Education
(ABD) Doctorate (PhD), University for the Arts in Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Master of Fine Arts (MFA). Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
2004 Art History Certificate, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
2001 Magisterial Dissertation (eq. MFA), Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Serbia
1997 Diploma (eq. Bachelor of Fine Arts), Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Serbia
Academic Appointments
2015-present Associate Professor, University of Miami (Florida, USA)
2008-2015 Assistant Professor, University of Miami (Florida, USA)
2005-2008 Specialist Professor of Fine Arts, Monmouth University (New Jersey, USA)
2001-2004 Instructor of Record, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Illinois, USA)
Public Collections
• Museu del Càntir d'Argentona, Argentona (Barcelona), Spain
• National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• State Art Collection of Ireland, Ireland
• New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
• Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
• Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
• Southern Illinois University Museum Collection, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
• Arvada Center Art Collection, Arvada, Colorado, USA
• I-Park Archives Collection, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA
Awards / Honors
2022 Provost Research Award, University of Miami, Florida, USA
2022 Merit Award, 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, USA
2021 Finalist for the 12th Annual Manifest One Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2021 Finalist for the International Thematic Competition, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2020 Finalist for the International Competition of the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale
2020 Juror’s Award, Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, USA
2019 Juror, Artist Projects Grant Panel, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
2018 Juror for ChamberSOUTH Arts Festival, November
2016 Finalist for the International Competition of the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale
2016 Juror for ArtFest Fort Myers, February
2015 Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDS) Annual Award for significant creative contribution to the field of ceramics in 2013
2013 Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDS) Annual Award for significant creative contribution to the field of ceramics in 2012
2012 Director's Award, Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, USA
2011 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship for the Visual Arts in 2012, Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, USA
2011 57° Premio Faenza Finalist, Italy
2011 Max Orovitz Research Award in the Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2010 Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDS) Annual Award for significant creative contribution to the field of ceramics in 2009
2010 Honorable Mention, IIIrd International Ceramics Biennale of Marratxí, Mallorca, Spain
2009 Elected Member of the International Academy of Ceramics, Genève, Switzerland
2009 Award “Kokan Đorđević” for the best figurative work in the field of contemporary ceramics, awarded by the Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia
2009 Purchase Award, 13th Triennial of Ceramic Art, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
2007 Special Prize, 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea (CEBIKO), Icheon, South Korea
2003 Juror’s Prize Recipient (Juried by Richard Shaw), Clay Cup XI, SIU Carbondale, USA
2002 Best in Show Award, “Art on the Square”, American Gallery, Belleville, Illinois, USA
2001 Board of Advisors, Artist’s Enclave at I-Park in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA, 2001-2005
2001 Full Tuition Scholarship, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Fall 2001-Spring 2004
1997 Elected Member, Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDS), Belgrade, Serbia
1997 National Merit Scholarship for magisterial dissertation at the Academy of Applied Arts, Awarded by National Ministry of Education, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1997 Award “Ivan Tabakovic”or the student of the generation (class of 1992), Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia