Matko Trebotić (photo by Matko Biljak)
Matko Trebotić (photo by Matko Biljak)
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Split City Museum, photo by Zlatko Sunko, courtesy of the Split City Museum
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Split City Museum, photo by Zlatko Sunko, courtesy of the Split City Museum
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Split City Museum, photo by Zlatko Sunko, courtesy of the Split City Museum
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Split City Museum, photo by Zlatko Sunko, courtesy of the Split City Museum
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Split City Museum, photo by Zlatko Sunko, courtesy of the Split City Museum
Matko Trebotić in Studio 21 (photo by Zlatko Sunko)
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Studio 21 (photo by Zlatko Sunko)
Matko Trebotić's exhibition in Split City Museum, photo by Zlatko Sunko, courtesy of the Split City Museum

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Matko Trebotić has developed a rich artistic career, taking part in more than 150 solo exhibitions and 300 group exhibitions all over the world.

His oeuvre of paintings, drawings, and graphics have given him the reputation as one of Croatia’s most renowned artist.

He has received many awards for his work, including the that of the Split Salon (1974), Zagreb Exhibition of Southern Graphics (1976, 1980), Vladimir Nazor (1990), Split City Award (1991), Order of Danica Hrvatska (1996), Seoul Space Grand Prize (2002), Split-Dalmatia County Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the City of Split (2009), among others.

In 2020, Trebotić was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Split for his contribution to Croatian art. He is also an honorary member and golden donor of the Rotary Club of Split.

Matko Trebotić continues to live and work in Split, Croatia. His diverse career spans architecture, visual arts, and collaborations with writers and poets, establishing him as a significant figure in Croatian art.

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What the Critics Say

Awakening one’s curiosity

In his work, harmony, clarity, orderliness, and classical rhythm seem to yield to curiosity, exploration, immersion in both depth and breadth, and to a spontaneous and deeply rooted naïveté inherent in the human spirit.

Duško Kečkemet, art historian

Translated from:
Duško Kečkemet, “Tradicija i simbolika na slikama Matka Treobitića” (1976), Trebotić u zrcalu kritike (Zagreb, Matica Hrvatska, 2008), p. 30.

One of the greatest living Croatian artists

One of the greatest living Croatian artists, Split-based painter, draftsman, printmaker, set designer, and sculptor Matko Trebotić (1935), renowned both within and beyond the borders of Croatia…

Iva Körbler, Nacional.hr

Celebrated Croatian visual artist

The celebrated Croatian visual artist of broad artistic emanations, Matko Trebotić, is mounting his new exhibition of large-format paintings – ‘Reduction of the Sign’ – across two locations in Split.

Siniša Vuković, Slobodna Dalmacija