Goran Despotovski was born on August 13 th 1972 in Vrsac. In 1995 he graduated from the College for Visual and Applied Arts in Belgrade. In 1999 Despotovski graduated in Painting Art from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad where he also received his MA in 2003, studying with Professor Dusan Todorovic. Since 1999 he has been a member of the associations of visual artists of Vojvodina and Serbia - ULUV and ULUS. He has been an associate of the Centre for Contemporary Culture Konkordija in Vrsac since 2002, and Assistant Professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad – Section Painting since 2004, where he is also the coordinator for the project ‘Loving Differences’.
PRIZES AND LAUDS: The winner of the SKC Belgrade 5th Biennial of the young on 2002 in Vrsac.
The winner of the prize Yu palette of the young in Vrbas on 2001.
The laud on the 4th Biennial of the young on 2000 in Vrsac.
The winner of the annual prizes for the painting by the art academy in Novi Sad on 1999.
The winner of the The university prize in Novi Sad on 1999, for the realized results in art's activities.
ADRESS: St.5 Bulevar Cara Lazara,
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. telephone: ++381 (0)21 455-233
St.47 Vojvode Putnika,
26360 Plandište, Serbia. telephone: ++381 (0)13 861-458
THE ANTONOMOUS EXPOSITIONS: 2008.
- april, Novi Sad, To Float, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina. 2005. - december, Novi Sad, Center for visual culture "Zlatno Oko" - november, Zrenjanin, Contemporary Gallery
- january, Vrsac, KC, CSK Conkordia 2003. - november, Novi Sad, Art Academ's - Gallery
- november, Nis, Modern art gallery 77 2002. - mart, Vrsac, National theatre "Sterija"
2001. - february, Pancevo, Modern art gallery
- june, Kragujevac, Gallery SCC
- november, Vrsac, Center for Contemporary art Concordia
2000. - january, Požarevac, Gallery "the Serbian house"
- february, Belgrade, Culture Club gallery at the Student's town
- april, Novi Sad, Culture center's painting room
- april, Sombor, Modern art gallery "Laza Kostic"
- november, Vrsac, Center for Contemporary art Concordia
- december, Novi Sad, Gallery ULUV 1999. - february, Novi Sad, Gallery "The Bridge"
- august, Novi Sad, Gallery "Yes"
1998. - march, Novi Sad, Gallery Art Academ's
- december, Zrenjanin, Regional jail gallery
THE COLLECTIVE EXPOSITIONS:
2006. - The Exhibitions "Like difference_2", Gallery "Podrum" Novi Sad.
- Sity art stage, Novi Sad.
- XI Art Expo, Novi Sad.
- The Exhibitions Eko, Club Academy, Belgrade. 2005. - Exhibition colony Paja Jovanovic, Vrsac.
- The autumns sallon in Vrsac.
- The 4th. Vrsac gallery Fontana.
- The Internationale exibitions works colony "Tragom Paje Jovanovica, National museum, Vrsac.
- The 46th october's sallon, Belgrade.
- The Exhibitions "Like difference" Museum of Contemporary Art Novi Sad. 2004. - The Exhibitions "images for exhhibition of artists from Serbia" Observatoire4 gallery, Montreal, Canada;
- The Exhibitions of asistents and professors from Art Academy in Novi Sad;
- The 3th Vrsac gallery "2. Oktobar".
- The Exibitions "Nis-Naftagas Ulaz".
- The Exhibitions 6th Biennial of the young, Vrsac.
- The ten years of CSK Konkordija, Vrsac.
- The Exhibitions A Space galerija, Toronto. 2003. - The 33th October's sallon, Pancevo.
- The Exibitions, Hilandar.
- The Exibitions, "korak korak napred dva koraka napred", CZVK "Zlatno Oko", Novi Sad.
- The Eko materijales in arts, Gallery Vrsac, 2002. - The Experimentally drawings of Nis, Modern Art Gallery Nis.
- The Group Exhibitions, Student Culture Center Novi Sad.
- The 5th Biennial of the young Vrsac.
- The annual exhibition SULUV.
- The 5th international festival of experiments and performances Sankt Peterbsburg, Russia.
- The internation Exibitions "Balkan's mirror", Kraljevo;
- The exhibition of the Vrsac's autors, CSK Konkordia. 2001. - The spirings exposition of ULUS in Belgrade.
- The drawings exposition in Multimedial center in Vrsac.
- The exposition of the Vrsac's authors.
- The YU pallete of the young in Vrbas.
- The autumns saloon in Aleksina.
- The Expositions of miniature, Sabac.
- The 30th october's sallon in Novi Sad.
- The 29th oktober s sallon in Pancevo.
- The group expositions in SKC Kragujevac. 2000. - The exposition of the drawings in Sabac.
- The 4th biennial of the young in Vrsac.
- The springs exposition of ULUV in Novi Sad.
- The annual exposition in Pozarevac.
- The springs exposition of the "Paja Jovanovic" club in Vrsac.
- The annual exposition in Plandiste. 1999. - The Novi Sad the exposition of the newly-become members of ULUV, Novi Sad.
- The exposition of the final year on te art academy in Novi Sad.
- The 28th october's sallon in Novi Sad.
- The 17th october's sallon in Kovin.
- The autumns sallon in Vrsac.
- The 6th sallon of young artists in Sremski Karlovci.
- The 8th exposition of the small form in Sabac.
- The annual expositions in Plandiste. 1998. - The 27th october's sallon in Novi Sad.
- The Deliblatski pesak Pastel, National museum, Pancevo.
- The Afrodita project Belgrade, gallery "Zvono".
- The 16th october's sallon in Kovin.
- The autumns saloon in Vrsac.
- The Afrodita project Novi Sad, gallery "Zlatno Oko". 1997. - The 27th oktober's sallon in Pancevo.
- The 15th october's salLon in Kovin.
- The Art exibitions, Plandiste.
- The autumns sallon in Vrsac. 1996. - The 1th colony Vrsac, "Tragom Paje Jovanovica". 1994. - The 36th Golden pen, International biennial ilustrations, Belgrade.
1993. - The 35th Golden pen, Belgrade.
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