Miroslav Gerencer Gero was born on the 13th of November 1948 in Osijek, Croatia. He is a freelance artist, who has been engaged in cartoon for more than twenty years. He is a member of the Croatian Cartoonist Association and European FECO and a regular contributor to Croatian puzzle-writing magazines “Feniks” and “Skandi Feniks”. Also, he publish his works in Swiss humour magazine "Nebelspalter".
He took part in various group-shows in Croatia and abroad (Ancona, Cuneo, Foligno, Marostica, Tolentino, and Vercelli in Italy; Boom, Beshout, Knnoke-Heist, Kruishoutem, Bree and Olen in Belgium; Lisabon in Portugal; Berlin in Germany; Feldkirchen in Austria; Istanbul and Ankara in Turkey; Nicosia in Cyprus; Teheran in Iran; Haifa in Israel; Legnica in Poland; Skopje in Macedonia; Gabrovo in Bulgaria; Seoul and Taejon in Korea; Omiya, Okhotsk and Tokyo in Japan; Taipei in Taiwan; Cordoba in Argentina; etc.)

ONE-MAN-SHOWS

  1. Caffe Gallery “Amadeus” 1988-1989 - Osijek, Croatia
  2. Art Gallery – Osijek, Croatia 1992.
  3. Gallery Belisce, Croatia 1993.
  4. Show rooms “Podravka” Koprivnica, Croatia, 1994.
  5. Croatian National Theatre – Osijek, Croatia 1997.
  6. Caffe Gallery – Osijek, Croatia 1998.

AWARDS

  1. Special prize, Anglet (France) 1992.
  2. Honorable mention, Tolentino (Italy) 1993.
  3. Silver plaquette, Ancona (Italy) 1993.
  4. Fifth prize, Taejon (Korea) 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.
  5. Silver prize, Taejon (Korea) 1995.
  6. Honorable mention, Seoul, (Korea) 1995.
  7. Special prize, Bjelovar (Croatia) 1995.
  8. Honorable mention, Okhotsk (Japan) 1996.
  9. Third prize, Skopje (Macedonia) 1996.
  10. First prize, “Difeca” 97- Seoul, (Korea) 1997.
  11. Special prize, Omiya (Japan) 1997.
  12. Fourth prize, Skopje (Macedonia) 1998.
  13. Special prize of magazine “Football”, Zagreb (Croatia) 1998.
  14. Honorable mention, Foligno (Italy) 1998.
  15. Honorable mention, Torino (Italy) 1998.
  16. Excellent prize, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Tokyo (Japan) 1998.
  17. Special prize, Taipei (Taiwan) 1999.
  18. Third prize, Sv. Ivan Zelina (Croatia) 1999.
  19. Special prize, Tolentino (Italy) 1999.
  20. Special prize, Nicosia (Cyprus) 1999.
  21. Second prize, Haifa (Israel) 2000.
  22. Second prize, Slavonski Brod (Croatia) 2001.
  23. Achievement Award, Daejeon (Korea) 2001.
  24. Honor prize, Free Cartoon Web (China) 2002.
  25. Honor prize, Wolfsberg (Austria) 2002.
  26. Bronze prize, Daejeon (Korea) 2002.
  27. Mention of Honour, Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2002.
  28. Fifth prize, Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2002.
  29. Prize of Honor, Nicosia (Cyprus) 2002.

His book of portrait caricature “Face next to face” was published in 1995.