Mato Gereci

Mato Gereci was born 1957 in Garešnica , Croatia.He graduated from the Academy of Fine Art Zagreb in 1981. Since than he has been working as an Art teacher in an elemtentary school.He is mainly a plain air artist.
Mato Gereci is known for his landscapes of Moslavina region in which the artistic content dominates interpretatio and experience.
Gereci is a painter who recognizes and feels nature's secters ,beautiy ,grace and harmony revealed to only a selected few.While painting he relies on tradition as well as asserted painting values .He creates his own style at the same time.Landscapes of his Moslavina are portraits that have a soul.They are bathed in the glare of light,almost to whiteness ,or are immersed in hazy softness.The painter records visual impressions rationaly and insctinctively by smudges or strokes which ofen suprise us with their colour.
In his latest works the painter abandons the visible in landscape transformation.
The shapes has been let to presumption and it is on the verge of abstraction.
He is a member of Croatian Association of Fine Artists.
In the last 40 years he has exhibited in 30 solo and 100 group exhibitions.
In 2008.he was awarded with the Charter of Honour by the town of Garešnica ...

1977.-1981.Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb

Solo Exhibitions
2016 Gallery of the Museum of Moslavina, Kutina
2014 Primary school of prof. Franjo Viktor Šignjar ,Virje
2013 Town Gallery,Garešnica
2010 Towm Museum of Križevci, Križevci
2010 Secondary school Bjelovar,Bjelovar
2010 Town Gallery,Garešnica
2009 Gallery Krsto Hegedušić, Petrinja
2009 Gallery The old Fortress,Đurđevac
2008 Gallery"Nasta Rojc",The city Museum of Bjelovar, Bjelovar
2005 Hotel Kutina, Kutina
2004 Gallery of the Museum of Moslavina, Kutina
2004 Župni pastoralni centar, Garešnica
2002 Primary school Garešnica, Garešnica
2001 Town Gallery, Garešnica
1999 Primary school Trnovitica, Velika Trnovitica
1998 Primary school Garešnica, Garešnica
1998 Gallery ''Vernissage'', Osijek
1997 Privredna banka Zagreb, Podružnica Garešnica
1997 Bistro ''Štokić'', Garešnica
1997 Gallery''Dubravka'', Virovitica
1995 Towm Museum of Virovitica
1994 Cultural Centre Garešnica
1994 MARE CROATICUM – Betina (Murter)
1994 Hotel ''Garić'', Garešnica
1993 Local Bord hall, Garešnica
1993 Towm Museum Virovitica,Virovitica
1992 Art-ing, Bjelovar
1988 Museum, Garešnica
1985 Town library Garešnica, Garešnica
1981 Retirement home, Garešnica