Last update: May 2013


2004 Master of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, USA
2004 Art History Certificate, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL, USA
2001 Magisterial Dissertation, Specialization in Ceramic Sculpture (2 years of regular studies, equivalent to M.F.A), Academy of
         Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present Republic of Serbia)
         Thesis: “The Architecture of Objects”
1997 Diploma, majoring in Ceramics (5 years of regular studies, equivalent or higher than B.F.A.), Academy of Applied Arts,
         Belgrade, Yugoslavia


2012 Director's Award, Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, USA
2011 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship for the Visual Arts in 2012, Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, USA
2011 57° Premio Faenza Finalist, Italy
2011
Max Orovitz Research Award in the Arts, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2010
Annual award for creative contributions in 2009 by Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia ~ ULUPUDS
2010 Honorable Mention, IIIrd International Ceramics Biennale of Marratxí, Mallorca, Spain
2009 Elected Member, International Academy of Ceramics, Genève, Switzerland
2009 Award “Kokan Ðordevic”, awarded by the Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia, Republic of Serbia, Europe
2009 Purchase Award, 13th Triennial of Ceramic Art, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, Europe
2007 Special Prize, 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea (CEBIKO), Icheon, South Korea
2003
Juror’s Prize Recipient (Juried by Richard Shaw), Clay Cup XI, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
2002 Best in Show Award “Art on the Square”, American Gallery, Belleville, Illinois, USA
2001 Board of Advisors for the Artists' Enclave at I-Park in East Haddam, Connecticut, USA, 2001 ~ 2005
2001 Full Tuition Scholarship, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Fall 2001 ~ Spring 2004
1997 Elected Member, Association of Applied Artists and Designers of Serbia (ULUPUDS), Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
1997 National Merit Scholarship for graduate studies at The Academy of Applied Arts, awarded by Yugoslav Ministry of Education
1997 Award “Ivan Tabakovic” for the Student of the Generation (class of 1992), Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia


Solo Exhibitions
2013
Recent Works, Sea Islands Center Gallery, University of South Carolina Beaufort, South Carolina, USA, Mar 18 ~ Apr 26
2012 Crossroads, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, May 26 ~ June 22
2011 Repetitive Choices, Lowe Museum of Art, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA, April 16 ~ May 29
2005 The Other, An Installation, Weisspollack Gallery, New York, New York, USA, March 10 ~ April 2
2004
Nothosphobia: Objects and Environments, KOA Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA,
         Nov 5 ~ Dec 3
2004
It – Self, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Surplus Gallery at Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois, USA, June 17~29
2003
The White Room, Nicholas Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, USA, October 21 ~ 28
2001 The Architecture of Objects, Solo Exhibition and Magisterial Dissertation, Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, July
1997 Solo Exhibition, Gallery of American Cultural Center, American Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, March

International Competitions / International Invitational Exhibitions
2012
Keramik Ausstellung, KulturZentrum Kapfenberg, Kapfenberg, Austria, European Union, Nov 16 '12 ~ Jan 6 '13
2012 New World: Timeless Visions ~ International Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition, New Mexico Museum of Art
         Santa Fe, NM, Sep 7 ~ 26
2012 CERAMICA MULTIPLEX 2012, City Museum of Varazdin (Herzer Palace), Varazdin, Croatia, European Union, Aug 25~Oct 31
2012 II International Ceramic Triennial ~ Unicum 2012, European Cultural and Technological Center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia,
         European Union, May 15 ~ September 30
2012 Beyond the Brickyard, Fourth Annual International Juried Competition, Bray North Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation for the
         Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana, USA, February 4 ~ April 7
2011 Feuer und Flamme - Keramik in der Kunst der Gegenwart / Red-Hot - Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Museum Villa Rot,
         Burgrieden-Rot, Germany, Oct 2, 2011 ~ Feb 5, 2012
2011 57° Premio Faenza, International Biennial Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, International Museum of Ceramics in
         Faenza, Faenza, Italy, European Union, June 19 ~ September 25
2010
HEAD FIRST - An International Competitive Exhibit, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Sep 24 ~ Oct 22
2010 Mixed Media – Ceramics plus, The Nassauische Sparkasse 2010 Award, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen,
         Germany, European Union, September 2010
2010 International Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition, Cité de la Céramique Sèvres, Paris,France, European Union,
          Sep 14 ~ Dec 6
2010 III International Ceramics Biennale of Marratxí, Museu del Fang, Sa Cabaneta (Marratxí), Mallorca, Spain, European Union,
          May 29 ~ July 10
2010  European Ceramics, Grimmerhus Museum, Middelfart, Denmark, European Union, March 21 ~ June 6
2009
Ceramics of Europe - The Westerwald Prize 2009, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany, European           Union, Aug 28 '09 ~ Jan 10 '10
2009 The 1st International Triennial of Ceramics ~ UNICUM 2009, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, European
          Union, May 15~Sep 28
2009 The Third International Competition of Postmodern Ceramics ~ CERAMICA MULTIPLEX 2009, City Museum, Varazdin,
          Croatia, April 18 ~ May 24
2007 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea (CEBIKO), Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Republic of Korea, Apr 28 ~Jun 25
2006 Bodies of Clay: Am I Weird?, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, Oregon, USA, March 6 ~ 17
2005 SOFA New York 2005, Progress in Installation, represented by Weisspollack Gallery, New York, New York, USA, July 2 ~ 5
2005 New Talent 2005, Weisspollack Gallery, New York, New York, USA, Jan 20 ~ Feb 5
2005 Artpalmbeach 2005, represented by Weisspollack Gallery, New York ( USA ), Palm Beach, Forida, USA, Jan 13 ~ 17
2004 Kukurukuku II, International Invitational, Gallery Schloss Landeck, Landeck, Austria, Europian Union, June 10 ~ 27
2004 3rd International Triennial of Ceramics, Cvijeta Zuzoric Art Pavilion, Belgrade, Serbia, Dec '0 3~ Jan '04
2003 Een Keramisch Dialog Tussen Twee Continenten, Gallery Marc Van Meensel, Zelem-Halen, Belgium, Apr 26 ~ Jun 29
2003 International Invitational, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, South Carolina, USA, Jan 16~Feb 27
2002 Kukurukuku, International Invitational, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel, Germany, Sep 24 ~ Oct 10
2001 The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, International Competition, Yingo Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, Nov '00 ~ Feb '01
2001 Sixth International Biennial of Miniature Arts, International Competition, Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, Nov '00 ~ Feb '01
2000 PaxDanubiana Internationale Kunst, International Invitational, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, September
1999 Fifth International Biennial of Miniature Art, International Competition, Yugoslavia, Gornji Milanovac, Oct '98 ~ Mar '99

Selected Juried Exhibitions (international/national)
2013
The 14th Triennial of Ceramic Art, Juried National, Modern Art Gallery, Subotica, Serbia, Jan 12 ~ Feb 28 and
         Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, May ~ June
2012 Miami’s Independent Thinkers 4th Edition Art Basel 2012 Satellite Fair, The Armory Studios, Miami, USA, Dec 6 ~ 9
2011 Alchemy: From Dust to Form, Samuel Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, USA, Mar 1 ~ Sep 11
2011 Immigrant Impact, NCECA invitational, Duncan McClellan Glass Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, Mar 25 ~ Apr 11
2010 Wet, international exhibition juried by Diane Camber, CANDO Arts, Miami, Florida, USA, Dec 1 '10 ~ Jan 10 '11
2010 Clay on the Wall: 2010 Clay National, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Jan 19 ~ Feb 28
2010 Currents: Contemporary Ceramics, Juried National, Focus Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, Jan 11~29
2009 XV Biennial of Ceramics, Juried National, Gallery “Kuca Legata”, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, Dec '09 ~ Jan '10
2009 The 13th Triennial of Ceramic Art, Juried National, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, May 14 ~ Jun 30
         and Modern Art Gallery, Subotica, Republic of Serbia, Sep 8 ~ Oct 31
2009 Shake & Bake, National Invitational, Gallery of Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Apr 8 ~ 11
2008 Figure Evocative, National Invitational, 3 rd Rail Gallery, New Rochelle, New York, USA, Oct 5 ~ Nov 9
2005 Second Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juried by John Czerkovitz, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts
          (SICA), Long Branch, New Jersey, USA, Oct 19 ~ Nov 12
2003 Girardot National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 100 and the Lorimier Gallery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA , Jul 7 ~ 26
2003 20th Biennial Southern Illinois Open Competition, Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, USA, Jun 14 ~ Aug 24
2003 Clay Cup XI, Juried by Richard Shaw, University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA, Mar 28 ~ May 2
2002 Art on the Square, Juried National, American Gallery, Belleville, Illinois, USA, June
2001 Awakening, Juried National (Theme: Preserving our Environment ), Gallery Singidunum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June
2000 Lasting through Creation, Curated Exhibition of works created during ceramic symposium Mladenovac 2000, Belgrade,                   Yugoslavia, Aug 22 ~ Sep 1 and Mladenovac, Yugoslavia, Sep 12 ~ 30
2000 Exhibition of Emerging Members of Serbian Association of Applied Arts, Gallery Singidunum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, July
2000 Cup ‘99, Juried International, Gallery “ Mali Singidunum”, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dec '99 ~ Jan '00
1999 X Yugoslav Triennial, Juried National, Subotica and Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dec
1999 XI Biennial of Ceramics, Juried National, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Nov
1999 People, Fire and Shape, Exhibition of works created during International Ceramics Symposium in Burgstain, Austria, Jul
1999 Portrait Through Time, Third Juried National, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Apr
1999 39th October Salon of Belgrade, National Invitational, Museum 21 Mai, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Oct
1998 Cup ‘97, Juried International, Gallery Mali Singidunum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dec '97 ~ Jan '98

Selected Group Exhibitions
2013  Faculty and Friends, Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA, Jan 27 ~ Mar 8
2012  Annual Faculty Exhibition, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, USA, Nov 1 ~ 23
2011 Faculty Exhibition, Wynwood Project Space, Miami, FL, USA, Nov 12 ~ 18
2011 The 2011 Faculty Show, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, USA, Sep 21 ~ Oct 28
2011 Clay from Earth, Arts Garage, Delray Beach, Florida, USA, June 10th ~ 17th
2010 Exhibit organized by Liberty Entertainment Group together with University of Miami Lowe Art Museum and ROBIN RILE FINE
         ART, Coral Gables Country Club, Miami, Florida, USA, Dec 2 ’10 ~ Jan 14 ‘11
2010 The 2010 Faculty Show, CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, FL, USA, Sep 21 – Oct 29
2010 Spring Into Art, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida, USA, March
2009
The Vault Show , The East Gallery at Museo Vault, Miami, Florida, USA, Dec 1 ~ 7
2008 CANE Art Fair , Wynwood Project Space, Miami, FL, USA, Dec 4 ~ 7
2007 Faculty Exhibition, works by Monmouth University Department of Art and Design faculty, Ice House Gallery, Monmouth                   University, West Long Branch, NJ, Oct ~ Nov
2005 Faulty Exhibition, works by Monmouth University Department of Art and Design faculty, Ice House Gallery, Monmouth                   University, West Long Branch, NJ, Feb 10 ~ Mar 2
2004 National Invitational, Curated Exhibition of works by former graduates of the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Museum of          Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Aug ~ Sep
2004 Kalliphilia, Juried by Cheonae Kim, Carole Loeffler, Che Rhodes and Chris Wildrick, Organized for a critical overview with
         Arthur C. Danto, Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL , Apr
2004 Southern Illinois University Purchase Awards, Art Alley, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, Mar 26 ~ Apr 16
2004 Big 12, Group Exhibition organized by the Herron School of Art (official NCECA Exhibition), Indianapolis, Mar 17 ~ 20
2003 “i” , Collaborative project of 20 artists and poets, Surplus Gallery at Glove Factory, Carbondale, Illinois, USA, Mar 19 ~ 21
2002 Works 2, Faculty and Graduate Students Exhibition (organized for the visit and critique with Robert Storr, former senior curator          of MOMA New York), Group Exhibition, Surplus Gallery at Glove Factory, Carbondale, IL, Sep 7 ~ 14
2002 Works, Graduate Exhibition (organized for the visit and critique with Hamza Walker, Education Director for the Renaissance          Society at the University of Chicago ), Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL, Apr 14 ~ 24
2001 Group Exhibition, SIUC Ceramics Faculty and Graduate Students, Mabee Gallery at Herrick Center, Culver-Stockton College,          Canton, Missouri, USA, Oct 11 ~ Nov 1
1997 Graduates '97, Curated Exhibition of Students' Work, Museum 21 Mai, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Sep


• Yingge Ceramics Museum Artist in Resident Program, New Taipei City, Taiwan, March 1 ~ June 1 2012
 Artists' Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA, January ~ June 2001
 Mladenovac 2000, First National Invitational Symposium of Ceramics, Mladenovac, Yugoslavia, April 2000
 People, Fire and Shape, Juried International Ceramics Symposium, Burgstain, Austria, July 1999
• TERRA ’98, Invitational International Sculpture Symposium, Kikinda, Yugoslavia, July 1998


• New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
• Icheon World Ceramic Center, lcheon, South Korea
• Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade , Republic of Serbia , Europe
• University Museum Collection, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, USA
• I-Park Archives Collection, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

  
• "International or Internationalism?", Ceramics: Art and Perception, no.86 (Dec ’11 ~ Feb ‘12): 44~45.


Books
Paul Andrew Wandless, 500 Prints on Clay: An Inspiring Collection of Image Transfer Work (New York City:Lark Books,   March   2013), 173, 296, 375. ISBN 13: 978-1-4547-0331-0
New World: Timeless Visions ~ 2012 International Academy of Ceramics Members Exhibition (Santa Fe, New Mexico:   American   Association of International Ceramics, September 2012), 8, 9. ISBN 987-0-615-68559-5
Feuer und Flamme - Keramik in der Kunst der Gegenwart, Edited by Hoenes-Stiftung and Dr. Stefanie Dathe, Biberacher
  Verlagsdruckerei GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, September 2011, 24 ~ 27, 93. ISBN 9783933614964
• Emmanuel Cooper, Contemporary Ceramics (London, UK: Thames and Hudson, October 2009), 136,141, 288.
  ISBN 9780500514870
Suzanne J.E. Tourtillot, ed., 500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works (New York City : Lark
  Books, May 2009), 242,263,266.

Articles
• June Howell, "Diversity in the Ceramic World: Interview with three international resident artists at the Yingge Ceramics Museum",
  Salute, Issue 06 / Summer 2012: 44-47
• Stefanie Dathe and Barbara J. Scheuermann, "Mit Feuer und Flamme ~ Ceramics in Contemporary Art" exhibition review with
  photograph, New Ceramics, Issue 1/12 ~ Jan/Feb 2012
• Kulturmagazin Bodensee, "Mit Feuer und Flamme" exhibition review with photograph, Konstanz, Germany, Nr. 96 ~ Nov/Dec 2011
• Spomenka Jelic Medakovic, “I and the ‘I', Sculptures and Installations by Ivan Albreht”, Ceramics Art and Perception,
  (Dec '09 ~ Feb ‘10): 60~62.
• Ljiljana Dzinkul, “One author, One idea” Politika , July 7. 2009.
• Bryan Allen Moore, “Inter-face,” Ceramic Review (January/February 2009): 42~45
• Page Sodano, “Professor Receives Distingushed Art Award“ The Outlook , October 24. 2007, 3.
• Spomenka Jelic Medakovic, “Belgade Artist Awarded in Asia“ Blic , March 18. 2007, 12~13.
• Spomenka Jelic Medakovic, “Ivan Albreht's New York Success“ New Review , June 2005, 84~85.
• Spomenka Jelic Medakovic, “Brittle Souls Within Globalism“ Politika , February 27. 2005.
The Source , “Award Winning Artist to Exhibit Work at Pitt-Bradford,” November 5 2004.
• Spomenka Jelic Medakovic, “Our Artists in the World: Ivan Albreht“ Likovni Zivot , no. 99/100 (Sep/Dec 2002): 97.
• Ljubica Jelisavac, ”Fire on Alps ”, Blic , August 2. 1999.
• Mirko Djuric, “Fire and Shape: Playing with Red Hot Objects”, Politika , July 28. 1999.

Interviews
•  Interview, NTD TV Station, New York, USA, April 2012
•  Interview with an artist, BK Television Station, Belgrade , Yugoslavia , September, 1999
•  Interview, RTS Radio Program 1, Belgrade , Yugoslavia , August, 1999

Catalogues
• Faculty & Friends ~ Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall Inaugural Exhibition, Monmouth University, Hatteras Press, Tinton Falls, New   Jersey, USA, November 2012, 6.
• The 14th Triennial of Ceramic Art, Modern Art Gallery Subotica, Serbia, January 2012, 2, 14, 45.
• The 4th International Competition of Postmodern Ceramics ~ CERAMICA MULTIPLEX 2012, Croatia, August 2012, 12, 150.
• II. International Ceramic Triennial UNICUM 2012, Association of The Slovene Fine Artists Societies, Slovenia, May '12, 16.
• Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, USA, February 2012, back cover, page 2.
• 57° Premio Faenza Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Conteporanea, Silvana Editoriale Spa, Milan, Italy, Jun '11, 118
• Ivan Albreht: Repetitive Choices, University of Miami Department of Art, USA, April 2011, 8 pages
• Alchemy: From Dust to Form, University of Florida Harn Museum of Art, USA, March 2010, 7.
• 
Mixed Media – Ceramic plus / Sponsorship Award 2010 of the Nassauische Sparkasse, Nassauische Sparkasse
  Unternehmenskommunikation, Wesibaden, Germany, September 2010, 30.
 Manifest Volume Forty-eight, Manifest Press, USA, September 2010, 5, 8, 9.
 International Academy of Ceramics Paris, Exhibition of artist members, 44th General Assembly, France, September 2010, #2
• 
BICMA ~ Biennal Internacional de Ceramica de Marratxí, Ajutament of Marratxí , Spain, May 2010, 23.
• 
Clay on the Wall: 2010 Clay National, Landmark Gallery ~ Texas Tech University, USA, January 2010
Currents: Contemporary Ceramics, University of Florida ~ College of Fine Arts, USA, January , 4.
• XV Biennial of Ceramics, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, Dec 2009, 6.
• 12. Westerwaldpreis 2009 ~ Keramik Europas, Germany, European Union, May 2009, 54.
1st International Triennial of Ceramics UNICUM 2009, Slovenia, European Union, May 2009, 105.
The 13th Triennial of Ceramic Art , Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, May 2009, 23.
The 3rd International Competition of Postmodern Ceramics ~ CERAMICA MULTIPLEX 2009, Croatia, April 2009, 35.
4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea (CEBIKO), Icheon, Republic of Korea, April 2007, 18, 160.
Kukurukuku – Dialog Zwischen Kontinenten, Landeck, Austria, May 2004
3 rd International Triennial of Ceramics, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, December 2003
20th Biennial Southern Illinois Open Competition, Mount Vernon, Illinois, June 2003, 6.
Awakening, Theme Concurs Planet Earth, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 2001, 4.
The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, Yingo Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, Novembar 2000, 108.
Sixth International Biennial of Miniature 2000, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, October 2000, 109.
Lasting Through Creation, First Ceramics Colony Mladenovac, Belgrade, September 2000, 4.
X Yugoslav Triennial of Ceramics, Subotica, December 1999, 13.
IX Biennial of Ceramics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, November 1999, 5.
Fifth International Biennial of Miniature, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Yugoslavia, October 1998, 135.
39 th October Salon, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 1998, 77.
Cup 97 International, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, December 1997, 2-3.