Tafil Musović
# Tafil Musović

Tafil Musović (born 1950) is a painter who lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands, since 1988. He was born in Yugoslavia, in the province of Kosovo, and lived in Belgrade, the capital, from 1952. In his last years in Yugoslavia, he had an atelier in Zemun until 1988.

## Biography

Musović was born in Mlečane, a village near Mališevo in the province of Kosovo, Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Belgrade (1969–1974), where he also did his postgraduate studies (1977–1979).

He won the Prize for the Best Drawings on the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, 1970, and the Prize for the best exhibition of 1997 in Belgrade, given by TV/Radio Studio B. Basisstipendium - Fonds voor Beeldende kunsten, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008

## Art

Tafil Musović appeared on the art scene at the time of change styling concepts in fine art from figuration to expression of new wave at the beginning of the 1980s. But first appearances showed a distinct authorial personality that is imposed not only in the professional community but also the wider population of art devotee. After moving to Amsterdam, basically kept constructed visual language, but it has completed the European and specific Dutch painting tradition that is well understood and creatively absorbed in his work. Today Musović is remained committed to figuratives and portraits, but now with an in-depth review dimensions of artistic tradition.

## Exhibitions (solo)

* 1977 Galerija grafickog kolektiva, Belgrade
* 1978 National Museum, Leskovac
* 1979 Galerija Doma omladine, Belgrade
* 1982 Galerija Kolarcevog narodnog univerziteta, Belgrade
* 1982 Galerija Kolarcevog narodnog univerziteta, Belgrade
* 1984 Galerija Studentskog kulturnog centra, Belgrade
* 1986 Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade
* 1987 Happy Gallery, Belgrade
* 1992 Galerie de Blauwe Leuning, The Hague
* 1995 Galerie de Schone Kunsten, Haarlem
* 1995 Galerie de Blauwe Leuning, The Hague
* 1997 Galerie de Schone Kunsten, Haarlem
* 1997 Galerija ULUS, Belgrade
* 1998 Galerie de Blauwe Leuning, The Hague
* 1998 Galerija Fakulteta likovnih umetnosti, Belgrade
* 1999 De Annex, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam
* 2001 Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam
* 2002 Galerie Jacoba Wijk, Groningen
* 2003 Wendingen, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam
* 2003 Galerija grafickog kolektiva, Belgrade
* 2005 RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden
* 2005 RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden
* 2006 RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden
* 2007 Galerie 59, van Eeghenstraat 59-1, Amsterdam
* 2008 RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden
* 2008 Galerija grafickog kolektiva, Belgrade
* 2008 Art Pavillon “Cvijeta Zuzoric”, Retrospective 1978 - 2008, Belgrade
* 2009 Ververs modern art gallery, Amsterdam
* 2009 Centre culturel de Serbie, Paris
* 2010 Galerija grafickog kolektiva, Belgrade
