BJCEM

The International Association of the Bienniale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (BJCEM) was born in Sarajevo in July 2001. The BJCEM Association has 71 members from 20 countries, local bodies, ministries, associations, cultural institutions, and is open to the membership of local and national bodies from Europe and the Mediterranean.

The main target is to promote young artists' creativity, to encourage international exchanges and the development of pacific relations across the Mediterranean area. The International Association BJCEM is a wide network, encouraging the intercultural exchanges through the political and geographical frontiers: the structure of the Association promotes cultural exchanges beyond the existing political and cultural borders, thus presenting a Europe and a Mediterranean willing to dialogue and joint work.

The following editions of the Biennial of the Young Artists took place in Thessalonica (1986), in Barcelona (1987), in Bologna (1988), in Marseille (1990), in Valencia (1992), n Lisbon (1994), in Turin (1997), in Rome (1999), in Sarajevo (2001), in Athens ( 2003) and in Naples (2005). It's very important remember others events realized in relation to BJCEM: Anteprima rock in Turin in 1990, Rotte Méditerranée in Algérie in 1990 e Six Workshop in Sarajevo in 1998.

During the 20 years of its history the Biennial has been considered as the main window over the creation in the Mediterranean, presenting the works of artists from 18 to 30 years, from different fields: architecture, comic strip, cinema, video, industrial and digital creations, photography, writing, gastronomy, music, theatre, dance, etc.