Mirjana Isaković is a Serbian sculptor and ceramist.
Personal life
She was born in Serbia in 1936. She is married to Halil Tikvesa, a Bosnian painter and graphic designer with whom she has a daughter Lana Tikvesa.
Education
Isaković graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts of University of Arts in Belgrade in 1963, the same year she became a member of "The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia" (ULUPUDS).
Career
In 1971, she was elected professor at the Academy of Applied Arts. She established the important "Belgrade School". She mentored fourteen MA students who matriculated from the Academy of Applied Arts.
In 1972 she became a professor at the Academy where she chaired the departmental studio for ceramics and ceramic sculpture. She retired in 2002.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
1964 Gallery "Savremeni dom", Belgrade
1966 Gallery "Nadežda Petrović" Čačak
1969 Gallery "Grafički kolektiv", Belgrade
1976 Gallery of Cultural Center, Belgrade
1978 "Homage to Ivan Tabaković" (with Rosić and Stajević), Arandjelovac
1985 "Galerija likovnih stvaralaca", Arandjelovac
1985 "Mali likovni salon", Novi Sad
1985 Gallery "Singidunum", Belgrade
1986 Cultural Center, Banjaluka
1989 Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, as the laureate of Grand Prix of May Salon
1990 City Museum "Bassano del Grappa", Italy (five Central European ceramic artists, each with an individual show: Polgar, Spurej, Vikova, Sramel, Isaković)
Group exhibitions
Over 150 in the country and abroad
Juried group exhibitions in Serbia (a selection) October Salon: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 May Salon: 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1993 Biennale of Belgrade Ceramics: 1978, 1980 Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics: 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2003 1965 Yugoslav Ceramics, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade 1972 Contemporary Art of Ceramics and Glass, Galerija Kulturnog centra, Belgrade 1972 Contemporary Art of Ceramics and Glass, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb 1978 The First Sarajevo Triennial of Art, Sarajevo 1978 Contemporary Tapestry and ceramics of Yugoslavia, Belgrade 1981 NOB (The People's Liberation Movement) in the Works of Yugoslav Artists, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Sarajevo
Juried international exhibitions (with international juries) 1967 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Istanbul, Turkey 1970 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Cervi, Italy 1970 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Sopot, Poland 1975 Contemporary Ceramics and Glass, Moscow, USSR 1975 International Biennale of Ceramics, Valory, France 1977 International Biennale of Ceramics, Faenya, Italy 1978 Contemporary Tapestry, Ceramics and Glass, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany 1982 II International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia 1984 III International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia 1984 I International Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb 1985 I Triennial of Small Ceramics, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Priština, Novi Sad ( selection) 1986 IV International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia 1986 International Competition - Triennial "Mino'86", Nagoya, Japan 1987 A Selection of Yugoslav Ceramics, Frankfurt, Germany 1989 "The Contemporary Moment in European Ceramics", (by invitation), Lyon - France, Linz - Austria, Budapest - Hungary, Helsinki - Finland 1990 III Biennale of Small Ceramics, Zagreb 1992 I International Biennale of Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt 1996 I International Triennale "The Cup'96", Kulturni centar, Belgrade 2000 Thematic International Biennale, Carouge, Switzerland 2001 International Biennale of Small Form, Gornji Milanovac