Anita Milić was born into the artistic Krstić family. She is a visual artist, graphic designer, and educator. She is a Full Professor at the University of Niš, Faculty of Arts in Niš, in the field of Graphic Design.Her projects have received numerous international awards and have been presented in galleries, museums, publications, and professional journals both in Serbia and internationally.
A significant number of Anita Milić’s works have been donated to and are held in prominent cultural institutions in the Republic of Serbia. Among them are the Artist’s Book housed in the Ivo Andrić Museum; the collection of symbols featured in the professional publication Znakovito 2 and 3, preserved in the collection of the Museum of Applied Art; the work In Honor of Dušan Matić in the Horreum Margi–Ravno Museum; the permanent display of the exhibition Open Pyramid – The Art of Communication 2 at the Faculty of Arts in Niš; and the brand identity of the exhibition Ethnology in the Museum – What Do They Do There?, donated to the National Museum in Niš.
Among her solo exhibitions, Open Pyramid – The Art of Communication stands out as particularly significant, as it articulates an authentic and distinctive personal visual language. The exhibition has been presented multiple times in various conceptual formats, primarily focused on raising environmental awareness.
Anita Milić has participated in more than 150 group exhibitions in the fields of applied arts and graphic design in Serbia and abroad, including numerous international art projects. One of these is Pergament Concertina by Leposava Milošević Sibinović (academic sculptor and painter). In collaboration with Mirjana Vajdić Bajić (art historian) and the Finnish company Woodnotes, she also took part in the project New Forms of Progressive Design.
Among the prestigious competitions in which she has received top awards are the Faculty of Arts Award for Visual Identity (2005); the Award of the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Belgrade (2010) for the work Vasarely as Inspiration; the Second Prize of the Embassy of Argentina in Belgrade (2014) in the competition Year of Cortázar 2014 for the work The Game of Life; and her selection among the 100 young designers at Belgrade Design Week 2014 (BDW 100% Future Serbia), where she represented the creative scene of Serbia.
She is also the recipient of the Plaque of the 48th May Exhibition (2016) for the work Slavic Mythology – Pantheon of Gods; First Prize in the category Digital Art at the 19th International Exhibition Women Painters (2021) in Majdanpek; and in 2023 she was shortlisted in the category for the award The Beauty of Large Format by the company Grafiks in Belgrade.
These awards have consistently served as a personal impetus for further research and artistic development, reinforcing the distinctiveness and integrity of her professional identity.
