Violence, repression, manipulation; the uncomfortable realities of contemporary life are exposed in Mihael Milunović’s enticing creations.
Born in Belgrade in 1967, Milunović grew up in an artistic family environment. Both his father and grandfather were well-known Serbian artists and his mother is a renowned Croatian sculptor. Milunović’s early experiences playing in his parents’ studio, his interest in geography and machinery, or paintings by the likes of Titian, Velazquez or De Chiricio would all have a lasting effect on his work.
Milunović attended the Belgrade Faculty of Fine Arts, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he studied in the classes of professors Vladimir Veličković, Marina Abramović and Tony Brown, among others. Remarked, he became the Laureate
of the Foundation Renoir (worked and lived in Pierre-August Renoir’s atelier).
His work encompasses a wide range of disciplines, from painting, drawing, photography and video artworks through to large-scale sculptures and installations.
By decontextualizing everyday objects, symbols or situations, Milunović provokes unease in the observer, a blend of alienation and curiosity.
Since the mid 90s, Milunović has participated in numerous exhibitions across Europe.
His works are featured in prestigious museum collections including:
MUMOK –Ludwig Museum, Vienna; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Coleccion Solo, Madrid; Deji Museum, Nanjing; Collection Moet & Chandon / LVMH, France; National
Gallery of Bulgaria, Collection Wiener Städtische, Austria; Palazzo Forti, Verona; Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne etc.
As of September 2025, Mihael Milunović has presented 56 solo exhibitions worldwide, including 5 individual museum shows, and has participated in 84 group exhibitions, among them 23 museum group shows.
His work has been featured in curated exhibitions alongside renowned artists such as Herman Nitsch, Jan Fabre, Dennis Oppenheim, Ilya Kabakov, Roman Opalka, Park Seo-Bo, Mounir Fatmi, Barthélémy Toguo, Tony Cragg, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Wim Delvoye, Shigeru Ban, Neo Rauch, Gérard Garouste, Marina Abramović, Pedro Cabrita Reis,William
Kentridge, Sean Scully, Kiki Smith, Sophie Calle, Jasper Johns, Morris Louis, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Franz West, Tom Wesselmann, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, among others.
Additionally, he has collaborated with Manuel Ocampo in a joint exhibition and with Tilo Baumgärtel at Museum Kampa in Prague.
He lives and works between Paris and Belgrade.
Collections
MUMOK - Museum Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Musee d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Etienne, France
National Gallery of Bulgaria, Sofia
Deji Museum, Nanjing, China
Coleccion Solo, Madrid, Spain
Collection Moet & Chandon/ LVMH, Epernay / Paris, France
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
City Museum of Belgrade, Serbia
Collection Wiener Städtische, Austria
Collection Siemens AG, Vienna, Austria
Sammlung Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria
Collection Leube, Salzburg, Austria
Collection Telenor, Oslo, Norway
Collection Renoir, Paris, France
Collection Maya Picasso, Paris, France
Collection Barzai-Hollander, Brussels, Belgium
Boghossian Foundation, Belgium
Collection Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Collection Azraq, Marrakech, Morocco
Collection Wiener Städtische, Belgrade, Serbia
Collection Our, Prague, Czech Republic
Collection Langhans, Prague, Czech Republic
Collection HAB, Budapest, Hungary
Fondation L’Accolade – Institut de France, Paris, France
Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovakia
MBH Bank Gyűjtemény / MBH Bank Collection,
Budapest, Hungary
As well as in many other private and public art collections around the world.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Legat, Belgrade, Serbia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Salon, Belgrade,Serbia
Kampa Museum ( with Tilo Baumgärtel), Prague, Cz
Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy
Fondation Valpalou, Lleida, Spain
Museum Quartier, MQ 21, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Städtische Collection, Vienna, Austria
Individual exhibitions
Gallery Wilde/Guy Baertschi, Geneva, Switzerland
Gallery Piece Unique, Paris, France
Gallery Changing Role, Naples, Italy
Gallery Georges Verney Carron, Lyon, France
Gallery Alpha Delta ( with Manuel Ocampo), Athens, Greece
Gallery Sechzig, Feldkirch, Austria
Gallery Steinhauser, Bratislava, Slovakia
Gallery Langhans, Prague, Czech Republic
Gallery Xvitamin, Belgrade, Serbia
Gallery Rima, Belgrade, Serbia
Gallery Haos, Belgrade, Serbia
Voice Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco
Among many others
MUMOK - Ludwig Museum, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
China Art Museum, Shanghai, China
MAC Lyon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
National Gallery of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Etienne, France
Museum of d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne, France
Fundación Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain
Coleccion Solo, Madrid, Spain
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Gebäude Secession, Vienna, Austria
Esterhazy Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria
Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium
Palazzo d’Arte Napoli, Naples, Italy
Musee d’Art Modeste, Sete, France
Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovakia
HAB, Budapest, Hungary
Among others
Awards
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Likovna Jesen”, Biennale, Sombor, Serbia
2018 Prix Foundations Roux & Tronchet de l‘Academie de France.
Awarded by the French Academy of Art and Science for recognizing outstanding artists, Paris, France
2008 Prix Antoine Marin, Arcueil, France
1997 Lauréat P.A. Renoir Foundation Award: Given by the P.A. Renoir Foundation in France to recognize talented and promising artists. Includes a residency in Pierre-Auguste Renoir‘s former studio in Essoyes, France
1994 Nadežda Petrovic Memorial Award:
Given as part of the Nadežda Petrovic Memorial in Serbia, where an artwork by the artist is acquired by the museum for the
permanent collection
Born in Belgrade in 1967, Milunović grew up in an artistic family environment. Both his father and grandfather were well-known Serbian artists and his mother is a renowned Croatian sculptor. Milunović’s early experiences playing in his parents’ studio, his interest in geography and machinery, or paintings by the likes of Titian, Velazquez or De Chiricio would all have a lasting effect on his work.
Milunović attended the Belgrade Faculty of Fine Arts, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he studied in the classes of professors Vladimir Veličković, Marina Abramović and Tony Brown, among others. Remarked, he became the Laureate
of the Foundation Renoir (worked and lived in Pierre-August Renoir’s atelier).
His work encompasses a wide range of disciplines, from painting, drawing, photography and video artworks through to large-scale sculptures and installations.
By decontextualizing everyday objects, symbols or situations, Milunović provokes unease in the observer, a blend of alienation and curiosity.
Since the mid 90s, Milunović has participated in numerous exhibitions across Europe.
His works are featured in prestigious museum collections including:
MUMOK –Ludwig Museum, Vienna; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Coleccion Solo, Madrid; Deji Museum, Nanjing; Collection Moet & Chandon / LVMH, France; National
Gallery of Bulgaria, Collection Wiener Städtische, Austria; Palazzo Forti, Verona; Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne etc.
As of September 2025, Mihael Milunović has presented 56 solo exhibitions worldwide, including 5 individual museum shows, and has participated in 84 group exhibitions, among them 23 museum group shows.
His work has been featured in curated exhibitions alongside renowned artists such as Herman Nitsch, Jan Fabre, Dennis Oppenheim, Ilya Kabakov, Roman Opalka, Park Seo-Bo, Mounir Fatmi, Barthélémy Toguo, Tony Cragg, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Wim Delvoye, Shigeru Ban, Neo Rauch, Gérard Garouste, Marina Abramović, Pedro Cabrita Reis,William
Kentridge, Sean Scully, Kiki Smith, Sophie Calle, Jasper Johns, Morris Louis, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Franz West, Tom Wesselmann, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, among others.
Additionally, he has collaborated with Manuel Ocampo in a joint exhibition and with Tilo Baumgärtel at Museum Kampa in Prague.
He lives and works between Paris and Belgrade.
Collections
MUMOK - Museum Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Musee d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Etienne, France
National Gallery of Bulgaria, Sofia
Deji Museum, Nanjing, China
Coleccion Solo, Madrid, Spain
Collection Moet & Chandon/ LVMH, Epernay / Paris, France
Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
City Museum of Belgrade, Serbia
Collection Wiener Städtische, Austria
Collection Siemens AG, Vienna, Austria
Sammlung Esterhazy, Eisenstadt, Austria
Collection Leube, Salzburg, Austria
Collection Telenor, Oslo, Norway
Collection Renoir, Paris, France
Collection Maya Picasso, Paris, France
Collection Barzai-Hollander, Brussels, Belgium
Boghossian Foundation, Belgium
Collection Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Collection Azraq, Marrakech, Morocco
Collection Wiener Städtische, Belgrade, Serbia
Collection Our, Prague, Czech Republic
Collection Langhans, Prague, Czech Republic
Collection HAB, Budapest, Hungary
Fondation L’Accolade – Institut de France, Paris, France
Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovakia
MBH Bank Gyűjtemény / MBH Bank Collection,
Budapest, Hungary
As well as in many other private and public art collections around the world.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Legat, Belgrade, Serbia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Salon, Belgrade,Serbia
Kampa Museum ( with Tilo Baumgärtel), Prague, Cz
Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy
Fondation Valpalou, Lleida, Spain
Museum Quartier, MQ 21, Vienna, Austria
Wiener Städtische Collection, Vienna, Austria
Individual exhibitions
Gallery Wilde/Guy Baertschi, Geneva, Switzerland
Gallery Piece Unique, Paris, France
Gallery Changing Role, Naples, Italy
Gallery Georges Verney Carron, Lyon, France
Gallery Alpha Delta ( with Manuel Ocampo), Athens, Greece
Gallery Sechzig, Feldkirch, Austria
Gallery Steinhauser, Bratislava, Slovakia
Gallery Langhans, Prague, Czech Republic
Gallery Xvitamin, Belgrade, Serbia
Gallery Rima, Belgrade, Serbia
Gallery Haos, Belgrade, Serbia
Voice Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco
Among many others
MUMOK - Ludwig Museum, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
China Art Museum, Shanghai, China
MAC Lyon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
National Gallery of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
Museum of Modern Art, Saint-Etienne, France
Museum of d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne, France
Fundación Casa de México en España, Madrid, Spain
Coleccion Solo, Madrid, Spain
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Gebäude Secession, Vienna, Austria
Esterhazy Foundation, Eisenstadt, Austria
Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium
Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium
Palazzo d’Arte Napoli, Naples, Italy
Musee d’Art Modeste, Sete, France
Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovakia
HAB, Budapest, Hungary
Among others
Awards
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Likovna Jesen”, Biennale, Sombor, Serbia
2018 Prix Foundations Roux & Tronchet de l‘Academie de France.
Awarded by the French Academy of Art and Science for recognizing outstanding artists, Paris, France
2008 Prix Antoine Marin, Arcueil, France
1997 Lauréat P.A. Renoir Foundation Award: Given by the P.A. Renoir Foundation in France to recognize talented and promising artists. Includes a residency in Pierre-Auguste Renoir‘s former studio in Essoyes, France
1994 Nadežda Petrovic Memorial Award:
Given as part of the Nadežda Petrovic Memorial in Serbia, where an artwork by the artist is acquired by the museum for the
permanent collection
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