DJURO RADONJIĆ

ĐURO RADONJIĆ, MA is a full professor at the Faculty of Arts in Niš. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1974, where he also obtained his MA degree in 1976, in the class of prof. Radenko Mišević. As a teacher at the Art School in Niš, in 1996, he was appointed the Assistant professor, and later as an Associate professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Niš, at the subject of Fine arts education. By invitation of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Department in Niš, he led the course the Evening Nude in 1999/2000 and in 2000/2001. Since 2001, he worked as the Head of the Study Group of Fine Arts and the Study Group of Applied Arts at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, where he taught classes in Drawing and Painting in title of an Associate professor. Upon the establishment of the Faculty of Arts in Niš in 2002 by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, he was appointed the acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts in Niš. Simultaneously, and after his mandate period in 2004, he led the courses of Drawing and Painting at the Department of Fine Arts, where he was elected to the position of full professor in 2006. Since 2005, he has held the courses Fine Art forms I and Fine Arts forms II at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Niš. He has been a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS) since 1975. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions of paintings, drawings and graphics in the country and abroad. He has exhibited individually the drawings and paintings in Belgrade, Aleksinac, Niš, Leskovac, Prohor Pčinjski, Kragujevac, Vranje, Prokuplje, Bor, Pirot, Gadžin Han, Smederevska Palanka, Baden (Switzerland), Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria). Awards: In 1976- Belgrade, the Special Prize for Painting opus Peter Lubarda; in 1984- Niš, II Award at the Art Colony Sićevo; in 1985- Belgrade, the Award of Jugoeksport at the October Salon; in 1990- Niš, the SIZ Culture Award for the remarkable achievements in culture in 1989; in 1993- Niš, the  Award Classic of Niš Tobacco Factory; in 1994- Niš, the KPZ Award (of Cultural and Educational Association of Serbia) for the outstanding achievements in culture in 1993; in 2004- Pirot, a Diploma as a sign of a particular reward at IV Vidovdan Salon of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS); in 2010- Niš, The Small Seal, the Award of Niš Graphic circle.