Tarik Berber was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1980. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence under Prof. Adriano Bimbi. After spending a couple of years in Berlin and seven years in London, he moved to Milan, where he currently lives and works.
As a child, due to the Yugoslav War, he left his home country and settled with his family in Bolzano, Italy. Even before moving to Florence to continue his academic studies, while still very young, he had already received recognition and critical acclaim.
Before the age of twenty-one, he came into contact with the prestigious Poggiali & Forconi Gallery in Florence. At the inauguration of the new Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Isernia, MACI, in the spring of 2004, Berber was the youngest artist invited to exhibit. He presented an Expressionist painting depicting, in close-up, a figure permeated by a sacred aura, which attracted the attention of both critics and the public. His participation in major art fairs further consolidated the growing interest in his work.
He was invited to exhibit at the Museo della Civiltà Romana in Rome, at the Second Biennial InTranSito, and at the 2nd Rassegna Internazionale d’Arte Città di Bozzolo Don Primo Mazzolari, where he was awarded the First Acquisition Prize. In May 2006, he held a solo exhibition at the eighteenth-century Villa Pisani, the Museo Nazionale di Strà, in the Province of Venice.
Berber has also created four hand-drawn animations, which attracted the attention of the BBC, InsideArt and Vimeo Staff Picks, among others. His third animation, “Dubbi”, was created in Italy for the Italian rapper Marracash. The video has received more than two million views and was shortlisted for the MTV Award for Best Italian Music Video.
His most recent animation, “Lint”, was created for Aleksandar Hemon, Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University, and was presented in Sarajevo in 2025 at Manifesto Gallery.
Berber also created an etching book with a text by Italian philosopher Matteo Nucci for the 60th anniversary of Lamborghini. The project was presented at the Italian Embassy in Vienna and the book is now part of the Lamborghini Museum collection in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy.
At the end of 2015, he began working with the prestigious Albemarle Gallery, which organised a solo exhibition at Moor House, designed by architect Lord Norman Foster, in the City of London.
In 2016, Berber was a shortlisted finalist for the Ibero-American Art Award Exhibition at the Embassy of Brazil in London.
In 2017, he was represented by Aria Art Gallery at “CI” Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair.
SOLO SHOWS
2025
Exhibition , presentation and Q&A at Galleria Salamon, Milan, Italy. Curated by Andrea Dusio and Lorenza Salamon.
2024
“As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty”, La Stamperia d’Arte Albicocco, Udine, Italy.
2023
“60 Years Anniversary LAMBORGHINI”, presentation of the book and solo exhibition of the works created for the publication, Italian Embassy, Vienna, Austria.
2022
Marracash, “DUBBI”, curated by Collezione RAMO – Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, Assab One, Milan, Italy.
2021
“Mademoiselle Zara”, Kneževa Palača – Rector’s Palace / National Museum of Croatia, Zadar, Croatia.
2020
“Seven Sisters”, Galleria Previtali, curated by Andrea Dusio, Milan, Italy.
“Seven Sisters”, Fondazione Maimeri – MAC, curated by Andrea Dusio, Milan, Italy.
2018
“Windsor Beauties”, Aria Art Gallery, curated by Antonio Budetta, Istanbul, Turkey.
2017
“Toxic Cadmium”, Aria Art Gallery, curated by Antonio Budetta, Florence, Italy.
2016
“BeBop Diaries”, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, London, UK.
2015
Solo Show, ArtMoorHouse, in association with Albemarle Gallery, curated by Tony Pontone and Elisa Martinelli, London, UK.
“FLOW”, Darren Baker Gallery, curated by Jason Colchin-Carter and Agnieszka Perche, London, UK.
“FLOW”, City Gallery, curated by Nermin Delić and Adnan Dupanović, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“FLOW”, G&M Galeria, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“FLOW”, National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“FLOW”, curated by Lejla Festić Britovšek, ArmaMaxa, Vetrinski Dvor, Maribor, Slovenia.
2013
“Heterotopias of Time”, curated by Gabriella Daris, Blacks, Soho, London, UK.
2011
“Anatomia di un lupo”, Aria Art Gallery, Florence, Italy.
2010
“Back to Italy”, double solo show with Elena Manzan, curated by Luca Beatrice, MACI, Isernia, Italy.
“IMAGO”, LATO Studio Architect Designer, Prato, Italy.
“Mostra di disegni”, Etrarte, Florence, Italy.
2009
Double solo show with sculptor Lorenzo Vignoli, Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy.
2007
“Firenze 2006, Berlin 2007”, SelvArtGallery, Bolzano, Italy.
2006
“Gli occhi della gente”, curated by Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Il Castello Art Gallery, Trento, Italy.
“Vestigia Umane”, curated by Maria Livia Brunelli, Museo Nazionale Villa Pisani, Strà, Italy.
2004
“Teste e/o mitologemi”, Circolo Arti Figurative, Empoli, Italy.
GROUP SHOWS
2018
“Sguardi e Luoghi”, VS Arte, Milan, Italy.
Opening Group Show, Aria Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2017
Winter Show Part 1 / Winter Show Part 2, Albemarle Gallery, London, UK.
TEDx Talk “Synergy”, group show curated by Blair Zaye, ADA National College for Digital Skills, Tottenham, London, UK.
2016
Shortlisted finalist, Ibero-American Art Award Exhibition, Embassy of Brazil, London, UK.
Mersad Berber & Tarik Berber, Albemarle Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
New Year / New Artist / New Work, with Gordon Davidson, Tim Jones and Arshak Sarkissian, Albemarle Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
2015
February Group Show, Darren Baker Gallery, curated by Jason Colchin-Carter and Agnieszka Perche, IPA – Isis Phoenix Arts, London, UK.
2013
Group Show, 100 Years Gallery, curated by Pascal Ancel Bartholdi and Jaimi Valtierra, London, UK.
2012
“Bosnian Culture”, Museo della Civiltà Romana, EUR, Rome, Italy.
2010
“Oltrarno”, curated by Graziella Ardia, Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence, Italy.
“Beauty Farm: La bellezza del corpo tra idealizzazione e ossessione”, Fondazione Durini, Milan, Italy.
2005
International Art Review “G. B. Salvi”, Sassoferrato, Italy.
International Art Review Città di Bozzolo, curated by Mauro Corradini, First Floor section — First Prize Awarded, Italy.
“Altre Voci, altre stanze”, curated by Alessandro Riva, Le Ciminiere, Catania, Italy.
2004
Biennale d’Arte Contemporanea Intransito, Museo Nazionale Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy.
“L’arte in testa”, curated by Luca Beatrice, MACI – Museo Arte Contemporanea Isernia, Isernia, Italy.
2003
“Il Mugello dipinto”, Barberino di Mugello, Italy.
2002
“Il Mugello disegnato”, Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence, Italy.