Biography
Davor Bakara was born in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied at The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart Graphic Design and Illustration under Prof. Heinz Edelmann who was the art director of the The Beatles animated feature film „Yellow Submarine“ and Prof. Niklaus Troxler. In 1999 he finished his studies successfully with a MFA in Illustration and Design (Diplom Designer). He was one of the founders, artists, copywriters and editors of the legendary magazine “Moga Mobo”. After a five year period in Germany’s capital Berlin he lives in Stuttgart again since 2005. He works in illustration fields as editorial, conceptual, advertising, portraiture, collage, sequential art and more. He collaborates with magazines, newspapers, advertising agencies, publishing houses, companies and institutions. His work was also published in Design Magazines as Encore, Designers Digest and Page.
He teaches and gives workshops about Illustration and Sequential Art and his language abilities include German, English, Croatian and basics of French.
Feel free to contact me for any kind of collaboration.
Awards / Honors
Selected for
American Illustration 29, 2010
3×3 Illustration Annual No. 7, 2010
3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 10
3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 09
3×3 Illustration Directory Illo 08
Index Illustration, 2009
Zeixs Book Illustration, 2007
Freistil 3, Best of European Commercial Illustration, 2007
Freistil 2, Best of European Commercial Illustration, 2005
Freistil 1, Best of German Commercial Illustration, 2003
Teaching / Workshops
Tutor at Comicademy School since January 2008
Tutor at Macromedia University for Media and Communication since October 2009
Tutor at PC College for software courses since November 2009
Editorial Illustration Workshop soon to come
Exhibitions
2010 Varnhagen Gesellschaft, Romantikmuseum Marburg
2009 100 Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur, Comicfestival München
2009 H7 Open House, Stuttgart
2009 Sketch It Out, APW Gallery, New York
2006 Design Warriors, Singapore
2006 Schätze des Westens, Stuttgart
2005 Slide Show Fli Ling, Zadu Bar, Stuttgart
2003 Kunstprojekt Berlin
2002 Offene Ateliers 4 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2001 Offene Ateliers 3 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
2000 Kunstmeile 2000, Berlin
1999 Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart
1998 Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Künste Stuttgart
1998 Comic-Salon Erlangen
1997 Die 4. Dimension, Hamburg
Member of Illustratoren Organisation e. V. (IO), Germany’s Association of Illustrators
© Photography by André Noll