After finishing high school in Prijedor (BiH), Danilo Milovanović(1992, Banja Luka) enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana, where he finished his BA and MA at the Department of Painting. He also studied at the UMPRUM Academy in Prague as part of a student exchange. In 2020, he received the UL ALUO Prešeren award for his master’s thesis with the title of the theoretical part Artivism – Engaged Urban Art in Public Space and the title of the practical part Top Parking. He has been nominated several times for the OHO Group Award. From 2019 to 2021, he was a resident in Švicarija (MGLC) in Ljubljana.
During his studies, he has already been active internationally. He participated in residencies and exhibitions in Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria. He managed the gallery space Zelenica in the Autonomous Factory Rog in Ljubljana (2012–2018). He presented himself in local galleries Aksioma, Tobačna 001, Škuc, Alkatraz, Ravnikar, Miklova hiša, Božidar Jakac, KIBLA, UGM, Center of Contemporary Arts Celje and MG+MSUM in Ljubljana. He participated in Light Guerrilla: Shadows and Reflections festival and was included in the 35th International Graphic Biennale at MGLC and the 10th Triennial of Contemporary Art – U3 at MG+MSUM in Ljubljana. Abroad, he participated in the BienalSur in Montevideo, the UrbanArt Bienal in Völklingen, the donumenta in Regensburg, the exhibition as part of the Risk Change project at the MMSU in Rijeka, and exhibited in the museums of contemporary art in Novi Sad and Banja Luka. He had solo exhibitions in the galleries U10 in Belgrade, Umprum in Prague, and Pop-up Schauraum in the MQ in Vienna. He lives and works in Ljubljana. He creates in AKC Metelkova mesto and occasionally lectures and organizes events related to contemporary art.
(Photos: Manca Vertačnik and personal archive)