Solo Shows
1963
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Gallery of the Workers University Djuro Salaj
1964
Genoa, Italy, Galleria del Deposito
1965
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Student Center’s exhibition space
1967
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Haus Nieed
Munich, Germany, Galerie Neuhaus
1967-68
Opatija, Yugoslavia, Salon of the hotel “Ambasador”
1968
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bois Taverne
1969
Šid, Yugoslavia, “Sava Šumanović” Gallery
Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Hilt
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, The Gallery of Primitive Art
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Galerie Mokum
1970
Šid, Yugoslavia, The Club of Social Workers
Šid, Yugoslavia, Youth Center, Painter’s House, Grammar School “Sava Šumanović”
Ohrid, Yugoslavia, Friendship salon “Naumovski”
1972
Vukovar, Yugoslavia, Cultural Center, Theater
1973
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Museum of Art and Craftmanship (Memorial retrospective exhibition inside the show “Naivi ´73)
Šid, Yugoslavia, Museum “Ilijanum”, Ilijanum ´73
1976
Düsseldorf, Germany, Galerie Elke und Werner Zimmer
1980
Milano, Italy, Art Gallery
1985
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Gallery 11
1986
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Gallery Sebastian
Varazdin, Yugoslavia, Atlas Art Agency, Sebastian
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, Gallery Sebastian
Munich, Germany, Galerie Charlotte
1989
Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Gallery of Contemporary Art
1994
Jagodina, Serbia, Museum of Naïve Art
Belgrade, Serbia, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCAB)
1995
Novi Sad, Serbia, Museum of the Contemporary Art of Vojvodina
1998
Venice, Italy, Ikona Gallery, Magazzini del Sale
Belgrade, Serbia, City Cultural Center
2000-01
Bönnigheim, Germany, Museum Charlotte Zander,
2004
Novi Sad, Serbia, Petrovaradin fortress, Gallery “Boško Petrović” (exhibition of tapestries)
Belgrade, Serbia, Ethnographic Museum (exhibition of tapestries)
Novi Sad, Serbia, Museum of Vojvodina
2006
New York, USA, Galerie St. Etienne, Ilija!
Belgrade, Serbia, Gallery 03ONE, Fenomen Ilija Bosilj – Mangelos
2007
Novi Sad, Serbia, Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences – department in Novi Sad, The Artistic Case of Ilija Bosilj
Verona, Italy, Art Verona
2008
Heidelberg, Germany, Museum Haus Cajeth
Belgrade, Serbia, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, The Pictures from Ilijada
2009
Sheboygan, USA, John Michaels Kohler Arts Center, Ilija: Journeys in the imagination
Kragujevac, Serbia, Rima Gallery, Ilija’s World
2010
Belgrade, Serbia, Haos Gallery, Ilija Bosilj – Works on Paper
Zrenjanin, Serbia, National Museum, The Conceivings of Ilija Bosilj
2011
Pula, Croatia, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Ilija’s World
2012
Šibenik, Croatia, St. Krševan Gallery, Ilija’s World
Zagreb, Croatia, Kranjčar Gallery, Ilija’s World
Osijek, Croatia, City Gallery, Ilija’s World
2014
New York, USA, Galerie St. Etienne, ILIJA/MANGELOS: Father and Son, Inside & Out
Belgrade, Serbia, Gallery of CMC, Fantastic World of Ilija Basicevic Bosilj
2017
Maribor, Slovenia, KiBela/MMC KIBLA, Ilija’s Breath / Ilijev vdih
2018
New York, USA, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Welcoming the Two Faced Rider: Ilija Bosilj Bašičević
Belgrade, Serbia, Goethe-Institut, Ilija – Mangelos Phenomenon
2022
Paris, France, Centre culturel de Serbie, Le monde selon Ilija
2024
Saint Gallen, Switzerland, open art museum, Ilija: Ein Tuch mit zwei Gesichtern
2025
Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Belgrade, Ilija Bosilj: The Triumph of Art
Selected Group Shows
1962
Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Hilt, Primitive Malerei
1963
Düsseldorf, Germany, Galerie Nella Nebelung, Sonntagsmaler
Dortmund, Germany, Museum am Ostwall, Sonntagsmaler aus Jugoslawien
1964
Rotterdam, Netherlands, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, De Lusthof der Naiven
Paris, France, Musée d’Art Moderne, Le Monde Naïf
Recklinghausen, Germany, Kunsthalle, Naïve Malerei in Jugoslawien
Hamburg, Germany, Kunsthaus, Naïve Malerei in Jugoslawien
1966
Munich, Germany, Stadtmuseum, Kunst der Naiven in Jugoslawien
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, Inside the walls of the Ploča Gate, Naïve Art 66
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Gallery of Primitive Art, Acquisitions III
Frankfurt am Main, Volksbildungsheim, Höchst, Jahrhundert, Naïve malerei aus Jugoslawien
1967
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Albert Dorne Gallery, Naieve Kunst in Particulier Bezit
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Gallery of Primitive Art, Profiles
1968
Antwerp, Belgium, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Zandags Schilders
Mexico-City, Mexico, Museum of Modern Art, Arte Naïf de Yugoslavia
Guanajuato, Morelia, Guadalajara, San Luis Potosi, Aquascalientes, Torreon, Monterrey, Jalapa, Mexico, Arte Naïf de Yugoslavia
1969
Lugano, Switzerland, Museo Civico di Belle Art, I Naïfs
Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg-Museum, Hinterglasmalerei der Naïven
Williamsburg, USA, Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Yugoslav Naïve Paintings and Sculpture
1971
Rome, Italy, Pallazo delle Espozicioni, Arte Naïf in Serbia
1973
Oslo, Norway, Sonja Henie-Onstad Muséet, Kansan Kuvia. Folkets Bilders
Helsinki, Finland, Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Kansan Kuvia. Folkets Bilders
1976
Paris, France, Grand Palais, Yugoslavie. Peintres et Sculpteurs Naïfs
London, UK, Camden Arts Centre, Naïve Art in Yugoslavia
1982
Nice, France, Musée International d’Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky
1984
London, UK, Royal Festival Hall, New Frontiers of Naïve Art in Europe
1986
Beijing, China, Chinese National Art Gallery, Naïve Art of Yugoslavia
Shanghai, China, Huangpilu Art Gallery, Naive Art in Yugoslavia
Tokyo, Japan, Setagaya Art Museum, Eleven Naïve Artists from Yugoslavia
Osaka, Japan, Daimaru, Shinsaibashi, Eleven Naïve Artists from Yugoslavia
1999
Ismaning, Germany, Kallmann Museum, Spitzenwerke der Naiven Kunst aus dem Museum Charlotte Zander
2002
Novi Sad, Serbia, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Central European Aspects of Vojvodina’s Avant-Gardes 1920-2000: Border Phenomena and the Phenomena of Borders
Belgrade, Serbia, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Central European Aspects of Vojvodina’s Avant-Gardes 1920-2000: Border Phenomena and the Phenomena of Borders
2004
Martigny, Switzerland, Manoir de la Ville de Martigny, Croisements
2006
Helsinki, Finland, Kunsthalle, ITE in Spirit
New York, USA, Galerie St.Etienne, Fairy Tale, Myth and Fantasy – Approaches to Spirituality in Art (Marc Chagall, Picasso, Paul Klee, Michel Nedjar, Ilija Bosilj…)
2007
Vienna, Austria, Museum Gugging, Internationale Art Brut – SYBILLE!
Tulln an der Donau, Austria, Minoritenkloster, Von Schiele bis Warhol
Zurich, Switzerland, Galerie/Sammlung Susi Brunner
New York, USA, Galerie St.Etienne, Recent Acquisitions (G.Klimt, O.Kokoschka, E.Schiele, Ilija Bosilj,…)
2008
New York, USA, Galerie St.Etienne, Transforming reality, Pattern and Design in Modern and Self-Taught Art (Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Emil Nolde, Scottie Wilson, Ilija Bosilj,…)
2009
London, UK, Primrose Hill, Museum of Everything, Exhibition #1
2012
Turin, Italy, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Exhibition #1
2011
Paris, France, La Halle Saint Pierre, Sous le Vent de l’Art Brut – Collection Charlotte Zander
2012
New York, USA, Galerie St.Etienne, The Ins and OUTS of Self-Taught Art – Reflections on a Shifting Field (Hendry Darger, John Kane, Michel Nedjar, Josef Karl Rädler, Ilija Bosilj, …)
2013
Tokyo, Japan, Setagaya Art Museum, Homage to Henri Rousseau – the World of Naïve Painters and Outsiders
2014
Kaiserlautern, Germany, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserlautern, Apocalypse Now! – Visionen von Schrecken und Hoffnung in der Kunst von Mittelalter bis heute (Albrecht Dürer, Odilon Redon, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Ilija Bosilj,…)
2017
Paris, France, La Halle Saint Pierre, Turbulences dans les Balkans
New York, USA, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Edgewalkers & Worldbuilders
2019
New York, USA, American Folk Art Museum, Memory Palaces: Inside the Collection of Audrey B. Heckler
2020
New York, USA, Art Brut Global – a virtual exhibition, May 8 – 29, 2020, org. by: Outsider Art Fair
Belgrade, Serbia, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (MoCAB), Reflections of our time: Acquisitions of the Museum of Contemporary Art 1993-2019
New York, USA, Andrew Edlin Gallery, An Alternative Canon: Art Dealers Collecting Outsider Art
2022
New York, USA, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Summer Improv: Bibi’s Choice
Belgrade, Serbia, Cultural center – The House of Army, Šumanović i Bosilj: Od poetskog realizma do simboličke naive
2023
Mairano di Casteggio, Italy, Casa dell’Art Brut, A Conscious Abandonment of Reality: Ilija Bosilj and Sava Sekulic
Belgrade, Serbia, Museum of Naive and Marginal Art, Eros and Thanatos
Belgrade, Serbia, Museum of Naive and Marginal Art, Art Brut. Works from the Infeld Collection
2024
Novi Sad, Serbia, Gallery of Matica Srpska, A Conscious Abandonment of Reality: Ilija Bosilj i Sava Sekulić
2025
Graz, Austria, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, in cooperation with the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Future of Melancholia
New York, USA, Cavin-Morris Gallery, The Real Surreal Part III: How the Light Gets In