Orlando Mohorovic

Orlando Mohorovic (born 1950 in Labin) is a Croatian artist.

Biography

Mohorovic came to Düsseldorf in 1969 in and met Joseph Beuys there. The Admission Board of the department « Free art » at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf admitted him as a student to Beuys’ courses of . Orlando Mohorovic was studying painting and sculpture from 1970 to 1974. At that time New Realism paintings, conceptual art, performance, sketches, small drawings and aquarelle as a pattern for installations were developed.In 1970 he had his first exhibition in the room 20 and in the hallway.On February 5th 1974 he was appointed master student of the Beuys class. Mohorovic belonged to the group of Beuys-students, like many other renowned German artists (Jörg Immendorff, Katharina Sieverding, Anselm Kiefer, Blinky Palermo, Sigmar Polke) .

Scholarships

* 1965 – 1969 scholarship of the town of Labin – school for applied arts in Split
* 1970 – 1974 scholarship of the art academy in Düsseldorf

Exhibitions

*1970 "Düsseldorf art academy", room 20 and hallway
*1972 Labin "Galerie Orlando", dedicated to an accidentally passing by person Nino Bateli
*1973 Düsseldorf hall of art "Between 7 – Yes sir, that’s my baby" and London Gallery House – Goethe institute London "Some 260 miles from here..."
*1974 Pazin "ethnographic Museum of Istria"
*1977 Zagreb "Dubrava Gallery" (conceptual art)
*1994 Split "Biannual festival of small format paintings and sculptures"
*2001 Karlovac "Triannual festival Croatian aquarelle"
*2001 Florence " Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea
*2003 Ravenna "XIV Biennale Internazionale Dantesca"
*2006 Sarajevo "Roman Petrovic Gallery "

Awards

*1967 and 1968 Split "Art prize for young artists"
*1972 and 1975 Rovinj "Grisia"
*1983 Opatija "Extempore 83"
*2001 Labin " Art prize of the town of Labin – pod lozom"

Collections

Buzet "Homeland Museum"; Labin "Folk museum"; Pula "City art collection"; Labin "Council House" Belgrade "Open University Brother Stamenkovic"; Pazin "City museum"; Ozalj " Art Collection Slave Rackaj"; Ravenna " Art Collection Centro Dantesca"

References

* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Mohorovic Orlando Mohorovic at the German Wikipedia]

External links

* [http://www.orlandomohorovic.com/art.asp Website of Orlando Mohorovic]
* [http://www.centrodantesco.it/biennali/vari/mohorovic03.htm Biennale Dantesca Ravena]
* [http://www.florencebiennale.org/sito_biac/eng/biac01_eng.htm Biennale Firenze]
* [http://nskcrolist.nsk.hr/cgi-bin/unilib.cgi?form=000000000199990&id=0950123030 Portrait (1994) Monograph (book), National Library Zagreb]
* [http://nskcrolist.nsk.hr/cgi-bin/unilib.cgi?form=000000000199990&id=0950123030 Erster Frühlingssalon Rijeka (1993) Monograph (book), National Library Zagreb]

* [http://nskcrolist.nsk.hr/cgi-bin/unilib.cgi?form=000000000199990&id=0950123030 Painting and Photographs (2000) Monograph (book), National Library Zagreb]