BORN TO SHOOT THE WORLD AROUND ME
Dragan Kurucic, born in 1962 in Novi Sad, has been working as a professional photographer since 1990. He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts with a degree in photography and specialized in photo illustration. He obtained his master’s degree in photography at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.
In addition to artistic photography, he also works on photo design (industry applied photography) in his studio at the Petrovaradin Fortress. He achieved great success in photo monographs and has won several awards in the field of photo design (most notably calendars, packaging and posters).
He is a member of the Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Vojvodina – UPIDIV, the Association of Artists from the Petrovaradin Fortress “Likovni krug” and the European Institute of Photography.
His photographs have been published in magazines in Romania, Hungary, France, Italy and Japan.
In addition to numerous group exhibitions, his most important solo exhibitions are:
Paris 1996 – Centre Culturel Yougoslave – Jugosl. Cultural Center
London 1998. –European Academy- European Academy of Arts
Paris 1998 – FIFA world cup
London 1998 – Grinic gallery
Stockholm 1998 – European Days of Culture
Prague 2000.- Catholic church
Budapest 2002. Sity gallery
Stuttgart 2011
Timisoara 2015 – Academy of Arts
Novi Sad 2016-Museum of Vojvodina
Novi Sad 2019-Museum of Contemporary Art
Berlin-Brussels-Rome-Vienna-Prague-Warsaw-Budapest-2020
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Dragan Kurucić, rođen 1962. u Novom Sadu, od 1990-te radi kao profesionalni fotograf.Diplomirao na fakultetu za primenjenu umetnost smer fotografija i specijalizirao iz oblasti foto-ilustracije. Diplomu akademskog umetnika stiče na akademiji umetnostu u Novom Sadu gde je završio master studije fotografije.
Pored umetničke fotografije radi i foto-dizajn (industrijsku-primenjenu fotografiju) u ateljeu na Petrovaradinskoj tvrđavi. Veliki uspeh postiže u foto-monografijama. Dobitnik je vise nagrada iz oblasti foto-dizajna (kalendari , ambalaže i plakat).
Član je udruženja primenjenih umetnika i dizajnera Vojvodine – UPIDIV, udruženja umetnika sa Petrovaradinske tvrđave «Likovni krug» i Evropskog instituta za fotografiju.
Objavljivao je fotografije u časopisima: Rumunije, Mađarske, Francuske, Italije i Japana.
Pored mnogobrojnih grupnih izložbi najznačajnije samostalne izložbe su mu:
Pariz 1996. –Centre Culturel Yougoslave- Jugosl. kulturni centar
London 1998. –European Academy- Evropska akademija umetnosti
Pariz 1998. – FIFA world cup- Svetsko prvenstvo u fudbalu
London 1998. – Grinic gallery
Stokholm 1998. – Evropski dani kulture
Prag 2000.- Catholic churc
Budimpesta 2002. Sity gallery
Stuttgart 2011
Temisvar 2015 –Academy Of Arts
Novi Sad 2016-Muzej Vojvodine
Novi Sad 2019-Muzej Savremene umetnosti
Berlin-Brisel-Rim-Beč-Prag-Varšava-Budimpešta- 2020