Saša Tkačenko (b. 1979) is a visual artist currently living and working in Zagreb. His practice spans various domains of conceptual art, where he subtly employs diverse media and materials to engage with space, provoking its transformation and destabilization. Through his work, Tkačenko constructs narratives that directly address themes of nostalgia and melancholy, questioning both the personal position and the role of the individual within contemporary society. He frequently references motifs from popular culture and modern life, combining familiar imagery and phenomena to encourage a deeper reflection on personal and collective experience.
Since 2008, he has been actively exhibiting, including exhibitions in institutions such as Centre Pompidou (Paris), mumok — Museum Moderner Kunst (Vienna), Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon (Lyon), MNAC — National Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest), Museum im Bellpark (Kriens), Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), Museum of Contemporary Art (Podgorica), Times Museum (Guangdong) and HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark (Graz), Kunstsammlungen Museen, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus (Augsburg), Pera Museum (Istanbul), Art Encounters Biennial (Timișoara), Zachęta Project Room (Warsaw), ACP – Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney).
His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz, the Yettel Collection of Contemporary Art, and the Annette and Peter Nobel Collection.
Saša Tkačenko (b. 1979) is a visual artist currently living and working in Zagreb. His practice spans various domains of conceptual art, where he subtly employs diverse media and materials to engage with space, provoking its transformation and destabilization. Through his work, Tkačenko constructs narratives that directly address themes of nostalgia and melancholy, questioning both the personal position and the role of the individual within contemporary society. He frequently references motifs from popular culture and modern life, combining familiar imagery and phenomena to encourage a deeper reflection on personal and collective experience.
Since 2008, he has been actively exhibiting, including exhibitions in institutions such as Centre Pompidou (Paris), mumok — Museum Moderner Kunst (Vienna), Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon (Lyon), MNAC — National Museum of Contemporary Art (Bucharest), Museum im Bellpark (Kriens), Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), Museum of Contemporary Art (Podgorica), Times Museum (Guangdong) and HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark (Graz), Kunstsammlungen Museen, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus (Augsburg), Pera Museum (Istanbul), Art Encounters Biennial (Timișoara), Zachęta Project Room (Warsaw), ACP – Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney).
His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz, the Yettel Collection of Contemporary Art, and the Annette and Peter Nobel Collection.
Solo exhibitions
| 2024 | I Could Live in Hope, Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2022 | This Mess We’re In, Galeria e Bregdetit, Vlöre, Albania |
| 2021 | Tell my mother I’m going home, I have been destroyed by hippie powers, Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Podgorica |
| 2020 | Pop up: ghost booth / with Emir Šehanović / public spaces Belgrade, Serbia and Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2019 | Your Truth, Interpretation and Nostalgia / with Vladimir Miladinović / Parts Project, Hague, Netherlands |
| 2018 | Because Vanity Is Stronger Than Fear, Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2017 | Oh yeah… Oh yeah…, Contemporary Gallery, Subotica, Serbia |
| 2016 | Of course I still love you / with Nina Ivanović / Navigator Art Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2015 | Tracks and Traces / with Andreas Fogarasi / Belgrade City Museum, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2012 | Great Expectations / An exhibition with Marko Markovic / DOB Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2011 | Object H, Gallery Lage Egal, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 | Hygiene, Magician Gallery Space, Belgrade, Serbia |
Group exhibitions
| 2026 | 25 Years of the “Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos” Award, FLU Gallery, Belgrade |
| 2025 | A Museum Yet To Be at the Museum of Contemporary Art Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro |
| 2023 | Stranger Danger, Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia ALL THAT WE HAVE HERE IS ALL THAT WE’VE ALWAYS HAD, Zomertank 2023, Leuven, Beligium My Rhino is not a Myth – Art Encounters Biennial, Timisoara, Romania |
| 2022 | Artissima Art Fair, Turin |
| 2021 | Liste Art Fair, Basel |
| 2020 | FLASH SHOW, Budapest, Hungary Liste: Rewriting our imaginations, public space in Basel Reflections of our time: Acquisitions of the Museum of Contemporary Art 1993-2019 |
| 2019 | What Could / Should Curating Do? / delegated performance / Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2018 | Behind The Image, Kunstsammlungen Museen, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany |
| 2017 | Ponovo upotrebiti: past as costume and inspiration, Zachęta Project Room, Warsaw, Poland |
| 2016 | MUVI 06 / Museums – Video – Films, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2015 | Ex & Post – Eastern Europe under the lens, ACP – Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia |
| 2014 | Storytelling, Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Tirana, Albania |
| 2013 | 7 Ways to Overcome the Closed Circuit, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Germany |
| 2012 | What happened with the Museum of Contemporary Art?, MoCAB – Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade |
| 2011 | Spring Serbian Salad „Fresh, Colorful and Delicious“, Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria |
| 2009 | The Outerworld of the Innerworld of the Innerworld of the Outerworld, HFBK, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2008 | Sistema Binario, Belgrade Summer Festival 08, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2007 | Progressive Hopes, Magacin Gallery Space, Belgrade, Serbia |