Darko Bavoljak was born in Zagreb in 1961. He graduated in Cinematography from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. He took up photography in the early 1980s. 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 photographs are to be found in private collections, and in 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 Freelance Artists' Association (HZSU) and the Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU).