Zharko Basheski


Zharko Basheski is a Macedonian sculptor and professor in the Sculpture Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje. His work falls under the hyperrealism movement, with a specific focus on the human body.

Life and work

Basheski was born on 11 August 1957 in Prilep, Republic of Macedonia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia. In 1988, he graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje in the class of Petar Hadzi Boskov. Ten years later, in 1998, he acquired his MFA degree at the same institution in the class of Dragan Popovski - Dada. He is member of DLUM since 1988. From 1999 to 2009 he was head of Department of Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts. His work has been presented at several international exhibitions and he has been the recipient of numerous awards. Much of his work is in private collections in the Republic of Macedonia and in foreign countries. Currently he is a member of the National Board for Accreditation and Evaluation, the Senate of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje and the Inter-University conference.
The interest in his work is turned towards the human, hence the interest in hyperrealistic approach in shaping the concept of the work, which in the theoretical projection exceeds hyperrealism, talks about life and the world in which we live. In his work there are several elements which are new to the world of sculpture and that make his latest work different: the concept, contemporary views of human condition through self-observation, technical production and use of new materials, the hyper-realistic treatment, size of the work, the philosophical approach – all of which, when combined in one, offer a multilayered reading of the artwork.

Solo exhibitions

  1. 2018 “Asphyxia” Cultural Institution Delavski dom Trbovlje, Slovenia
  2. 2018 “Asphyxia”, Multimedia Centre Kibla, Maribor, Skopje, Macedonia
  3. 2017 “Asphyxia”, Nano Bar, “Museum Debar Maalo”, Skopje, Macedonia
  4. 2017 Maribor, Slovenia at KIBLA PORTAL
  5. 2016 Skopje, National Gallery, Ordinary Human
  6. 2015 Paris, at Gallery Helene Nougaro, "Adam And Eve – Eternal Resumption"
  7. 2014 Cetinje, at Gallery of Art of Montenegro "Miodrag Dado Đurić exhibition "Behind the Look"
  8. 2014 Sofia, at Gallery Paris Moscow, exhibition Transformation
  9. 2013 Nuremberg, at Bunsen Goetz Galerie
  10. 2012 Paris, at Cité internationale des arts exhibition "Behind the Look"
  11. 2011 Venice Biennale, exhibition Leap
  12. 2010 Ohrid, Centre of Culture " Grigor Prlicev ”
  13. 2010 Prilep, Art Gallery – Culture Center " Marko Cepenkov ”
  14. 2010 Skopje, Culture and Information Center
  15. 2010 New York City, Galleru MC
  16. 2004 Skopje, Sculptures, Museum of the City of Skopje
  17. 1998 Skopje Sculpture-Temple Hram, Museum of Contemporary Art-Skopje
  18. 1997 Skopje, Art Gallery – Daut Pasha Amam – Skopje
  19. 1994 Skopje, Culture and Information Center
  20. 1993 Bitola, Art Gallery
  21. 1993 Prilep, Art Gallery – Culture Center "Marko Cepenkov”
  22. 1984 Prilep, Art Gallery – Culture Center "Marko Cepenkov”

    Group exhibition (selection)

  23. 2018 "50 years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture", Kunsthale, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  24. 2017 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia "50 years of Hyper realistic Sculpture”
  25. 2017 Ferenczy Muzeumi Centrum, Budapest, Hungary "MIG 21”
  26. 2017 KIC, Skopje, Macedonia "Femine/II”
  27. 2017 Copenhagen, Arken Museum, GOSH! IS IT ALIVE?
  28. 2016 Monterei Mexico, Museo de arte contemporaneo "50 years of Hyper realistic Sculpture"
  29. 2016 Bilbao Spain, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, "50 years of Hyper realistic Sculpture"
  30. 2015 Dox, Prague, "Brave New World"
  31. 2015 Riga, Latvia, "My Heart Is A Tiger"
  32. 2014 Skopje, National Gallery of Macedonia, "Paris je t'aime"
  33. 2012 "Malta Arts Festival 2012"
  34. 2011 35th Anniversary of Museum of Contemporary Art of Macedonia
  35. 2008 Skopje, Refresh Yourself, Macedonia Square, Museum of the City of Skopje
  36. 2008 Bari, Presentation of the Macedonian Culture
  37. 2005 New York, Gallery MC
  38. 2004 Skopje, Exhibition from the Collection of the City Assembly Skopje
  39. Skopje, DLUM Annual Exhibition
  40. 2003 Skopje, Portrait, DLUM
  41. 1998 Skopje, Winter Salon, Art Gallery
  42. 1997 Skopje, Winter Salon, Art Gallery
  43. Skopje, HARFA Gallery
  44. 1996 Skopje, Installation, Chifte Amam
  45. Skopje, House of ARM
  46. G. Milanovac, IV International Biennail of Miniature Art
  47. Skopje, Winter Salon, Art Gallery
  48. 1995 Istanbul,
  49. Fayetteville, Arkansas
  50. Skopje, Exhibition from the Fine Arts Colony in Prilep, KIC
  51. 1994 Skopje, Winter Salon, Art Gallery
  52. 1993 Skopje, Drawings, DLUM Annual Exhibition
  53. Skopje Exhibition of 14 professors from the Faculty of Fine Arts, ANIMA Gallery
  54. Tempi, Arizona, Drawings, Weatherspoon Art Gallery
  55. Skopje, Small Plastic, Art Gallery
  56. Skopje, Drowings – Biennail, National Library Kliment Ohridski
  57. Skopje, Winter Salon, Art Gallery
  58. 1992 Skopje, Winter Salon, Art Gallery
  59. 1991 Skopje, Small Plastic, Art Gallery
  60. 1990 Skopje, 10th Anniversary since the voundation of the Faculty of Fine Arts, ANIMA Gallery
  61. 1989 Skopje, II Youth Biennail, Museum of Contemporary Art-Skopje
  62. Skopje, DLUM Annual Exhibition
  63. 1988 Skopje Graduated students from the FFA
  64. Skopje, DLUM Annual Exhibition
  65. 1984 Skopje, Happening, Youth Center

    Public performances – sculptures and monuments