Toni Franović - Biography
Exhibitions of the artist:
Toni Franović was born in Zagreb on April 15th, 1964. He is a
graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he studied
under professor Vasilije Jordan. In 1992/93 he joined the Fine
Arts Project in Arad, Israel. During the academic year of 1994/95
he was an artist in residence at Kresge Academic Center, American
University in Washington D.C. From 1995 to 2004 he worked
as an assistant professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, University
of Zagreb. During that period he was the head of drawing and
painting field work at the same Academy of Fine Arts (Legrad,
Brač, Hvar, Mljet...).
He is a fine arts consultant of the Center for Jewish Culture and
Creativity of Los Angeles since 1992, as well as the center’s representative
for Europe. He is affiliated with Judaica Project Foundation,
Washington D.C., since 2000.
His works are found in public and private art collections in Europe
and the United States including the U.S. Department of State,
World Bank in Washington D.C. and the E.l. Ritz Collection in
Milwaukee. Numerous public buildings have his applied art design,
such as Ohr Kodesh Synagogue and Chapel and Oxnam
Church, Greater Washington Area, and Central Department Store
‘Nama’ and JCC Building in Zagreb, Croatia.


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