She was born in Serbia in 1936. She is married to Halil Tikvesa, a Serbian painter and graphic designer with whom she has a daughter Lana Tikvesa.
Isaković graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts of University of Arts in Belgrade in 1963, the same year she became a member of ULUPUDS, the Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers of Serbia.
In 1971, she was elected professor at the Academy of Applied Arts. She established the important "Belgrade School". She mentored fourteen MA students who matriculated from the Academy of Applied Arts.
In 1972 she became a professor at the Academy where she chaired the departmental studio for ceramics and ceramic sculpture. She retired in 2002.
1964 Gallery "Savremeni dom", Belgrade1966 Gallery "Nadežda Petrović" Čačak1969 Gallery "Grafički kolektiv", Belgrade1976 Gallery of Cultural Center, Belgrade1978 "Homage to Ivan Tabaković" (with Rosić and Stajević), Arandjelovac1985 "Galerija likovnih stvaralaca", Arandjelovac1985 "Mali likovni salon", Novi Sad1985 Gallery "Singidunum", Belgrade1986 Cultural Center, Banjaluka1989 Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, as the laureate of Grand Prix of May Salon1990 City Museum "Bassano del Grappa", Italy (five Central European ceramic artists, each with an individual show: Polgar, Spurej, Vikova, Sramel, Isaković)Over 150 in the country and abroad
October Salon: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001May Salon: 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1993Biennale of Belgrade Ceramics: 1978, 1980Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics: 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1996, 1999, 20031965 Yugoslav Ceramics, Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade1972 Contemporary Art of Ceramics and Glass, Galerija Kulturnog centra, Belgrade1972 Contemporary Art of Ceramics and Glass, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb1978 The First Sarajevo Triennial of Art, Sarajevo1978 Contemporary Tapestry and ceramics of Yugoslavia, Belgrade1981 NOB (The People's Liberation Movement) in the Works of Yugoslav Artists, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Sarajevo1967 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Istanbul, Turkey1970 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Cervi, Italy1970 International Exhibition of Ceramics, Sopot, Poland1975 Contemporary Ceramics and Glass, Moscow, USSR1975 International Biennale of Ceramics, Valory, France1977 International Biennale of Ceramics, Faenya, Italy1978 Contemporary Tapestry, Ceramics and Glass, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany1982 II International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia1984 III International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia1984 I International Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb1985 I Triennial of Small Ceramics, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Priština, Novi Sad ( selection)1986 IV International Biennale of Ceramics, Piran, Slovenia1986 International Competition - Triennial "Mino'86", Nagoya, Japan1987 A Selection of Yugoslav Ceramics, Frankfurt, Germany1989 "The Contemporary Moment in European Ceramics", (by invitation), Lyon - France, Linz - Austria, Budapest - Hungary, Helsinki - Finland1990 III Biennale of Small Ceramics, Zagreb1992 I International Biennale of Ceramics, Cairo, Egypt1996 I International Triennale "The Cup'96", Kulturni centar, Belgrade2000 Thematic International Biennale, Carouge, Switzerland2001 International Biennale of Small Form, Gornji MilanovacPrizes and awards
1968 Likovni Susret Subotice prize at First Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics1970 Ceramics prize, May Salon, Belgrade1970 "Diploma d'onore", International Exhibition of Ceramics, Cervi, Italy1977 May Salon Prize, Belgrade1977 Grand Prix, at Third Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics1977 Annual ULUPUDSPrize (for 1976/1977)1981 Exhibition NOB (The People's Liberation Movement) Prize in the Works of Yugoslav Artists, Belgrade1984 Honorary Diploma at First International Triennial of Small Ceramics, Zagreb1986 Grand Prix of May Salon, Belgrade1986 Grand Prix at Sixth Triennial of Yugoslav Ceramics, Subotica, Belgrade1986 ULUPUDS Prize at October Salon1986 Honorable mention at International Competition "Mino'86", Nagoya, Japan1986 Grand Plaque of the University of Arts, Belgrade, for pedagogical work1998 Award for Life's Work from ULUPUDS1998 Plaque with Silver Medal from Professorial and Art Assembly of Faculty of Applied Arts "for extraordinary contribution to the development of this institution for high education"Belgrade, SerbiaSubotica, SerbiaArandjelovac, SerbiaUžice, SerbiaZadar, CroatiaČačak, Croatia
