milovan destil markovic de stil markovic

Live and work in Berlin and Belgrade

1977/1983 Studied painting at the Art University of Belgrade.
1980-1985 Cooperate with Student Culture Center, Belgrade
1981-1985 Founded group Zestoki (with Vlasta Volcano), Belgrade
1981-1982 Projects and Articels for weekly magasine Zum Reporter, Belgrade
1982-1984 Founded and Directed Club at Art Academy (with Vlasta Volcano), Belgrade
1981-1984 Organise series of events Zestoki Desavanja, Belgrade
1983 MA in painting at the Art University of Belgrade.
Studied Icons and Frescos in Byzantine and Serbian monasteries.
First Award for painting at the 20th October Salon, Belgrade.
1984-1985 Collaboration with Boris Miljkovic, Srdjan Saper on TV Galerija, TV Belgrade
1984 Grant for the Young Artist, from the City of Belgrade.
1985 DJ events at the Club of Art Academy, Belgrade
Organise exhibition Total Art Work, Student Culture Center, Belgrade
1986 Award Politikina nagrada, Vladislav Ribnikar Foundation Belgrade.
Aperto ‘86 Venice Biennial, Sixth Triennial New Delhi, Art of Peace Biennial Hamburg.
Atelier in West Berlin.
1987 Begins collaboration with Sissel Tolaas on the Laboratorium projects.
Study travels to Peru, Columbia, Bolivia and Brazil.
Lectures at the Universities of Oslo, Sao Paolo, Belgrade, and West Berlin.
1988 Together with Sissel Tolaas edited the book The Key of Creation based on Laboratorium project, published by DAAD.
1989 Organises the permanent exhibition Sava Project, International Trade Sava Center, Belgrade.
1990 Begins to work on Prototypes.
Realisation of the Project Know How Europe in Brescia, Parma, Rome.
1991 Arbeitsstipendium, Grant from the Senate of Berlin.
Work in Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Berlin Divided, PS1 Museum New York.
Award at Mileseva Symposium, Prijepolje.
1992 Organise the socker game Artists against Curators during 37 Rums, Kunst-Werke, Berlin.
During the war in Yugoslavia organise support for state independent media in Belgrade.
1993 Organises the exhibition Private, Kunst-Werke, Berlin.
Lectures at the Student Culture Centre, Belgrade.
1994 Begins to work on Transfigurative Painting. Founded icon-make-up-institute Berlin.
1995 Orient/ation Istanbul Biennial. Faire Face Venice Biennial.
1996 Award at Memorial Nadezde Petrovic, Cacak.
1999 worldbeograd, internet project to rebuild Yugoslavia.
2000 Grant from Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York.
After the Wall, National Galerie at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin,
Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Cacak City Award, Cacak.
Begins to work on Homeless Project

EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS, SPACE WORKS

2007 Foerderkohle, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
2006 *Homeless Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie Square, and Galerie Kai Hilgeman, Berlin (c)
Art Cologne, Galerie Kai Hilgeman, Cologne
prepoznavanje-recognition, Galerija Narodni muzej Krusevac, Galerija Nadezda Petrovic Cacak, Galerija savremene likovne umetnosti Nis, Narodni muzej Kraljevo
2005 *Prototype Tokyo, nichido contemporary art, Tokyo
2004 Love it or leave it, Cetinje Biennial, National Museum Cetinje, Cetinje (c)
Lies, Lust, Art&Fashion: Signale der Kleidung, Podewil, Berlin

Old Now: Kriticari su izabrali 2004, Likovna galerija kulturnog centra, Belgrade (c)
2003 *Homeless Belgrade, Terazije Square and CZKD - Paviljon Veljkovic, Belgrade
*Karminke, Galerija Zvono, Belgrade
endve, Istanbul Art Museum Foundation , Istanbul (c)
Identity, nichido contemporary art, Tokyo
2002 Attitude, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (c)
2001 After the Wall, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest (c)
Vägskäl 2001, Leksands Kulturhus, Leksand
Vizanteme, Galerija Nadezda Petrovic, Cacak

2000 After the Wall, National Galerie Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (c)
Umetnost 2000, Galerija Nadezde Petrovic, Cacak
After the Wall, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest (c)
Galerie A. von Scholz, Artforum Berlin
1999 After The Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (c)
Video umetnost u Srbiji, Centar za savremenu umetnost, Belgrade (c)
1998 Madonna & Co, Female Icons Galerie Christa Burger, München
Gruppenbild, Galerie A. von Scholz, Berlin
1997 Entgegen, Kulturhaus, Graz (c)
Galeria A. Von Scholz Kunstmesse Koeln, Koeln
1996 * Transfigurative Painting, Galerie A. von Scholz, Berlin (c)
Prototypes Cacak, 19 Memorijal, Galerija Nadezda Petrovic, Cacak (c)
* Prototypes Belgrade, Galerija Zvono, Belgrade (c)
1995 Prototypes Istanbul, Orient/ation 5 Instanbul Biennial, Istanbul (c)
Faire Face, Venice Biennial, Venice (c)
Antlitz, Dubbick Haus, Neuhonrath
Pars pro toto, Podewil, Berlin
1994 Grad Galerija, Grad Prijepolje, Prijepolje (c)
1993 Private, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
* Prototypes Berlin, Alphabets and Analphabets in Ikonostasis, Galerie O Zwei, Berlin
1992 * Prototypes Berlin, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Farbe Gold, Haus am Luetzowplatz, Berlin (c)
37 Raume, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
* Prototypes Eindhoven, Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven
Junge Kunst, Saarland Museum, Saarbruken (c)
Rhumeweg, Rhumeweg 26, Berlin
1991 * Prototypes Prijepolje, Dom Revolucije, Prijepolje
Prototypes Vanas, Slottet Wanas, Knislinge (c)
Kuenstler fuer den Frieden, Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tuebingen
Prototypes New York, Berlin Divided PS1 Museum, New York
1990 *Laboratorium 4, (with Sissel Tolaas) Galeria ON, Poznan
* ABCDEFGH, Galerie Andre Joliet, Duisburg
Prototypes Roma, La Poetica Materiale Galleria Oddi-Baglioni, Roma
Prototypes Parma, La Poetica Materiale Galleria Mazzocchi, Parma
Prototypes Brescia, La Poetica Materiale Galleria Piero Cavellini, Brescia (c)
Prototypes Lodz, Construction in Process The Artists Museum, Lodz (c)
Inventionen, DAAD Ballhaus, Berlin
1989 * Laboratorium 3, (with Sissel Tolaas) Bruehler Kunstverein, Bruehl
Sava Projekt, Sava Centar, Belgrade
YU Dokumenta, Skenderija, Sarajevo (c)
Paradies ohne Ort, Rhumeweg 26, Berlin
1988 * Satzgegenstand, Katakomben, Berlin
* Illuminates, Galleria F15, Oslo
Aprilski Susreti, Galerija SKC, Belgrade
Mlada jugoslovenska umetnost, Museum of Modern Art, Praha (c)
Kreuzung, Rhumeweg 26, Berlin
Mediterraneo per l'Arte Contemporanea, Expo Arte, Bari (c)
1987 * Laboratorium 2, (with Tolaas) Kunstvoreningen Bergen, Bergen
Pantokrator, (with Tolaas, Soskic) Kripta, Split
* Laboratorium 1, (with Sissel Tolaas) DAAD Katakomben, Berlin (c)
Kurz Film Festival, Luis Albertz-Halle, Oberhausen
Junge Kunst aus Yugoslawien, Kunstverein Salzburg,Salzburg (c)
Rhumeweg, Rhumeweg 26, Berlin
Junge Kunst aus Jugoslawien, Neue Galerie, Graz (c)
1986 Aperto 42 Venice Biennial, Venice (c)
* Zeit der Zeremonie, Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tuebingen
Zwischen Himmel und Erde, Rhumeweg 26, Berlin
Sixth Triennale New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (c)
YU Dokumenta, Skenderija, Sarajevo
Umetnost Interrelacija, Paviljon Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade (c)
Art of Peace Biennial, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (c)
1985 * Zeit der Zeremonie, Galerie Nicolaus Sonne, Berlin
* Eucharistia, Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tuebingen
10 Bienale Mladih, Galerija Moderne Umetnosti, Rijeka
Senza arte ne parte, Collegio Universitario, Torino
Belgrade 1990, Salon Muzeja Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade
1984 * Viaggio, Nuova Galleria Internationale, Roma (c)
19 Internationale Malerwochen, Neue Galerie, Graz (c)
Video festivals: Skoplje, Quebec, Montreal, Locarno, Belgrade
Crtez u osamdesetim, Galerija Olga Petrov, Pancevo
Novi clanovi, Galerija ULUSa, Belgrade
10 x 3, Galerija Kulturnog centra, Belgrade (c)
SlikaCrtez u osamdesetim, Muzej Subotica, Subotica (c)
YU Biennial, Yava Gallery, New York
Belgrade-BecWien-Belgrade, Institut fuer Gegenwartskunst, Wien
1983 * Crni Prostor, Galerija SKC, Belgrade (c)
Kriticari su izabrali, Galerija kulturnog centra, Belgrade
11 Jesenj Salon, Umetnicka galerija, Banja Luka
5 Dubrovacki Salon, Umetnicka galerija, Dubrovnik (c)
Umetnost Osamdesetih, Muzej Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade (c)
Raum:Belgrade, Hochschule der Kunste, Muenchen
1982 * Fragmenti Slike: Spomenik, Galerija SKC, Belgrade (c)
New Now, Galerija Pinki, Belgrade (c)
1981 * Spomenik umetnosti, in front of Galerija SKC, Belgrade
* Ambient, (with Vlasta Volcano Mikic) Studio Televizije Beograd, Belgrade
SKC u SKUCu, Galerija SKUC, Ljubljana
Mala slika, Galerija Meduza, Koper (c)
Radionica, Galerija S.K.C, Belgrade
1980 * Novi Prostor, Galerija SKC, Belgrade (c)
Mladi '80, Salon Muzeja Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade (c)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Istanbul Art Museum Foundation, Istanbul
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
Narodni muzej, Belgrade
Slotet Vanas, Knislinge
Ev. Altenheim Wahlscheid, Lohmar
Internacionalni Centar Sava, Belgrade
Umetnicka kolonija Milesevo, Prijepolje
The Artist`s Museum, Lodz
Landesamt, Werkvertrag, Berlin
Muzej Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade
Fondacija Vladislav Ribnikar 'Politikina nagrada', Belgrade
Landesmuseum, Graz
Kunstmuseum, Duesseldorf
Zajednica za kulturu grada Beograda, Belgrade
AWARDS, GRANTS

2007 Arbeitsstipendium, Senate of Berlin, Berlin
2005 Katalogforderung, Senate of Berlin, Berlin
2004 Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin
2000 Pollock-Kasner Foundation Grant, New York
The City of cacak Award, Cacak
1996 Memorial Nadezde Petrovic Award, Cacak
1991 Arbeitsstipendium, Senate of Berlin, Berlin.
Prijepolje Symposium Award, Prijepolje
1986 Politikina nagrada, Vladislav Ribnikar Foundation Award, Belgrade
1984 Young Artist Grant, The City of Belgrade
1983 20th October Salon Award, Belgrade
VIDEO, DIGITAL, FILM

2005 Berlin Homeless, 220 min, video, production mock-up Berlin
2003 Belgrade Homeless, 220 min, video, production CZKD Belgrade
2000 www.markovic.org, web site, zestoki ® Berlin
Makeup, digital, zestoki® Berlin
Aftershave, 10 min, video, zestoki® Berlin
1999 5 mai 1999, digital, zestoki® Berlin
Radomir, 60 min., video, zestoki® Berlin
worldBelgrade, web project (with Volcano Mikic, Mima Marjanovic)
1998 make-up no-war, digital work, zestoki® Berlin
1996 Autoportrait with knife ( Roman principles), 10 min., video, zestoki® Berlin
1992 Perfect soldier, 5 min., video, zestoki® Berlin
1988 Illuminates, 20 min, video, zestoki® Berlin
Illuminates, video installation, Galerie F15, Oslo
Laboratorium 1, (with Sissel Tolaas) 20 min, super 8, Independant production Berlin
1987 Feuer-Wasser, video instalation, Kuerz Film Festival, Oberhausen
1985 Victoria, 5 min., video, production TV Belgrade
1884 Sacred Warrior, (with Victorija Vesna Bulajic) 9 min., video, production TV Belgrade
1983 Great Invocation, (with Victorija Vesna Bulajic) 20 min., video, Independant Production Belgrade

OTHER WORKS

1995 Begins to work on Transfiguratives
1993 Organises the exhibition Private, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Founded icon-make-up-institute for transfigurative painting, Berlin
1992 Organises support for Belgrade state independent media, Berlin
Organises the soccer game Kuenstlern gegen Kuratoren, 37 Raume, Kunst Werke, Berlin
1990 Begins to work on Prototypes
Collaboration with the composer Henning Christiansen on the project Umwaeltzung, Berlin.
Realisation of the project Know How Europe in Brescia, Parma, Rome.
1989 Organises the permanent exhibition Sava Project subsidised by the International Trade Sava Center, Belgrade.
1985 DJ ewent at the Club of Art Academy, Belgrade
Organise Exhibition Total Art Work, S.K.C., Belgrade
1984-1985 Collaboration with Boris Miljkovic, Srdjan Saper on TV Galerija, TV Belgrade
1981-1984 Organise ewents Zestoki Zurke - konvoji, Belgrade
1982-1984 Founded and Directed (with Vlasta Volcano Mikic) Club at Art Academy, Belgrade
1981-1982 Writing Articels and Projects for weekly magasine Zum Reporter, Belgrade
1981-1985 Founded (with Vlasta Volcano Mikic) group Zestoki, Belgrade
1981-1985 Cooperate with Univercity Culture Center, Belgrade

PERFORMANCES

1990 abcdefg, Galerie Andre Joliet, Duisburg
Prototypes, The Artist Museum, Lodz
Know how Europe 3, Galleria Oddi-Baglioni, Roma
Know how Europe 2, Galleria Mazzocchi, Parma
Know how Europe 1, Galleria Piero Cavellini, Brescia
'Inventionen' (with Christiansen, Tolaas) DAAD, Berlin
1989 Illuminates, Skenderija, Sarajevo
Laboratorium, III Bruehler Kunstverein, Bruehl
1988 Tor der Harmonie, Galerija SKC, Belgrade
Illuminates, Gallerie F15, Oslo
1987 Pantokreator, Kripta, Split
Laboratorium, (with Tolaas) DAAD Katakomben, Berlin
Zwischen Feuer und Wasser, Kuerzfilmfestival, Stadt Halle, Oberhausen
1986 Kraft des Lichtes, Leuchtturm, Berlin
Tor der Harmonie, 'Aperto 86' Biennial di Venezia, Venezia
1985 Euharistija, Salon Muzeja Savremene Umetnosti, Belgrade
1983 Crni Prostor, Galerija SKC, Belgrade
1982 Zestoki Ewents, Swiming Pool Pinki, Zemun
Group Zestoki in koncert, (with Mikic, Gavros, Travanov) Club at Art Akademy, Belgrade
1981 Spomenik Umetnosti, ispred galerije SKC, Belgrade
1979 Polaganje tepiha, action with (Sovilj, Vujasanin, Santrac), exhibition Milica od Macve, in front of Galerije Kulturnog Centra, Belgrade

LECTURES

2007 Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Book presentaion "Markovic: Transfigurative Works" with Boris Buden and Claudia Wahjudi, Muencsalon, Berlin
2006 Kontextkunst Department, Art University, Berlin
Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts Univesity of Arts, Belgrade
2005 Akademie der Kuenste, Wienna
2003 Istanbul Art Museum Foundation, Turunc
2002 Merist Coledge and Ezo Scool, Kumamoto
1993 Gallery of Student Culture Center, Belgrade
1987 University of Oslo
University of Sao Paolo
University of Belgrade, Belgrade
Technical University of Berlin, West Berlin
1983 Club Akademija, Faculty of Fine Arts University of Arts, Belgrade
1981 Art History Deptepartment University of Belgrade, Belgrade
1980 Gallery of Student Culture Center, Belgrade