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Davor Bakara was born in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied at The Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart Graphic Design and Illustration under Prof. Heinz Edelmann and Prof. Niklaus Troxler. In 1999 he finished his studies successfully with a MFA in Illustration and Design (Diplom Designer). He was one of the founders, artists, copywriters and editors of the legendary magazine “Moga Mobo”. After a five year period in Germany’s capital Berlin he lives in Stuttgart again since 2005. He works in illustration fields as editorial, conceptual, advertising, portraiture, collage, sequential art and more. He collaborates with magazines, newspapers, advertising agencies, publishing houses, companies and institutions. His work was also published in Design Magazines as Encore, Designers Digest and Page. He teaches and gives workshops about Illustration and Sequential Art and his language abilities include German, English, Croatian and basics of French.

Awards / Honors

Selected for
Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52, 2011
American Illustration 29, 2010
3×3 Illustration Annual No. 7, 2010
3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 10
3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 09
3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 08
Index Illustration, 2009
Zeixs Book Illustration, 2007
Freistil 3, Best of European Commercial Illustration, 2007
Freistil 2, Best of European Commercial Illustration, 2005
Freistil 1, Best of German Commercial Illustration, 2003

Exhibitions

2010 Varnhagen Gesellschaft, Romantikmuseum Marburg
2009 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur, Comicfestival München
2009 H7 Open House, Stuttgart
2009 Sketch It Out, APW Gallery, New York
2006 Design Warriors, Singapore
2006 Schätze des Westens, Stuttgart
2005 Slide Show Fli Ling, Zadu Bar, Stuttgart
2003 Kunstprojekt Berlin
2002 Offene Ateliers 4 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2001 Offene Ateliers 3 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2000 Kunstmeile 2000, Berlin
1999 Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart
1998 Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart
1998 Comic-Salon Erlangen
1997 Die 4. Dimension, Hamburg

Teaching / Workshops

Tutor at Comicademy Drawing School since 2008
Tutor at MHMK – Macromedia University for Media and Communication since 2009
Tutor at PC College since 2009
Editorial Illustration Workshops soon to come

Member of Illustratoren Organisation e. V. (IO), Germany’s Association of Illustrators

Personal Info

Name	Davor Bakara
City	Stuttgart
Country	Germany
Website	www.davorbakara.com
member since	July 23, 2009

Professional Info

Education	MFA / Diplom Designer
Technique	LineArt
Tools	Digital, Illustrator, Photoshop, Mixed Media

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