Mirza Cizmic 米爾扎．西茲米奇
Mirza Cizmic（1985–）生於波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納的班雅盧卡，在瑞典習畫後移居芬蘭，2019 年取得赫爾辛基藝術大學美術學院碩士，現居赫爾辛基。童年在波士尼亞戰爭中度過，他把這段經歷轉成帶有電影感的黑色幽默，不控訴、也不自憐：客廳、後院、浴室這些最日常的場景裡，蝙蝠俠、幽靈、粉紅色的物件和半裸的鄰家男人輪番登場，荒謬卻寫實得令人不安。代表系列 Metamorphosis 以「雄風」為笑柄，反覆拆解性別與權力。
Mirza Cizmic 是 Artemin Gallery 代理藝術家。藝廊於 2023 年為他舉辦台灣首次個展「The Immortal Fairy Tales of the Spotless Voices」，2025 年再推出個展「Confessions of the Beautiful Mind and the Echoes Forgotten Tomorrows」，並參與聯展「Flora Botanica」（2024）。他曾參展芬蘭波爾沃三年展、萬塔美術館、羅瓦涅米美術館與桃園市立美術館，作品獲韓國 PARKSEOBO 基金會、萬塔美術館 Artsi 及羅瓦涅米美術館典藏。
Mirza Cizmic (b. 1985, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) trained in Sweden and received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki, in 2019. He lives and works in Helsinki. Having spent his childhood in wartime Bosnia, Cizmic turns that history into cinematic, darkly humorous paintings: living rooms, backyards and bathrooms populated by Batman, ghosts, pink objects and half-dressed neighbours, scenes that are absurd yet unsettlingly real. His ongoing Metamorphosis series takes masculine bravado as its punchline, probing gender and power.
Represented by Artemin Gallery, Cizmic made his Taiwan debut with The Immortal Fairy Tales of the Spotless Voices (2023), followed by Confessions of the Beautiful Mind and the Echoes Forgotten Tomorrows (2025). His work has been shown at the Porvoo Triennale, Vantaa Art Museum Artsi, Rovaniemi Art Museum and Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, and is held in the collections of the PARKSEOBO Foundation (South Korea), Vantaa Art Museum Artsi and Rovaniemi Art Museum.
- Education
- Solo Exhibitions
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- Grants and awards
- Public artworks and commissions
Education:
2005 High School for Applied Arts Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 Folkhög konstskolan Munka – Ljungby (Helsingborg, Sweden)
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
2019 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 THE IMMORTAL FAIRY TALES OF THE SPOTLESS VOICES, Artemin gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 Lucky Cats and the Family portraits, Ama Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2023 Equilibrium Part I, Contempo gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Equilibrium Part II, Poola gallery, Pula, Croatia
2022 Mirza Cizmic Solo show, X Vitamin gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2022 Memories of loud silence, Hang tough Contemporary Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2022
2021 Metamorphosis, Aleksic gallery – Kragujevac, Serbia
2021 Stolen Memories – Chronicles, Pogo galleria, Helsinki, Finland
2020 Artist in Isolation, Brodac Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 Springs were so cold, Project Room, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Don’t think about Art – The night of the arts 2016, Helsinki, Finland
2011 Landscapes, OP GALLERY HELSINGBORG, Helsingborg, Sweden
2011 One hundred chairs, GALLERI K2, Munka-Ljungby, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Flora Botanica, Artemin gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 Space is common thing, Porvo Triennale, Porvo, Finalnd
2024 Strange attraction – Rovaniemi art museum, Wihuri foundation, Rovaniemi, Finland
2024 Home Somewhere – Vantaa Art Museum Artsi, Vantaa, Finland
2023 Intimate – group show /Robert Fontaine gallery, Miami Beach, United States
2023 Cul. Bite. Chien, Blast – exhibition space, Liege, Belgium
2023 Aleksic gallery – Kragujevac, Serbia
2022 Papa Hood, Taoyoan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2022 Art Taichung, Taiwan, represented by Equal Lab
2022 Double worlds, gallery Rankka, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Nesvrstani, Poola gallery – Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia
2021 Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, United States (during Art Basel week 2021)
2021 Hang Tough Editions Winter Print Show, Hang tough Contemporary Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Art Taipei, Taiwan
2021 Portrait NOW, The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
2021 Portrait Now II, Ljungber Museum, Kronoberg, Sweden
2021 For the love of, Hakola studio – Helsinki design week, Finland
2021 Winners Exhibition, Delphian Gallery – Unit1 Gallery, London England
2019 Fantome Aave, Galerie Au Medicis, Paris, France
2018 Kuvan Kevät- Spring show, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Microsites, Helsinki, Finland curated by Pontus Kyander
2017 Närmare Borta, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Bachelor’s degree exhibition 2016, Helsinki, Finland
2016 Portraits, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 Porvoo Pre-Triennial (Porvoo, Finland) – “JOY IMPORT EXPORT” – collaboration with Finish
artist group “JOYMEN”, Angel Mix / Enkeli Mix / Porvoon Taideyhdistys with Petri Hytönen
2015 Exhibiting Painting 2, Open Art – Biennale, Örebrö, Sweden
2015 Basware 2015, Finland, Helsinki 2015 Exhibiting Painting 2, Open Art – Biennale, Örebrö,
Sweden
2015 Exhibiting Painting, Kuva Tila, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Performance with Petri Hytönen, Liisa Risu-GALLERI SIC, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Who is IN? FAFA GALLERY, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Big Bang, SKÅNES KONSTFÖRENING MALMÖ, Malmö, Sweden
2012 You are art, GALLERY CKA-CHARLAMA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 Time, RÖDA KVARN, Helsingborg, Sweden
2011 Hans Christian Andersen, JÄRNVÄGENS MUSEUM, Ängelholm, Sweden
Grants and awards:
2024 Finland Cultural Foundation
2024 Taike
2023 Finland Cultural Foundation
2021 Frame
2021 Finland Cultural Foundation
2020 Taike – Arts Promotion Centre Finland
2019 Vantaa City
2018 Suomen Taideyhdistys – Finnish Art Society
2018 Paulon Säätiö
2018 The Anita Snellman Foundation
Works purchased for public collections/Public artworks and commissions:
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland
Vantaa Art Museum Artsi
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Foundation
Päivi ja Paavo Lipposen Foundation
Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanaholmen, (Helsinki, Finland)
Aleksic collection
Private collections