MERSAD BERBER
	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Born: January 1940 in Bosanski Petrovac, Bosnia Education: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, 1958 Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, BA 1963 Post-graduate specialist course for 3 years under the famous Professor Riko Debenjak, 1963-1965 1973 received an M.A. in Graphic Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2002 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, NY Fifth Annual Summer Salon Albemarle Gallery London, England One-Man Exhibition Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, NY Winter Salon 2001 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery New York, NY 2000 Culture Foundation Centre Abu Dabi Albemarle Gallery London, England Summer Gallery Marbella, Spain International Trienniale Prints Karkow, Russia CFM Gallery New York City 1999 Albemarle Gallery London, England Hans Hoeppner Gallery Frankfurt, Germany 1997 Asahi Gallery Tokyo, Japan 1995 Indonesian Cycle Exhibition Jakarta, Indonesia Zrinski Gallery Karlovac 1992 Dora Art Gallery Hodnik Gallery Privredna Banka Hans Hoeppner Gallery In Hamburg, Munich, and Essen 1988 Zagreb Arts Pavilion Zmaj Museum Sremska Kamenica City Museum Novi Sad 1982 Inter-American Bank Staff Association Gallery Washington and Marburg 1981 Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Czechoslovakia 1978 Hans Hoeppner Gallery, Several Exhibitions throughout Europe 1977-1984 Sabastian Gallery Dubrovnik Several One-Man Exhibitions 1965 City Gallery Ljubljana First professional One-Man Exhibition Arts Pavilion Sarajevo Berber has also participated in numerous collective exhibitions throughout the world between 1960 and 1995.		SELECTED AWARDS Gold Medal and Honorary Diploma First International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Trieste First Award Eleventh International Biennale, Sao Paolo Honorary Prize Tenth Internationa; Biennale of Graphic Art,Tokyo First Award Seventh Mediterranean Biennale, Alexandria Award of ICOM, Monte Carlo Krakow City Award Fourth International Biennale of Graphic Art, Krakow 1991 ZAVNOBIH National Award, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo 1986 International Jury Honorary Prize, Tenth Annual Exhibition of original Drawings, Rijeka 1977 Golden Pen Award for book illustrations, Belgrade First Prize for best designed and illustrated book, International Book Fair, Belgrade 1978 Lalit Kala Academy Grand Prize Fifth Indian Triennale, New Delhi International Museum Council Award, Thirtennth Grand Prix, Monte Carlo 1976 City of Rijeka Grand Acquisition Prize for "Sarajevo Chronicle" series, Rijeka 1975 Rijeka Modern Gallery prize, The Fifth Zagreb Exhibition of Yugoslav Drawings for his series "Sarajevo Chronicle" Between 1967 and 1972 Berber won as many as 15 Yugoslav and International awards. 1964 City of Banja Luka Award 1960 Preseren Prize for his graphic series of "Bosnian Memories" given by the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. 1961 Mladina magazine's Mlada Pota Award for his drawing series "Bosnian Memories" PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1982 Became Associate Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo 1973 Became Assistant Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo 1971-73 Training College in Sarajevo 1968-71 School of Applied Arts Teacher PUBLICATIONS 2000 Mersad Berber A retrospective of his work from 1996-2000 By Abdulah Sarcevic 1997 Mersad Berber: "A Magisterial Painter of Intertwined Times and Their Destinies" By Vlado V. Buzancic Published in Ljubljana in 1997 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Regional Museum, Porec Universitats-Museum fur Bildende Kunst, Germany Zmaj Museum, Sremska Kamenica City Museum, Novi Sad Mimara Museum, Zagreb
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