Selma Selman

Selma Selman is from Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Roma origin. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2014 from the Department of Painting at the University of Banja Luka. In 2018, she graduated from Syracuse University with a Master of Fine Arts in Transmedia, Visual, and Performing Arts.

In her practice, Selman strives to protect and enable female bodies and foster a multifaceted approach to the collective self-emancipation of oppressed women. Selman’s search for a pragmatic, contemporary form of political resistance stems from her own experiences of oppression of varied directions and scales. Selman is also the founder of the organization Get the Heck to School, which aims to empower Roma girls across the globe who face social ostracization and poverty.

Selman’s recent solo exhibitions took place at the Stedelijk Museum, Amserdam (2025); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2024); Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg (2024); and Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2023). Her work was also included in documenta fifteen, Kassel (2022), and Manifesta 14, Priština (2022).