Vuk Ćuk (1987) is a visual artist based in Belgrade, Serbia. He is interested in how capitalist logic, trends and technology shape both the human and natural world, examining new ways of living in the contemporary society. He works across various media, such as sculpture (kinetic and static), installations, drawing, digital art, video and painting. His work was shown at Belgrade Biennale 2021, curated by CURA’s Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin, Sequence Art Festival, Marshall House in Reykjavik, Iceland (2019), 57th Belgrade Biennale curated by Gunnar and Danielle Kvaran, Belgrade, Serbia (2018), China Art Museum in Shanghai (2017), Sugarcube Festival in New York (2016) and Taiyuan Sculpture Symposium, Taiyuan, China (2016). Ćuk has had solo shows in Belgrade with gallery ZVONO several times, The Armory Show in New York City (2023), EIKON Schauraum, Q21, MuseumsQuartier in Vienna (2023), Automat Artspace in Saarbrucken (2022), Eugster ll Belgrade (2020), Ljubljana with Ravnikar gallery (2019), as well as at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris (2018). He teaches at Belgrade’s University of Art (Faculty of Applied Arts) and is a recipient of MAK Museum Vienna’s Recognition Award, Vladimir Velickovic fund award, Taiyuan Sculpture Symposium award. He is contributing Art Editor at DSCENE Magazine.
Vuk Ćuk (1987) is a visual artist based in Belgrade, Serbia. He is interested in how capitalist logic, trends and technology shape both the human and natural world, examining new ways of living in the contemporary society. He works across various media, such as sculpture (kinetic and static), installations, drawing, digital art, video and painting. His work was shown at Belgrade Biennale 2021, curated by CURA’s Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin, Sequence Art Festival, Marshall House in Reykjavik, Iceland (2019), 57th Belgrade Biennale curated by Gunnar and Danielle Kvaran, Belgrade, Serbia (2018), China Art Museum in Shanghai (2017), Sugarcube Festival in New York (2016) and Taiyuan Sculpture Symposium, Taiyuan, China (2016). Ćuk has had solo shows in Belgrade with gallery ZVONO several times, The Armory Show in New York City (2023), EIKON Schauraum, Q21, MuseumsQuartier in Vienna (2023), Automat Artspace in Saarbrucken (2022), Eugster ll Belgrade (2020), Ljubljana with Ravnikar gallery (2019), as well as at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris (2018). He teaches at Belgrade’s University of Art (Faculty of Applied Arts) and is a recipient of MAK Museum Vienna’s Recognition Award, Vladimir Velickovic fund award, Taiyuan Sculpture Symposium award. He is contributing Art Editor at DSCENE Magazine.
SOLO SHOWS
| 2024 | ETC.: Selling Out, Midas, Ljubljana |
| 2023 | The Armory Show, Javits Center, New York City |
| 2022 | Desert Hideaway, curated by Timo Poeppel, Automat, Saarbrücken |
| 2020 | WE HAVE LA AT HOME, Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade |
| 2019 | A WHOLE NEW WORLD, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 2018 | Les systemes esthetiques, Serbian Cultural Center, Paris |
| 2017 | Impossible Perspectives, Kula Nebojša, Beograd |
| 2016 | Garden of Eden, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade |
| 2015 | Plastic ZOO, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade |
| 2013 | GRAND HALL, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade |
GROUP SHOWS
| 2024 | Selling Out, Midas x ETCmagazine, Ljubljana |
| 2023 | Stranger Danger, Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb |
| 2022 | Art Body Art, Suluv gallery, Novi sad |
| 2021 | OCTOBER SALON – Belgrade Biennale, Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade |
| 2020 | Nadežda Petrović Memorial – Čačak, Serbia |
| 2019 | A message to Iceland, Marshal House, Sequences Festival, Reykjavik |
| 2018 | October salon (Belgrade Biennale), Belgrade City Museum, Belgrade |
| 2017 | Voyage: A journey through Serbian Contemporary Art, China Art Museum, Shanghai |
| 2016 | Face to Face: Blind Date, Sugarcube Festival, New York |
| 2015 | Zvono Projects, KV Gastezimmer, Stuttgart |
| 2014 | Body 4, Art space Politika, Belgrade |
| 2013 | Nord Art, Budelsdorf |
| 2012 | TERRA, Sculptors Symposium, Public space, Kikinda, Belgrade |
| 2011 | Body 2, Gallery Magacin, Belgrade |
AWARDS
| 2021 | Recognition Award, MAK Museum, Vienna |
COLLECTIONS
| 2021 | National Library, Krusevac, Serbia |
PUBLIC COMMISIONS
| 2019 | 10 objects at National Library, Krusevac |
| 2017 | Stained glass at National Museum in Krusevac |
| 2016 | Mural at Kino Siska, Ljubljana |
| 2015 | Mural at Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade |
| 2013 | Mural at Kunstlerhaus Vienna, Vienna |