Davor

Personal Info

Davor Bakara was born in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied at The Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart Graphic Design and Illustration under Prof. Heinz Edelmann 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. Awards / Honors Selected for Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52, 2011 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 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 Teaching / Workshops Tutor at Comicademy Drawing School since 2008 Tutor at MHMK – Macromedia University for Media and Communication since 2009 Tutor at PC College since 2009 Editorial Illustration Workshops soon to come Member of Illustratoren Organisation e. V. (IO), Germany’s Association of Illustrators