born 1983, Bosnia & Hercegovina
lives and works in New Mexico, USA
solo and two-person exhibitions
2024
Mutter, Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin, Germany
The World Doesn’t End, Karma, New York, USA
2023
Geometry of Exile, Karma, Los Angeles, USA
2022
Consulting with Shadows, Karma, New York, USA
Maja Ruznic: Migration of spirits, Tamarind Institute, New Mexico, USA
2021
In the Sliver of the Sun: Maja Ruznic, The Harwood Museum, Taos, USA
2018
Avet, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, USA
2017
Phantom Caravan, Duplex100m2, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina
2016
The Wailing Sisters, CES Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2015
Yellow Throat Ribs, Galeria d’Ys, Brussels, Belgium
Untitled, Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden
The Boogeyman Is Here, Maja Ruznic and Luz Maria Sanchez, She Works Flexible, Houston, USA
2014
Like Little Miracles They Shimmered, We and Innocent, Conduit Gallery, Texas, USA
Refuge Maja Ruznic and Nina Kluth, Born Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Among the Missing, Maja Ruznic and Joshua Hagler, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Tender Remains, Maja Ruznic and Yevgenia Mikhailik, Bustamante Gill Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2013
Messengers, Trailer Park Projects, San Juan, Puerto Rico
selected group exhibitions
2025
SITE SANTA FE, 12th International: Once Within a Time, Curated by Cecilia Alemani, New Mexico, USA
2024
Even Better Than the Real Thing, Whitney Biennial, Whitney, USA
DEAD CAN DANCE, Contemporary Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland
Day for Night: New American Realism, curated by Massimiliano Gioni and Flaminia Gennari Santori, Aishti Foundation, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy
Mother Lode: Material and Memory, James Cohan, New York, USA
Deific Outlines – The Human Figure Throughout the Centuries and Regions, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2023
Canned Heat, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Dialogues, Espoo Museum of Art, Espoo, Finland
Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender, The Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA
2022
Shadow Tracer: Works on Paper, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, USA
Dark Light: Realism in the Age of Post-Truths, The Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
The Supernatural in Art, Nassau County Museum of Art, Long Island, USA
Unmatter, Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Milan, Italy
Leave A Light On, The Valley, Taos, New Mexico, USA
2021
HI WOMAN!, Museo di Palazzo Pretorio, Prato, Italy
From Morning Til Night, We Should Never Rely on a Single Thing, Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2020
Abstracts with Figure, James Fuentes, New York, USA
Yarrow Pickers, Harper’s Apartment, New York, USA
2019
Euphoric Flex, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, USA
Gardens, LAST Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2018
PARALLAX, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, USA
Proof of Existence: An Exhibit of Work By Contemporary Artists of Bosnian and Balkan Origin, Western Kentucky University, USA
2017
Tickle Torture (3 person show with Kristy Luck and Holly Mills), BEERS, London, UK
2015
Angels With Dirty Faces, Galeria Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA
2014
Boundary//Battle, organized by RedLine at Carmen Wiedenhoeft Gallery, Denver, USA
“I” in their Own Words, Galeri G-Art, Istanbul, Turkey
2013
3 person show with Martin Assig and Elanor Moreton, Galerie Vidal St.Phalle, Paris, France
Four Squared Alumni Show, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2010
Dollhouse (Juried exhibition by Jack Fisher) Arc Gallery, San Francisco, USA
The American Orifice, attransponder, Berlin, Germany
Works That Disturb The Moonlight, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, USA
2009
Summer Group Exhibition, Pod Pulliam Gallery, Portland, USA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA
