Nikola Simijanovic
Novi Sad
Nikola Simijanovic
Novi Sad
Born 1949. in Backi Monostor near Sombor. He has gained his artistic education in the studio of Zoran Petrovic. He has got acknowledgment for scenic as well as for visual artistic achievements
His theater roles, as well as scenic small forms, production design and designing scenic requisites are of major importance.
As a film production designer he has worked being assistant to Veljko Despotovic, as well as independent for the studio "Dzevzinski" in Kiew, Ukraine.
He has had seventeen solo exhibitions on worldwide level and many exhibitions in former Yugoslavia and Serbia as follows:
"Suffering", gallery "Stara Kapetanija", Belgrade, Serbia"Survival", The Museum of Revolution, Novi Sad, Serbia"Stop war", The Gallery of International Press Centre, TANJUG"The suffering of Serbians",New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, USA"The Man", The Gallery of Press Centre, Belgrade"The Dawn of the Glow Bird", SPENS, Novi Sad, SerbiaRetrospective exhibition, The Museum of Voivodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
His most important acknowledgment for artistic work is the medal "Taras Sevcenko", of the Ukrainian Fund for Art and Culture, which was given to him by the Chairman of the Academy of Arts and Culture and member of the European Parliament dr. Borislav Oleinik personally.
Important outdoor sculptures of monumental character he has placed in Kiew, Banja Luka, Kavadarci, Pittsburgh, Novi Sad, Vrsac, Apatin etc.
His member of many state and international Artistic Associations and the Artistic Director of the Fund for Education "Vivarta Lila"from Sombor in Serbia.
He has done studio work in the Soviet Union, Romania, Italy, Bulgary, Ukraine and Jermen.
On the river bank of Danube in Apatin, he has placed "Anja" a sculpture dedicated to nature and humans.