Biography

 

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. 

In 2015, he founded “Wolf Art Studio” with his wife, Iva, and their main activity is the production and sale of prints of his paintings. In 2019, the studio established “Award for young artists from Pancevo”. In 2021 he got a green card based on extraordinary ability. Currently he lives between USA and Serbia.

To date, he has made a dozen different series of paintings and drawings, among which are: Paradise Lost, Factory, ScanMan, Fetish, Cosmic Landscapes, Exciting Cities, Art Lover and Patterns.

Vuk has been exhibiting his art since 2007, and so far, he has exhibited at 27 solo and more than 120 group exhibitions. He has received many awards and recognitions for his works, notably: The November Award of the City of Pančevo, First prize from Niš Art Foundation Award, Erste Bank Art Award, The Five Best Exhibitions in 2011 chosen by “Novosti” newspaper critics, First prize from the Vladimir Veličković Foundation Award and many more.

Vuk’s works can be found in many important collections of contemporary art, including the Zepter Museum, City Museum Novi Sad, the British Royal family, the Serbian Royal Family, Telenor Collection, Raiffeisen Bank, Philip Morris, Serbian Consulate in New York, Microsoft Belgrade, Belgrade Waterfront, the Pančevo City collection, and many other private collections.

Digital prints with motifs based on Exciting Cities series, attract customers from all over the world. They have become the official souvenirs of Belgrade and Novi Sad, diplomatic gifts of the National Assembly of Serbia and the City Assembly of Novi Sad, the Tourist Organisation of Serbia, the Tourist Organisation of Belgrade, British Embassy Belgrade, as well as corporations such as Microsoft, KPMG, Coca Cola, British American Tobacco SEE, Air Serbia, Telenor, Philip Morris, City of Vienna - Eurocomm PR, and many more.

The bohemian lifestyle of an artist, Vuk tries to equalize with sports and outdoor living. In the past, Vuk was a successful swimmer, runner, and member of the Serbian national triathlon team for many years. In recent years he has been practicing recreational sports, mostly - swimming, running, hiking, and canoeing.

 

Exhibitions (a selection):

2022 "Finding a way" Anacostia Arts Center, Washington D.C.

2022 Art Expo Dallas, Markowitz Fine Art

2022 "Identities" Gallery Arte Belgrade

2022. "When I Close My Eyes", DSGNRR Gallery, New York City

2022 "No Two Alike", Galerie Mourlot, New York City

2020 “The Best of All Possible Worlds”, (with Petar Sibinović), Gallery ULUS, Beograd

2016 “In flagranti”, Munich, Germany

2015 “Diplomatic Art”, Timisoara, Romania

2015 “Europa Paradigma est 3”, CEI, Trieste, Italy

2014 “Serbian Contemporary Artists”, Rovinj Heritage Museum, Croatia

2014 “Transformation”, Funnel Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania

2013 “What can I not know about you” Gallery ALU, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2013 “Days of Hungarian Paintings”, Grahpisoft Park, Budapest, Hungary

2011 “Transform 011”, Museum of Foreign Art, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

For more about Vuk's work please visit his website vukvuckovic.com