Fedor Fedja Soretic
BIOGRAPHY
| 1930 | Born on January 27th (St.Sava’s Day) in Novi Sad | |
| 1948 | Enrolled at the Academy of Visual Arts | |
| 1953 | Graduated in the class of Professor Nedeljko Gvozdenovic | |
| 1954 | Accepted into the membership of VAAS | |
| 1956 | Completed postgraduate studies. Held an individual exhibition in Ruma, followed by another in Sremska Mitrovica. Employed as a teacher of art in elementary school “Ivan Gundulic” in Belgrade. |
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| 1957 | Individual exhibition in Novi Sad, Visual Arts’ Saloon of Youth Tribune. | |
| 1958 | Individual exhibition in New Belgrade. | |
| 1959 | Passed the state qualification exam for secondary school teachers. | |
| 1960 | Individual exhibition at the Gallery of Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade. Elected as assistant for the subject of art at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. | |
| 1961 | Individual exhibitions in Novi Sad and Sremska Mitrovica. | |
| 1962 | Individual exhibition in Belgrade. | |
| 1963 | Individual exhibition at the Gallery of Cultural Centre of Belgrade. | |
| 1964 | Individual exhibitions in Rijeka and Ljubljana. | |
| 1966 | Individual exhibition at the Gallery of Hall of Yugoslav National Army in Belgrade. | |
| 1967 | Owing to the theoretical study “Drawing as a way of expression and communication” and the individual exhibition held at the Gallery of Hall of Yugoslav National Army in Belgrade, nominated assistant professor. | |
| 1970 | Individual exhibition in Sombor. | |
| 1973 | Individual exhibition at the Gallery of Hall of Yugoslav National Army in Belgrade. | |
| 1974 | Retrospective exhibition at the Gallery of Matica Srpska in Novi Sad, organized by the Gallery of Contemporary Visual Arts in Novi Sad. | |
| 1979 | Elected as associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. | |
| 1983 | Individual exhibition in Dubrovnik. | |
| 1987 | Elected as full professor for the subject of art at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade. | |
| 1988 | Exhibition “The Four Seasons” in Belgrade. | |
| 1992 | Exhibition of watercolor paintings of Hilandar monastery at the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade, followed by the same exhibition in the Cultural Centre of Yugoslavia in New York. Leaves for USA. | |
| In USA | ||
| 1992 | Exhibition of watercolor paintings of Hilandar monastery at the Church of St.Luke Washington , USA | |
| Church of St. Stefan – Columbus, OH, USA | ||
| School of Architecture, University of Mariland, SAD | ||
| Serbian Heritage Museum, Windzor, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Ohio State University, Slavic Conference, Columbus, OH, USA | ||
| Exhibition, Oskar Galery, Washinton, USA | ||
| 1993 | School of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Oregon | |
| Raphael Interior Designers, Bethesda, MD, USA | ||
| Serbian Heritage Academy, Toronto, Canada | ||
| 2006 | Exhibition of watercolor paintings of Hilandar monastery at the Embassy of The Republic of Serbia, USA |
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| Fedja parcipitated in many exhibitions in USA | ||
| 2000 – 2003 | Marlboro Gallery, PG College, MD | |
| 1996 – 2006 | Frank Gallery, Shepherd College, WV | |
| 2010 | Paviljon Cvijeta Zuzoriċ, Belgrade | |