Alija Kučukalić

Alija Kučukalić was born in Sarajevo in 1937. He graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1965 and completed postgraduate studies at the same academy.

In 1972 he was appointed assistant professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo. He taught there until his death in 1992, serving as a full professor in his later years. He was Vice-Dean, Head of the Department of Sculpture and Chair of the postgraduate studies board. He was killed by shell shrapnel in Sarajevo on 22 June 1992.