Alma is a visual artist, poet, and feminist living and working in Sarajevo. Her work is based on exploring the specificities of labour and the precarity of certain occupations, with a particular focus in the position of women in capitalism and gendered division of labour. She explores the link between artistic practice and earning a living through the roles she assumes as an artist-worker, for which she attended professional training in several industries. In 2024 she was awarded through Artist Changemaker Program by the Global Fund for Women for contributing to gender justice and feminism in her practice. In 2022, she received ZVONO Award as the best artist in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Arts Education from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, specializing in Art Education. Alma works with different mediums, including drawing, photography, performance, and video. Alma is a member of CRVENA Association for culture and art. Her poems are published in magazines, collections, and web portals in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in the region.
Alma Gačanin
Her artistic practice deals with the specificities of work, focusing in particular on the gendered division of labor.
