Born in Kanjiža, Yugoslavia, in 1946. Graphic designer and artist.
He was educated at High School of Fine Arts in Novi Sad (1961-1966) and continued his studies
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade(1967-1969).
He has worked as art editor at Forum Publisher(1969-1992), for two decades he worked for theatres
around the former Yugoslavia and he made his name as a theatre poster designer.
In 1992 moved to Hungary where he continued his work as a graphic designer and a theatre poster designer.
In 1994 he has established the Barat Art Graphic Design Studio. Work produced in this studio encompasses
a wide range of graphic design disciplines. He is a member of the Vojvodina District Art Union (Serbia),
of the National Union of Hungarian Artists, Hungarian Union of of The Art Directors Club of Serbia,
of the Hungarian Poster Association, of the Hungart Association.
Has taken part in the most important international poster exhibitions and has held many individual
and group exhibitions at home and abroad. His major awards include several best Yugoslav
and Hungarian poster and design prizes.
Awards
1974 Special prize of the Union of Artists (UPIDIV), Novi Sad (SRB)
1976 Prize of Novi Sad October Chamber (SRB)
1976 Nagyapáti Kukac Péter Prize of the fine arts, B. Topola (SRB)
1977 “Grand Prix”, Forma 6 (SRB)
1977 Main Prize of UPIDIV (SRB)
1979 For results in visual experiments, UPIDIV (SRB)
1979 “Grand Prix”, Forma 7 (SRB)
1979 Special Prize, Poster Exhibition, Sterija Games(Meeting of National Theatres) (SRB)
1981 “Grand Prix”, Forma 8 (SRB)
1982 Mosa Pijade award - professional scholarship (SRB)
1983 Great Golden Award, Forma 9 (SRB)
1983 Silver Medal for Sterija Games theatre poster (SRB)
1983 October Award of Novi Sad city (SRB)
1985 Award for a Poster, May Chamber, Belgrade (SRB)
1985 Silver Medal for Sterija Games, Novi Sad (SRB)
1985 Great Golden Award, Forma 10, Novi Sad (SRB)
1987 Fine Arts Award of Forum Publishing House, Novi Sad (SRB)
1992 Special Prize at Sterija Poster Exhibition (SRB)
1996 Great Golden Award, Forma 14, Novi Sad (SRB)
1996 Main Prize at Békéscsaba Graphic Biennial (H)
2000 Mihály Munkácsy-award, Budapest (H)
2002 Hungart award - professional scholarship, Budapest (H)
2003 Aranyrajzszög-award for cultural poster, Budapest (H)
2010 First Prize on poster competition Chopin and Liszt, Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Works in Public Collections
Graphic Design Study Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Musée de L’affiche et de la publicité, Paris, France
Art University of Connecticat, USA
Muzej primenjene umetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
Lahden Taidemuseo, Lahti, Finland
Olimpijski muzej, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
Poster Museum, Wilanóv, Poland
Galerija grada zagreba, Zagreb, Croatia
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
Colorado State University, USA
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Novi Sad, Szerbia
Moravske galerie, Brno, Checz Rep.
Pécsi Galéria, Pécs, Hungary
Pursue University, Indiana, USA
Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
Danish Poster Museum, Árhus, Denmark
Individual Exhibitions
1966 Forum Club, Novi Sad, Serbia
1973 Gallery UPIDIV, Novi Sad, Serbia
1974 Gallery of the Cultural House, Vrbas, Serbia
1976 Gallery of the Cultural House, B. Topola, Serbia
1980 Gallery UPIDIV, Novi Sad, Serbia
1981 Maribor Folk Theatre, Slovenia
1982 Labirint Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1982 Gallery of the Cultural Centre, Novi Sad, Serbia
1983 Theatre of city Kanjiza, Serbia
1983 Gallery of the Cultural House, Novi Knezevac, Serbia
1984 Gallery Prozori, Zagreb, Croatia
1984 Gallery Graficki kolektiv, Belgrade, Serbia
1985 Gallery of the Cultural House, Skopje, Macedonia
1987 György Kilián Cultural House, Kaposvár, Hungary
1987 Grand Gallery of the Novi Sad Cultural Centre, Novi Sad, Serbia
1987 Likovna Jesen Gallery, Sombor, Serbia
1987 Likovni susret Gallery, Subotica, Serbia
1988 Olimpiv Museum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina
1988 Olga Petrov Cultural House, Pancevo, Serbia
1990 Dorottya Street Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1990 National Theatre, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
1991 Géza Gárdonyi Theatre, Eger, Hungary
1993 National Theatre of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
1995 Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1997 Thealter, Meeting of Alternative Theatres, Szeged, Hungary
1997 Veszprém National Theatre, Veszprém, Hungary
1999 Pest Center Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1999 Small Gallery, Pécs, Hungary
2000 György Konecsni Regional Museum, Kiskunmajsa, Hungary
2004 No. Name – Festival of Graphic Communication, Cacak, Serbia
2005 Bárka Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Days of Culture, Pula, Hungary
2006 Alexandra Bookstore, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Gallery Zlatno oko – Dimensional Graphics, Novi Sad, Serbia
2008 Gallery Cnesa, Kanjiza, Serbia
Collective Exhibitions
1968 Colony of Artists, B. Topola, Serbia
1969 Artistic Meeting, Subotica, Serbia
1969 Colony of Artists, Senta, Serbia
1971,1972,1973 Exhibition of Young Artists, Sr. Karlovci, Serbia
1973,1975,1977,1979,1981,1983,1985,1987,1989,1991,1993,1995,1997 Forma, Novi Sad, Serbia
1974 Exhibition of UPIDIV, Pristina, Serbia
1975 The Modern Graphics in Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
1976 Textile in Vojvodina, Warsawa, Poland
1977 Poster, Gallery UPIDIV, Novi Sad, Serbia
1977 The Culture in Vojvodina, Belgrade, Serbia
1976,1978,1980,1982,1984,1986 - October Chamber, Novi Sad, Serbia
1977,1978,1979,1980 - Zlatno pero, Belgrade, Serbia
1978, 1980,1982,1984 – Exhibition of Young Artists, Sr. Karlovci, Serbia
1978, 1980,1982,1984,1986,1988,1990,1992,1994,1996,1998,2004 - Poster Biennial, Warsawa, Poland
1978,1981,1984 - ZGRAF, Zagreb, Croatia
1978 Likovno dvoriste, Novi Sad, Serbia
1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983 The best Yugoslav poster designers
- selection of Gallery of city Zagreb: Bremen, Essen, Stuttgart, Havanna, Sao Paolo, Sofia
1980 Posters, Modern Gallery of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
1980,1983,1986,1989, 1992 – Sterija Plays, Novi Sad, Serbia
1981 The culture of Vojvodina, Vienna, Austria
1981,1983,1985,1987,1989,1991,1993,1995 Poster Biennial, Lahti, Finland
1982 The Modern Design in Serbia, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Novi Sad
1982 Újvidéki Theatre, Jubilee – Poster Exhibition, Novi Sad, Serbia
1983,1984,1985 – Contacts-Graphic Design in Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
1984 Art of Vojvodina, Ljubljana, Pristina
1985,1987,1989, 1991, 1993 – Poster Biennial, Toyama, Japan
1985 The Graphic Culture, Artistic Meeting, Subotica, Serbia
1985 The Grafics in Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Sebia
1985 The Yugoslav cultural Poster, Kecskemét, Hungary
1986 The 11 best designers of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Serbia
1987 The Yugoslav cultural Poster, Pécs, Hungary
1986 Poster Biennial, Osnabrück, Germany
1986 International Poster Exhibition, Paris, France
1987 The Yugoslav cultural Poster, Miskolc, Hungary
1987 Colony of Artists, Jubilee, Senta, Serbia
1988,1990,1992,1994,1996 Poster Biennial, Pécs, Hungary
1989 Kostovic, Knezevic, Barat – Poster Exhibition, Kikinda, Serbia
1989 The 30 years of Serbian Graphics, Belgrade, Serbia
1989 Emblems, Gallery UPIDIV, Novi Sad, Serbia
1990 Artistic Poster, Split, Croatia
1993 International Poster Biennial, Rzeszow, Poland
1993 Jubilee Exhibition of the High School of Fine Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia
1993 Jubilee Exhibition of Stojkov Printing House, Novi Sad, Serbia
1994 Poster Biennial, Mexico
1994,1996,1998,2002 – Graphic Biennial, Brno, Czech Republic
2003, 2004, 2005 – Exhibition of contemporary Artists of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
2003 Aranyrajzszög /Golden drawing-pin Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2005 MPT/Hungarian Poster Association Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Attila József jubilee –MPT Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Színyei Merse Pál Association Exhibition, Lendava, Slovenia
2006 Béla Bartók jubilee – MPT Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2006, 2007, 2008,2009 - Svetionik, Colony of Artists, Begec, Novi Sad, Serbia
2006 “1956” – MPT Exhibition, Budapest, Warsawa, Prague,
2007 Exhibition of Hungarian Poster Designers in Vojvodina, Subotica, Serbia
2007 Climate problems - Exhibition at the Parliament, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Színyei Merse Pál Association - Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Homage a Kuno Klebersberg - Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2007, 2008, 2009 - Gallery Nador, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Színyei Merse Pál Association - Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Craft and Design – Budapest, Hungary
2009 World of Posters, Poster Museum, Árhus, Denmark
2009 Masterpieces – socio political posters, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 Space and Planet – Budapest, Hungary
2010 Creations – Gallery Nador, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Poster Pécs 2010, Pécs, Hungary
2010 Chopin and Liszt – Polish Institut, Budapest, Hungary
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