Apostel Jacob - Sveti apostol Jakov (2004) Painting by Justin Aleksandar Ristic

Justin Aleksandar Ristic was born in Belgrade on November 21, 1964.
He developed his artistic ability from early childhood.

Before he enrolled in the Academy he has constantly been a member of many different artistic associations.

He studied at the Serbian Orthodox Church of Academy of Fine Arts and Conservation under the tutelage of Goran Janicijevic, section - conservation and wall paintings.
He graduated from the Academy.
While attending the Acadamy, he took part in many students’ projects like wall paintings of the monastery Hajducica. He took part in a group project "Daisies" mosaic at Church of Saint Sava in Raska as well as "Svetog Nektarija Eginskog" mosaic at the ancient church from the 14th century in Smederevo built by Djurdje Brankovic.
In 2004 he completed a student project, wall painting, sun watch that is being displayed at Kralja Petra 2, Belgrade.

Currently, he is working as an artistic editor in a children’s magazine “Blago” – publisher “Beseda”, with “Eparhija Backa” in Novi Sad.


He has been working with a variety of artistic forms and disciplines:

Art (different techniques), icons, fresco, mosaic, modeling material, drawing, illustrations (magazines)


Exhibitions:

2000.Banja Luka- collective exhibition – Association of Artists TON(Foca, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2001. Gallery of Central Biblioteca – collective exhibition – Association of Artists TON
2001. Sarajevo- collective exhibition – Association of Artists TON
2001. Kragujevac -collective exhibition – Association of Artists TON

2008. February “Angelocitanije” Cultural Center St. Pazova
Solo exhibition

Collective student’s exhibitions - Academy of Arts an Conservation

Collective student’s exhibitions - Academy of Arts an Conservation

2004. Russian House Belgrade
2004. Cultural Center Paracin
2005. Gallery of Frescoes – National Museum -Belgrade
2005. Cultural Center in Bavaria - Gasteig, München
2005. Manak’s House – Ethnographic Museum
2006. Serbian Cultural Center Saint Sava in New York
2006. Serbian Cultural Center Saint Sava in Boston
2006. Manak’s House – Ethnographic Museum
2006. Days of Cyrillic in Bavaniste
2006. Museum of Naïve – Jagodina
2007. National Bibliotheca – Belgrade
2007. National Bibliotheca – Belgrade

2007. Божић и Бадњак чувари духовног предања
-Artistic Pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzoric”
2008. January - Gallery “Bogotrazitelj” in Belgrade
- Icons

Solo student’s exhibition:

2005. Gallery “Dom Omladine”- Arandjelovac
2007.Ortodox Church Museum

Artistic colonies:

2000. Ecologic Art Collony “Sutjeska”- Bosnia Herzegovina
2001. Ecologic Art Collony “Sutjeska”- Bosnia Herzegovina
2002. Ecologic Art Collony “Sutjeska” -Bosnia Herzegovina

2006. Kriva Reka
2007. “Cosmic Art” - Vojka Vojvodina


Awards

2004. V-th Fair of Fine Artists of Vojvodina
Special Prize

• Nationality: CS
• Date of birth : 1964
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Artists.contemporary.cs