Peruzović Hrvoje Marko – ArborVitae

He was born in 1971 in Zagreb. He finished the graphic department of the School of Applied Arts and Design in Split, and then studied painting, graduating in 1995 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, in the class of Prof. Đuro Seder. He is a painter, graphic artist, illustrator, sculptor, and photographer, and the technique he uses most is acrylic on canvas. He paints various themes, but the most frequent theme that runs through all his works is the human body. His works are part of several museum and private collections. He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions and presented around 30 solo exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. He has led art workshops and participated in many art colonies and symposia. He has studied in Paris, Milan, Venice, and Vienna. He has created numerous works of sacred themes: the Stations of the Cross in Solin, an altarpiece and the Stations of the Cross in Dubrovnik, and a mosaic on the facade of the church in Zagvozd. He writes poetry, aphorisms, and short essays in the field of visual arts. For a long time, he has been publishing them on Facebook with the aim of nurturing and affirming literature on social networks. He received the Post Scriptum award for literature on social networks in 2016. This award led him to his poetic debut “We Must Love Someone (both on the web and on earth)”. He is a member of HZSU, HULU, and HULULK.