Black and white portrait of a man with curly hair wearing a black turtleneck and blazer, facing left against a plain white background.

Self-Portrait 2024

Nemanja Maraš

is a visual artist, photographer, director and educator based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Born in 1989, he graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Department of Photography, and later completed a Master’s degree in Digital Arts at the Faculty of Media and Communications.

His work began in fashion photography, but gradually moved toward portraiture, conceptual photography and image-based interventions. Working primarily in black and white, Maraš uses the portrait as a controlled visual space in which identity, vulnerability, perception and the instability of the self-image can be examined.

He has presented 15 solo exhibitions in Belgrade, Paris and other European cities, published a photo book, and participated in numerous group exhibitions. He is a member of ULUPUDS and Serbia’s first Sony Imaging Ambassador.

Alongside his artistic practice, he works across directing, visual production, publishing and education. He has taught at the Belgrade Dance Institute and has held lectures and workshops on portrait and self-portrait photography.

Maraš is the founder of NOIR Multimedia and MONOHROM. His current practice moves between precise photographic portraiture and broader systems of self-examination, treating the image not as a fixed representation, but as a space where identity is constructed, interrupted and redefined.