We are pleased to invite you to the exhibition of the Finalists of the 2025 Radoslav Putar Award Competition, and announcement of the Radoslav Putar Award Winner for 2025.
on Friday, June 6, 2025, 8 p. m.
Salon Galić, Marmontova 3, 21000 Split
Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 5 – 9 p.m
Sunday and holidays closed.
The exhibition remains open until July 3, 2025.
Finalists of the 2025 Radoslav Putar Award
Domagoj Burilović
Zoe Miloš
Vladimir Novak
Leo Pavlović
Domagoj Burilović was born in 1987 in Vinkovci, Croatia. Graduated with an M.A. degree in Painting department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Split, Croatia. Lives and works in Vinkovci. In his photography, he explores the political and social issues of Slavonia (Croatia) through local history, culture and migrations.
Zoe Miloš was born in Rijeka in 1994, where in 2019 on Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka he completed his bachelor studies in sculpture. He won the “Crno drvo Laube” award in 2023, and is part of HDLU Istra since 2024. For some reason, he lives and works in Hreljin.
Vladimir Novak was born in 1987 in Zagreb. He graduated from the Sculpture Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 2017, where he is currently employed as a teaching assistant. He actively and continuously participates in the contemporary art scene, presenting his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Croatia and internationally, and has received several awards for his work. He was a finalist for the Radoslav Putar Award in 2022. His practice operates at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, design, light, and sound, with a focus on the relationship between space, medium, and viewer experience.
Leo Pavlović was born in 2000. He graduated in visual arts from the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek in 2024 with Cum Laude. He has exhibited at several solo and several group exhibitions. He is the initiator of the ornamental art therapy workshops “Discover Yourself”. He has won several awards and is the winner of the national competition “A4” for young artists and curators.
Radoslav Putar Award Jury of 2025
Nikica Jurković, Radoslav Putar Award Winner 2024, ZagrebAna Bratić, President, HULU – Split, Split
Iva Rada Janković, curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagre
Tadej Pogačar, umjetnik i voditelj Galerije P74 i Zavoda P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. /
artist and director of Gallery p74 and the Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E, Ljubljana
Antonia Vodanović, curator, head of the Gallery Galženica, Velika Gorica / Open call for curators up to 40 years of age, Zagreb
Radoslav Putar (Varaždin, July 20, 1921 – Zagreb, July 18, 1994), a famous art historian and art critic, significantly directed the Croatian cultural scene towards the contemporary art language. His work is also important from a social point of view because he promoted the ideas of democracy and advocated dialogue, tolerance, freedom of expression and openness to other cultures. Today, it is difficult to imagine the extent to which his work was heroic, and we can confidently say that his contribution to theory and practice is a key segment of contemporary Croatian art and culture.
The Radoslav Putar Award is this year being assigned for the 24th time to a visual artist not older than 40 years of age in cooperation with Croatian Association of Visual Artists – Split, HULU – Split and Gallery S, Koprivnica;
Radoslav Putar Award was established in 2002 by the Institute for Contemporary Art of Zagreb and its international partners.
Laureats of Radoslav Putar Award up today:
Tabja Dabo 2002; Nika Radić 2003; Igor Eškinja 2004; Antun Božičević 2005; Tina Gverović 2006; Vedran Perkov 2007; Marko Tadić 2008, Goran Škofić 2009, Davor Sanvincenti 2010, Marko Marković 2011, Miran Blažek 2012, Dina Rončević 2013, Igor Ruf 2014, Dino Zrnec 2015., Niko Mihaljević 2016., Matej Knežević 2017.; Ana Kuzmanić 2018.; Predrag Pavić, 2019.; Damir Sobota 2020.; Lana Stojićević 2021.; Glorija Lizde 2022.; Mihael Klanjčić 2023.; Nikica Jurković, 2025.
Radoslav Putar Award is cofounder and member of international network Young Visual Artists Awards – YVAA @yvaa____;
Co-founders and members:
- Czech Republic, Jindrch Chalupecky Prize
- Slovakia, Oskar Čepan Prize
- Croatia, Radoslav Putar Award
- Kosovo, The Artist of Tomorrow Award
- Serbia, Dimitrije Bašičević – Mangelos Award
- Macedonia, Award Danes
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zvono Award
- Slovenia, Group OHO Award
- Bulgaria, Baza Award
- Albanija, Award Ardhje
- Hungary, Leopold Bloom Art Award
- Montenegro, Milčik Award
Partners: Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York; Residency Unlimited, New York; The Foundation for the Development of Civil Society, New York; HULU – Split, Galerija S, Koprivnica; Vizkultura, Zagreb
