Assistant professor
PhD Andrej Josifovski [6.10.1990.] after completing his undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade [2012], completed his master’s academic studies [2014], and then obtained his doctorate at the same faculty [2021]. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, at the Department of Architectural Technologies.
He has painted a large number of murals, conducted numerous performances, sculptures, and installations in the country and abroad, and his work has been covered in various eminent world media outlets for street art. He has exhibited at twenty-nine group and six solo exhibitions, among which “Face au mur,” organized at the Cultural Center of Serbia in Paris / Centre culturel de Serbie, the Venice Architecture Biennale, where he presented his work “Golden Dumpster”, the solo exhibition “Pianist – Five Years on the Street” at the Student Cultural Center in Belgrade, where his eponymous monograph was also presented, and the solo exhibition “Angels of Darkness” at the renowned “HAOS” gallery in Belgrade. He also presented a solo exhibition marking the tenth anniversary of his street-based artistic practice, at which he introduced his new book, Pijanist – Previously Known to the Police.
One of his artistic works was included in the “Memory of the City” project, and his other works have been published in more than fifteen books, catalogs, and magazines, of which the most significant are “Europe street art & graffiti” and “Street art contexte(s)” both published by the French publishing house Editions Gallimard.
He received an award at the 43rd Architecture Salon in Belgrade in the field of experimentation and research for the realized work “SAVE OUR HOME” and at the 45th Architecture Salon for the realized work “This WASTE is NOT a TOY,” while at the 46th Architecture Salon, he was awarded the Salon’s Commendation for the realized work “Map scale’s Lullaby” in the same category.
At the 6th Balkan Architectural Biennale, he received an award for the project “ECO figure”.
He received a Special Award for the best response to the theme of ULUPUDS’s 57th May Exhibition, Na(ј)zad u sadašnjost (Back to the Present at Last), as well as a Commendation from ULUS for one of the association’s best realized works of 2024.
The Association of Belgrade Architects awarded him the prize for Architectural Event of the Year.
As part of the author’s team, he won second place for the project representing the Republic of Serbia at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2020.
He is the founder and artistic director of the International Runaway Street Art Festival and the Runaway Foundation, which aims to promote culture and the arts.
He has exhibited three times at the prestigious “Arte Laguna Prize” exhibition in Venice.
He received the Artistic Achievement of the Year award in Brussels from “Emerging Europe” in the “People – Art Project” category for the realized work “SAVE OUR HOME.”
He received the “GREEN LEAF” award for artistic approaches to popularizing environmental protection in the largest, oldest, and most famous ecological action in Serbia “We are looking for polluter of the year and environmental protectors.”
He received a special recognition at the 18th “Artzept Design Award” competition for his project “The Hand of the Creator.”
He received the “TOP 50 – Best Internet Content” award for his Instagram profile.
As part of the author’s team, he represented the Republic of Serbia at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale as part of the exhibition “Free School is Free Space.”
He received the “FRESH TALENT” award for murals painted on the Ostruznica Bridge in Belgrade.
He received the first prize “YOUTH HERO” in the field of arts and culture.
He was proclaimed one of the “twenty magnificents” who marked the year 2018 in Serbia and the region.
His works are included in two art collections.
He is a member of the Engineering Chamber of Serbia and holds a license as a responsible designer [300P90518] and a responsible contractor [400L10818].
He is a member of ULUS (Association of Fine Artists of Serbia) and ULUPUDS (Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia).
For the 19th edition of the “Arte Laguna Prize” in Venice, he was appointed Ambassador for this part of Europe.
He holds the title of IRONMAN in the most demanding sport discipline in the world, which takes place in one day [ultra triathlon].
