Background
Goran Despotovski was born on August 13, 1972 in Vrsac, Vojvodina, Serbia.
Goran Despotovski was born on August 13, 1972 in Vrsac, Vojvodina, Serbia.
In 1995 Goran 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 Master of Arts in 2003, studying with Professor Dusan Todorovic. In 2018, he received the Doctor of Fine Arts Degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.
Goran started his career since 2000, when he has worked as an associate of the Center for Contemporary Culture “Concordia” in Vrsac. He has exhibited at fifty-three solo and numerous group exhibitions in the country and abroad, such as Subdued Existence, Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (2015), Kosice, Slovakia (2015) and Taichung, Taiwan (2014); Premonition/Blood/Hope, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria (2014); Identities Association for History, Co-operation and Reconciliation, Golubić, Croatia (2014); There will be no miracles here, Facing Belgrade - ein Einblick in die zeitgenössischen Kunstszene Serbiens, Karlsruhe, Germany (2013); Real life presence, organization MSUV and Landesmuseum Joanneum - Kunstlerhaus Graz, Graz, Austria (2009). He has been awarded several times for his art.
Since 2004 Goran has been employed at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Department of Painting, in the capacity of Associate Professor. He is the author of the projects Differences, Painting and Book - Book format in visual research at the Academy of Arts, Novi Sad. Since 2015 he is the President of the Center for Contemporary Art of the Academy in Novi Sad, and since 2017 the President of the Association of Fine Artists of Vojvodina.
