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 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 NADA Miami 2024, Armory Show 2023, LISTE Artfair 2022, 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, EIKON Schauraum, Q21, MuseumsQuartier in Vienna (2023), Automat Artspace in Saarbrucken (2022), Eugster II 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, and the Taiyuan Sculpture Symposium Award. He is contributing Art Editor at DSCENE Magazine.
EDUCATION
Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade – Painting
University of the Applied Arts, Vienna – Painting
SOLO SHOWS
2025
I WANTED TO GO SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE, BUT THEN I REALIZED I HAVE EVERYTHING HERE, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade
2024
NADA Miami, solo booth, Javits Center, Miami
2023
The Armory Show, Javits Center, solo booth, New York
Everything, EIKON Schauraum-Q21-MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2022
Liste Art Fair, Eugster II Belgrade booth, Basel
Desert Hideaway, Automat Artspace, Saarbrucken
2020
Danube Dialogues, SULUV Gallery, Novi Sad
We have LA at home, Eugster II Belgrade
2019
A WHOLE NEW WORLD, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana
A WHOLE NEW WORLD, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade
METAFORMS:dual reference, Gallery Noerballe, Herning, Denmark
Aesthetic Systems NBK, National Library, Krusevac
2018
Les systèmes esthétiques, Serbian Cultural Center, Paris
Aesthetic Systems, Gallery Norballe, Augustenborg
Aesthetic Systems, Gallery Norballe, Copenhagen
2017
Impossible Perspectives, Kula Nebojša, Belgrade
Impossible Perspectives, Galerija Zvono, Belgrade
2016
Garden of Eden, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade
Impossible Perspectives, Gallery Norballe, Augustenbourg
2015
Plastic ZOO, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade
GLITCH Building, Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade
2013
GRAND HALL, Gallery Zvono, Belgrade
MOONWALKING, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
GROUP SHOWS
2025
Watermelon Extravaganza, Sandwich Gallery, Bechet
Cats are taking over, Sandwich Gallery, Villa Catena, Bucharest
2024
Selling Out, ETC Magazine, Midas, Ljubljana
2023
Stranger Danger, Trotoar Gallery, Zagreb
New Paintings, Sonya Gallery, New York
Day Before Tomorrow, Eugster II Belgrade
Benefit Auction, Artistic Noise, Kasmin Gallery, New York
2022
Art Body Art, SULUV, Novi Sad
Razgledi savremenosti, Viline Vode Gallery, Belgrade
2021
Belgrade Biennale / October Salon, Cultural Centre of Belgrade
2020
Danube Dialogues, SULUV Gallery, Novi Sad
Nadežda Petrović Memorial, Čačak
2019
Sequence Art Festival, Reykjavik
12/2, Contemporary Art Gallery, Niš
SMIC, SULUV, Novi Sad
AIR4, Ravnikar Gallery, Ljubljana
NOVE AKVIZICIJE, Cultural Center, Pančevo
Art Collection Sumatovacka, Čačak
2018
October Salon, Belgrade City Museum
Pančevo Biennale, National Museum
November Salon, National Museum, Kruševac
AIR4, Ljubljana
Čačak Annual Exhibition, Čačak
Note: Full list includes exhibitions dating back to 2007.
RESIDENCIES
2025: D’PUGLIA, CASTRO, Italy; Watermelon Residency, Romania
2019: Serbian Pavilion Residency, Venice; Ečka Symposium, Serbia
2015: CAFA Sculpture Symposium, Taiyuan, China
2012: TERRA Symposium, Kikinda, Serbia
AWARDS
Recognition Award, MAK Museum, Vienna
Award for Drawing, Vladimir Velickovic Fund
“Miodrag Vujacic Mirski” Painting Award
Award for Sculpture, Taiyuan Sculpture Symposium
COLLECTIONS
National Library, Kruševac, Serbia
Cultural Center of Pančevo, Serbia
MOMA Library, Artists’ Books Collection, New York
Sumatovacka Collection, Belgrade
Radix Collection, Belgrade
Private collections in Austria, Germany, Denmark, China, Slovenia, USA, Italy, Iceland, Switzerland, Russia, Serbia
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019: 10 objects, National Library, Kruševac
2017: Stained glass, National Museum, Kruševac
2016: Mural, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana
2015: Mural, Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade
2013: Mural, Künstlerhaus Vienna