Miroslav Šilić
Miroslav Šilić (Novi Sad, 1967) is an architect, designer and visual artist. Assistant Professor at Academy of Arts Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. Graduated from Belgrade Faculty of Architecture and at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Master’s degree in Visual art at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He has been working at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad since 2007 as a professor in the Architecture and Interior Design program. Head of the Applied Arts and Design study program (2015-). Head of Department of Fine Arts (2018-). Author of the studio program Interior Design at the Academy of Art Novi Sad.
Prior to that he worked as an architect-designer from 2003-07, and as a teaching assistant at the Department of Architecture Faculty of Technical Sciences, from 1997-2001. Since 2008 he leads his own architectural studio. Member of the Association of Artists of Applied Arts and Design (UPIDIV), Association of Architects of Novi Sad (DANS) and Serbian Chamber of Engineers (IKS).
Study visits abroad at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Italy (2017), the Academy of Arts and Design in Bratislava, the Slovak Republic (2018) and the Escuela de Arte Superior de Diseno Mestre Mateo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2019) within Erasmus + scholarship mobility for teachers.
As an author, co-author or team member, he has worked on a number of architectural projects (Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, Sports Centre Futog, French Cultural Centre in Novi Sad, residential, private homes and business facilities) as well as on the projects for reconstruction and adaptation of building heritage for the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.
From 2002 to 2010 he was the art editor of DaNS Magazine and other publications of the Association of Architects of Novi Sad.
Exhibited at a number of collective exhibitions in the country (Biennial Exhibition of Applied Art and Design Forma, Salon of Architecture in Novi Sad, Salon of Architecture in Belgrade, October Salon of Novi Sad etc.) and abroad (Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and at six solo exhibitions in the country and abroad (Banska Bistrica, Slovakia). Participated in the work of numerous international art projects and workshops (Danube Links, Stop City, Pannonian Arth Path, Bizzare Love Triangle – Public Sculptures in Novi Sad, New Cultural Spaces of Vojvodina).
He won the “Great Gold Forma” Award at the 19th Forma – Biennial of Applied Arts in 2009, the Salon of Architecture Award in Belgrade in 2008, the Salon of Architecture Award in Novi Sad in 2001, as well as the awards of the University of Novi Sad for success during the course of the study, 1992. At the national competition of the Ministry of Culture and Information for the purchase of works of fine arts in 2014, the sculpture “Sound of Space” for the central building of the University of Novi Sad was purchased. At the National Competition of the Ministry in 2015, the equipment for the building of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad was purchased.
Solo exhibitions
- „Erased Memory: Visual Reconstruction of Disappeared Architectural Heritage of Novi Sad“, Galery Prostor, Petrovaradin, 13.12.-27.12.2018. (ISBN 978-86-88191-84-5, AUNS, Novi Sad, 2018.
- Architecture – Realisation and Projects 2005-2017. Association of Applied Art Artists and Designers of Vojvodina, 2017
- Inner Boundaries, Štátna vedecká knižnica, Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic (with Santa Gyula); 2016.
- Genius Loci, Academy of Arts, Novi Sad; 2011.
- ART EXPO, Novi Sad; Gallery FORMA, Novi Sad; Gallery of Cultural Centre of Negotin.2001.
Collective exhibitions
- Forma 24, Biennial Exhibition of Applied Arts and Design, Novi Sad, 2021.
- Autumn Exhibition of UPIDIV, Gallery of the Archives of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2020.
- 42. Salon of Architecture Belgrade, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, 2020.
- 22. Salon of Architecture Novi Sad, 2020.
- River in Transition – audio-visual installation “Danube Villa” in the Kunstzentrum Gallery within the Akademie fur Darstellande Baden Kunst Wurttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Svilara Cultural Station, Novi Sad, Canetti House Gallery Ruse, Bulgaria, 2019.
- Forma 23, Biennial Exhibition of Applied Arts and Design, Novi Sad, 2019.
- Contemporary Graphic Design in Novi Sad: Poster and Book Design, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 26.04.2019.
- 41. Salon of Architecture Belgrade, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, 27.03-30.04.2019.
- Beta 2018, The Timişoara architecture biennial, Sala Multifuncțională, Consiliul Județean Timiș, (coauthor, member of Studio D’Art team. October 2018.
- Exhibition of competition works “Urbanistic – architectural competition for preliminary design of the surface area of public works of the city core in Novi Sad”. Festival of Culture of the Space, Eđšeg, Novi Sad, (coauthor, member of Studio D’Art team). September 2018.
- Project Danube Links, Gallery Hall, Academy of Arts Novi Sad, 2017.
- Project “Differences”, Factory-Student Cultural Center, Novi Sad, 2017.
- Project “Image”, Gallery of the Cultural Center “Laza Kostic”, Sombor, 2017.
- “Forma 22”, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Novi Sad, 02-10.12.2014.
- “50 years of Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Vojvodina”, Central Building of the University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad 17.12.2014.-10.01.2015.
- Bizarre Love Triangle, the exhibition of works from the project, Factory-Student Cultural Center, Novi Sad; 2014.
- Exhibition of the Department of Fine Arts, Gallery of Rajko Mamuzic, Novi Sad; 2014.
- “Forma 21″, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Novi Sad, 2011.
- Salon of Architecture, Novi Sad;
- “Forma 20”, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad;
- Salon of Architecture, Belgrade;
- Exhibition of the architectural competition for the new building of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad;
- “Forma 19”, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad;
- “Forma 18”, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad;
- Generation of ’90, Gallery “Basement”, Novi Sad;
- Sign 88-02, Art Expo, Novi Sad;
- “Forma 17”, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad;
- May Salon of ULUPUDUS – an exhibition of web design and multimedia, Belgrade;
- ICOGRADA regional meeting, Brno, Czech Republic;
- Salon of Architecture, Novi Sad;
- October Salon, Novi Sad;
- “Forma 16”, Biennial exhibition of applied arts and design, Novi Sad, Kikinda, Subotica, B. Luka;
- Exhibition of new members of the association UPIDIV, SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad;
- Exhibition of students and teachers of the school “Jovan Vukanović”, SNP, Novi Sad;
- Exhibition of the architectural competition for Modena street, Gallery of Matica srpska, Novi Sad;
- Exhibition of students of postgraduate studies, SULUV Gallery, Novi Sad;
- Exhibition of students of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Novi Sad;
- “Liber” Golden Eye Gallery, Novi Sad;
- 10th Salon of Young Artists, National Museum, Kikinda;
- International Biennale of small format graphics, Gallery of the National Museum of Leskovac; National Museum, Belgrade;
- A – fest, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad; 1994.
- Liber, Gallery Zuska Medvedova, Backi Petrovac. 1992.
Architecture (selection)
- Reconstruction and adaptation of the building of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Djordja Rajkovica street, Novi Sad;
- Project for reconstruction of the building of the Museum Elixir Zorka, Šabac;
- Renovation and interior design for the studio of photography AUNS, Kosovska 33, Novi Sad;
- Renovation and interior design for the studio of graphic design AUNS, Petrovaradin Fortress;
- Renovation and interior design for the studio of sculpture AUNS, Petrovaradin Fortress;
- Renovation and interior design for the studio of printmaking AUNS, Petrovaradin Fortress;
- Academy of Arts Novi Sad – reconstruction, adaptation and interior design, Djure Jaksic street, Novi Sad;
- Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, parterre arrangement of the plateau Hornwerk, Petrovaradin fortress;
- Academy of Arts in Novi Sad – reconstruction, adaptation and interior design, Petrovaradin fortress;
- Cultural Centre of Novi Sad – reconstruction, adaptation and interior design; Katolička porta, Novi Sad;
- Academy of Arts – Reconstruction, adaptation and interior design, Pavla Stamatovića street, Novi Sad;
- Commercial building, Rumenka;
- Sports Hall, Futog;
- Kindergarten, Novi Sad;
- The building of social housing, Cenej;
- Renovation and interior design of department store, Srpska Crnja;
- Residential building, Cirpanova 29, Novi Sad;
- Residential and commercial building, Hadzi Ruvimova 25, Novi Sad;
- Residential building, Ilije Bircanina 23, Novi Sad;
- Reconstruction and adaptation of French Cultural Center, Novi Sad;
Interior Design (selection)
- The interior design of Belt and Road Institute, Belgrade, 2021.
- The interior design of a private apartment, Novi Sad, 2018.
- The interior design of business facility Expobiro, Kovilj;
- The interior design of the Clinic of the Medical Faculty in Novi Sad;
- Interior design of Gallery Forma, Ilije Ognjanovica 3, Novi Sad.
Exhibition design
- Design of the memorial exhibition The Batlle of Bolman, Bolman, Republic of Croatia, 2014.
- Design of the exhibition The Architecture Prize Đorđe Tabaković: Twenty-Five Years of Continuity 1995-2020.Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2020.
- Design of the exhibition The Architecture Prize Đorđe Tabaković- Lazar Kuzmanov, 2019, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2019.
- Concept and design of exhibition Tabakovic Award for Architecture – Radoje Cvetkov, Novi Sad Cultural Centre, 2015.
- Design of the permanent exhibition Invisible Fronts – First World War in Vojvodina, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, 2014.
Graphic design and visual communication (selection)
- 2020 Graphic design of the monograph The Architecture Prize Đorđe Tabaković: Twenty-Five Years of Continuity 1995-2020
- 2019 Graphic design of the exhibition catalogue The Architecture Prize Đorđe Tabaković – Lazar Kuzmanov, 2019.
- 2019 Graphic design of the monograph Architect Pavle Žilnik ISBN 978-86-88191-90-6
- Graphic design of the monograph “From the History of Culture and Architecture: Notes of Researcher : (1994-2014) ” Vladimir Mitrović, ISBN 978-86-6333-032-0,
- 2002-10. Visual identity and graphic design of magazine DANS, Association of Architects of Novi Sad;
- Graphic design of the monograph “Architecture of Bora Radusinovic” Association of Architects of Novi Sad;
- Graphic design of the monograph “Architecture of Milorad Milidragovic” Association of Architects of Novi Sad;
- Graphic design of the monograph “Architect Djordje Tabakovic”, Regional Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments;
- Graphic design of the monograph “30 years of Rajko Mamuzic gallery”;
- Project of visual communication for the building of the Petroleum Industry of Serbia, Zemun;
- “Builders of Novi Sad”, CD-ROM, Association of Architects of Novi Sad;
Participation in projects:
- 2020 Decoding Modernity, the International project for Novi Sad European City of Culture, Нови Сад – Каунас, (Литванија), Lecture “Design Process as Emancipatory Practice”, 2020
- 2020 Quo Vadis Homo, Cultural station Svilara, Novi Sad (within international scientific conference Reshaping Work) https://novisad.reshapingwork.net/
- Erased Memory: Visual Reconstruction of Disappeared Architectural Heritage of Novi Sad; 2018. https://erasedmemory.home.blog/
- Danube Links, Novi Sad, lecturer and mentor; 2017.
- Stop City, Academy of Arts Novi Sad – National School Architecture and Landscape de Bordeaux, lecturer and mentor; 2016. http://akademija.uns.ac.rs/stop-city/
- New Creative Spaces of Vojvodina, Institute for Culture of Vojvodina, lecturer and mentor; 2016. http://www.kultura-vojvodina.org.rs
- International Danube Festival, The Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm, participant; 2016.
- Bizarre Love Triangle – Public Sculptures in Novi Sad, lecturer and mentor; (Funded by Visegrad Group) 2014. http://www.bizarrelovetriangle.akademija.uns.ac.rs/index.html
- Pannonian Art Path, participant; (Funded by EU IPA Cross-Border Programme) 2014. http://pannonianartpath.uns.ac.rs/
- Spatial design, an exhibition of student works, mentor; 2009-19.
- Builders of Novi Sad, the second edition of the publication, art director; 2012. http://graditeljins.wordpress.com/
- Builders of Novi Sad, publication, art director; 2001.
- Viribus Unitis, installation, co-author; 1992.
- The face of the Sign, participant. 1991.
Awards
- 1stAward at the Autumn Exhibition of UPIDIV, Gallery of the Archives of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, for “Erased Memory: Visual Reconstruction of the Missing Architectural Heritage of Novi Sad” (with D. Đukanović and M. Cvetinović Pavkov). https://www.upidiv.org.rs/2020/10/jesenja-izlozba-upidiv-a-2020-2/, 20
- Honorary mention of the 22nd Salon of Architecture of Novi Sad for work in the category Digital Space for “Erased Memory: Visual Reconstruction of the Missing Architectural Heritage of Novi Sad” (with D. Đukanović and M. Cvetinović Pavkov). https://salonarhitekturenovisad.rs/digitalni-prostor-digital-space/
- Honorary mention of the 22nd Salon of Architecture of Novi Sad for work in the category Publications for monograph “Architect Pavle Žilnik 1920-2006.” (with V. Mitrović) https://salonarhitekturenovisad.rs/publikacije-publications/
- Second Prize for competition work “Urbanistic – architectural competition for preliminary design of the surface area of public works of the city core in Novi Sad”; 2018.
- National competition for purchasing works of art, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia; 2015.
- National competition for purchasing works of art, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia; 2014.
- Grand Prix, Biennale of Applied Arts and Design “Forma 20”, Novi Sad; 2009.
- Salon of Architecture, Belgrade; 2008.
- Salon of Architecture, Novi Sad. 2001.
- University of Novi Sad Award for academic performance, Novi Sad; 1992.
Contact:
Home: Jovana Cvijica 22, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Work: Academy of Arts, Djure Jaksica 7, 21000 Novi Sad
E-mail: miroslavsilic67@gmail.com