Vuk Vučković was born in 1986 in Pančevo, Serbia. He graduated in 2010 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, where he started his doctoral studies in painting the same year. He has been a member of ULUS (the Association of Fine Arts of Serbia) since 2011. In 2015, he founded the art studio Wolf Art with his wife, Iva Vučković Lujanski, and their main activity is the production and sale of the prints of his paintings.
Vuk has been exhibiting his art since 2007, and so far he has exhibited at 23 solo and more than 120 group exhibitions. He has received the most significant national awards and awards for young artists, notably first prize at the Niš Art Foundation (2017), the Erste Bank Art Award,
Belgrade (2012), first prize at the Vladimir Veličković Foundation (2011), the critics award for one of the five best exhibitions organised by “Novosti” newspaper (2011), an award nomination certificate at the International Exhibition of the South-European Academy of Arts “Transform”, Sofia, Bulgaria (2011) and “Pesperctive“, Art Clinic, Novi Sad, Serbia (2010).
Vuk’s works can be found in many important collections of contemporary art, including the Raiffeisen Collection, the Philip Morris Collection, the Telenor Collection, the Collection of the British Royal family, the Collection of the Serbian royal family, Belgrade Waterfront,
Pančevo Assembly and BIG Fashion.
Digital prints with motifs from Belgrade, New York, London, Chicago, Vienna, Novi Sad and Pančevo attract customers from all over the world and have become an official souvenir of Serbia, Belgrade and Novi Sad. In addition to the large numbers of art lovers and tourists who buy his work, state institutions and private companies present them as gifts to their delegations and partners. Among them are the Serbian Parliament, the City of Novi Sad, the Tourist Organization of Serbia, the Tourist Organization of Belgrade, Microsoft, Eurocom PR, KPMG, British American Tobacco SEE, Air Serbia, Telenor, Phillip Morris, Eurocons and SKUBA.
Due to his many achievements, Vuk Vučković is one of the most successful young artists in
Serbia.
Education
2010– today Doctoral studies of painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade
2007–2010 Master studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, Department of Painting
2005–2007 Undergraduate studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, Department of Painting
2001–2005 High School Uros Predic, Pancevo
Independent exhibitions (selection)
2019 “Cosmic Landscapes”, Gallery Progres, Belgrade
2017 “Exciting Cities”, Gallery Štab, Belgrade
2016 “Exciting Cities”, Gallery Bel Art, Novi Sad
2015 “Art port – Jugoexport”, Gallery Jugoexport, Belgrade
2014 “Kunstterapie V.V.V.V.”, Apollo Hall, Pancevo
2014 “It’s time to get to know ourselves (as we truly are)”, Zecevic Gallery, Belgrade
2012 “Laureates for Drawing Award from the Foundation Vladimir Velickovic”, Gallery “Haos”, Belgrade
2012 “Pictograms of Modern Society”, paintings and drawings, Cultural Center “Grad”, Belgrade
2011 “I graduated from the Art Academy – now I can paint myself”, retrospectiv exhibition of student works, Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade
Group exhibitions (selection)
2017 “Youth 2017 – This changes everything”, Nis Art Foundation, Nis, Serbia
2016 “In flagranti”, Munich, Germany
2015. “Diplomatic Art”, Timsoara, Romania
2015 “Europa paradigma est 3”, CEI, Trieste, Italy
2015. „Europäische Gedanken”, Halle 10. Schwere Reiterstr 2 | Leonrodplatz, Munich, Germany
2014 “ Serbian Contemporary Artists”, Nitional Museum, Rovinj, Croatia
2014 „Transformation”, Galerija Funnel contemporary art, Bucharest, Romania
2014 “Belgrade Open Art”, Cultur Centre Belgrade Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2013 “What can I not know about you”, Bauhaus Goes South – East Europe, DAAD foundation, Galery ALU, Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina
2013 “Days of Hungarian Painting”, Grahpisoft Park, Budapest, Hungary
2011 “Transform 011”, South-East European Academy of Arts Exhibition, Museum of Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Awards (selection)
2017 First Award for painting “Chicago” Niš Art Foundation, Gallery “Philip Morris”, Niš, Serbia
2014 Purchase of works for art collection, “Telenor Collection”, Belgrade
2012 Erste Bank Art Award, Belgrade
2012 Top Five Exhibitions in 2011, chosen by critics from the editorial staff of the “Novosti” newspaper, Belgrade
2011 First Award for drawing “Vladimir Velickovic Foundation”, Gallery “Haos”, Belgrade
2011 Award nomination certificate at the International Exhibition of the South-European Academy of Arts, “Transform”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 “Pesperctive“, Art Clinic, Novi Sad, Serbia
2010 Award for Creative Innovation “Milos Bajic”, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade