Dekorativni detalj

Eros Čakić, HRV

(Pula, 1960)

Born in Pula in 1960. He finished the School of Applied Arts in Pula in 1980 in the class of Ivan Obrovac, and in 1985 he graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, where he studied sculpture under Gianfranco Tramontin and painting under Emilio Vedova. He has collaborated with Edo Murtić, Dušan Džamonja and Miroslav Šutej, as well as many other visual and multimedia artists.

From 1985 to 2001 he taught at the School of Applied Arts and Design in Pula as head of the sculpture department and lecturer in design. In 1987 he was one of the founders of the Society of Visual Artists in Pula (today HDLU Istra). He was president of HDLU Istra from 1992 to 1996 and from 2009 to 2011. From 2001 to 2006 he was head of the Department of Culture of the City of Pula, and then adviser for visual arts and galleries.

He has taken part in more than 200 group exhibitions and held some twenty solo exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. He is the author of around 40 monuments and public sculptures, a large number of models, gallery-scale sculptures and award statuettes (the Golden Gate and the Golden Arena of the Pula Film Festival, and the Istriana award of Istria County). Besides sculpture, printmaking and painting, he is active in the wider field of culture and subculture. He has received several awards and honours for his work and is regarded as one of the most prominent sculptors on the Istrian peninsula.

Title: The Storm Gate
Year: 2021
Location: Dubrova Sculpture Park