After attending primary school in Titograd, he enrolls at the School of Art, Department of Sculpture, Herceg Novi.

Finishes the School of Art and works as an art teacher at a primary school in Danilovgrad.

Enrolls at the Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Department of Sculpture, where he studies under Professor Rade Stanković.

Graduates from the Academy and marries Savka Delibašić, a chemical engineer.

His daughter Tatjana is born.

Moves with his family from Belgrade to Herceg Novi and works as a teacher—head of the department of sculpture and last principal at the School of Art until its closure in 1966. Anything linked to the school was a very pleasant memory to him, so he purchased the school bell (standing today at a prominent place in his family house), as well as his students’ final works enriching his art collection. He enjoyed sharing the atelier with his students, discussing topics with them and listening respectfully to their comments. He managed to transfer his enthusiasm to his students, too (who worked in his absence just as hard as in his presence).

He was often in the company of renowned writers, poets, artists and humourists: Zuho Džumhur, Ratko Đurović, Dušan Kostić. He also met with Ivo Andrić, Rodoljub Čolaković and Mihailo Lalić.

Srdan’s daughter Snežana is born.

His father, who he was particularly attached to, dies.

Srdan becomes a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Montenegro (ULUCG) and the Association of Fine Artists of Yugoslavia.

Participates in the International Sculpture Symposium in Prilep.

Moves with his family to Titograd (Podgorica). Gains employment as a curator in the public institution Museums and Galleries of Podgorica, in Risto Stijović Gallery, where he remains until retirement. During his work there, Kovačević enriched the Risto Stijović Gallery with a vast array of formerly privately-owned works by this sculptor, whether by purchasing them, casting them in bronze or having them carved in stone, in order to preserve them for as long as possible. Of his own initiative, he created a relief with the image of Risto Stijović, currently placed on the gravestone next to the relief of Stijović’s wife Žana (created by Stijović himself).

He participates in the Warsaw International Biennial of Metal, where he is awarded a Silver Medal and a Biennial Diploma.

He was the originator of the Art Colony in Danilovgrad and a member of its Council of Art. In July 1973, with Ante Gržetić, Drago Tršar and Stevan Luketić he opens the colony and takes part in its work.

In the summer of the same year, his son Blažo is born.

Srdan wins the Moše Pijade scholarship and stays in Paris.

In the mid-1970s he makes a study tour around Poland: Warsaw, Krakow and Zakopane.

At the invitation of the British Council, he stays in Britain from 1 to 10 August. On this occasion he visited renowned sculptor Henry Moore in Much Hadham, where he had an opportunity to get to know in person the artist himself and his works. He also paid a visit to St. Ives in Cornwall, where he met the most renowned British artists living there, visiting their studios. He stayed in the house-studio of famous British sculptor Barbara Hepworth.

From 1 to 31 August Srdan attends residency in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

He also makes a one-month study tour of the People’s Republic of China, where he visits many famous artists.

He receives Montenegro’s greatest national award – July 13 Award.

For many years, Srdan was the Chairman of the Memorial Committee.

In his retirement, Srdan felt best in the company of his grandchildren. From his older daughter Tatjana, he has grandsons Pavle and Nikola; from his younger daughter Snežana – grandsons Luka and Ivan and granddaughter Lidija; and from his son Blažo – the youngest grandson Maksim (living in America, where he was born), whom he first saw when he fell ill, in December 2007.

Srdan Kovačević dies on 9 June in Podgorica.

He is remembered as a prolific artist, cultural contributor and humanist.