Darko Bavoljak was born in Zagreb in 1961. He took a degree in cinematography at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He took up photography in the early eighties. During his university career he published photographs in Polet, Studentski list, Svijet, Start and many other papers and journals of the time. Today, his activity has spread over the domains of photography, film, conceptual art and curatorial concepts. His pictures are to be found in private collections and in the photographic holdings of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb (MSU) and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka (MMSU). Stupid Antonio presents (2006), Bare island (2012) and Urbi et orbi (2013) stand out among the films Bavoljak has made. He is a member of the Croatian artists’ association HZSU and HDLU.