Matko Vekić

Matko Vekić (born 1970 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia) is a contemporary Croatian artist working in the medium of painting. He has been described as one of the most prominent Croatian painters of the younger generation.

Education and early career Matko Vekić was born on 6 November 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. He graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1995, in the class of Professor Đuro Seder.

Career as a teacher From 1996 to 1999 he worked as a lecturer of drawing and painting at the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb, and from 1999 to 2003 he was a teaching assistant (later assistant professor) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Široki Brijeg, University of Mostar. From 2007 he has been an assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb and the associate professor from 2011 at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. Together with and Zoltan Novak, he was the Croatian representative at the Venice Biennale in 2009. His works belong to many museum and gallery collections, including the Modern Gallery in Zagreb and Gallery of Fine Arts in Split, where they are on permanent display. He is a member of the Association of Artists and the Croatian Freelance Artists' Association. He lives in Zagreb. Ed. Vuković, Radovan – Matko Vekić: the Animal Circle, the Zodiac Circle, (exh. cat, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, 15/2/2005). Ed. Kralj, Ariana – Matko Vekić: Symbol, Sign, Emblem, Ornament and Crime, (exh. cat, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, June 2008). Ed. Gottwald, Gaella A. – Matko Vekić: Okrutnost Kruga, (exh. cat, HDLU, Zagreb, October 2010).

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