Mirjana Isaković

Mirjana Isaković is a Serbian sculptor and ceramist.

Personal life

She was born in Serbia in 1936. She is married to Halil Tikvesa, a Bosnian painter and graphic designer with whom she has a daughter Lana Tikvesa.^[1]

Education

Isaković graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts of University of Arts in Belgrade in 1963, the same year she became a member of "The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia" (ULUPUDS).

Career

In 1971, she was elected professor at the Academy of Applied Arts. She established the important "Belgrade School". She mentored fourteen MA students who matriculated from the Academy of Applied Arts.^[1]

In 1972 she became a professor at the Academy where she chaired the departmental studio for ceramics and ceramic sculpture.^[1] She retired in 2002.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

1964 Gallery "Savremeni dom", Belgrade
1966 Gallery "Nadežda Petrović" Čačak
1969 Gallery "Grafički kolektiv", Belgrade
1976 Gallery of Cultural Center, Belgrade
1978 "Homage to Ivan Tabaković" (with Rosić and Stajević), Arandjelovac
1985 "Galerija likovnih stvaralaca", Arandjelovac
1985 "Mali likovni salon", Novi Sad
1985 Gallery "Singidunum", Belgrade
1986 Cultural Center, Banjaluka
1989 Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, as the laureate of Grand Prix of May Salon
1990 City Museum "Bassano del Grappa", Italy (five Central European ceramic artists, each with an individual show: Polgar, Spurej, Vikova, Sramel, Isaković)

PRIMAVERA

Group exhibitions

Over 150 in the country and abroad

Juried group exhibitions in Serbia (a selection)

October Salon: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
May Salon: 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1993
Biennale of Belgrade Ceramics: 1978, 1980
Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics: 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2003
1965 Yugoslav Ceramics, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade
1972 Contemporary Art of Ceramics and Glass, Galerija Kulturnog centra, Belgrade
1972 Contemporary Art of Ceramics and Glass, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
1978 The First Sarajevo Triennial of Art, Sarajevo
1978 Contemporary Tapestry and ceramics of Yugoslavia, Belgrade
1981 NOB (The People's Liberation Movement) in the Works of Yugoslav Artists, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Sarajevo

Juried international exhibitions (with international juries)

1967 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Istanbul, Turkey
1970 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Cervi, Italy
1970 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Sopot, Poland
1975 Contemporary Ceramics and Glass, Moscow, USSR
1975 International Biennale of Ceramics, Valory, France
1977 International Biennale of Ceramics, Faenya, Italy
1978 Contemporary Tapestry, Ceramics and Glass, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany
1982 II International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia
1984 III International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia
1984 I International Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1985 I Triennial of Small Ceramics, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Priština, Novi Sad ( selection)
1986 IV International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia
1986 International Competition - Triennial "Mino'86", Nagoya, Japan
1987 A Selection of Yugoslav Ceramics, Frankfurt, Germany
1989 "The Contemporary Moment in European Ceramics", (by invitation), Lyon - France, Linz - Austria, Budapest - Hungary, Helsinki - Finland
1990 III Biennale of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1992 I International Biennale of Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt
1996 I International Triennale "The Cup'96", Kulturni centar, Belgrade
2000 Thematic International Biennale, Carouge, Switzerland
2001 International Biennale of Small Form, Gornji Milanovac

Prizes and awards

1968 Likovni Susret Subotice prize at First Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics
1970 Ceramics prize, May Salon, Belgrade
1970 "Diploma d'onore", International Exhibition of Ceramics, Cervi, Italy
1977 May Salon Prize, Belgrade
1977 Grand Prix, at Third Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics
1977 Annual ULUPUDSPrize (for 1976/1977)
1981 Exhibition NOB (The People's Liberation Movement) Prize in the Works of Yugoslav Artists, Belgrade
1984 Honorary Diploma at First International Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb
1986 Grand Prix of May Salon, Belgrade
1986 Grand Prix at Sixth Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics, Subotica, Belgrade
1986 ULUPUDS Prize at October Salon
1986 Honorable mention at International Competition "Mino'86", Nagoya, Japan
1986 Grand Plaque of the University of Arts, Belgrade, for pedagogical work
1998 Award for Life's Work from ULUPUDS
1998 Plaque with Silver Medal from Professorial and Art Assembly of Faculty of Applied Arts "for extraordinary contribution to the development of this institution for high education"

Works in public spaces (ceramic sculptures)

References

Gordana Popovic-Vasic; Dragoslav Stojanovic Sip; Mila Rajkovic; Svetlana Isakovic; Mirjana Isakovic; Ljiljana Cinkul (2010). Mirjana Isakovic: Retrospective Exhibition Ceramic Sculpture, Museum of Applied Art. Museum of Applied Art. ISBN 978-86-7415-141-9.

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c Gordana Popovic-Vasic; Dragoslav Stojanovic Sip; Mila Rajkovic; Svetlana Isakovic; Mirjana Isakovic; Ljiljana Cinkul (2010). Mirjana Isakovic: Retrospective Exhibition Ceramic Sculpture, Museum of Applied Art. Museum of Applied Art. ISBN 978-86-7415-141-9.

[monography-1] Gordana Popovic-Vasic; Dragoslav Stojanovic Sip; Mila Rajkovic; Svetlana Isakovic; Mirjana Isakovic; Ljiljana Cinkul (2010). Mirjana Isakovic: Retrospective Exhibition Ceramic Sculpture, Museum of Applied Art. Museum of Applied Art. ISBN 978-86-7415-141-9.

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