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  • Born in 1963. in Jagodina, near Morava River, Yugoslavia. Town of my life.

  • First artwork exhibited at 16.

  • Then came the guitar.

  • Then came architecture.

  • Technical High School, Building Technician.

  • Dina band.

  • First demo 1988.

  • Festival of acoustic music, Sivac 1988. Best lyrics.

  • National turmoil starts.

  • Dina band metamorphosis.

  • Architectural Faculty, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Graduated 1993.

  • Festival of acoustic music, Sivac 1995. Best lyrics again. Interviewed by a prominent magazine.

  • Out of nowhere came live night partying in the most listened radio programs.

  • A song was aired every Saturday at midnight as a jingle song for a popular radio show for three years.

  • Festival of acoustic music, Jagodina 1995. Third place.

  • New national festival was formed. Song was accepted and predicted to hit the top.

  • Artistic and architectural ideas were boiling.

  • Then came war.

  • Then came Canada.

  • Born Sept. 26. 1995. Vancouver was to be the city of my dreams.

  • Belgrade was ruined. My nameless country was bombed. I prayed for my family and friends. And the rest. God listened for the first part. But not the rest. Rivers were flooding. National turmoil continues.

  • Learnt to speak again.

  • Overcame cultural shock. Nostalgia.

  • Whimsical artifacts exhibited at BC Creative Arts Show – section “Uniquely BC” in summer 1996. Syrup for the child with a cold.

  • Personal turmoil.

  • Then came computer.

  • Moved to New Westminster, to catch the Fraser River.

  • Architectural and Building Technology Diploma Program, BCIT, Burnaby, BC, graduated 2001.

  • Paddle wheeler House, 2000.

  • Award for the final project: BCIT Broadcast Building Renovation and Addition.

  • PBK Architects.

  • Intern Architect with Architectural Institute of British Columbia.

  • Award for a photography diptych from Architectural Institute of British Columbia.

  • Stantec Architecture.

  • Landscapes photography exhibition. Magic Around the Corner.

  • Website as an ultimate creative space.

  • Bought a condo in Surrey, BC, in March 2006. My oasis...

  • This river seams predictable.

 

 

©Art Vrbaski 2006
 "You'll twist your tongue, but you'll find your soul"