Rastko Ćirić

Rastko Ćirić
Born Rastko Ćirić
May 24, 1955
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Nationality Serbian
http://www.rastkociric.com/

Rastko Ćirić (pronounced [rastko tɕiritɕ], Serbian Cyrillic: Растко Ћирић, born 24 May 1955 in Belgrade) is a notable Serbian multimedial artist and educator. Fields of his interest are graphics, illustration, logo design, ex-libris, comics, animation and music. Won more than 70 local and international awards. Professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade.[1]

Biography

Born in the artistic family. His parents, father Miloš and mother Ida, have met at the Academy (at the time) of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Rastko graduated in 1979, and finished his postgraduate studies in 1982 from the same school, now Faculty of Applied Arts. He is now a professor at the same school and Vice-Rector of the University of Arts in Belgrade.

He achieved voluminous opus in all the graphic fields, in film and in music. He is author of 14 animated films. He has 44 individual exhibitions (Belgrade; Novi Sad; Vranje; Ljubljana and Kopar, Slovenia; Annecy and Orléans, France; Legnica, Poland; Hiroshima, Japan; Seoul, Korea; Polleur, Belgium). He was collaborator–illustrator of the New York Times Book Review.

He is employed at the Faculty of Applied Arts since 1991. Since 2004 he is full-time professor of Illustration and Animation at the Applied Graphics department at the FAA, and leader of the Digital Arts Program at the interdisciplinary DA studies of the University of Arts in Belgrade. Founder and editor of the book edition and magazine “Signum” FAA (2006).

Author of the internationally recognised music project The Rubber Soul Project, inspired by The Beatles.[2] Feature documentary by the same name (2004) directed by Dinko Tucaković, was dedicated to this project. CD with music and DVD was published in 2006 in the USA. New album The Rubber Soul Project 2, with Igor Kordey as producer was recorded in 2013 and released in 2015.

Rastko Ćirić is a member of ULUPUDS, ASIFA, Belgrade Ex-libris Circle, Art Directors Club Serbia and Association of Comics Artists of Serbia.

Founder and Art Director of the Festival of European Student Animation FESA (2012).

Lives in Belgrade.

Bibliography

Animated films

Music

Awards and recognitions

Won more than 70 awards and recognitions for animation, graphics and social work.

More import awards for animation: Munich 1982, Zagreb 1988, Ottawa 1988, Belgrade 1989, Titograd, 1989, Belgrade 1989, Zlatibor 1993, Novi Sad 1993, Belgrade 1998, Kiev, Ukraine 1998, Drama, Greece 1998, Belgrade 1999, Grand-prix Čačak 1999, Grand-prix Belgrade 2006, Moscow 2006, Hiroshima 2006, Belgrade 2008, Ljubljana 2008, Belgrade 2009, Lipecki, Russia 2009.

Winner of the plaque „Nikola Mitrović Kokan“ for the contribution to the Serbian comic strip, in 2003.

References

  1. ↑ (English) Biography, Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade
  2. ↑ (English) The Rubber Soul Project: About the Project.
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