Education

2004 Master of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA  2004  Art History Certificate, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA

2001 Magisterial Dissertation (equivalent to Master of Fine Arts degree), Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present Serbia); Thesis: “The Architecture of Objects”

1997  Diploma, Majoring in Ceramics (5 years of regular studies equivalent or higher than bachelors’ degree), Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present Serbia)

Academic Appointments

2023~present  Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Miami (Florida, USA)

2015~2023      Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Miami (Florida, USA)

2008~2015      Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, 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)

Awards / Honors

2022 Provost Research Award, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

2022 Merit Award, 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, USA

2022  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

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 17~18

2016  Finalist for the International Competition of the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale 2016 2016  Juror for ArtFest Fort Myers, February 5~7

Exhibition record
Solo Exhibitions
2021  There is a fly on a plate, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Mar 5 ~ Apr 2
2018  Rack at the Curated Storefront, The Law Building, Akron, Ohio, USA, Dec ‘18 ~ Sep ‘19
2015 Emptification, South Gallery, Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts, Florida State College at
Jacksonville, Florida, USA, Jan 7 ~ 27
2013  Recent Works, USCB Sea Island Center Gallery, Beauford, South Carolina, USA, Mar 18 ~ Apr 26 2012  Crossroads, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, May 26 ~ Jun 22 2011 Repetitive Choices, Lowe Museum of Art, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA,
Apr 16 ~ May 29

International Competitions / International Invitational Exhibitions
2025 (upcoming) True and Real – the NCECA 2025 Annual, curated by Judith Schwartz (PhD), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Mar 7 - May 31
2024 (upcoming) The 13th International Ceramics Exhibition Mino, Exhibition Hall at Ceramics Park MINO, Tajimi City, Gifu prefecture, Japan, Oct 18 ~ Nov 17
2024 (upcoming) Taiwan Ceramics Biennale International Competition, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan (ROC), Oct ’24 ~ Apr 6 ‘25
2024 Contemporary Ceramic Art from the National Museum of Slovenia, curators: Dr. Zora Žbontar (National Museum of Slovenia), Dr. Simona Žvanut (Škofja Loka Museum), Loft Gallery at Škofja Loka Museum, Škofja Loka, Slovenia (European Union), Jun 26 ~ Feb 28, 2015
2024 In Transit: Members of the International Academy of Ceramics at the II Indian Ceramics Triennale, Shridharani Gallery at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, India, Jan 19~24
2023  V International Triennial of Ceramics ~ Unicum 2023, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 15 ~ Sep 30