Lejla Čehajić

LEJLA ČEHAJIĆ was born in 1978 in Sarajevo. She graduated from the High School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo, at the Department of Sculpture. In 2004 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, at the Department of Sculpture in the class of professor Mustafa Skopljak.  At the same Academy, she completed her postgraduate studies, at the sculpture department, on the topic "Sculpture through the play of artistic and expressive elements of theatre and puppet theatre".

Since 2005 she has been the member of Fine Artists Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the period 2010 to 2014, she was a member of the Art Council of ULUBiH. She exhibited in about 50 collective and 7 solo exhibitions. She also participated in several art / sculpture colonies.
She won several awards for her artistic work, including: the Kenan Solaković Sculpture Award, the Grand Prix at the ULUBiH Exhibition on April 6, the International "Private and Public" Award in Mostar and many others.She is the creator and performer of puppets for the puppet show "Zečić Uplašić" at the Sarajevo Youth Theater.She lives and works in Sarajevo as a professor at the High School of Applied Arts, Department of Sculpture.

Contact email: lelacehajic@hotmail.com