Aleksandar Ostojić (1991) is a visual artist from Montenegro. He was born in the mining town of Pljevlja in the north of the country. He graduated in Intermediate Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje (2016) and at the same faculty he received his Master's degree in the Department of Painting (2021). His original work consists of intermediate process experiments within a wide range of different artistic manifestations. Dealing with issues of space organization, color and light in his work, we can conclude that ambience is one of the basic motives in his work. Apart from his artistic intentions as an author, this artist is also involved in the education of young people in the field of visual arts and design both in the country and abroad. He exhibited at several collective exhibitions in the country and abroad. As one of the founders of the NGO Lastavica, he worked on the transition of the perception of the cultural matrices of the environment - the city where he lives, and the contribution of a more adequate diffusion of cultural content in the public space. Lives and works in Pljevlja.

IMPORTANT PROJECTS

• 2024. MSUCG - The landscape watching us, Podgorica, Montenegro
• 2023. ArtAction - ReLOaD2, NGO Lastavica in cooperation with UNDP and EU, Pljevlja, Montenegro
• 2022. Mural Fest Pljevlja, Montenegro
• 2021. Mural Fest Pljevlja, Montenegro
• 2020. Street Art Fest Pljevlja, Montenegro
• 2018. Luštica Bay, exhibition of students of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje, Tivat, Montenegro
• 2017. Pljevlja Art Colony, International Sculpture Colony, Pljevlja, Montenegro
• 2016. Pljevlja Art Colony, International Painting Colony, Pljevlja, Montenegro
• 2015. Inside-out, exhibition of students of the Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, gallery Spokojna, Warsaw, Faculty of Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
• 2014. Terratories, Terra International Sculpture Symposium, Kikinda, Serbia
• 2013. KotorART, student workshop, theater festival, Kotor, Montenegro
• 2012. International Art Moves IAM Group Exhibition, OSTRALE-International Festival in Dresden, Germany

"The task of systematism: to influence a person energetically, transmitting to him the principles of the triad, to restore balance and harmony to the world."
Andrey Vereshchagin

The paintings presented now are objects of a new, modern trend of abstract art – systematism, designated in the first decade of the 2000s by Russian-American artists Dmitriy Gaev-Orlov and Andrey Vereshchagin.

"The artist artistically operates with the simplest geometric forms: ideal Platonic bodies, squares, triangles, circles on which the universe is based, combines abstract signs, putting together certain systems from them. And he directs his art, which is akin to scientific, to their study. With the fervor of Leonardo da Vinci ... the master plunges into the search for the deep laws of nature, illustrating various positions of science, acting synchronously with it. This is how those impressive formulas of light are obtained, which, full of energy, vibrate in space. Such art forces viewers to look for analogies of what is represented in nature, both material and social".
Turchin Valeriy Stefanovich, Doctor of Art History

Systematism as an artistic phenomenon obviously demonstrates its connections with the traditions of the Russian Avant-garde. He accepts the legacy of Malevich, who denied the hierarchy of the relationship between form and color and proclaimed the painted plane as the most elementary form of expression of pure color, freed from the pressure of objects, and at the same time believed that in the boundlessness of space, geometric planes of laconic forms and colors are better suited as an initial style module for general and specific processes of shaping. Relying, like the avant-garde artists, on the philosophical conceptual cognition of the world at the heart of the creative process, the artists of Systematism preserve and revive its messianic ideas: through the use of new artistic forms and symbols to influence the social environment, in general, and the thinking and behavior of an individual, in particular.

Significant in the statement of the connection between Systematism and the search for Russian Avant-garde artists of the beginning of the last century is the choice of a white background as a symbol of infinite space. Andrey Vereshchagin chooses laconic color solutions against the background of a vibrating textured white, or conditionally white – gold or silver, canvas. Moreover, the texture of the canvas is brought to a bas-relief, creating lines of energy flows, vibrations designed to harmonize the space and the viewer.

The mathematical nature of the constructions, the combination of basic geometric forms with space connects the search for Systematism with the heritage of the Avant-Garde. But in his philosophical essence, the avant-garde artist destroyed all the old ties, the basic artistic norms of the old world. In contrast, the artist of Systematism proclaims a new method of harmonizing society through the application of the principles of the triad. Remaining undoubtedly its heir, conceptually Systematism invests new meanings in the artistic forms developed by the Russian Avant-garde.

• 1988 - He graduated from the Art College named after A.G. Venetsianov in Tver.
• 1992 - "Crossroads". Central Exhibition Hall, Tver.
• 1994 - "Rosemary". Central House of Artists, Moscow.
• 1994 - "Youth Exhibition" at the Academy of Art. Washington, USA.
• 1996 - "Golden Brush". Central House of Artists, Moscow.
• 1998 - "Rosemary". Central House of Artists, Moscow.
• 1998 - Personal exhibition. Central House of Artists, Moscow.
• 2000 - Personal exhibition. Central House of Artists, Moscow.
• 2004 - Art Manege, Moscow.
• 2005 - Personal exhibition. "INTER ART GALLERY", New York, USA.
• 2005 - ART Expo, New York, USA.
• 2006 - Personal exhibition. «FINE ART BUILDING GALLERY».
• 2006 - "Artexpo", New York, USA.
• 2006 - "Group". Central House of Artists, Trenchin, Slovakia.
• 2006 - Art Manege, Moscow.
• 2007 - Group exhibition. Russian House of Science and Art. Vienna, Austria.
• 2007 - Group exhibition. The International Academy of Art and Culture in the Tretyakov Gallery. Engineering Building, Moscow.
• 2008 - Art-Moscow. Laboratory of Systematization.
• 2008 - The course of the megalopolis of the 3rd millennium. "Miro-Building". Polytechnic Museum, Gallery “The New Gallery", Moscow.
• 2008 - Exposition "Systematism is an Alphabet of Suprematism". State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow.
• 2009 - Opening Systematism.ORG Gallery. The exposition "The World of Systematism", 25 Novy Arbat str., Moscow.
• 2009 - 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Art Center Vetoshny, SYSTEMATISM ART factory & club. "The Alphabet of Systematism", Moscow.
• 2009 - Exhibition "Stars of contemporary art – Satellite Art". TsUM Art Foundation & RNA Foundation, Moscow.
• 2010 - Exposition "Systematization in the Federation". Art-Moscow, MIRAX Art Gallery, Moscow.
• 2012 - Exhibition "ART Concret - intelligibel". Russian House of Science and Culture, Berlin, Germany.
• 2014 - "Diversity of unity. The territory of the subtle energy of Systematism". Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow. Curator – V.S. Turchin, Head of the Department of Art History, Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
• 2015 - Group exhibition "Black in the square: Malevich. The science. Art". Galleries "GRAUN D Khodynka - Sandy", Moscow.
• 2015 - Exposition "Systematization as a formula of discovery". 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
• 2015 - Exposition "Systematization in the Ministry of Culture". Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow.
• 2016 - Exposition "Systematism Art "Luxembourg Art Week. Contemporary Art Fair, Systematism Art Gallery, Luxembourg. Russian Center of Science and Culture, Luxembourg.
• 2017 – "Systematization". Central House of Artists, Moscow. With the support of the Gumilev Center.
• 2018 - Exhibition at Moscow Polytechnic University.
• 2019 - Exhibition at the Moscow State University of Printing named after Ivan Fedorov.
• 2021 – "Systematization 2021". The West wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
• 2022 – "Port number 3", Art&design gallery Mobillissimi, Moscow.

Darja Bajagić is a celebrated Montenegrin American artist who made history in 2014 as the first Montenegrin national to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University. In 2024, Bajagić was chosen to represent Montenegro at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the world’s most renowned art event.

Darja Bajagić was born in 1990 in Podgorica, Montenegro, and raised in Egypt and the United States. She is currently based between Luštica Peninsula, Montenegro, and Chicago, United States. Bajagić received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, in 2012, and her Master of Fine Arts from the Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, in 2014.

Between 2008 and 2014, during her undergraduate and graduate studies combined, Bajagić was a Lemelson Scholar. Lemelson Scholars are awardees of a full tuition merit-based scholarship—granted to a single student per year who exemplifies exceptional talent and promise—funded by the Lemelson Foundation, one of Oregon’s largest private foundations, with partners that include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Smithsonian Institution.

Selected institutional solo exhibitions include Goregeous, curated by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France (2020); Born Losers, curated by Laura Brown, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York (2018); and Unlimited Hate, curated by Sandro Droschl, Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien (KM–), Graz, Austria (2016). The catalog for Unlimited Hate, Bajagić’s first institutional solo exhibition, was published by Sternberg Press.

Selected group exhibitions have taken place at: National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic (2021); Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg (2020); Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic (2019); Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma, Spain (2018); Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania (2018); Luma Westbau, Zürich, Switzerland (2017, 2015, 2014); Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, France (2015); Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (2015); Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland (2014); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), Mexico (2014); Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, Austria (2013).

Most recent [group] exhibitions include Very Friendly, curated by Agnes Gryczkowska, at House, Berlin, Germany (2023), and Hardcore, curated by Sadie Coles and John O’Doherty, at Sadie Coles HQ, London, United Kingdom (2023).

Bajagić’s work has been included in the 42nd Montenegrin Salon of Visual Arts, curated by Petar Ćuković, Cetinje, Montenegro (2020); the 57th October Salon, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran and Danielle Kvaran, Belgrade, Serbia (2018); and the 13th Baltic Triennial of International Art, curated by Vincent Honoré, Vilnius, Lithuania (2018).

Join us 10th of August, 18.30 for an exclusive public talk featuring internationally acclaimed artist Darja Bajagić and esteemed curator Ana Simona Zelenović, that will take place for the first time – they will publicly discuss Bajagić’s exhibition, “It Takes an Island to Feel This Good,” curated by Zelenović for the National Pavilion of Montenegro at this year’s 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Sculptor, architect, artist.

Known for creating giant sculptures from natural materials: sand, ice, hay. Objects are replaced in the urban and natural environment, embody well-known symbols, and become a point of attraction for attention.

Education:
Ural State Academy of Art and Architecture
Since 2002, the experience of creating sculptures of ice, snow, stone, wood, metal. Making sculptures and sculptural compositions, building ice towns, creating promotional objects and ice entertainment complexes.

Participant and winner of the international symposiums and festivals of sculptures.

In 2014 created the project "The Guild of Contemporary Sculpture"

The Guild promotes contemporary sculpture, creates art objects and events dedicated to contemporary art. Organizer of land-art festival "OSTROVA.ART" in 2020-2021 years.

Symposiums, exhibitions and festivals:

• 2001 Exhibition "The new dimension of iron”. artwork «Metal Music» (Russia, Germany)
• 2002 Festival “Snow and ice, and fire”. Work "Unicorns" (Perm, Russia)
• 2008 II place on Festival “Snow and ice, and fire”. Artwork “My love” (Perm, Russia).
• 2010-2012 International festival of sand sculptures (Cheboksary, Russia)
• 2012 Iternational festival of sand sculptures (Perm, Russia)
• 2013 Special prize at the international festival of ice sculptures (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
• 2013 Festival of kinetic sculpture "Perm Bestiary" (Perm, Russia)
• 2013 II International festival of sculptures of metal and stone (Berezniki, Russia)
• 2013 VII International festival of sand sculptures «Summer signs» (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2013 International festival of sand sculptures (Kalmar, Sweden)
• 2013 International Ice Sculpture Festival "Europe-Asia" (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
• 2014 International Ice Sculpture Festival (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
• 2014 International Ice Sculpture Festival (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2014 Special sponsor prize. VIII International festival of sand sculptures «Summer signs» (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2015 Jury Prize. Work «Little Spirit» International Ice Sculpture Festival (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2015 II place. Russian Cup on Snow and Ice Sculpture. (Perm, Russia)
• 2015 IX International Festival of Sand Sculpture «Summer signs» (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2015 First place. International Ice Sculpture Festival "Polar Rhapsody", artwork "Dance" (Salekhard, Russia)
• 2016 I place and prize of artists. XXV International Competition of ice sculptures (Valloire, France)
• 2016 I place. Work "Rush" XXIII International competition of snow sculptures (Valloire, France)
• 2016 II place in the individual sculpture. International Ice Sculpture Festival (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2016 III place for the sculpture «DEER». International Competition of sculptures of hay and straw. (Valloire, France)
• 2016 II place. International Symposium of wooden sculpture. (Livigno, Italy)
• 2016 Karls. Work on the ice project "Moby Dick" and "TV Heroes" (Germany)
• 2016 Construction of the Ice Hotel in Livigno. (Italy)
• 2017 Frescoes at the Vallois International Festival. (France)
• 2017 Russian Cup of snow and ice sculptures (Perm, Russia)
• 2017 Snow Sculpture Competition (Kirovsk, Russia)
• 2017 International Ice Sculpture Competition (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2017 International Ice Sculpture Festival (Mikkeli, Heinola, Finland)
• 2017 Participation in first artificial glacier with sculptures and galleries (Geilo, Norway)
• 2017 Creation sculptural compositions from sand. (Lappennranta, Finland)
• 2017 Participation in the international sand sculpture festival. (Kristinsan, Norway)
• 2017 Participation in the international sand sculpture festival. (Jena, Germany)
• 2017 Art work "Opposites" at the international exhibition of land-art installations. (Gangwon, South Korea)
• 2017 International Sand Sculpture Festival "Summer Signs" (Jelgava, Latvia)
• 2017 International exhibition of hay sculptures "ART-Season" (Perm, Russia)
• 2017 Creation of ice sculptures "Barrel" and "Ygenmoda" (Rovershagen, Germany)
• 2017 Participation in the construction gallery of ice sculptures. Ice artworks (Apatity, Russia)
• 2018 1st place at the international ice sculpture competition. (Heinola, Finland)
• 2018 Hay sculpture "Monk and cheese" at the international exhibition of sculptures. (Belelei, Switzerland)
• 2018 International Sand Sculpture Festival. (Sønderwig, Denmark)
• 2018 International Sand Sculpture Festival. (Lappennranta, Finland)
• 2018 Artwork "Giants” (hay and straw). Land-art exhibition Alyos Art Nature. (Leysin, Switzerland)
• 2018 II place at the international symposium of wooden sculpture Movida Wood. (Edolo, Italy)
• 2018 World Speedcarving Championship, 3 sculptures. Wood. (Edolo, Italy)
• 2019 Russian Cup of snow and ice sculpture (Perm, Russia)
• 2019 Artwork “Change Dimensions” (metal). land-art symposium in Aigle (Switzerland)
• 2020 Organizer of land-art festival “Ostrova” (Russia, Sungul Lake)
• 2021 Winner Russia Cup of ice sculpture.
• 2021 Ice sculpture festival (Ijevsk)
• 2021 Baikal ice sculpture competition (Baikal lake)
• 2021 World on-line wood sculpture symposium (Argentina)
• 2021 Art act. “Fish bones”. Cost of city lake (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
• 2022 Ice sculpture festival (Elgava, Latvia)
• 2022 Sand sculpture project. Few artworks, theme Burning man. (Binz, Germany)
• 2022 Ice sculpture festival in Zwolle (Netherlands)
• 2023 Sand sculptures in Warmello (Netherlands)
• 2023 Wood sculpture symposium in Højer (Denmark)
• 2023 Artwork “Overseer”. Land art symposium in Leysin (Switzerland)
• 2023 Wood sculpture symposium in Livigno (Italy)
• 2023 Sand sculpture festival in Rorchah (Switzerland)
• 2023 Ice Sculpture festival in Zwolle (Switzerland)

Mila Halizova was born in 1992. As the granddaughter of a cabinetmaker and a pediatrician, she has long been fascinated by these natural sources of inspiration and manual work.

From 2010–2016, she studied at the Institute of Architecture, Department of Costume Design in Penza. During her studies, she worked in her atelier, where she experimented with textiles. After her graduation, she continued to work at her atelier and started her brand, Mila Halizova.

As an independent artist, she won an art contest at Moscow Art Square, where she was granted free education at a university. During this period, clothing was a central outcome of her creative process. She prefers to use quality, mostly natural and recycled materials, with the idea of upcycling. The way it comes together is organic.

However, designing clothes eventually became less important to her. She wanted to explore her artistic vision because it was always more than just designing clothes. She moved to Kaliningrad, where she had a studio and experimented with natural and recycled products. She challenged herself to make functional designs and art objects, inspired by the Baltic Sea, culture, and tradition.

Since 2022, she has been producing her new works in Montenegro.
By observing the life cycles of her materials, the artist was able to implement a philosophy based on an analysis of ephemerality, ranging from preservation to decay.

Her large tactile works combine collected natural objects such as acorns, seeds, inflorescences, cones, and algae. One could say that the visual impression of her work is derived from its tactility. All materials are found during the artist’s frequent nature walks around the Bay of Kotor area and mountains. More recent investigations of her studio practice include soil, gypsum and resin. “Conjunction” refers to the physical connection between the two most important elements of her practice: her methods and materials, and how they are intertwined or conjoined. This process echoes the artist’s deeply personal experiences and associations, as demonstrated by the titles of many of her paintings.

Elements are simplified and pared down to what is essential. With such simplicity, the viewer can appreciate not only the sculptural details, such as the harmonious nature of connecting materials, but also the beauty and wonder offered by nature, which we often overlook.

The elegant simplicity of Mila Halizova’s line belies its complex process. The expression of beauty, while exploring the properties of natural elements, remains at the heart of her practice. The sensitive interpretation of Mila’s paintings does not stop at their surface, which only acts as a skin, hiding a much deeper and less straightforward level of interpretation.

• June 2024 - Personal capsule exhibition – Loneliness – A&A Interior Porto Montenegro
• September 2023 – Inaugural exhibition – Le point G by Galerie Gosserez “Pastoral Symphony”, Paris
• June 2023 – The 2nd St. Petersburg Art Fair 1703
• September 2023 – Cosmoscow fair (3L Gallery)
• September 2022 – Personal exhibition (3L Gallery)

Radun Marsenić – Marso was born in Berane in 1961. He has graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Easel Painting Conservation Department, the class of professor Smail Karailo. He is a member of the Montenegrin Association of Artists, of the Kula Arts Club in Rožaje, Montenegro, and of Sandžak Association of Artists in Novi Pazar, Serbia.

The artist has held solo exhibitions in Rožaje, Bijelo Polje, Tivat, Herceg Novi, Berane, Pljevlja, Mojkovac, and Podgorica.

He has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, as well as art colonies both in Montenegro and abroad.

Radun Marsenić is the winner of the 2009 first prize for the best canvas at the international art colony in Samsun (Turkey).

He works in Radomir Mitrović primary school in Berane.

Solo exhibitions:

• 2007. Herceg Novi, Simo Milosevic Institute
• 2008. Rozaje Cultural Centre
• 2008. Bijelo Polje Cultural Centre
• 2009. Rennes, France
• 2009. Pernik, Bulgaria
• 2009. Podgorica, Contemporary Art Centre
• 2009. Pljevlja, Velimir Srbljanovic Gallery
• 2009. Tivat, Buce Gallery
• 2012. Berane City Museum
• 2013. Andrijevica, Mihailo Lalic Cultural Centre
• 2014. Niksic, King Nikola’s Palace
• 2016. lav Cultural Centre
• 2017. Mojkovac Cultural Centre
• 2023. Kolasin Cultural Centre

“This is an artist enchanted by his perfected craft, he easily embarks on the adventure of creating his own world. Poetically, he is deliberately loyal to the motifs of landscape and still life. Sympathetically relying on the experiences of the old masters, and those of classic arts, Marsenić chooses his motifs as mere entry points for his canvases. What happens next is what we shall call a process of reduction, in the sense of emphasizing, allaying, softening, putting accents in place... all of this with the single objective of harmonizing the image, and these are the main points driving his poetic expression. This “upgrading” being the essence of the artist’s work, the latter is completely captured by it, and he embarks on a journey of bringing all things possible to utter perfection. Meticulous colouring (with predominant warm tones), reduced forms with texture well-preserved in order to show perfect command of picturality and the power of brush-strokes, and impressionist-like light. This imaginary light, the wavering of colours, the subtle expression created by multiple layers of paste – these make the observer wonder whether there is a motif with a real subject in front of them or a mere artistic impression. Whatever the case might be, this artistic method requires a great amount of time to be spent by the easel. The process of surface covering brings about respect and trust – toward the craftsmanship incorporated in the act of art-making. Another impression one cannot escape is “space experienced”, interpreted by ear rather than estranged, which suggests a nostalgic relation between the artist and the motifs chosen. All of this places Marsenić’s art in the field of moderate postexpressionism, or moderate expressive realism if you may. However I believe that art historians will put more focus on the lyrical and the magic radiated by this talented artist, and on how he holds it, how he creates it and conveys it.”

Džengis Redžepagić, 2007

Rajko Sušić was born on 29 January 1971 in Nikšić. He graduated in sculpture from the class of Pavle Pejović MA in 1997. He received his MA degree in the class of professor Pavle Pejović MA in 2008. Rajko Sušić has received numerous awards for his sculptures. He has taken part in various art colonies. He also holds a teaching license. He works in Mileva Lajović Lalatović school in Nikšić. Based in Nikšić, he is quite active in exhibiting his works.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

• 1993 Berane, Šudikova Gallery
• 1995 Podgorica, Gallery of the Academic Cultural Centre
• 1995 Nikšić, Nicholas I Gallery
• 1995 Belgrade, Serbia, Cetinje: Students’ Drawing Biennale
• 1995 Gornji Milanovac, Serbia: Miniature Biennale
• 1996 Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovina Museum
• 1996 Nikšić, Nicholas I Gallery
• 1996, 1998, 2000 Gornji Milanovac, Serbia: The 4th, the 5th and the 6th Art Miniature Biennale
• 1997 Nikšić: Recikl Art Fest
• 1997 Gornji Milanovac, Serbia: Miniature Biennale
• 1998 Podgorica, Kruševac Gallery: The Young Montenegrin Art
• 1998 Herceg Novi: Herceg Novi Winter Salon
• 1999 Podgorica, Petrović Palace: Toward Sculpture
• 1999 Gornji Milanovac, Serbia: Miniature Biennale
• 2001 Bar: The Legend of Iron
• 2001 Zaječar, Serbia, National Museum
• 2002 Tivat, Gallery of Buća Summer Space: To a Woman
• 2003 Nikšić, Nicholas I Gallery
• 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2008 Nikšić, Nicholas I Gallery: Nikšić Art Salon
• 2009 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2010 Danilovgrad, Budva: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2011 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2011 Zurich, Casa Borsani
• 2012 Nikšić, Nicholas I Gallery: Christmas Art Show by Nikšić-based artists
• 2012, 2013, 2014 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2013 Gallery of Buća Summer Space, Tivat Cultural Centre
• 2013 Zaječar National Museum Gallery, Serbia: From de Kiriko to Meštrović
• 2014 Budva, City Museums, Gallery & City Library: Small Formats
• 2014 Podgorica, Gallery of Matica Srpska in Montenegro: Exhibition of Members’ Works
• 2015 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2015 Budva, City Museums, Gallery & City Library: Small Format 2015 Summer
• 2015 Budva, Gallery of Hotel Tara: Sentido
• 2016 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2017 Podgorica, Art Gallery: Montenegro’s Art Teachers
• 2018 Nikšić, Palace of King Nicholas I: Nikšić-Based Artists
• 2019 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2020 Veliko Gradište, Serbia: The Second International Biennale Titled “Milan Besarabić’s Dove and Flowers”
• 2020 Online: “The Bridge” International Contemporary Art Exhibition: Link
• 2021 Podgorica, the Serbian House: Serbian Art Congress
• 2022 Budva, City Museums, Gallery & City Library: Small Formats
• 2022 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2023 Herceg Novi, Josip Bepo Benković Gallery: Herceg Novi Winter Salon
• 2023 Danilovgrad: Contemporary Montenegrin Sculpture
• 2023 Veliko Gradište, Serbia: International Art Show Organized by Fokus — Evropa Association
• 2024 Podgorica, the Serbian House, Serbian Art Congress: Statehood Day Art Exhibition

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 1998 Herceg Novi, Yugoslav Army Gallery
• 1998 Mojkovac, Gallery of the Cultural Centre
• 2001 Oslo, Norway, Bogstad Gallery
• 2003 Bergen, Norway, Gallery 3,14
• 2012 Zaječar, Serbia, National Museum Gallery
• 2013 Budva, City Gallery
• 2014 Tivat, Buća Summer Space Gallery, Tivat Cultural Centre
• 2018 Budva, Adria Hotel
• 2023 Tivat, Buća Gallery

AWARDS:

• 1998 Herceg Novi, Yugoslav Army Gallery
• 1998 Mojkovac, Gallery of the Cultural Centre
• 2001 Oslo, Norway, Bogstad Gallery
• 2003 Bergen, Norway, Gallery 3,14
• 2012 Zaječar, Serbia, National Museum Gallery
• 2013 Budva, City Gallery
• 2014 Tivat, Buća Summer Space Gallery, Tivat Cultural Centre
• 2018 Budva, Adria Hotel
• 2023 Tivat, Buća Gallery

SCULPTURES CREATED IN EXHIBITION SPACES:

• 1995 Danilovgrad Cultural Centre: Torso
• 1995 Spuž Millhouse: Male Torso
• 1997 Nikšić, Željezara Nikšić Trade Union Community Space: Bull
• 2013 Petrovac, Maestral Hotel: Swallow
• 2014 Tivat, Culture Square: Flock
• 2018 Kotor Old Town: Clothline
• 2023 Podgorica, Kerber Business Centre: Presage (private collection)

Born 16.03.1962, Kolašin
The Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Sarajevo 1989,
2019 (Master’s Degree)
Member of the Montenegrin Visual Artists’ Association

He has displayed his work at numerous group exhibitions both in Montenegro and abroad, and he has been a resident of many art colonies.

Multiple award winner, the most significant awards being:
1st Prize of Cetinjskog salona jugoslovenske likovne umjetnosti 13. Novembar 1990.
“Nagrada za vajarstvo na tradicionalnoj izložbi ULUCG” 2012. god
1st Prize of Hercegnovskog zimskog salona 2022. god
Special prize “Salon umjetnosti sjeverne regije”Crne Gore 2023. god

Solo exhibitions:

• 2009. Kotor, Gradska galerija
• 2009. Bijelo Polje, J.U. Centar za djelatnosti kulture
• 2009. Mojkovac, Centar za kulturu
• 2012. Berane City Museum
• 2013. Andrijevica, Mihailo Lalic Cultural Centre
• 2014. Niksic, King Nikola’s Palace
• 2016. lav Cultural Centre
• 2017. Mojkovac Cultural Centre
• 2021. Trebinje, Kulturni centar
• 2023. Kolasin Cultural Centre
• 2023. Tivat, Porto Montenegro, A&A Interior gallery, “Zov predaka” skulpture i crteži
• 2024. J.U. Centar za djelatnosti kulture Kolašin “Glas Predaka”

“I mostly deal with human imaging, i.e. man, his existence, his identity crises, which are very common today as the world around us is changing at a striking pace, which requires us to adjust quickly, and we are not always likely to succeed”

“The expressionist manner, the figuration, the use of natural materials, the application of colour to sculptures, the geometric reduction of forms, the vitalism and the magic all characterize my work defining my personal artistic style”

Zoran Obrenović