Milan Grahovac was born in Zrenjanin and graduated in Painting at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in 1989 in the class of Professor Jovan Rakidžić. He went on achieve his specialization in Graphics-lithography at the Graphic Department of the Academy of Fine Arts “Minerva” in Groningen (Netherlands), 1991-1992, in the class of Prof. Vima Jonkman. He received his master’s degree in 1997 in Drawing at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of Prof. Milan Blanuša. He has been a member of ULUV since 1991 and ULUS since 2003 and has been awarded for his work numerous times. From 1989 until his permanent employment at the National Museum Zrenjanin, he had the status of a freelance artist. He works at the National Museum in Zrenjanin as a Curator-Museum Painter and Art Pedagogue.
Independent Exhibitions
1989. Gallery Žuta Kuća Novi Sad
1992. Contemporary Gallery, Zrenjanin
1992. Gallery De Spati, Groningen, Holland
1993. National Museum Šabac
1993. Gallery ULUV, Novi Sad
1993. Gallery Stara kapetanija, Zemun
1994. Cultural Center Beograd
1994. Gallery Likovni susret, Subotica
1995. Gallery Meandar, Apatin
1995. Contemporary Gallery, Zrenjanin
1996. Gallery ULU Vladislav Maržik, Kraljevo
1996. Culture Center, Čačak
1997. Gallery of the Academy of Arts – Master’s Exhibition
1998. Gallery ULUV, Novi Sad
1998. Gallery Fabrika, Novi Sad
1998. Gallery 73, Beograd
1999. Gallery D’art Rakoua Sousse, Tunis
2003. Cultural Center, Novi Sad
2003. Gallery of the Youth Center, Velika Plana
2004. City Gallery, Požega
2004. Contemporary Gallery, Zrenjanin
2005. Gallery of the SANU Branch in Novi Sad, Platoneum
2009. National Muzeum Zrenjanin, Zrenjanin
2013. Culture Center Paja Jovanović, Vršac
2015. Museum of Contemporary Art, 24/7, Novi Sad
2017. Gallery Terra, Kikinda
Notable Collective Exhibitions
1989. Instituto regionale di studi Europei, Del Friuli – Venezia Giulia, Pordenone, Italy
1989. 18th Novi Sad Salon, Cultural Center Novi Sad
1990. Sremska Mitrovica Salon, Gallery Lazar Vozarević, Sremska Mitrovica
1990 29th Art Meeting, Gallery Art Meeting, Subotica
1992 2nd Biennial of Graphics in Belgrade, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić
1992. Aa Kuns GKK, Groningen, The Netherlands
1993. May Exhibition of Graphics of the Belgrade circle, Gallery of the Graphic Collective, Belgrade
1993. 37th October Salon, Gallery of the National Museum Šabac
1993. International Biennial of Small Format Graphics, Sunce Gallery, Leskovac
1993. Biennial of Yugoslav Watercolor, Contemporary Gallery, Zrenjanin
1994. Exhibition of Master’s Students, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
1994. October Salon, Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin
1994 3rd Biennial of Graphics in Belgrade, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić
1994. Exhibition “Energy,” Gallery Concordia, Vršac
1995. Ars Topiaria, Contemporary Gallery, Zrenjanin
1995 Biennial of Yugoslav Watercolor, Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin
1995 PerformaNS 95, International Assembly of Performers, Center for Visual Culture Golden Eye, Novi Sad
1996. Exhibition of small graphics, Gallery of the graphic collective, Belgrade
1996. Tendencies of the 1990s: Discrete Modernism, Center for Visual Culture “Golden Eye” Novi Sad
1997 Graphic Studio of the Art Meeting 1982-1997, Gallery Art Meeting, Subotica
1997 19th Exhibition of Drawings, NUBS Gallery, Belgrade
1998. Exhibition of the 34th International Convocation of the Strumica Colony, Cultural Center of Strumica
1999. Exhibition of Small Graphics, Gallery of the Graphic Collective, Belgrade
1999. 2nd Biennial of Sketches and Objects, Center for Visual Culture Golden Eye, Novi Sad
2000. 49th Annual Exhibition of SULUV, Novi Sad
2002. Exhibition of Small Graphics, City Gallery, Požega
2003. Exhibition “Contemporary Drawing,” selected by Kosta Bogdanović, Požega City Gallery
2003. 24th International Impact Art Festival, International Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
2004. Exhibition “Practice as a Cultural-political Strategy,” Concordia Gallery, Vršac
2006 5th Biennial of Contemporary Landscape – Landscape 06, Golden Eye and Bel Art, Novi Sad
2007. Library-open book of the Balkans, Cultural Center of Čačak
2008. Library-open book of the Balkans, Colegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH
2008. 37th Novi Sad Salon – Body in the New Millennium, Cultural Center, Novi Sad
2008. Project “Art in Vojvodina Today,” Gallery Bel Art, Novi Sad
2014 Kunstlerhaus Gallery, Vienna, Austria, Exhibition of Serbian Painters “Blood, Foreboding, Hope – Examples from Vojvodina and Serbian Art from 1914 – 2012”
2015. Exhibition of Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Novi Sad
2017. Collection of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia
2018. Collection of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia
Bibliography
1992. Jasmina Tutorov, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Paintings and Lithographs,” Contemporary Gallery, Zrenjanin
1993. Dušan Đokić and Radivoj Šajtinac, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Paintings and Lithographs,” National Museum Šabac
1994 Sava Stepanov, Slobodan Vilček Villy, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Drawings,” Cultural Center Belgrade and Art Meeting Subotica
1995 Silvija Čamber, Open Form, Interview with Milan Grahovac, PerformaNS 95, No. 2, Golden Eye Center for Visual Culture, Novi Sad
1995 Rada Savčić, Exhibition Catalogue, Meandar Gallery
1995. Jasmina Tutorov, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Drawings of Action Lines,” Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin
1998 Sava Stepanov, Slobodan Vilček Villy, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Drawings of Action Lines,” ULUV Gallery Novi Sad
1999. Dr Monsef Dengzli, Tunisia
2003. Kosta Bogdanović, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Contemporary Drawing,” City Gallery, Požega
2003. Slobodan Vilček Villy, Catalogue of the Exhibition “Drawings,” Cultural Center of Novi Sad
2004. Milan Blanuša, Catalog of the Exhibition “Drawings and Collages,” Požega City Gallery
2004. Sunčica Lambić, Exhibition Catalogue, Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin
2013. Sava Stepanov, Vršac, Paja Jovanović Cultural Center
2015. Svetlana Mladenov, Text for the Catalogue 24/7, Museum of Contemporary Art Novi Sad
Curatorial Works
2007. Exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci in Zrenjanin,” author of the exhibition and catalog;
2008. Exhibition “When I Grow Up I Will Be Leonardo,” co-author of an art workshop and the exhibition;
2008. Exhibition “Echoes – Let’s Make Home from Home,” co-author of an art workshop and the exhibition;
2008. The show “Naked Beauty” about the painter Aleksandar Sekulić, RTV, recorded and based on the idea of Milan Grahovac, in the realization of which he also participated;
2009. Exhibition of works created in the workshop on the occasion of the exhibition “Skeletons Live”, author of the workshop and exhibition;
2009. Museum Night, Graphic Workshop, author of the presentation of the graphic technique – drypoint
Milan Grahovac has also graphically designed a large number of catalogues, invitations, posters, and banners for exhibitions of the National Museum Zrenjanin. As a freelance artist, he is the author of 3 theater sets and 2 theater posters, as well as 2 murals in Zrenjanin. He is also frequently engaged in pedagogical work.
Participation in Art Colonies
Ivanjica, Ečka, Zrenjanin, Opovo, Prilipac, Novi Sad, Strumica (Macedonia), Mahres (Tunis), Balaton (Hungary), Groningen (Holland), Parco Adda Nord (Italija), Belo Blato, Vršac, Apatin, Subotica, Sremski Karlovci
His works can be found in state institutions, state funds, and private collections in the country and abroad.
Sculptures made of durable material and placed in the exterior spaces
1996 “Wind Gate,” metal, constructed in the shipyard, Apatin City Park
1997. “Wind Gate II,” metal, made in the Elemir gas refinery
1997. “Forma,” metal, made in the Elemir gas refinery
2014. “Dice,” metal, made at the Sculpture Symposium in Vršac
Performances and videos
1989. Performance “Man-fish,” Faculty of Philosophy Novi Sad, duration 15 minutes
1990. Performance “Gramofon,” Studio of Extended Media, Novi Sad, duration 12 minutes
1994. Performance “Journey,” MAS Gallery, Odžaci, duration 4 minutes
1995 Performance “Deposition,” Grand Stage of the National Theater Toša Jovanović, Zrenjanin, duration 12 minutes
1995 Performance “Journey,” Center for Visual Culture Golden Eye, Novi Sad, duration 11 minutes, PerformaNS, International Convocation of Performers, Center for Visual Culture Golden Eye, Novi Sad
1997 Performance “Don’t Believe in Your Character,” Cinema Zvezda, Pancevo, duration 7 minutes
1997 Performance “Deposition II,” gallery Concordia, Vršac, duration 7 minutes
1988. Performance “Rainbow,” Danube Coast, Novi Sad, duration 8 minutes
2004. Performance “Journey,” IMAF, Odžaci, duration 4 minutes
2005. Performance “Line,” MAS Gallery, Odžaci/SKC Beograd, duration 9 minutes
2015. Performance “Me at 20:45” Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad
