Mile V. Pajić

Mile V. Pajić
Миле В. Пајић
Born1958 (age 66–67)
Šabac, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Notable workTreasury of Serbian Spirituality
StyleVisual

Mile V. Pajić (Serbian: Миле В. Пајић) (born 1958) is a Serbian visual artist, cultural activist, scientist, and researcher. He is the author of various monographs which focus on cultural and ecclesiastical heritage. Pajić also works in publishing and holds administrative roles within various Serbian cultural institutions, including the "Treasure of Serbian Spirituality" (Serbian: Riznica srpske duhovnosti) in Belgrade. Pajić served as the vice president for culture of the Dositej Obradović Endowment.

Pajić currently lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia.

Career

Artistic work

Pajić's influences in drawing, painting, and watercolour include the Christian Balkan art tradition, French Impressionism, and Russian traditional paintings from the second half of the 19th century originating from the Peredvizhniki movement. His work is represented in the monograph "Russian-Serbian Painting", published in Russia in 2014.[1]

Cultural work

Pajić's cultural work focuses on the preservation and reassertion of Serbian cultural heritage, emphasizing aesthetics rooted in the Middle Ages and influenced by the Byzantine civilization. His research led to the conception of the project "Treasury of Serbian Spirituality" in the mid-1990s, which aimed to present this heritage through spiritual, cultural, and state-building history. Based on this project, he was one of the founders and served as the editor-in-chief of the eponymous NGO and publishing house.[2]

He is also a co-founder of the Dositej Obradović Foundation in Belgrade, where he serves as an official in its policy bodies.

He serves as the vice-president for cultural affairs of the Society of Friends of the Monastery of St. Nicholas, Kuršumlija, located in Soko Grad near Ljubovija.

In 2007, Pajić received the Golden Badge from the Cultural and Educational Association of Serbia.[1]

Exhibitions

Solo

  • Hilandar Monastery, Serbian Imperial Lavra ('Sveti manastir Hilandar, srpska carska lavra'), St. Nikolaj Srpski, 2004; Šabac, 2005; Obrenovac, 2005; Ministry of Diaspora, Belgrade, 2005; Institute for the Study of Cultural Development of Serbia, Belgrade, 2014.
  • Shrines of the Serbian people ('Svetinje srpskog naroda'), Belgrade International Book Fair, Belgrade, 2009.[3]
  • Watercolor Belgrade ('Beograd u akvarelu'), Đura Jakšić House, Belgrade, 2016.
  • Belgrade, An Utopian City ('Beograd, utopijski grad'), Institute for the Study of Cultural Development of Serbia, Belgrade, 2016.[4]

Group

  • Gallery 73, Belgrade, 2012.
  • Ikar Gallery at the Air Force Cultural Center, Zemun, 2013.
  • Institute for the Study of Cultural Development, Belgrade, 2013.
  • Đura Jakšić House Gallery, Belgrade, 2013.
  • Student Cultural Center, New Belgrade, Gallery 73, Belgrade, as part of the thematic exhibition "1700 Years of the Edict of Milan" within the Belgrade–Požarevac–Trstenik–Niš tour, 2013.

Book illustrations

  • "Treasury of Serbian Spirituality" ('Riznica srpske duhovnosti') in six monographs, by Mile V. Pajić.[5]
  • "The Road to Light" ('Put u svetlost'), a poem by Hadži Peter Solar.

Monographs (texts and paintings)

  • Hilandar Monastery, Serbian Imperial Lavra ('Sveti manastir Hilandar, srpska carska lavra'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2005, 2009; editions in Serbian, Russian, English and German, Riznica srpske duhovnosti and Službeni glasnik, Belgrade, 2015.[6]
  • The shrines of old Raška, Nemanjides endowment ('Svetinje stare Raške, zadužbine Nemanjića'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009.
  • The Shrines of Medieval Serbia, The Legacy of the Christian Orient ('Svetinje srednjovekovne Srbije, nasleđe hrišćanskog Orijenta'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009.
  • Shrines of Moravian Serbia, Treasuries of Nemanjides Legacies ('Svetinje moravske Srbije, riznice zaveštanja Nemanjića'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009.
  • Shrines of the Serbian People, monasteries at the Intersection of East and West ('Svetinje srpskog naroda, manastiri na razmeđu Istoka i Zapada'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009.
  • Shrines of restored Serbia, Saint Savva's spirituality for the future of the Serbian people ('Svetinje obnovljene Srbije, svetosavlje za budućnost srpskog naroda'), Riznica srpske duhovnosti, Belgrade, 2009.

Essays

References

  1. ^ a b "Mile V. Pajić". Rastko Project. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Treasury of Serbian Spirituality" presented, Radio-Television of Republika Srpska, Banja Luka, 5 August 2009. (Serbian)
  3. ^ "Svetinje stare Raske". Good Reads. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Миле В. Пајић, Београд – утопијски град" (in Serbian). 21 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  5. ^ Treasury of Serbian Spirituality has been published, Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, 26 March 2009.
  6. ^ Exhibition opening: Hilandar by Mile V. Pajić, Institute for the study of cultural development, Belgrade, 23 April 2013. (Serbian)
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