Safet Zec (born 5 December 1943) is a Bosnian
painter and
graphic designer.
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Biography
Safet Zec was born in the town of
Rogatica
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to a
Bosniak family, he graduated from the School of Applied Arts in
Sarajevo
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in 1964. In 1969 Safet Zec graduated from the University of Fine Arts in
Belgrade, and then in 1972 completed his postgraduate studies at the same university.
In the seventies, Safet Zec became one of the major exhibits of
poetic realism
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.
He was one of the most famous artists in
Yugoslavia
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during the early nineties. Until 1989, he lived and worked in
Belgrade with his family, he returned to
Sarajevo
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the next year. He left the country in 1992 because of the
Bosnian War, and fled to
Udine
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,
Italy
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.
Safet Zec has prepared over 70 solo exhibitions in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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and in large cities around the world. He is also a member of the ''Association of Visual Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina''. He has won over 20 awards and is acknowledged for his work.
In 2007 he was awarded with the Order of the Arts and Literature of France. His works are in major European and international galleries, as well as private collections.
Today he lives and works in
Venice
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,
Sarajevo
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,
Paris
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, and
Počitelj.
Works
*''My sister's room''
*''Bakarević's lodge''
*''A large room''
*''Houses and foliage''
*''Windows''
*''The big house in Bistrik that no longer exists''
*Series of paintings ''Srebrenica''
*''Il pane della carità''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zec, Safet
1943 births
Living people
People from Rogatica
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina painters
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina painters
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina painters