Dejv Mutnjakovic was born on the border between Canada and the United States, between the cities of Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. He is the son of a refugee from Eastern Europe and an Irish poet, resulting in a singular and imaginative persona. At the age of 13, Dave was diagnosed with a chronic illness that nearly took his life, but he recovered and lived a spontaneous existence that sent him travelling around the world living fully. Reaching his limit in Tasmania, he returned to his roots in Montreal, a city that provided him with love, experiences, and space to create with a passion akin to dancing with abandon. He has since accumulated over 3,000 drawings, writings, and visual animations, which uniquely document his personal, physical, and mystical journey.

Dave specializes in developing art communities within public and independent schools, particularly with neurodivergent youth and children, and people overcoming medical problems. His art exhibitions across Canada and Europe have awakened awareness of social taboos including mental illness, isolation, and the complexity of trauma. His guiding principle is that trauma empowers creation and believes that through one's understanding of trauma, one naturally develops empathy towards those who experience injustice.

With a B.F.A in Community Art Education and Film Animation from Concordia University and experience in adapting curriculums to match the needs of diverse learners, Dave brings a unique approach to art education, emphasizing student control and encouraging critical thinking and creativity.

Dave believes that by harnessing the power of imagination and willingly entering into a vulnerable state, one can construct an image of oneself, and heal not only the wounds harbored deep within the tissue of the body and mind, but also the wounds of others and those we have inflicted upon the world. His work is characterized by the beauty otherwise unnoticed, strong emotional resonance, particularity of place, a sense that there is a narrative anchored within a larger world, and a need to be an excellent observer. Dave views emptiness, which he sees as a sacred space, as the starting point of his work, where trauma and love converge in harmony.

Exhibits  THEATRE

2018OUF! Festival Off Casteliers - Festival des arts de la marionnettes

ART AND ANIMATION Group Exhibitions 

2019 - Exposition HISTOIRE EN 5 SAISONS à la Galerie de la petite gare de Val-David, QC

2019 - +4 Exhibition Copenhagen Outsider Art Gallery

2018 - ‘Prosthetic Reality' exhibit MOD at the University of South Australia
MOD. is Australia's leading future-focused museum

Pause Festival, Melbourne, AUS, 2017

FOST (Future of Story Telling), New York, USA, 2017

Worlds Fair USA, 2017

Courant 3d-film fest, Angouleme France, 2017

The Galleries Exhibition, Sydney Australia, 2017

My Casa Gallery, Vietnam, 2017

Noosa Gallery, Queensland Australia, 2017

House of VR, Toronto, Canada, 2017

Rise Festival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2017

Augmented World Expo, Munich, Germany, 2017

Augmented World Expo, USA 2018 

VRLA Expo LA, May 2018

Activate Perth, Western Australia, 2018

EyeJack in The Pilbara, Western Australia, 2018

Solo Exhibits

2019 Alphonse-Desjardins Room, Mont-Tremblant, QC

2017 arteSPACE Exhibition, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

2016 "Gutted" Exhibtion, Galerie Carrots & Dates, Windsor, On

2016 "When There is Nothing Left to Burn" Exhibition, Galerie Mile-End, Montreal, QC

2016 Galerie POPOP - Circa, Montreal, QC

Publications & Press

2018 Outside In, United Kingdom
https://outsideinpallant.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/building-a-bridge-between-science-and-art/

2016 Prosthetic Reality, An Augmented Reality Art Book, Melbourne Australia
https://eyejackapp.com/products/prosthetic-reality-book

The Windsor Star, Published on: December 18, 2016
http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/art-exhibit-at-carrots-n-dates

CBC Windsor,
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/art-exhibit-bowel-disease-1.3903627