| Petar Meseldzija was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Serbia in 1965.
His career started in ' 81, with the publishing of comic Krampi in Stripoteka, one of the best known comic magazines in the country. It was followed by the series of short comics and the work on the licensed comic Tarzan. He graduated in the painting department of Art Academy in Novi Sad. During his studies, he continued his work on comics, but also started to do illustration. In ' 91 he illustrated his first book called "Peter Enkorak" published by Mladinska Knjiga from Slovenia. At the beginning of the nineties he moved to the Netherlands. He drew his last comic page in ' 92, and after that he dedicated himself to the illustration and painting. During the nineties he designed and painted about 120 posters, prints and greeting cards, mostly for " Verkerke Reproducties ", Dutch poster company. For Grimm Press, a publisher from Taiwan, he illustrated " King Arthur and the knights of the round table ". He had his first solo exhibition of illustrations and paintings in ' 98, in " Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery " in Amsterdam. From ' 83 Petar has exhibited his work many times together with other artists in Yugoslavia, the Netherlands and the U.S.. Among many awards which he received for his, mostly illustration work, are: " Plaque The International Golden pen of Belgrade ' 94", Yugoslavia; two Silver Awards from " Spectrum 4 and Spectrum 10 - The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art ", U.S.; the " Art Show Judges' Choice Award - 59th World Science Fiction Convention, Philadelphia, U.S.. His original work is to be found in the private collections in Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Germany and the U.S.. |
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