Kenan Zekić, MA

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Kenan Zekić, MA


Academic Title	Associate Professor
Position(s)	Head of Department of Arts, VACD Program Coordinator
Email	kzekic@ius.edu.ba
Office Tel	+387 33 957 302
Fax	+387 33 957105
Office Room	B F2.22

Education

Degree	Faculty/Program	University	Year
MA	Cultural and Tourism Industries	London Metropolitan University	2005
BA	Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo	Sarajevo University	1999

Academic Experience

Title	Faculty/Program	University	Period
Assistant Professor	FASS/VACD	IUS	2009-2014

Administrative Experience

Title	Faculty/Program	University	Period
Head of Art Department and Program Coordinator	FASS/VACD	IUS	2013-ongoing

Work Experience

Title	Employer	Period
Assistant Professor	IUS	2009-ongoing
Creative Director	Amna d.o.o. Sarajevo	2003-2009
Designer Consultant and Lecturer, “Souvenir - Design and Typology”	CARE International , Sarajevo	2007
Design Consultant	Danish School of Public Administration	2006-2006
Consultant on the cultural heritage	British Council, Sarajevo	2004-2006
Designer Consultant	BiH Commission to Preserve National Monuments, Sarajevo	2005
Creative and Art Director	USAID Cluster Competitiveness Activity (CCA), Sarajevo	2005
Product Design and Brand Development Consultant	European Union, QIF Project, Sarajevo	2004-2005
Designer	JICA – Japan International Cooperation Agency, Sarajevo	2005
Designer	Vrijeme Publishing House, Zenica	2003 - ongoing
Art Director	Mc Cann-Erickson Advertising Agency, Sarajevo	2002-2003
Designer	OPA – Office of Public Affairs of US Embassy, Sarajevo	2001
Designer of BiH National Coins (5,10,20 , 50 Pfenings)	Office of the High Representative, Sarajevo	1998
Graphic Designer and Production Assistant	International Committee of the Red Cross, Sarajevo	1996-1997
Art Director and Creative Director Assistant	USAID Public Education Project, Sarajevo	1997-2000
Media and Publishing Expert	Council of Ministers BiH, Ministry of European Integration, Sarajevo, BiH	2001
Product Design and Development Consultant	Prevent d.o.o. Sarajevo	2012-2013

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Courses: Visual Language I & II ; Typography I & II; Packaging Design; Information Graphic Design; Graphic Design II; Studio Project ...

GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISED

2013 Visualization of Electronic Dance Music Through Digital Media (Case study: Sarajevo) by Maja Zeco

2013 Green Signage: Environmental Graphics in Controlled Area by Mahir Hasic

REWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

2000 EU TEMPUS, MA Schoolarship , London Metropolitan University

2012 Moscar Film Festival, Cairo Egypt
Video Art 1st Prize, Producer of the short film "If I don't" directed by Zinka Bejtic

PROFESSIONAL SPECIALISATION

2014 Intermedia International Peer-Reviewed E-Journal of Communication Sciences, Istanbul Ticaret University
Member of editorial board

2011 – Present, Member of steering board of association “Center for media analysis and development”

2009 - Present, Member of Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUPUBiH)

2010 Co-Founder of “Modiko - Association of Fashion Workers and Costume Designers”

2004 EU QIF, Funded by the EU Job Creation Initiative, Sarajevo

Certified consultant in the EU QIF projects

2001 OSCE Media Affairs Department, Sarajevo

- Public Information/ Spokespersons Capacity Building Program – Certified Training

Participant in the art/design/film festival /event

2012 D&AD Awards, London UK

2012 ZGRAF International Exhibition of Graphic Design and Visual Communications, Zagreb, Croatia

2012 Moscar Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt

2009 Seoul Design Olympiad, South Korea

2004 Promosedia International Chair Exhibition Udine, Italy

Jury memberships

2013 “Slavimo Olimpizam” (Let’s celebrate Olympism) Art/Design Exhibition Jury Member

Group exhibition

2012 D&AD Awards, London UK

2012 ZGRAF International Exhibition of Graphic Design and Visual Communications, Zagreb, Croatia

2010 All Inclusive Sarajevo Project Exhibition,

Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo

2009 Seoul Design Olympiad South Korea

2004 Promosedia International Chair Exhibition Udine, Italy

INVITED TALKS

2013 Ambience Installation/Talks City Caverns by Lamila Simisic
Talks Participant and Visual Identity Design

BOOK CHAPTERS

2011 Penitentiary – Book About the Zenica Prison, Zenica BiH

Co-author of book concept and designer of the book , Publisher: Vrijeme Publishing House, Zenica

INVITED ARTICLES

1998 “Are We in Fashion?” – Post war development of BiH textile industry, fashion design and fashion designers, 1998 Hijatus Junior – Magazine for Social Issues and Culture of Democracy, Issue Number: 1 Zenica, BiH; Publisher: Hijatus

1997 “Rave – Influence of Visual Arts on Phenomenon of Techno Music Culture” Hijatus Junior – Magazine for Social Issues and Culture of Democracy, Issue Number: 7 Zenica, BiH; Publisher: Hijatus

2012 Coins and Banknotes of Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia Catalogue of ex-Yugoslavia countries, Author; Zlatko Viscevic

Presented design of the first Bosnia and Herzegovina national coins of 10, 20 and 50 Pfennigs created by Kenan Zekic

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2009 All Inclusive Sarajevo Project – aimed to establish a cooperation between professional designers and their partners with special needs ( Librag: Association od Deaf and Hard Hearing of Canton Sarajevo; Pismolik: The Self Reliance Centre; Association of the Blind of Canton Sarajevo, Association of Paraplegics and Persons Suffering from Infantile Paralysis of Canton Sarajevo etc)

ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

2006 UN World Tourism Organization, International Conference on Tourism and Handicrafts,

Tehran, Iran

Handicrafts Design and Conservation – A Case Study of BiH

Resources

VA 201 Visual Language 1

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