About Artist
Mr Zoran Banović (b 1966 in Prijedor) is a full professor at the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo in 1991 in the class of prof. Dževad Hoza. He graduated in 1996 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, in the class of prof. Mile Grozdanić. He completed his postgraduate studies, in the graphics department, in 1999 in the class of the same professor. He is active in the fields of drawing, graphics, and graphic design.
Exhibits
Since 1992, he has exhibited at collective exhibitions in the country and abroad (Serbia, Japan, Canada, China, Norway, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Poland, Greece, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Croatia …). So far, he has organized twelve solo exhibitions: Banja Luka, Belgrade, Bijeljina, Vrnjacka Banja, Prijedor.
Importance / Awards
He is the winner of fourteen national and international awards and commendations in the fields of graphics and graphic design: Award at the 7th Biennial of Yugoslav Student Graphics, Belgrade, 1994; ULIPURS Graphics Award, Milići, 1994; Graphics Award “Đorđe Andrejević Kun”, Belgrade, 1996; Redemption Award of the Ministry of Culture of Serbia, Belgrade, 1997; Radovan Kragulj Award, Modus Vivendi Foundation, Prijedor, 1998; Redemption Award of the Ministry of Culture of Serbia, Belgrade, 1999; ULUS Graphics Award “Golden Needle”, Belgrade , 2003; Redemption Award of the Ministry of Culture of Serbia, Belgrade 2005; First Prize for Graphics, “International Competition for Graphics”, Belgrade, 2007; Award “Big Seal”, Belgrade, 2007; Second Prize for Wall Calendar Design – Atlantic “Positive, Negative “, Novi Sad, 2007; Special recognition of the 1st International Triennial of Graphics, Livno, 2017; Award” Small Seal “, Belgrade, 2019; Special commendation of the Jury of the Third International Biennial of Paper Works, Prijedor, 2020.
He participated in the work of several expert juries for the selection of exhibitions and the awarding of prizes and recognitions, as well as in the work of several expert bodies for the selection of conceptual solutions for memorials.
GREAT STAMP 2007.
Links
University – Zoran Banovic bio
Veliki Pecat 2007
