Damir Nikšić

Damir Nikšić (born 6 December 1970) is a Bosnian conceptual artist, standup comedian, blogger and politician. He has served as member of the Federal House of Representatives since 2022.

An independent, Nikšić was a member of Our Party. Previously, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party. One of Nikšić's best known art works is a seven-minute-long video entitled "If I wasn't muslim" (2005). in Brezovo Polje, Brčko. in 2003 international selection.

Sing Sing Nikšić was a co-founder and member (vocal singer) of rhythm and blues band "Sing Sing". The band played four concerts in Mladost.

Maxumim Damir Nikšić is also a co-founder of Maxumim art group,

Other activities In 2011, he protested regarding the closing of the Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, setting up daily video updates.

Work method – criticism He mostly presents his art through YouTube and social networks, where he uploads short videos and comments of humorous character in which he seriously and symbolically refers to the reality of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also commented on the attack on Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić during his visit to the event marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica crime, saying in his video Srebrni pir: Manipulacija razjedinjenih nacija ("Silver Feast: A Disunited Nations Manipulation") published on 13 July 2015 that "a corrida was made of Potočari"; this has received a notable media attention in his home and neighbouring countries.

Political engagement

In mid-2016, Nikšić decided to run for municipal mayor of the Sarajevo Centar Municipality, as a "libertarian, individualist and anarchist." In an interview with the Bosnian portal Klix.ba, he said the following:

Nikšić joined the social-liberal Our Party in June 2022. In the 2022 general election, he was elected to the Federal House of Representatives, obtaining over 3,000 votes.

Philosophy Nikšić's political philosophy aims for others to understand that one is living in a crisis of civil society and thus the civil state, that is—ethnocracy is present instead of democracy. Instead of the idea of people and collectivism, he advocates individualism and the notion of citizens as individuals, calling the ideology he follows "liberal progressive individualist discourse" and "stratoseparatism."

Most notable works If I wasn't muslim (2005) Krunisanje Kralja Tvrtka (2007) Totalitarni fatalizam (2015)

Songs "Ta to ti" (2012) "Gdje si" (2012) "Sjedio sam u kafani sam" (2013) "Na rubu plača" (2015) "Stranac u svome plemenu" (2016) - izvedba pjesme grupe Major (autor: Masa Mor) "Još jedna revolucionarna" (2018) "Hastahana" [demo] (2020)