2025
2024
Hype Balloon, Virgin
Installation view, Jetzt Kunst
Marzili, Bern | 2024
Installation view, Grinding on concrete
Bärengasse 16, Zürich | 2024
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As the title “grinding on concrete” already announces, the artworks refer to skateboarding and its soundscape. You can hear a skateboarder from very far away when the hard wheels hit the asphalt. How you push, how fast you go, how securely you stand on the board... All this is revealed by the various sounds that emanate from a skateboard. These sounds have been with Ata Bozaci for over 35 years. So it’s time to turn them into art.
Die Fliege
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2024
Thalia
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2024
2023
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2023
Every child knows the donkey, dog, cat and rooster from the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house.
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Die drei Muskeltiere
70 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2023
Who doesn't know the loyalty of the musketeers? “One for all, all for one”. And who doesn't know the muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger? Combining the two results in the pun: “The three muscleteers - Die drei Muskeltiere”. The three muscle packs standing side by side are the same person. Through the repetition the force is multiplied. Even bigger, even stronger he should appear. This package of muscles pays with the immobility in which he is trapped.
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FS Boardslide
100 x 100 cm
Laser sublimation on wood | 2023
FS Bluntslide
100 x 100 cm
Laser sublimation on wood | 2023
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What’s left
8 x 3 m
Mixed media on mural, graffiti
Nychos Birthday Celebration
Hartberg | 2023
This small gift is intended by the artist to the community of Hartberg. Nychos, a longtime friend and graffiti artist, invited various artists to his birthday celebration. Ata Bozaci spent three days with his family in Styria, Austria and painted a completely reduced “toast” in the entrance area of the public swimming facility.
Toast
12 x 4 m
Mixed media on mural, graffiti
Kunstby Festival, Næstved | 2023
2022
USA Rhythm of the desert 01
100 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2022
The series “Rhythm of a desert” was created shortly after a trip to the USA. For six weeks, the Bozaci family traveled California and the Nevada Desert in a motorhome. These are his first color abstract works.
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USA Rhythm of the desert 05
100 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2022
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Olya I
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2022
Olya II
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2022
Cloudy day orange
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2022
“I envy the cloud floating lightly in front of itself, almost unreal,” says Ata Bozaci about this work.
Deepdive
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2022
Christ Air
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2022
Ata self-portrait
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2022
In his book “Fifteen seconds of fame” various friends are portrayed. For the portraits, the artist uses frontal photos as a template. With circles and straight lines he divides the face into segments. These segments are colored in until the image is complete. The interesting discovery is that practically everything organic has a similar construction plan that can be summarized in circles. These circles are connected to each other at the smallest point of contact.
2021
Darkslide
70 x 100 cm
Acrylic on paper, Monotype | 2021
A monotype is a work that is printed manually and therefore each one is unique. The black paper is printed with highly pigmented silver. Silver reflects and black absorbs the light, so the contrast is particularly strong. This color combination is often used in “street bombing”.
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Hurricane
70 x 100 cm
Acrylic on paper, Monotype | 2021
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911 Matrix
70 x 100 cm
Lasersublimation on wood | 2021
The series “Unexpected interruption” are the first abstract works that the artist makes available to his audience. These works combine many aspects of his creation. The focus is on the fragility of large systems. 911 was a key moment that left its mark on his work. Nothing is “too big to fail”, says the artist.
Monotype Making of
70 x 100 cm
Monotype, ink on paper | 2021
Serie 1 13
30 x 40 cm
Ink on paper, Monotype | 2021
Serie 1 23
30 x 40 cm
Ink on paper, Monotype | 2021
No letters at all
Animation | 2021
“Fleeting are the words spoken, some of meaning, many not. Words disintegrate into letters and letters disintegrate into nothing. An experiment,” says the artist.
2020
Installation view, 4478 m ü. m., Zürich | 2020
The Matterhorn is the most famous mountain in Switzerland. Here it is represented in a geometrical language. This work was made with the latest laser technology. The MDF panels were lasered in their raw state or with a white or gray coating. The differences in height give the work a three-dimensional appearance. The movement of the viewer brings the work to life.
4478 M brown
100 x 70 cm
Laser sublimation on wood | 2020
4478 M grey
100 x 70 cm
Laser sublimation on wood | 2020
Forest
6.6 x 1.98 m
Laser sublimation on wood panel
apartment house Eisvogel, Andermatt | 2020
This laser-sublimated landscape consists exclusively of lines at two angles. The different depths of the sublimation give the forest its dimension. This geometric reduced work looks incredibly alive and organic from a distance.
Waste bag
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2020
Waste Bag belongs to the series of works “Living in a box”. The contents of a waste bag give more information about oneself than one would like.
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Covidski
70 x 90 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2020
“Covdiski” consisting of the two terms covid and ski originated during he pandemic. The standstill is represented by the waiting skis.
Pass Runner
70 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2020
The Pass Runner, Oliver Zimmerli, shows the final spurt of his competitive mission as a professional cyclist. Followed by his rival, who realizes the obvious failure of his bet. It was about a crate of beer.
Hase
ink on paper | 2020
Afghan Windhund
ink on paper | 2020
Blumenfeld
ink on paper | 2020
2019
Falkert
200 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
The Falkert is probably one of the most popular ski resorts of the Austrians. It seems that this mountain was accidentally hurt by God's little finger. This work was a gift from the artist to his loyal Austrian collectors.
Herz orange
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
This heart was created in collaboration with the company Studer in Thun. The heart should reflect the passion and craftsmanship of the company. The constructed heart which consists of circles and lines takes a direct reference to the products produced by the company Studer for medicine and technology.
Heringe blau
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
“Living in a box” is a theme that has accompanied the artist since 2013. Living together in the smallest space and the activities that have become routine are depicted by means of daily objects.
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Heringe rot
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
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Schwamm Harmonie
60 x 80 cm
Ink on glas | 2019
Schwamm 1
40 x 40 cm
Ink on glas and paper | 2019
Schwamm 2
40 x 40 cm
Ink on glas and paper | 2019
Nap
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
Installation view, Lucubratio II
Privat, Zürich | 2019
Startschuss
70 x 100 cm
Acyrlic on paper, stencil | 2019
Springer
70 x 100 cm
Acyrlic on paper, stencil | 2019
Haubentaucher trifft Rotfeder
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
Flügeli
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2019
2018
Immersion
12 x 3.8 m
Mixed media on wood panel, graffiti
Berufsbildungszentrum IDM, Thun | 2018
“A person is also just a swimmer.” This statement is fitting for the digital development of our society. This artwork thematizes the immersion in a matter or in the digital world.
Der Kuss einer Forelle
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
Ass bomb
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
Refugees at Limmat
240 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
This dark chapter in the history of refugees happens right under the artist's nose in Zurich. Several refugees drown while trying to escape from the police.
Dufourspitze
190 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
Die Badende
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
Die Küchenschabe
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
Muni
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2018
Alicia
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2018
This is a work from the Heiniger family portrait series. Alicia is the daughter of the entrepreneur Stefan Heiniger.
Aya
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2018
2017
Alina
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2017
The artist's niece “Alina” plays her first concert piece in Thun. A small memento for her great achievement. The work is privately owned by the Bozaci family.
Julia
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2017
Alexandra
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2017
Alexandra is a French model who lives in Zurich. She posed for the series “Living in a box”. The work is privately owned by the Gubelmann family.
Blind Jockey
140 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
For centuries, thousands and thousands of people have watched galloping horses. And yet, apparently, not one of them has noticed what it “really” looks like when a horse gallops. Great and small masters liked to make the fiery animals float in the air with their legs stretched ou. It was only about a hundred and fifty years ago, when the photographic camera had been sufficiently perfected, that these photographs showed that both painter and audience had been subject to deception all along.
source: The Story of Art, Ernst H. Gombrich
Astronaut
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
The work “Astronaut” raises questions. Many questions that the artist wants to leave open.
Rettungsschwimmer
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
Nachtschwimmen
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
Digidog alias Stormtrooper
127 cm height
Mixed media on polyester
Installation view, BerARTiner
in front of the Bundeshaus, Bern | 2017
Skull cream
70 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
Skeleton sixpack white
70 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
Skeleton sixpack black
70 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
Schabelle
100 x 70 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2017
The cockroach dresses in black and causes disgust in many people. The dragonfly, on the other hand, glitters beautifully in all the colors of the rainbow and thus captivates us. Both are insects. One is attractive and the other repulsive. Opposites attract and a “roachfly - Schabelle” is created.
Dählhölzli Bern
ink on paper | 2017
Brot
ink on paper | 2017
Egli
ink on paper | 2017
2016
Online
23 x 6 m
Mixed media on mural, graffiti
Jardin Orange, Shenzhen | 2016
The “Online baby” was created during the development of the artist residency Jardin Orange in 2016. Six years earlier, the artist traveled with his longtime friend Fouad (Ceet) Ben Allal to various cities in China to exhibit. Ceet stayed and organized different events including this residency and exhibition in Shenzhen. Various international artists were invited to transform the newly emerging settlement into an open air gallery. This colorful work is the main work of the series “Living in a box”.
Perfect baby
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2016
Who doesn't hope that their offspring will enter the world healthy and strong? No one wants to raise a disabled child. Medicine offers us more and more possibilities to give birth in a controlled way. Is the pursuit of a perfect baby legitimate or immoral? And where does this thought drive us? The artist asked himself these and similar questions after the miscarriage of his son (Marley Bozaci R.I.P.).
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Familie
100 x 140 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2016
2015
Installation view, Fifteen seconds of fame
The Trace Gallery, Zürich | 2015
Bee
50 x 70 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2015
Rooster
60 x 80 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper | 2015
With an air of cultivated nonchalance, today’s hipster snaps a selfie with his smartphone, posts it on Facebook instantly and awaits the virtual thumbs-up from his friends across the globe. Exhibtionism to this degree was inconceivable before the birth and subsequent popularity of social media. When Andy Warhol exclaimed in 1968 that everyone would get their “fifteen seconds of fame” in the future, he could not have imagined today’s fast-paced world of micro-moments. Our attention span has shrunk so dramatically since Warhol’s time that his fifteen minutes have been shortened to fifteen seconds of fame.
His portraits emphasize an iconic aspect of social media culture, the portrait photographs serving as user profile pictures on social media sites. Using full-frontal portrait shots to focus on his subjects’ facial features, the artist has successfully assembled a gallery of faces, or quite literally, a “face book”.
Installation view, Fifteen seconds of fame
Galerie Soon, Bern | 2015
Digitale Begegnung
70 x 100 cm
Fine art print on cottonpaper, portrait | 2015
Mallorca 04
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 03
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 05
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 01
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 02
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 08
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 09
ink on paper | 2015
Mallorca 06
ink on paper | 2015
2014
Amanda
6 x 16 m
Mixed media on mural, graffiti
Stamp Festival, Hamburg | 2014
David vs Goliath
Mixed media on mural, graffiti
Kunstby Festival, Næstved | 2014
Enis Batur
Mixed media on mural, graffiti
Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul | 2014