Đorđe Ozbolt‘s work mixes high art and kitsch, the sacred and the profane, the monstrous and the humorous. Born in Belgrade, then part of Yugoslavia, Ozbolt studied architecture in Belgrade, Serbia. After moving to London in 1991, he received a BA from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2000 and an MA from the Royal Academy of Arts in 2006. His eclectic style draws inspiration from classical art history and his travels around the world, particularly India. He has cited Kasimir Malevich, Francis Picabia, and Giorgio de Chirico as influences. On his frequently reworked canvases, Ozbolt combines folkloric, religious, and Pop imagery in irreverent ways.
His group shows include the Tate Triennial (2006), the Prague Biennale (2007), and the Belgrade Biennale (2018). Ozbolt represented Serbia in the 58th Venice Biennale.
He has held solo exhibitions including Gallery Baton, Seoul (2025); Herald St | Museum St, London (2025), Each Modern, Taipei (2024), the Holburne Museum, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton (2017), The Holburne Museum, Bath (2016), and has participated in group exhibitions at international major museums and art institutions such as Tate Britain, London (2006), Zabludowicz Collection, London (2010); National Museum of Art, Osaka (2012); Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill (2015); New York White Columns (2005) and etc.
Đorđe Ozbolt‘s work mixes high art and kitsch, the sacred and the profane, the monstrous and the humorous. Born in Belgrade, then part of Yugoslavia, Ozbolt studied architecture in Belgrade, Serbia. After moving to London in 1991, he received a BA from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2000 and an MA from the Royal Academy of Arts in 2006. His eclectic style draws inspiration from classical art history and his travels around the world, particularly India. He has cited Kasimir Malevich, Francis Picabia, and Giorgio de Chirico as influences. On his frequently reworked canvases, Ozbolt combines folkloric, religious, and Pop imagery in irreverent ways.
His group shows include the Tate Triennial (2006), the Prague Biennale (2007), and the Belgrade Biennale (2018). Ozbolt represented Serbia in the 58th Venice Biennale.
He has held solo exhibitions including Gallery Baton, Seoul (2025); Herald St | Museum St, London (2025), Each Modern, Taipei (2024), the Holburne Museum, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton (2017), The Holburne Museum, Bath (2016), and has participated in group exhibitions at international major museums and art institutions such as Tate Britain, London (2006), Zabludowicz Collection, London (2010); National Museum of Art, Osaka (2012); Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill (2015); New York White Columns (2005) and etc.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2025 | Parallel Lines And Other Stories, Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade, RS |
| 2024 | Interstellar Traveler to Home, Each Modern, Taipei, TW (two-person) |
| 2023 | Djordje Ozbolt and Kazuma Koike, AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong, HK (two-person) |
| 2021 | Sing me a Song, Herald St | Museum St, London, UK Taro Nasu, Tokyo, JP |
| 2022 | Phillips, Tokyo, JP |
| 2019 | Greetings From A Far Away, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KR |
| 2017 | Brave New World, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton, UK For better or worse, Taro Nasu, Tokyo, JP |
| 2016 | The Grand Detour, The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK |
| 2015 | More Paintings About Poets and Food, Hauser & Wirth, New York, US |
| 2014 | Mens sana in corpore sano, Herald St, London, UK |
| 2013 | Who Say Jah No Dread, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, CH 2012 Same, Same but Different, Taro Nasu, Tokyo, JP |
| 2011 | Herald St, London, UK |
| 2010 | Tell them I said something, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, CH |
| 2008 | 303 Gallery, New York, US Nyehaus, New York, US |
| 2007 | Taro Nasu, Tokyo, JP |
| 2006 | Monica De Cardenas, Milan, IT |
| 2005 | New Paintings, Ibid Projects, Vilnius, LT |
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