pardeller
Education
International Psychoanalytic University
Master of Science
2018 – 2021 • Berlin, Germany
Leadership & Consulting
VHS Berlin
Analogue Photography
2012 – Present • Berlin, Germany
Analogue Photography
Freie Universität Berlin
Psychology Diploma
2001 – 2009 • Berlin, Germany
Psychologist, Personal Coach
RISE Berlin Gallery
Screen Print
Berlin, Germany
workshop, screen printing skills
Exhibitions
2023
Curatorial Work - curatorial assistence, Photography as a Way of Life. Rüdiger Trautsch: 50 years of pictu, Schwules Museum Berlin - Berlin, Germany (Curated by Peter Rehberg, assisted by Dragan Simicevic and Jessica Walter)
2017
Group Exhibition, Faszination Sex -Der Theoretiker und Aktivist Martin Dannecker, Schwules Museum* - Berlin, Germany (Martin Dannecker Biography exhibition – Interior Art + Portrait of artist)
2017
Group, Nachtschatten Lichtgestalten, LUDWIG Gallery – 48 Stunden Neukölln - Berlin, Germany (Art Event – 48 Stunden Neukölln, 48 Tunten Neukölln)
2015
Group, Rinaldo´s Salon, Ballery - Berlin, Germany (Sephirot Project)
2015
Solo, Month of Queen & Faries, SchwuZ - Berlin, Germany (Polymorphia)
2014
Solo, Dream Within a Dream, Schwules Museum Berlin* - Berlin, Germany (photography, video installation, objects)
2013
Group, Queer Days, Humboldt University Berlin - Berlin Mitte, Germany (photography)
2012
Group, EroticaMENTE, EroticaMENTE - Rome, Italy (photography)
2012
Group, Jungbrunnen, Berlin Avantgarde - Berlin, Germany (photography)
2012
Solo, Marekowa Prototypes& Studies, Wine Gallery - Berlin Prenlauer Berg (photography and objects)
2011
Group, Art Auction, Berlin Avantgarde - Berlin, Germany (digital art)
2010
Solo, Love is a stranger, Melitta Sundström - Berlin, Germany (digital, photographic installation)
Clients
marekowa Chyvon Atelier Lorand Lajos Obectra Alexander Stanek Sasha Kanevski Superior Magazine BONER Magazine Siegessäule Magazin English Theatre Berlin Schwules Museum Berlin
Specialties
photography objects installations videos consulting coaching business development