BIOGRAPHY

Velibor was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, a small town close to the Austrian border.

Due to a fortunate turn of events he moved to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the age of 4. He was brought up by his family, by his friends and their families, by his neighbours and teachers and street thugs and all the other beautiful people he encountered while growing up.

He spent the war siege of Sarajevo sharpening survival skills.

He moved to Montreal, Canada in 1999 where, for 8 years, he worked as an engineer in aerospace industry, until he finally gave up his promising engineering career and became a photographer.

His works have been published in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Chicago Tribune, Granta, The Paris Review, BH Dani and others. He exhibited in USA, Cuba, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Canada.

He is currently attending MFA program in Studio Arts (Photography) at Concordia University.

LATEST EXHIBITIONS

Projekat Lazarus, International Piece Center Gallery, Sarajevo, BiH - April/May 2009

Solo exhibit organized by Sarajevo Winter Festival and Canadian Embassy in BiH

The Lazarus Project, Madron Gallery, Chicago, USA - May 2008
Solo exhibit organized in conjungtion with The Lazarus Project book launch

Habitat, Centro Hispano-Americano de Cultura, Havana, Cuba - Nov/Dec 2007
Group exhibit organized by Fototeca Cuba

EDUCATION

MFA (current), Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
BFA (with Great Distinction) in Photography, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, BiH