Slobodan Marinkovic

Born in Kraljevo (Serbia) in 1960.
Professor at Faculty of Philology and Arts (University of Kragujevac) at Department of Applied and Fine Arts - teaching in painting techniques and technology of painting.
Member of ULUPUDS (Serbian Association of Applied Artist and Designers).
In 1990 founded the specialized art studio“Atelier Marinkovic” which is engaged in many artistic areas off applied art some of being stained glass, fused glass, mosaic, terracotta, icon painting, conservation and restoration. What makes it unique is specialization and commitment to experiment in discipline of fused glass and classic stained glass, wide offer of standard and custom solutions.
''Nature- born painter-colorist, the artist comprehends glass as the material whith an “identity”, keeping the essence of light inside or lumen-lumini (“ the light of lights”as stained glass was observed by Medieval aesthetics). To move this light which gives the energy to all colors, someone needs a planty of devotion, secret sciences, courage…
So, the key words for the Slobodan Marinkovic,s attitude toward designing of glass are: PERMANENT EDUCATION, EXPERIMENT, EXPRESSIONISM.
The interlacing of the creative energy in the free painter,s strokes whith the s...

Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Department of applied painting, University of Arts, Belgrade, MFA
Specialized conservation and restoration in painting in the National museum in Belgrade
2000 – improved in the field of stained glass ( old technique) in Krakow at "FURDYNA" atelier with Jozef Furdyn
2004 – improved in the field of contemporary methods of the glass fusion in Amsterdam at „Vantetterode Glasobjekten“ with Louis La Rooy

Selected Solo Exibitions/projects:

1990- Postgraduate studies’ exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade
1990- Postgraduate studies’ exhibition, National Museum, Kraljevo
1993- Gouache exhibition, Saint Sava (Sveti Sava) Gallery, Kraljevo
- 1995- Mosaic and stained glass exhibition, Singidunum Gallery, Belgrade
1997- Oil on canvas, Small Art Showroom (Mali likovni salon), Kragujevac
1999- Oil on Canvas, Gallery of National University, Vranje
2000- Water colors, Water colors Gallery, Youth Center (Dom omladina) Kragujevac
2002- Oil and acrylic on canvas, Yugoslavian Art Gallery, Belgrade
2005- Oil and acrylic on canvas, Cedomir Krstic Gallery, Pirot

2005- Stained glass- fusion-glass, National Museum, Kraljevo

2006-May- Ikon- Exhibition of contemporary ikons from Slobodan Marinkovic, Saint Michel Des Lysees Chapel, Roanne (Mai – exposition d’icones contemporaines de Slobodan Marinkovic à la Chapelle "Saint Michel Des Lycees", Roanne)

2007- Oil and acrilyc on canvas, Podrum Galery, Novi Sad

2007- Forms of colored glass, Castle of culture (Zamak culture), Vrnjacka banja

2010- 62,5, Mostovi Balkana Gallery, Kragujevac

2012- Glass Fusion, City Gallery Str. Piata Mare nr. 12, Sibiu, Romania
2012- ...