Damir Avdagić was born in 1987, Banja Luka, BiH. In 1993 his family fled to Norway during the war in the former Yugoslavia. He lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Damir Avdagić is educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (MFA, 2008-2014) and at The University of California (MFA, 2013-2016) He is a Fulbright Fellow and recipient of other grants from the Norway-America Foundation, Office of Contemporary Art & Norwegian Cultural Council to mention a few.
He´s been a resident at ISCP, New York (2016-2017) 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica (2019-2020) and WIELS Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels (2022)
Avdagić’s work has been shown at Whitechapel Gallery, London, Changwon Sculpture Biennale, South Korea, Kunsthall Charlottenborg Copenhagen & Kristiansand Kunsthall Norway amongst many others. He was awarded the BKH’s Photo Art Prize at Fotogalleriet, Oslo in 2014.
Artist's webpage and Instagram.