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Slobodan Knežević was born in 1948 in Bačko Dobro Polje.

Graduating in fine arts (graphics) in 1977, he completed an MA in 1979 under Professor Marko Krsmanović.  He is a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS) and ULUV. From 1980 he worked at the Novi Sad Academy of Arts where he was appointed professor of graphics with technology and drawing with technology in 1996.

In an artistic career spanning many years, he has held over thirty solo exhibitions of  graphics, drawings, "cartons", sculptures, collages and paintings at home and abroad (Hungary, Switzerland). He has also participated in over three hundred group exhibitions.

Since 1982, he has exhibited at major biennials at home and abroad Zagreb, Berlin, Cracow, Katowice, Catania, Belgrade, Varna, Sofia, Tokyo, Gornji Milanovac, Užice, Łódź, Miskolc...

He has received seventeen awards for his graphics and paintings, of which the most important are: 1995 – The Golden Needle at the 67th ULUS Spring Exhibition, Belgrade; 1996 – The Great Seal of the Graphic Collective, Belgrade; 2005 – The Silver Needle at the International Drypoint Exhibition, Užice; 2012 – First Prize at the Sixth Ex-Yu Graphics Exhibition in Belgrade; 2013 – Medal for Overall Creativity, Vojvodina Cultural Institute.