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About me

Kenan Zekić, MA

Academic TitleFull 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
DegreeFaculty/ProgramUniversityYear
MA
Cultural and Tourism Industries
London Metropolitan University
2005
BA
Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo
Sarajevo University
1999
Academic Experience
TitleFaculty/ProgramUniversityPeriod
Assistant Professor
FASS/VACD
IUS
2009-2014
Administrative Experience
TitleFaculty/ProgramUniversityPeriod
Head of Art Department and Program Coordinator
FASS/VACD
IUS
2013-ongoing
Work Experience
TitleEmployerPeriod
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 

My Publications at IUS

List of my IUS Publications


Resources
VA 201 Visual Language 1

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