Aldemar Ibrahimović

Aldemar Ibrahimović was born on 6 November 1962 in Rožaje, where he completed his primary and secondary education: “Mustafa Pećanin” Primary School and “30 September” Secondary School, humanities and cultural studies track. While still young, he showed an interest in art as one of the founders and members of the editorial board of Mlade ruke (Young Hands), one of the first secondary-school magazines in Montenegro.

He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo in 1981 and, after completing his military service in Travnik, he resumed his studies in 1982, graduating in 1986 in the class of Professor Radoslav Tadić. In 1987, he became a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Montenegro (ULUCG), marking the beginning of his professional exhibition career.

In 1990, he spent two months in Moscow as a scholarship holder of the Yugoslav Fund for the Advancement of Painting “Moša Pijade”, undertaking a period of advanced study. During his career, he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions both at home and abroad. Among other notable achievements, the following should also be mentioned:

“Recent Montenegrin Painting” – curated by Olga Perović, featuring 15 Montenegrin artists. In 2000, the exhibition was presented in three Austrian cities: Vienna, Klagenfurt, and Graz. “Montenegrin Painters” – curated by Prof. Dr. Walter Horn, featuring 15 Montenegrin artists. Throughout 2009, the exhibition was presented in several cities across Austria, including Vienna, Graz, Klagenfurt, and Innsbruck.

Representative of Montenegro at the “Slavjanski Art Festival” in Nice – in 2010, with five paintings selected by the festival organizers.

Selection of 15 Montenegrin artists for a television programme commemorating the 10th anniversary of the restoration of Montenegro’s independence – 2016.

Selection by the French graphic artist and web designer Jean Cuycheminade – in 2016, among five Montenegrin painters whose work and artistic oeuvre were presented alongside those of the great figures of Montenegrin art: Petar Lubarda, Dado Đurić, Vojo Stanić, Mario Maskareli, and Aldemar Ibrahimović.

In 2005, the Cité Internationale des Arts Foundation enabled him to undertake an artist residency in Paris, where he worked in a studio for two months. He enrolled in postgraduate studies in Cetinje in 2011, under the mentorship of Branislav Bane Sekulić. He was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2013.

He has been actively involved in the work of professional and artistic institutions. He was a member of the jury for the “Petar Lubarda” State Award (2018–2022), as well as a member of the Visual Arts Committee of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (2020–2024). In 2022, he served on the jury for the Thirteenth of July Award, Montenegro’s highest state honour. He has been a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (SULU) since 2005, and of the Association of Fine Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ULUBiH) since 2023. To date, he has held more than sixty solo exhibitions and taken part in over one hundred and fifty group exhibitions. He has received numerous awards for his artistic work, the most significant of which include: First Prize at the Spring Art Salon “Sopoćanska viđenja” (Novi Pazar, 1996); the ULUCG “Milunović, Stijović, Lubarda” Award (Podgorica, 1998); the “30 September” Municipal Award (Rožaje, 2000); the “Montenegrin Art Salon” Award for Painting (Cetinje, 2012); and the “Hilmija Ćatović” Award (Podgorica, 2025).

In addition to his artistic work, he has remained continuously devoted to pedagogical work. Since 1987, he has worked as an art teacher in primary schools and in the secondary school in Rožaje. From 2011 to 2019, he was engaged as a visiting professor at the State University in Novi Pazar.