Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Jezuitski trg 4
Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 - 19:00
3. September 2025.
With great sorrow in our hearts, we bid farewell to our longtime friend, collaborator, and distinguished artist, Miro Vuco (Vojnić Sinjski, 15 September 1941 – Zagreb, 2 September 2025).
Miro Vuco spent his entire life actively involved in art and the cultural life of Croatia. Primarily known as a sculptor, as a versatile artist he also devoted part of his time to painting. Following a series of successful artistic achievements, more than 30 solo and 140 group exhibitions, and 16 public monuments, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Croatian Association of Artists in 2017.
From 1957 to 1962 he attended the School of Applied Arts in Split, and upon his return to Zagreb, from 1963 to 1967, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture. He spent his third and fourth year of study in the class of Professor Augustinčić (1965–1967). His practical modelling mentor was Augustinčić’s assistant, Valerije Michieli, and from 1969 to 1971 he collaborated with the Master Workshop of Antun Augustinčić. His most notable artistic period was undoubtedly his participation in the group Biafra, which he founded in 1970 together with colleagues Ratko Petrić, Stjepan Gračan and Branko Bunić, and which was active until 1978. Through the intense exhibition activity of the Biafra group, Miro Vuco presented his works at many exhibitions both in Croatia and abroad. It is difficult to imagine an exhibition of Croatian contemporary art in the 1970s in which critics did not recognise Vuco’s presence.
It is also essential to mention his pedagogical work. Miro Vuco will be remembered as a professor to many generations of artists. He first worked as an art teacher at the “Nikola Tesla” Primary School in Vrhovine Turjanski (1962–1963), then as a professor at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb (1984–1986). In 1986, he was elected assistant at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he worked continuously, advancing to the title of full professor with tenure.
The Klovićevi dvori Gallery extends a special farewell to Miro Vuco, with whom we worked closely until only a few months ago on his monographic exhibition in our space. Besides leaving a significant mark on the history of Croatian art, we will remember Vuco for his cheerful spirit, courage, and warmth, which enriched the lives of those around him, as well as the cultural scene and our Gallery.
To his family—his wife Nada, his son Ivan Domagoj, and his daughter Jasika—we express our deepest condolences.
May he rest in peace!
