Nikola Pešić (born 1973) is a Serbian sculptor and painter.

Early life

Pešić was born in

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in 1973. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in

with the degree of

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, although he completed his master's degree in

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in class of Professor Mrđan Bajić in 1998. In 1999, he got a scholarship from the

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(DAAD) when he went to

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, where he finished his post-graduate studies at the State Academy of Fine Arts in the class of Professor Micha Ullman. Pešić's works (sculptures, objects) have been represented at many important exhibitions in

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(Oktobarski salon) and at different art fairs in

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( Viennafair in

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and Art Fair in

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) by Zvono Gallery. Nikola Pešić is a member of ULUS (Visual Artists Association of Serbia).

Pešić's art

Nikola Pešić's art consists of highly esthetic objects which hide and generate at the same time different meanings by means of their simple pleasing forms and lines. The interpretation of Pešić's art is based on symbolic models of

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and non-Christian religions. According to Nikola, art must be attractive "at first sight". His sculptures are made of transparent and dim

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and acrylic resins,

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es,

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and other polished and reflecting materials. Even though Pesic tries to achieve perfection, he rarely uses machines when manufacturing his sculptures, and he usually does everything manually. As he himself says: "My sculptures should reflect my wish to make something perfect, and at the same time the impossibility to do it. I think that the manually shaped forms have special enchant and power.Miodrag Tadić:Lice umetnosti:Intervju sa Nikolom Pešićem.Lice, Br.37;str.140-145 One of the characteristics of Pesić's art is absolute absence of politics in his works. Pesić, if looks some political idol at all, he looks for it in bogumils, cathars and

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, because like them, he does not have any need to belong to any state, political option or church.

Exhibitions

Selection of the group exhibitions

*39. October Salon, 25 May Museum,

, 1998 *From April to April, Andrićev venac Gallery, Belgrade, 1998 *III Yugoslav Biennal of Youth, Konkordija,

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, 1998 *Art Critic's Selection, Gallery of The Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade, 1998 *40. October Salon, 25 May Museum, Belgrade, 1999 *Internationale Biennale neues Aquarell, Kleinsassen, 1999 *Selection From the Nineties, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, 2000 *En Fin, Unesco Gallery,

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, 2000 *Niveau, Schloss Solitude,

, 2001 *42. October Salon, Marija Dragojlović's selection, Belgrade 2001 *V Yugoslav Biennal of Youth, Konkordija, Vrsac, 2002 *43. October Salon, Belgrade, 2002 *Funkshion,

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, USA, 2004 *37. Herceg Novi Winter Art Salon, Herceg Novi, 2004 *20/21, ZVONO Gallery, Belgrade, 2005 *46. October Salon, Belgrade, 2005

Solo exhibitions

*Objects and Sculptures, ZVONO Gallery, Belgrade, 1997 *Bad Time Stories, ZVONO Gallery, Belgrade, 1998 *One Two Three, Youth Center Gallery, Belgrade, 2000 *Material World, ZVONO Gallery, Belgrade, 2002 *Sofort Waschen, ZVONO Gallery, Belgrade, 2003

Art fairs

*Viennafair,

, 2005, 2006 *Art Fair,

, 2006

References

External links

Nikola Pešić at Zvono Gallery web site

Nikola Pešić at www.artefacts.net
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