Šejla Kamerić
Special Feature
Limited Edition Print by Šejla Kamerić
Smile with the Ring (1999), 2026
Available online for one week only
(March 08 – 15)
Šejla Kamerić’s Smile with the Ring (1999) is now available in a special limited edition, released to mark International Women’s Day.
Smile with the Ring (1999), 2026 revisits one of the artist’s earliest portraits. Each print is folded as a poster and individually activated by Kamerić with a gold-leaf ring applied directly onto the image, making every work unique.
Šejla Kamerić
Smile with the Ring (1999), 2026
Fine Art inkjet print, gold leaf
53 x 40 cm
Edition of 25 + 5 AP
Hand-finished and folded by the artist with gold leaf, each print is unique.
Signed by the artist on the reverse.
€750,00 (VAT not included)
Originally created in 1999, at the beginning of Kamerić’s career, the portrait depicts the artist covering half of her face with one hand. A fine silver line drawn across the mouth transforms the image into a subtle, self-authored smile. Created in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, Smile with the Ring reflects the tension between personal reality and social expectation — a moment when girls and young women were still expected to smile and remain pleasant despite harsh circumstances. A ring made of gold leaf, applied directly onto each print by the artist, questions traditional narratives surrounding patriarchal marriage and the expectation of women accepting limitations on their autonomy with grace.
»The ring promises false security and legitimacy to women, yet it also signals containment and the constraints of social expectations. The hidden face speaks to concealment as survival. Hiding emotions becomes an act of self-protection.«
— Šejla Kamerić
One of the most significant feminist voices of her generation, Šejla Kamerić, born in Sarajevo in 1976, explores identity, endurance, and resistance through deeply personal imagery.
Her work has been shown at Tate Modern, London; Fenix Museum, Rotterdam; National Gallery of Kosovo; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Museum of Contemporary Arts of Montenegro, Podgorica; Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana; Manifesta 14, Prishtina among many others.
In the coming months, we look forward to Kamerić’s public intervention at MuseumsQuartier Vienna. She will also participate in the 7th Mardin Biennial in Turkey, as well as Manifesta 16 Ruhr.
Her major solo exhibition at Fotografiska Stockholm is on view through April 19 and will travel to Fotografiska Tallinn in fall 2026.
This edition offers a rare opportunity to acquire a work connected to the origins of Šejla Kamerić's ongoing inquiry into identity, visibility, and the politics of representation.
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