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Božo Marijančić was born on Christmas,
December 25, 1944. in Zagreb, Croatia.
After he completed the first two years of high school, he transferred to
the school for graphic design were he graduated as a graphic designer.
In his school days he drew sketches for publication Polet and daily
newspaper Vecernji list. He also worked with art photography and was a
member of Photoclub Zagreb.
In 1970 he moved to Switzerland where he painted and studied in the
"Neue Kunstschule Zurich” majoring in graphic design. In
those years he was interested in cartoon production, so he joined the
"Kinoklub Zurich". For his work,
short cartoon movie he was awarded with the bronze medal on the
"Schweizerische National-Wettbewerb" in Neuchâtelu 1974, and
in 1980. he received silver medal on the "Schweizerische
Kurzfilm-Wettbewerb" in Zug.
As freelance writer of many ex Yugoslavian’s newspapers he wrote
critics and informational articles on many cultural happenings in
Switzerland. He also wrote for several regional papers in Switzerland.
His Pictures and drawings were exhibited on various exhibitions in
Switzerland, Germany and in Croatia.
He was the president of artist association EHO for the three mandates
and
in 1992. he initiated the founding of the Croatian painter group named
KRAVATA with the headquarters in Zurich' where he was a president for
nine years, until he returned to Croatia in 2001.
Božo
Marijančić has been enlisted in the biographic lexicon of Swiss art,
(publisher: Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft).
Since
2001. and after the thirty-one years of exile he now lives again in his
native Zagreb.
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Personal exibitions:
Zagreb (Galerija Kluba samoupravljača) 1975, Berlin (Arbeiterwohlfahrt
der Stadt Berlin E.V.) 1976, Hannover (Kunst-Center-Galerie) 1977,
Berlin (Galerie UAS) 1978, Basel (Galerie Actual), Berlin
(Werftstrasse-Galerie) 1979, Rapperswil (Burgass Chammer) 1980,
Winterthur (Galerie San Marco) 1982, Meilen (Ashanti Galerie) 1983,
Šibenik (Galerija Keršovan) 1983, Rapperswil (Rapperswiler Forum - Zum
Pfauen) 1985, Zürich (Galerie EHO) 1986, Rapperswil
(Klubschule-Galerie) 1987, Hombrechtikon (Galerie Castellano) 1988,
Rapperswiler Forum 1998.
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