Selected Works
Metropolis, 2025, Watercolor on arches paper, 200 x 150 cm
"Rear Window" – gaze, power, and the architecture of the everyday, 2025, Watercolor on arches paper, 140 x 95 cm
Shadowline, 2025, watercolor on arche paper, 25 x 35 cm
Vertical Silence, 2025, watercolor on arches paper, 26 x 36 cm
Radenko Milak
Radenko Milak was born in 1980 in Travnik, former Yugoslavia.
Now lives and works in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Milak’s work—focused primarily on watercolor, painting, drawing, and animated film—draws from archival sources to examine the societal dynamics and physical transformations of cities shaped by modernization, conflict, and cultural influences. He graduated from the Art Academy of the University of Banja Luka in 2003 and later from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade in 2007. Over the course of his career, Milak has held more than 20 solo exhibitions across France, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Colombia. He has also participated in major international events such as the 57th Venice Biennale, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Mumbai, and Bienalsur in Buenos Aires. His work is included in the collections of the Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria), Folkwang Museum (Essen, Germany), Kunstmuseum (Wolfsburg, Germany), and the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Srpska (Banja Luka and Sarajevo), among others. Drawing inspiration from dystopian worlds, Milak explores themes of societal alienation and transformation. His monochromatic palette heightens the sense of monotony, echoing the mechanical rhythm of modern life. The undulating structures feel alive—almost oppressive—reflecting the weight of technological dominance and urban sprawl.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Angel of History, Madison Gallery, San Diego, California
2022
Radenko Milak – Navigating the Unknown, Priska Pasquer Paris, Paris, France
Radenko Milak: In Confrontation with the Unseen, Priska Pasquer Paris, Paris, France
Radenko Milak: Disappear Here, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2020
Radenko Milak – Disaster of the Unseen or How Europe Fails, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (MSU), Zagreb, Croatia
Radenko Milak – 2020 All Over the World – Watercolours, Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
Radenko Milak: Sideratio, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2019
University of Disaster, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2017
14/09/XX, Koenig 2, Vienna, Austria
Radenko Milak – 14|09|XX / Koenig2, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Radenko Milak – From the Far Side of the Moon, Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
2016
Promise of an Image, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
Radenko Milak, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
University of Disaster & Endless Movie, La Balsa Arte, Bogotá, Colombia
Group Exhibitions
2024
Size Matters, Museum More, Gorssel, The Netherlands
Pablo Picasso: Timeless Innovation – Innovation Intemporelle, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, Germany
Timeless Innovation – Innovation Intemporelle, Priska Pasquer Paris, Paris, France Collections in Dialogue, Art Collection Telekom and Prague City Gallery, Stone Bell House, Prague, Czech Republic
Disorders, Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
Liminal, Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
European Capital of Culture 2024, Bad Ischl Salzkammergut, Austria
2023
Relatos en el Presente, La Balsa Arte, Medellín, Colombia
Relatos en el Presente, La Balsa Arte, Bogotá, Colombia
Inside/Outside, Priska Pasquer Paris, Paris, France
Cold Shelter / Schutzraum, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany Indexes: The Virus Somewhere in Europe, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia Intimate/Outspoken, L’Atlas, Paris, France
I’m Not There: The Invisible Influx of Music on Art, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2022
Tronies, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
Drawing Wow 3, Drawing Wow, Vienna, Austria
2021
The Time Has Come to Talk of Many Things..., Art Collection Telekom, National Gallery – The Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria
20 Jahre Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner: XX Years, Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner, Bern, Switzerland
Metaphysical Passage Through a Zebra – Stories About Hunting and Nature, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
Luttes et Utopies 1971–2021: 50 ans d’art engagés, Musée de Millau et des Grands Causses, Millau, France
Winds of Change, Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
Das Paradies im Stillen Ozean, Christine König Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2020
Trügerische Bilder: Ein Spiel mit Malerei und Fotografie, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
South, South, Let’s Go South – 30th Memorial, Nadežda Petrović Art Gallery, Čačak, Serbia
Time Machine: A New Selection from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
Our Duty is to Experiment (Alexander Rodchenko), Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
RECONSTRUCTION: Contemporary Art in the Republic of Srpska from Four Different Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Black Album / White Cube, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands On Equal Terms II, Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany