Biography

BorasMill Boras was born in Klobuk – Ljubuški, BiH.
He lives and works in Zagreb where he lives with his wife and three children.

He started as a the self-taught artist 1979, in Mostar.
He educated in Klobuk, Mostar and Zagreb. Mill Boras is an active member of Croatian Association of Artists since 2000.
His areas of interest painting, sculpture, graphics – classic and contemporary graphics, installation, conceptual art, land art, writing songs and novella, and short critical texts.
He leads art studio and galerija moja, gallery of contemporary art for personal use.
He thinks that the most important thing in art is talent, endless work, focus to create,  and most of all experimenting with the inevitable improvisation. Particularly important for the artist keeps questioning, deep thinking, staring out the window, watching the world and people with eyes opened, but with distancing everything and all at a decent distance, like Nietzsche said: Run, my friend, to your lonelyness, far from noise and yelling! There you will find what's really worthy. He exhibited at thirty individual and in many group exhibitions. He is the author of six graphic maps in litography and monotiphy technique, few little public sculptures, and winner of two important awards for his artistic creativity. There are many pictures and other art creations you can find in private and public colections.

Exhibition:

  • 1983. - Mostar, 'Roznamedžijina džamija'' gallery
  • 1985. - Mostar, The critics had chosen 1+1, 'Roznamedžijina džamija'' gallery
  • 1986. - Ljubuški, ''Bigeste '' gallery
  • 1986. - Klobuk, 24 stained-glass windows for the county church
  • 1987. - Rijeka, Gallery of Contemporary Arts
  • 1987. - Belišće, ''Belišće'' gallery
  • 1987. - Ljubuški, ''Bigeste'' gallery
  • 1991. - Metković,  Culture Center gallery
  • 1992. - Zagreb, ''Faust'' gallery
  • 1992. - Zagreb, European Center
  • 1992. - Zagreb, Splitska banka gallery
  • 1993. - Zagreb, Museum of Arts and Crafts
  • 1993. - Zagreb, "Galerija nova"
  • 1994. - Šibenik, The Šibenik City Museum
  • 1996. - Zagreb, MGC Klovićevi dvori, Fortezza gallery
  • 1997. - Osijek, Club gallery ''Magis''
  • 1997. - Osijek, Club gallery ''Magis''
  • 1999. - Zagreb, The City Gallery
  • 2000. - Ljubljana, S.M.Gallery
  • 2000. - 2011. - Zagreb ,"Galerija moja" , permanent exhibitions
  • 2012., Makarska,  Summer of Makarska, "Antun Gojak" town gallery - Exhibition "Waterfalls".

 

Group exhibitions:

  • 1987. - New York, USA
  • 1987. - Rijeka
  • 1991. - Metković
  • 1992. - Zagreb, XXIII. Youth Salon
  • 1992. - Zagreb, "Galerija nova"
  • 1990. - 1997. - Participated in numerous charity exhibitions
  • 1997. - Ljubljana, Joined other Croatian artists in many exhibitions throughout Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in Paris, Vienna, Nice, Rome, Lisboa, Munich, Sarajevo, Los Angeles and Colorado Springs.  

About thousand and a half of his art works are now members of private collections as well as in corporate collections throughout Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, including some of the neighbouring countries, and also in the USA, Argentina, Sweden and Canada.   

Approximately, fifty of his pieces are members of "Majka" (Mother) Collection of the Monastery of Friars minor in in Humac.

 

Graphic maps:

  • 1993 - 1994. - ''Veronikin rubac'', (Veronica's Veil) 10 litographies in colour, published by ASBOR art, now in MGC "Klovićevi dvori", Zagreb
  • 1997. - ''Kovanice'', (Coins), 18 litographies in colour, in collaboration with Kuzma Kovačić
  • 1997. - 1998. - "Kava", (Coffee), litography map
  • 1998. - ''Zagrebografije''
  • 1999. - ''Moja zemlja (tlo)'' (My country (ground)"
  • 2011. - Zagreb, Svjetska banka (World Bank), "The Office Gallery-Millenium Development Goals"

Public sculptures:

  • 1979. - 1990. - Ruže kamena, (Stone roses), Western Herzegovina,(Land Art),
  • 1996. - Skulptura orla,(Eagle sculpture), the official mascote of the insurance company EUROHERC osiguranje d.d.

 

Important awards:

  • 1983. - Mostar, The best debut show
  • 1987. - Ljubljana, Skulptura v imidžu savremene firme, Second prize for sculpture.