Nesim Tahirović

Nesim Tahirović (23 October 1941 – 14 August 2020) was a Bosnian painter. He studied art (painting) in Belgrade under professor Kosta Hakman.

Along with painting he also worked in the area of scenic design and other applied arts. During a forty five-year career as an independent artist he had around sixty solo exhibitions and more than hundred group exhibitions in his native country and abroad where he also received numerous awards for both painting and scenic design. His paintings were exhibited in museums, galleries and sold to private collectors all over the world. He was a member of The Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUPUBiH) and Association of Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUBiH). He lived and worked in Tuzla as an independent artist .

Solo exhibitions 1963 – Tuzla 1964 – Tuzla 1966 – Osijek 1967 – Osijek 1975 – Osijek, Sarajevo 1976 – Portorož 1977 – Trieste 1978 – Lignano 1979 – Graz, Trieste, Graz 1981 – Tuzla, Tuzla 1983 – Tuzla 1987 – Novi Sad 1988 – Belgrade, Tuzla 1989 – Warszawa, Płock, Sierpc, Olsztyn 1990 – Toruń, Frombork, Ratingen 1991 – Ratingen, Ratingen, Bolesławiec, Zgorzelec 1992 – Braniewo, Płock, Ratingen, München, Ratzeburg, Ratingen, Grevenbroich 1993 – Coesfeld, Hilden, Müllheim an der Ruhr, Velbert, Ronchi dei Legionari 1994 – Sarajevo, Duisburg, Wetzlar, Essen, Ratingen, Leverkusen 1995 – Biberach, Göttingen, Zenica, Leipzig 1996 – Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 – Osijek, Zagreb 2000 – Issum 2001 – Bihać 2002 – Novi Sad 2003 – Subotica 2005 – Brčko 2007 – Jajce 2010 – Sarajevo