Prof. Milan Erič

• 1979: graduated from the Department of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, in the year of prof. Janez Bernik.
• 1980: received the Prešeren Student Prize for drawing.
• 1981: completed the painting specialised program at UL ALUO
• After graduating, he engaged in painting, animated films, and illustration. He has been presenting his paintings and drawings in solo and group exhibitions since 1980 in Slovenia and abroad.
• 1981: He participated in the exhibitions “Images-Images” in the gallery Loža in Koper, curated by Andrej Medved.
• 1981–1982: attended the study of graphic specialisation in the year of prof. Bogdan Borčič.
• During this time, he and the academic painter Zvonko Čoh made the animated film “Poskušaj migati 2x (Try to Move 2x)”.
• 1982: He participated in the exhibition “Yugoslav and Italian New Image” also in the Loža Gallery.
• 1983: He received the “Zlata ptica (Golden Bird)” award from the weekly Mladina for the animated film “Poskušaj migati 2x (Try to Move 2x)” (together with Zvone Čoh).
• 1986: He completed his doctoral dissertation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, and in the same year he was employed at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology as a lecturer for the subject Drawing at the Department of Fashion Design.
• 1988: He received the Zupančič Award (together with Zvone Čoh) for the animated film “Poskušaj migati 2x (Try to Move 2x)”. Also a recipient of the Stuttgart International Festival Award.
• 1988–1990: He was intensively involved in newspaper illustration for the weekly Mladina and book illustration for the Mladinska knjiga publishing house.
• 1994: He worked in the Department of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana as a professor of Drawing and Painting.
• In 1995–1998, the animated cartoon “Socializacija bika (Socialisation of the Bull)” was made, co-authored with the academic painter Zvone Čoh (completed in 1998).
• 1998: received the Grand Prix at the Slovenian Film Festival for the animated cartoon “Socializacija bika (Socialisation of the Bull)”.
• 2000: received the Prešeren Fund Award for the animated cartoon “Socializacija bika (Socialisation of the Bull)”.
• 2001: Received the Humour Award at the Stuttgart Animated Film Festival.
• 2001: Received the Humour Award at the Stuttgart Animated Film Festival.
• 2006: received the Hinko Smrekar plaque at the 9th. Slovenian Biennial of Illustration
• 2014: Review exhibition in the City Gallery in Ljubljana.
• 2019: received the Hinko Smrekar award on the 13th. Biennial of Slovenian Illustration.
• 2019: received the Rihard Jakopič Lifetime Achievement Award and, together with Zvonko Čoh, the award of the Association of Slovenian Animated Filmmakers.

Milan Erič is a member of the Association of Slovenian Fine Artists.