Curriculum vitae

Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, into an artistic family, Michael began
absorbing the ancient tradition of iconography in early childhood. He
is a graduate from the Belgrade Academy of Applied Arts in 1974, de-
partment of graphic art and printmaking.
Following a personal quest, Michael travelled widely and lived and
worked in Spain, Middle East and Africa, absorbing the contrasting
beauty of each new culture. Australia became his new home in early 1990.
He had many shows all over Australia, Sydney and Melbourne in
particular.
Overseas one man shows up to date: Peru, USA, United Kingdom,
New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea, New Caledonia, France, Ecuador,
Ethiopia, Marquesan Islands, Slovenia.
Michael Galovic engages himself in a few parallel directions: trad-
itional icons, contemporary religious and contemporary non religious art.
Apart from numerous private art collections, Michael’s works can
be seen in over one hundred churches and institutions throughout
mainly Australia and in other countries, especially New Zealand.
Four times finalist in the Blake Prize and twice in Mandorla exhib-
itions of contemporary religious art, Crucifixion, Stabat Mater, Trans-
figuration and Resurrection are themes he is particularly focused to,
but he has also been building a body of work on Uluru, the sacred Rock
in the Northern Territory of Australia for some 20 years now.
His favourite medium is egg tempera, but he is ever interested in
gilding and experimenting in general, constantly exploring and ex-
panding his own boundaries, always reinventing himself as an artist.

Michael Galovic’s work has been reproduced in books:
Basil of Cesarea. Questions of the Brothers, by Anna Silvas; Windows
to Orthodoxy, by Dr Guy Freeland; Beyond the Shattered Image, by
John Chryssavgis; Jesus Laughing and Loving, by Major Issues and
Theology Foundation LTD; The Many Faces of Christ, by Addwall Pty
Ltd, God Among Us, Australian Images of Jesus, by Marie T. Farrell;
Icons+Art: Michael Galovic, co-published by the Honeyset Press and
the artist; Sunce јužnog neba, Pogled na umetnost u Australiji danas,
by Zoja Bojic; Religious Education Text Books by the Catholic Educa-
tion Offices in Victoria and NSW, Australia.

Magazines and other publications:
Lavalla; Madonna; Australian Catholics; Melbourne Catholic; The
Catholic Weekly; Phronema; Vema; Australian Religious Diary; Mary
MacKillop: A Tribute; Christians in the Visual Arts, Directories (USA);
Divine Temple, Contemporary Christian Art (Russia); Various Angli-
can Magazines; Aurora ; Serbian Voice (Serbian in Australia); Vesti
(Serbian outside of Serbia); Novosti (Serbian in Australia); Calendar
Salt of the Earth, A Christian Seasons Calendar 2017/2018, by United
Church if Canada, Vancouver; Marist Brothers Brasil; Central Coast
NSW Advocate; Politika (Serbian daily in Serbia); Kultura (Serbian in
Australia); Touching Hearts; The Paraclete, Eremos, Craft Arts Inter-
national; GALOVIC and the Marists, by Marist Brothers, Australia...
Appeared on ABC TV(Compass, Sunday Arts); ABC radio Religious
Program; SBS, both TV and radio programs (interviews by the Serbian
and Spanish stations) in Australia.
Self-published booklets: The Son of Man, Uluru. To be published:
Jesus the Christ: Life, Crucifixion and the Resurrection through trad-
itional icons and contemporary art by Michael Galovic.