ARTIST BIOS

Vlada Kremenović (she/her) is a trans immigrant artist working in dance, video, performance, and arts administration. Originally from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vlada has been making works in Seattle since 2017.

 Vlada founded CommonForm in 2019 to present works that are highly engaging, but not entertaining; rigorous, but not technical; political, but not contrived; approachable, but not simplified. Her work draws upon themes from queerness, immigration, nature, architecture, natural sciences, and history, using improvisational structures anchored in time and space to pursue the collective emergence of truth between performers and audiences.

 She was a 2023 Seattle City Artist and has received funding from 4Culture, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

 Her work has been presented locally in Seattle as well as inter/nationally in Oregon, California, British Columbia, Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia.

 Vlada has collaborated with Fox Whitney since 2020 as a performer, video artist, director of photography, and vocalist, including for his upcoming Made in Seattle 2027 project, LOOK/OUT. She has also worked with Alice Gosti, Heather Kravas, Jordan Macintosh-Hougham, Noelle Price, Melissa Riker, Karin Stevens, Petra Zanki, and others.

 Descending from a long lineage of Bosnian peasants, Vlada’s art rejects the elitism of postmodernism while embracing its capacity for performer/audience autonomy, freedom from colonial and classicist ideals, and the creation of containers for radical empathy.

IG: @commonfom_ | @sasha_sobbing | @vlada_kremenovic

Venmo: @commonform 

*Photo by Fox Whitney

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