About

Vanja Vikalo / LINNCH

Animation/art director based in Belgrade. Worked for artists such as Bob Marley, Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla $ign, FKA Twigs, Jadakiss, Trouble, Quavo, Who See. Clients include Coca-Cola, Unicef, UMG, Samsung, VICE, Le Monde Diplomatique, Tuborg, Smoking Paper, Goethe Institut, Niksicko Pivo, Guarana Energy drink.

Before diving deep into the animation world, Linnch produced 13 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 30 group exhibitions. His latest solo show “Third Eye Crying” has been exhibited for 9 times in 8 European cities. Linnch drew murals and original artworks for more than 50 festivals and art projects. He was awarded in fields of illustration, animation and graphic design.

He creates worlds with a unique, often surprising internal logic. Linnch plays not only with layered characters, twisted logic and a melting world, but also with multiple interpretations of a certain social phenomenon. That uncertainty leaves the viewer amused, shocked, and, finally, engaged. 

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Specialties

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   Art Direction

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   Animated Illustration

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   Murals

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   Illustration

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   Storyboarding

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   2D Animation

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS:

The 79th Venice International Film Festival – Venice VR Expanded with The Last Worker Title Sequence 2021
Festival Kaktus – Award for Amo Popit po pivo campaign for Niksicko Pivo x Who See 2020
Ab Re – Ves Masina (Official music video) Festival official selections: Martovski festival, Belgrade Serbia; Supertoon, Sibenik, Croatia; Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival; Anilogue, Budapest, Hungary; Figari Film Festival, Olbia, Italy; Music Shorts; Lift-off; Cinematika Festival Gdansk, Poland
MTS Vision – Best Animation work for Gramophonedzie – Gramophonezilla  (Official music video) 2018
Split Spot Festival – Best new upcoming director for Who See – Dinamida (Official music video) 2014

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

Third Eye Crying, Univerzalni Atelje Ulicnih Umjetnosti, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Third Eye Crying, Atelier Home Gallery, Trieste (Italy)
Third Eye Crying, Street Gallery, Belgrade (Serbia)
Third Eye Crying, Gallery Josip Bepo Benkovic, Herceg Novi (Montenegro)
Third Eye Crying, Zilik Gallery, Karlovac (Croatia)
Third Eye Crying, Gallery of The Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo, Sarajevo (BIH) 2016
Third Eye Crying, Art club Prostor, Banja Luka (RS/BIH) 2016
Third Eye Crying, Gray Gallery AKC Medika, Zagreb (Croatia) 2016
Third Eye Crying, Belgrade Youth center, Belgrade(Serbia) 2016
Bad Dog, Boonika HQ, Zagreb (Croatia) 2013
Linnch it, UK Parobrod, Belgrade (Serbia) 2013
D-Bend exhibition, Izba, Novi Sad (Sebia) 2010
Linnch at Hercegnovsko Pozorište, Herceg Novi (Montenegro) 2009

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

AppointMENT, DobraVaga Gallery, Ljubljana 2018 (SVN) ; Izlozba Jedan Punkt Dva, Kotor 2017 (MNE) ; Terminal Music & Arts Festival – Galerija KC Laza Kostić, Sombor 2017 (SRB) ; Pohvala, Magacin, Belgrade 2017 (SRB) ; Scena: Gazenje, O3one Gallery (SRB) ; Jedan PUNKT dva, Crnogorska galerija Miodrag DADO Đuric – Cetinje 2017 (MNE) ; Likovna Jesen 2017, Galerija KC Laza Kostić Sombor (SRB) ; Kabinet SR:CH, Quartier Général de La Chaux-de-Fonds (CHE) 2017 ; Graphic art colony for youth in Bremen, Bremen (DEU) 2016 ; Kulturforum Linija, Belgrade (SRB) 2016 ; Trashwillsmash, Old ice factory, Zagreb 2016 (HRV) ; Inspirisi me, Galerija Stab, Belgrade 2016 (SRB) ; 36 Mountains, Festival of Illustration, Zagreb 2015 (HRV) ; SOS, Tjedan dizajna, Zagreb 2015 (HRV) ; Graf a Go Go, Institut français de Serbie, Belgrade 2015 (SRB) ; SOS, Stab gallery, 2015 (SRB) ; Scena, UK Vuk, Belgrade 2015 (SRB) ; Zbir Fanzin, Sombor 2015 (SRB); Dit, Deslang, Amstertam 2015 (NLD) ; Urban Playground, Urban Arts Gallery, Stuttgart 2014 (DEU) ; Laser summit of cheap graphics – No Regrets. Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AUT) 2014 ; Laser summit of cheap graphics – For your own good – Museum Tinguely, Basel 2013 (CHE) ; Interactive diaries Cairo, Rome, Belgrade (EGY, ITA, SRB) 2014 ; Univerzalni vojnik (SRB) 2013 ; Sarajevo100, Collegium artisticum, Sarajevo 2014 (BIH) ; Skopje Poster Festival, Skopje (MKD) ; Monsters, Supermarket, Belgrade (SRB) 2012

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