Zvest Apollonio
Zvest Apollonio (15 May 1935, in Capodistria – 25 March 2009, in Bertoki) was a Slovenian painter and scenographer.
Zvest Apollonio
- Name
- Apollonio Zvest
- Born
- 15 May 1935
- Birthplace
- Capodistria
- Died
- 25 March 2009
- Place of death
- Bertoki
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Free Territory of Trieste
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · illustrator · designer
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Prešeren Fund Awards · Jakopič Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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Zvest Apollonio (15 May 1935, in Capodistria – 25 March 2009, in Bertoki) was a Slovenian painter and scenographer.
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Zvest Apollonio (1935–2009) was a designer, illustrator and painter, among other activities and a national of the Free Territory of Trieste and Slovenia. Born in Koper, the designer died in Bertoki.
Zvest Apollonio studied at University of Ljubljana. The designer worked for University of Ljubljana. Zvest Apollonio was active in painting.
Languages used include Slovene. The designer received Jakopič Award and Prešeren Fund Awards.
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• Name — Apollonio Zvest • Born — 15 May 1935 • Birthplace — Capodistria • Died — 25 March 2009 • Place of death — Bertoki • Field — Painting
Biography
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Apollonio was born of an Italian father and a Slovenian mother and grew up bilingually. He entered the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts in 1960 where he studied under Gabrijel Stupica. He was a professor at the graphic arts department at the Academy from 1973 to 1989. He was also head of the graphics department and Associate Dean for four years. He is considered one of the most important Slovenian artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and was a recipient in 1984 of the Jakopič Award, the highest award for the arts in Slovenia. In 2003 he received the Istrian Arts Award "for special achievements in shaping, researching and preserving the cultural identity of Istria." Apollonio worked in various mediums, including painting, graphics, sculpture, drawing, illustration, art equipment, mosaics and scenery. He has held over 40 solo exhibitions in galleries in Slovenia and around the world. He has also participated in many group exhibitions and international shows. He has won more than 30 national and international awards.
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Zvest Apollonio is recorded as having received Prešeren Fund Awards and Jakopič Award.
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1935
Zvest Apollonio was born in 1935 at Koper.
2009
Zvest Apollonio died in 2009 at Bertoki.
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