Vesna Milunovic
Born in Skopje in 1952. She graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1976, where she completed her MA studies in 1979. She has exhibited in 40 solo exhibitions and over 200 group exhibitions in Serbia, Yugoslavia, France, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Israel, Ukraine, and the U.S.A.
She is a regular member of the Association of Artists of Serbia (ULUS), the Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDUS), and the Association of Professional Artists of France (La Maison Des Artistes). She has received many awards and holds of a prominent Artist. She lives and works as a freelance artist in Belgrade and Paris.
YARN EMBRACES
Man made me.
Created me from closely knit yarn. Dyed.
Spilled the flowers and scattered the patterns.
Made me to give warmth, protect, hide.
I became part of his other skin and his vanity.
I traveled through time, imperishable.
I was a sign of recognition for civilizations.
For the rich and the hungry. For the young and for the old.
I shielded their rooms from light and stares.
In my soft folds they were born and went to sleep.
I have given cover to both the ugly and the beautiful.
I was the attire of warriors.
I was the banner of the conquered and conquerors.
I was the shroud of the dead.
I was torn, ripped, burned.
Man destroyed me.
I was a dash of life fluttering and flying bodiless through time.
I was a shape of life.
I was yesterday. I am today. I will be tomorrow.
I will be a sign. I will be an eternity. I will be a painting.
Man made me.
October 2009, Vesna Milunović
AWARDS
- 1977, Community of Serbian Culture Buy Up Award at the “October Salon” exhibition in 1978.
- 1981, Gold medal for the project on decorative textiles at the Leskovac expo in 1980.
- 1982, Community of Serbian Culture Buy Up Award at the exhibition “Belgrade 82 Tapestry”.
- 1984, 1st prize for scenography, which was displayed in tapestries, at the Zrenjanin Festival of the Serbian Puppet Theater, for the play “Kraljevic Marko”, by the Belgrade theater “Dusko Radovic”.
- 1994, ULUPUDS Annual Award, given for artistic work produced in 1993.
- 2001, Painting Prize at the exhibition “Paintings and Sculptures”, in Ville de Saint-James, France.
- 2011, ULUPUDS Annual Award, given for artistic work produced in 2010.
- Since 2011, Vesna has been a featured artist.