Pavle Mijuca (1999, Belgrade) is an artist whose work explores the power dynamics embedded in urban planning and architecture. Through research-based, role-driven performances, he inhabits personas such as tour guides, architects, and real estate developers to tackle the narratives that shape contemporary urban development. Merging performance with object-making, he produces construction hoardings and promotional displays that blur the line between the plausible and the absurd, employing satire and confabulation to unravel the contradictions that structure the built environment.
He holds a BFA from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and is a graduate of the Studio for Immediate Spaces at the Sandberg Instituut. He’s based in Amsterdam.
Contact: pmijuca@gmail.com
Instagram: pavle.mijuca
Upcoming:
2026 The Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies Program, Athens (GR)
2025 Slobodne Veze + AQB Artist in Residence Program, AQB, Budapest (HU)
Past:
2025 The 60th Zagreb Salon, Zagreb (HR)
2025 Power and Light of Industrial Heritage (FASIH), Museum of Science and Technology, Belgrade (RS)
2025 PATINA / ПАТИНА Project, Grupa Arhitekata / Synnika e.V. (DE)
2025 accelerate.exe (The Golden Watermelon 9.0), Musem of Contemporary Art of Istria, Pula (HR)
2024 The 42nd Split Salon, Split (HR)
2024 cover me softly, The 2024 Beta Biennial, Timișoara (RO)
2024 Bulb Bubble Burst, DOOR OPEN SPACE, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 DAI-SAI Architecture of Cure, Krvavica (HR)
2024 Channneel Sisssssssssssss, San Serriffe, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 Endless Becomings [Solo show], Prostor (CHC), Split (HR)
2023 Trust the Building, IBM, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 SISSS Publishing event, San Serriffe, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 Tranzicija, Kula Cetinjska, Belgrade (RS)
2020 HARD-PRESSED, The Magacin Cultural Centre MKM4, Belgrade (RS)
2020 Familien-Modelle, Shedhalle Zurich, Zurich (CH)
2019 Mykorrhiza, Toni Areal, Zurich (CH)
2019 Memorias del presente y futuras, Escuelita Emiliano Zapata, Mexico City (MX)
Awards:
2025 The Golden Watermelon 9.0 Young Artist Award, Metamedia Association, Pula (HR)
2021 Bachelor Grant Award in Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Zurich (CH)
Press:
2025 Otvorena izložba finalista nagrade za mlade umjetnike Zlatna lubenica 9.0 u MSUI‑u, kulturistra (HR)
2024 Upravni govor: Pavle Mijuca, Mapa Mag (RS)
2024 Forme regeneracije, Vizkultura (HR)
2024 Metafora revitalizacije i transformacije, Vizkultura (HR)
2024 Performans Pavla Mijuce: Bella Vista Split, Dalmatinski portal (HR)
2024 Liever klein en humoristisch – Graduation Shows 2024: Sandberg Instituut, Metropolis M (NL)
2024 Posjetili smo Prvomajski festival zajednice u Krvavici i provjerili na licu mjesta je li to zbilja mjesto zajedničkog iscjeljenja, Makarska Danas (HR)
2023 Exhibition: Endless Becomings, Tourist board of Split (HR/EN)
2023 O mogućim budućnostima obale, Vizkultura (HR)
2022 The City is My Lunapark, Vizkultura (HR)
2020 Izložba Hard Pressed: Pritisak u očima mladih umetnika, Oblakoder (RS)
2020 Erzählte Familienerlebnisse werden zu Fresken, Lokalinfo (CH/DE)
He holds a BFA from Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and is a graduate of the Studio for Immediate Spaces at the Sandberg Instituut. He’s based in Amsterdam.
Contact: pmijuca@gmail.com
Instagram: pavle.mijuca
Upcoming:
2026 The Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies Program, Athens (GR)
2025 Slobodne Veze + AQB Artist in Residence Program, AQB, Budapest (HU)
Past:
2025 The 60th Zagreb Salon, Zagreb (HR)
2025 Power and Light of Industrial Heritage (FASIH), Museum of Science and Technology, Belgrade (RS)
2025 PATINA / ПАТИНА Project, Grupa Arhitekata / Synnika e.V. (DE)
2025 accelerate.exe (The Golden Watermelon 9.0), Musem of Contemporary Art of Istria, Pula (HR)
2024 The 42nd Split Salon, Split (HR)
2024 cover me softly, The 2024 Beta Biennial, Timișoara (RO)
2024 Bulb Bubble Burst, DOOR OPEN SPACE, Amsterdam (NL)
2024 DAI-SAI Architecture of Cure, Krvavica (HR)
2024 Channneel Sisssssssssssss, San Serriffe, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 Endless Becomings [Solo show], Prostor (CHC), Split (HR)
2023 Trust the Building, IBM, Amsterdam (NL)
2023 SISSS Publishing event, San Serriffe, Amsterdam (NL)
2022 Tranzicija, Kula Cetinjska, Belgrade (RS)
2020 HARD-PRESSED, The Magacin Cultural Centre MKM4, Belgrade (RS)
2020 Familien-Modelle, Shedhalle Zurich, Zurich (CH)
2019 Mykorrhiza, Toni Areal, Zurich (CH)
2019 Memorias del presente y futuras, Escuelita Emiliano Zapata, Mexico City (MX)
Awards:
2025 The Golden Watermelon 9.0 Young Artist Award, Metamedia Association, Pula (HR)
2021 Bachelor Grant Award in Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Zurich (CH)
Press:
2025 Otvorena izložba finalista nagrade za mlade umjetnike Zlatna lubenica 9.0 u MSUI‑u, kulturistra (HR)
2024 Upravni govor: Pavle Mijuca, Mapa Mag (RS)
2024 Forme regeneracije, Vizkultura (HR)
2024 Metafora revitalizacije i transformacije, Vizkultura (HR)
2024 Performans Pavla Mijuce: Bella Vista Split, Dalmatinski portal (HR)
2024 Liever klein en humoristisch – Graduation Shows 2024: Sandberg Instituut, Metropolis M (NL)
2024 Posjetili smo Prvomajski festival zajednice u Krvavici i provjerili na licu mjesta je li to zbilja mjesto zajedničkog iscjeljenja, Makarska Danas (HR)
2023 Exhibition: Endless Becomings, Tourist board of Split (HR/EN)
2023 O mogućim budućnostima obale, Vizkultura (HR)
2022 The City is My Lunapark, Vizkultura (HR)
2020 Izložba Hard Pressed: Pritisak u očima mladih umetnika, Oblakoder (RS)
2020 Erzählte Familienerlebnisse werden zu Fresken, Lokalinfo (CH/DE)