1931 Born in Donje Stiplje, Serbia
Worked as a bricklayer and a housepainter
1950 Began his artistic career
1970 Moved to Jagodina
Lives in Belgrade
Solo Exhibitions
1967 Hammer Gallery, Berlin
1967 Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1968 Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1969 October Gallery, Buenos Aires
1971 Zimmer Gallery, Dusseldorf
1972 Alstadt Gallery, Zurich
1973 Privatna Gallery, Hamburg
1973 Recklinghausen, Munich
1977 Universite Ouvriere de Geneve, Geneve
1977 Walcheturm Gallery, Zurich
1977 Ostheiner Gallery, Frankfurt
2002 Museum of Naןve Art, Jagodina
Group Exhibitions
1961 1st Exhibition
1966 Slovene National Gallery, Bratislava
1968 Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
1968 Museum of Guanajuato University, Guanajauto, Mexico
1968 Casa de Morales, Morelia, Mexico
1968 Aguascalientes, Mexico
1968 Torreon, Mexico
1968 Nuevo leon, Monterrey, Mexico
1968 Veracruz Museum of Anthropology, Yalapa, Mexico
1969 Slovene National Gallery, Bratislava
1969 Kramer Gallery, Prague
1969 Abby Aldrych Rockfeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg
1969 Hackley Art Gallery, Muskedon
1969 Sao Paulo Museum of Art, Sao Paulo
1969 El Taller Gallery, Buenos Aires
1969 “Profili 69”, Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1971 Mona Lisa Gallery. Paris
1971 Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1971 Stadtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen,, Denmark
1971 “Yugoslav Naןve Art”, Machine Tool Factory, Zagreb
1972 Women’s Center, Zagreb
1972 “Yugoslav Naןve Art”, Hlebine Gallery
1972 International Art Fair, Gallery Pro Art, Morges
1973 Svea galleriet, Stockholm
1973 “20 Years of the Gallery of Primitive Art”, Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1974 Haus der Kunst, Munich
1974 Grand Palais, Paris
1974 Camden Arts Centre, London
1976 Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
1976 Camden Arts Centre, London
1977 Mona Lisa Gallery, Paris
1978 Lafayette Gallery, Paris
1978 “Acquisitions ‘78”, Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1979 “Permanent Exhibition”, Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1985 Palais Palffy, Wien
1985 “Permanent Exhibition-Acquisitions”, Gallery of Primitive Art, Zagreb
1985 3rd Biennial of Naןve Art, Museum of Naive Art, Jagodina, Serbia
1988 Yugoslavian Culture Center, Paris
1998 Museum of Modern Art, Minsk
2001 Museum of Naןve Art, Jagodina Prizes
2005 “Shades of Contrasting Cultures”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
Prizes
1972 International Art Fair, Gallery Pro Art, Morges
1985 Great Award, 3rd Biennial of Naןve Art, Museum of Naive Art, Jagodina, Serbia
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