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Born in 1951, Ferdin, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia
Master of Fine Arts (Painting),
Institute of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania.
1994 - present
Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts,
LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Trajectory, (with Delia), Combinart Studio, Singapore
2008
Now you see it, now you don’t, Combinart, Singapore (with Delia)
2007
Recollection, TAKSU Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006
Construction cite, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Australia
Recollection, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore
2005
Framing and positioning of the Elements, PKW Gallery, Singapore
2004
The New paintings, Taksu, Jakarta, Indonesia
Trophy Paintings, TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The New paintings, Taksu, Jakarta, Indonesia
Trophy Painting, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore
2003
Construction Site, Obalne Gallery, Piran, Slovenia
Construction Site, KC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
Construction Site, Contemorary Gallery, Pancevo, Serbia & Montenegro
Construction Site, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002
Methods & Materials, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
Construction Site, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
2001
Collection, Sentosa Artist Village Gallry, Singapore
1999
Collection, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
1998
1998 Caldwell house, Chijmes, (with Delia)
1997
Fire in Kakadu - Paintings (with Delia Prvacki), Art Forum Gallery, Singapore
The Ultimate Visual Dictionary - Paintings (with Delia Prvacki), Caldwell House Gallery, Singapore
1996
Painting in spite of… - Paintings, Takashimaya Gallery, Singapore
1995
Drawings, Golden Eye Gallery, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1994
NOBEL House (with Delia Prvacki), Singapore
1993
Paintings (with Delia Prvacki), LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Paintings & Drawings, Substation Gallery, Singapore, organised by ART-2 Gallery, Singapore
1990
Paintings, Cultural Centre Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Paintings, Youth Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
1989
Paintings, Franzer Gallery, Subotica, Yugoslavia
Trophy Paintings, The Coast Gallery, Piran, Slovenia
1988
Collage, Mala Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
1986
Trophy Paintings, ULUV Gallery, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1985
Volcano - Drawings, Collective Graphic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Paintings, Meduza Gallery, Koper, Slovenia
1984
Avignon - Drawings, Barbantan Gallery, France
Islands - Paintings, Modern Gallery, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
Islands - Paintings, Gallery of Contemporary Art Pancevo, Yugoslavia
1983
Islands - Paintings, Visual Meeting Gallery, Subotica, Yugoslavia
Islands - Paintings, Visual Autumn Gallery, Sombor, Yugoslavia
1982
Islands - Drawings, Mali Iikovni Salon, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1981
Fur-Trophy - Paintings, Apatin Gallery, Apatin, Yugoslavia
1980
Paintings, Kolarceva Zaduzbina Gallery, Beograd, Yugoslavia
1979
Dialog - Drawings, Youth Gallery, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1978
Dialog - Paintings, Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
1976
New Paintings (with Rada Cupic), ULUV Gallery, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1974
Drawings, Yugoslav Embassy, Bucharest, Romania
1971
Paintings & Drawings, Youth Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Love Letter to Surrogate, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Belgium
2010
Love Letter to a Surrogate, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, US
The Burden of Representation: Abstraction in Asia Today, curated by Eugene Tan, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, Shanghai
2009
Curating Lab, 100 Objects (Remixed), NUS Museum, Singapore
Combinart, Open Studio, Singapore
The Next Chapter, ICAS, Singapore
OH (Open House), Singapore
2008
Permanent Collection, Gallery of New South Wells, Sydney, Australia
Constructed Landscapes: Curated by Karen Lim, NUS Museum, Singapore
2007
BLACK IS NOT THE DARKEST COLOUR, La Libreria, Singapore
CROPED, SLOT Gallery. Sydney, Australia
PERMANENT COLLECTION, Gallery of New South Wells, Sydney, Australia
Art in Vojvodina from 60-is to 2000, Sava Stepanov Collection, Museum of Contemporary Arts Novi Sad, Serbia
EX TEMPORE, Obalne Gallery Piran, Slovenia
2006
Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
PGW Gallery, Prêt-à-Porter - Plastique Kinetic Worms Annual Show, Singapore
50 Years of Ecka Collection, National Museum, Zrenjanin, Serbia
2005
Biennale of Miniature's, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia and Montenegro
Pocheon Asian Art Festival, Poesheon, Korea
International Festival of Art Flags, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
The Singapore Art Show, SMU, Singapore
Nasi Campur, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore
Landscape and Beyond, Amelia Jonsthon Contemporary, Hong Kong
Anthology of the Arts, Stadische Gallery, ZKM Medienmuseum, ZKM-Foyer, Stadische Hochschule fur Gestaltung, ZKM-Museum fur Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
2004
The LASALLE School, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Anual Member's exhibition, PKW Gallery, Singapore
10 Years of TAKSU, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003
TAKSU Gallery, 1st Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia
Grand Opening, TAKSU Gallery, Singapore
Bilateral Bonds, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2002
Flag Art Festival, Seoul, Korea
Flag Project, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea
FLAG, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
Auction - Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
Gallery of Contemporary Art, October Visual Art Salon, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
ART FEAR, Suntec City, Singapore
2001
Members of Art Village Studios, Paintings and Drawings, Sentosa Island, Singapore
Plastic works, PKW Gallery, Singapore
Drawing Matters, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
ASEAN Art Today, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Cluster, solo exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
Plastic, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
2000
ART FEAR 2000, Melbourne, Australia
Strokes, Drawing Exhibition, PKW, Singapore
PARALLEL WORLD”, Bangkok, Singapore
Box, 26 X 26, PKW, Singapore
FEAST”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Project 1, Between” Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
2000
FEAR 2000, Melbourne, Australia
Buntus 2000, International Artists Collective Exhibition organised by Emma Johnston, Dublin, Ireland
Strokes, Drawing Exhibition, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
PARALLEL WORLD, Bangkok, Thailand
Boxed: 26 x 26, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
FEAST, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Project 1, Between, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
1999
Ambulations, Earl Lu Gallery, in conjunction with Nokia 99, Singapore
PRAXIS, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Carte Blanche, Galerie Societe Generale,
Alliance Francaise, Singapore
1998
500 Below, Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
Semiosis, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Painting Now, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
1997
9 Artists in Bali, Fort Canning Gallery, Singapore (Organised by Art Forum Gallery, Singapore)
LOOK, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
The Moon & The Stars, Utopia Gallery, Singapore
1996
New Acquisitions, National Museum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
25 Years of Pesak Symposium, Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
1994
Rhythm & Vitality, Empress Place, Singapore
1990
Time of Synthesis, Salon of Yugoslavian Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1989
6th Watercolour Biennale,
National Museum Karlovac, Croatia
Balcanian Triennial, Bucharest, Romania
Documenta - Yugoslavia, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Postwar Landscape in Serbia, Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Ecka Symposium Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
Mileseva Symposium, Milesevo, Yugoslavia
Fine Art Autumn, Gallery of Modern Art, Sombor, Yugoslavia
1989-1978
October Salon, Cvijeta Zuzoric Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1988
6th Yugoslavian Triennial of Art, Sajmiste Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Contemporary Art in Pancevo, National Museum, La Valletta, Malta
Contemporary Art in Pancevo, Centar Gallery, Zandam, Holland
Art Today, Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Cetinja, Cetinja Salon, Yugoslavia
S.M. Salon, S. Mitrovica, Laza Vozarevic Gallery, Yugoslavia
1987
International Painting Exhibition, Castel, Cagnes sur Mer, France
Adventure of Landscape, Modern Gallery, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
5th Watercolour Biennial, National Museum, Karlovac, Croatia
Yugoslavia Drawing Biennale, Academy of Science & Art Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Yugoslav Drawing Biennale, Modern Gallery, Pristina, Yugoslavia
4 Artists from Pancevo, Stara Kapetania, Zemun, Yugoslavia
Contemporary Art in Pancevo, Art Gallery, Bulogne Bilancourt, France
1987-1977
October Salon, Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
1986
International Academy of Art, Lutece, Paris, France
Ex Tempora, Obalne Gallery, Piran, Slovenia
Critics Selection, AZ Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Art from Vojvodina, City Gallery, Split, Croatia
Niksic Symposium, City Gallery, Niksic, Yugoslavia
1986-1976
Pesak Symposium, Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
1985
View on 80th, City Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosbia & Herzegovina,
Art Diary International Art, City Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Yugoslavian Drawing Biennale, Academy of Science & Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Yugoslavian Biennale of Portrait, National Museum, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Contemporary Drawing from Yugoslavia, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Labirint Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1984
Selected Yugoslavian Artists, City Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Modern Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
Spring Salon, ULUV Gallery, Novi Sad
New Image of Drawing, Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
Biennale of Yugoslavian Drawings, Visual Uotam Gallery, Sombor, Yugoslavia
Memorial NadezdaPetrovic, Cacak, Yugoslavia
Selection 84, Cvijeta Zuzoric Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Selection from International Exhibition of Original drawings in Rijeka, London, England
New Yugoslav Painting, City Gallery, Pristina, Yugoslavia
1983
Yugoslavian Drawing Biennale, Academy of Science & Art Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Youth Biennale, Modern Gallery, Rijeka, Zagreb, Croatia
2nd Watercolour Biennale, National Museum, Karlovac, Croatia
Dubrovnik Salon, City Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia
M.P. Barili 1st Biennale, M.P. Gallery, Pozarevac, Yugoslavia
Art & Animalia, Nadezda Petrovic Gallery, Cacak, Yugoslavia
Ecka Symposium, Modern Gallery, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
Retrospective, Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
Fine Art Outom, Sombor, Yugoslavia
Winter Symposium, Bela Crkva, Yugoslavia
1982
2nd International Drawing Trienalle, International Museum of Drawing, Nurnberg, Germany
International Exhibition of Original Drawing, Modern Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
Art & Animalia, Gallery 73, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
12th Memorial Nadezda Petrovic, Cacak, Yugoslavia
30 Years of Symposiums in Vojvodina,
Fine Art Meeting, Subotica, Yugoslavia
Ex Tempore, Obalne Gallery, Piran, Slovenia
1981
Yugoslavian Drawing Biennial, Academy of Science and Art Gallery, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Contemporary Art in Vojvodina, City Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Ecka Symposium, Modern Gallery, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
Visual Moment of Art in Pancevo, Obalne Gallery, Piran, Slovenia
1980
Annual Exhibitors, Kolarceva Zaduzbina Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Young Artists from Vojvodina, Matica Srpska Gallery, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1st Watercolour Biennale, National Museum, Karlovac, Yugoslavia
International Portrait Exhibition-Drawing, Portrait Gallery, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
1979
Contemporary Art in Vojvodina, Art Museum, Kechkemet, Hungary
Drawing & Printmaking from Vojvodina, Art Gallery, Galti, Romania
1978
Contemporary Art from Vojvodina, Rosencheim, Passau, Germany
Becej Art Symposium, National Museum, Becej, Yugoslavia
Bidgousch Art Symposium, Bidgousch, Poland
SULUJ Exhibition, Cvijeta Zuzoric Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1977
SULUJ Exhibition, ULUV Gallery, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
S. Mitrovica Salon, Lazar Vozarevic Gallery, S. Mitrovica, Yugoslavia
Landscape from Vojvodina, City Gallery, Sremski Karlovci, Yugoslavia
1976
Theatre Festival Art Exhibition, Avignon, France
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Awards
1989
6th Watercolour Biennale, Karlovac, Croatia
Ecka Art Symposium, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
1988
October Salon Award, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
S.M. Salon Award, Sremska Mitrovica, Yugoslavia
1986
Special Jury Award, Academie Internationale De Lutece, France
Ex Tempore Art Symposium Award, Piran, Slovenia
1985
Special Jury Award, 17th International Painting
Exhibition, Cagnes sur Mer, France
1984
Visual Outam Award for Drawing, Yugoslavian Drawing Biennale, Sombor, Yugoslavia
1982
2nd International Drawing Triennial, Museum of Contemporary Drawing Award and
Faber Castel Award Nurnberg, Germany
Ex Tempore Art Symposium Award, Piran, Slovenia
1981
MP Award, 1st Watercolour Bienale, Karlovac, Croatia
1980
Annual Art Society Award, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
IM Award for Drawing, International Portrait, Drawing Exhibition, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Award for Best Annual Solo Exhibition, Kolarceva Zaduzbina, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1974
Pesak Summer Painting Symposium Award, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
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Symposiums and Art Workshops
2011
Singapore Arts Museum, Panel discussion, Contemporary South East Asian Painting, Singapore
2010
Visiting Professor at Sabanchi University, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
Workshop, SOTA, Singapore
2007
Artist Talk, Istanbul Modern, Real presence at Istanbul Biennale 07
2004
Visiting Professor at Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
With-gray-black, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2001
South-East Asian Art, Artist Talk, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
LASALLE-SIA, Young artists from Singapore, Artist talk, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2000
Slide Talk, Singapore Art Museum
1999
Community and Modes of Practice, Singapore Art Museum, Nokia Symposium
1997
Northern Territory, Australia
Organized by Art Forum Gallery, Singapore
1996-9
Artists from Singapore, Bali, Indonesia,
Organized by Art Forum Gallery, Singapore
1990
Mileseva Symposium, Milesevo, Yugoslavia
1990-1972
Summer Painting Symposium "Pesak", Pancevo, Yugoslavia
St. Andreja Symposium, St. Andreja, Hungary
1987
Ecka International Visual Art Symposium, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
1985
Ex Tempore Art Symposium, Piran, Slovenia
1983
Pocitelj International Art Symposium,
Pocitelj, Bosnia & Herzegovina
1982
Becej Art Symposium, Becej, Yugoslavia
1981
Teslic Summer Workshop, Teslic, Bosnia & Herzegovina
1980
Herculane Art Symposium, Herculane, Romania
1978
Bidgousch International Art Symposium, Bidgousch, Poland
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Curated Exhibitions
2010
That’s another story, Praxis Space, ICAS, Singapore
2008
NO WONDER, LASALLE Campus, Singapore
2001
Two2, LASALLE-SIA Faculty Exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Young Artists, Selection of Young artists from Singapore, PKW Gallery, Singapore
2000
Project 1, BETWEEN, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
ERICSSON Scholarship Exhibition, W&T Gallery, Singapore
Scratch, 7th Degree Exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Philip Morris Competition at MITA Building, Singapore
Renewal Painting, PKW Gallery, Singapore
1999
Ericsson Scholarship Exhibition, W&T Gallery, Singapore
WORK IN PROGRESS, Master of Fine Art, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Master Degree Exhibition, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
PLAY, 6th Degree Show, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
1998
Work in progress, Master of Fine Art, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
GAZE, Diploma Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Ao Tu, 5th Degree Show, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
WORK IN PROGRESS, MFA, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
ERICSSON Scholarship Exhibition, W&T Gallery, Singapore
MFA Degree Exhibition, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
1997
DRENCH, The 4th RMIT Degree Show, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
ERICSSON Scholarship Exhibition, W&T Gallery, Singapore
Anthology, Diploma Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
BA Exhibition at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
WORK IN PROGRESS, MFA, LASALLE Gallery, SIngapore
PUP, Diploma Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
LOOK, Faculty Show, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
Tudor Court Drawing Project Exhibition, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
PAINTING NEW, Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
1996
BAOBAB!, The 3rd RMIT Degree Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Tangents, Diploma Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Reconstruction, Mixed media exhibition, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Ferment, Diploma Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
Similarity and Difference, 2nd RMIT Degree Show, LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore
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Permanent Collections
National Museum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Museum of Contemporary Drawing, Nurnberg, Germany
Museum of World Portrait's, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ecka Symposium Gallery, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Deliblatski Pesak Collection, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
National Museum, Pancevo, Yugoslavia
Obalne Gallery Collection, Piran, Slovenia
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
UOB Bank, Singapore
National Library, Singapore
ICI, Singapore
SMU, Singapore
Gallery of New South Wells, Sydney, Australia
GALLERY 61, Novi Sad, Serbia
NUS Museum, Singapore
National Library, Singapore
Private Collections
Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany, France, Holland, Australia, USA, Romania, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, India
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