Aleksandar JanicijevicAna Klasnja

Andrea OsojnikAnja Dimitrijevic

Arlene LeonoffAlex Sheriff

Bojan BasaricBole Cirovic

Branislav Miokovic Brenda Bornstein

Budimir Dimitrijevic Christine ChownChristl Niemuller

Djuro LubardaDejan Dimitrijevic

Darko Jaksic Dragica Gadjanski - Didi Dubravka Matic-Mandic

Eric BornsteinGigi Horvath

Gordana BrelihIvan MartinovicJames Yeboah

Karen WhiteMaja RadanovicMarija Vilotijevic Marina Stojkovic

Marion R. AndersonNana Veljovic

Natasa StojkovicNebojsa Neba Macos

Nebojsa StojkovicNeda Laketic Soc

Ozrenko MrkicRicardo Mallaco Rosie Schroder

Sana ShakhmuradobaSuncica MarkovicTash Damjanovic

Ted CarolinVanja Vuleta Jovanovic

Vesna MilovanovicVivian Quiring

Vladan Ignjatovic Vladimir Ostojic VOS

Zoran StanojevicZvonimir Zupancic

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22 November - 2 December, 2018Opening on 22 November 2018 • 8:00 - 10:00pm • private reception 6:30 - 8:00pm GALLERY 1313,1313 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, M6K 1L8 Gallery Hours: 1 - 6 pm Wednesday to Sunday

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Curated by Marina, Natasa and Nebojsa Stojkovic

2018

Jelena Jankovic BA

Jelena completed a Bachelor’s degree in Art History at York University. During her studies she was a member of the Visual Arts Student Association, organizing and curating yearly student art exhibits, andassisting at the campus gallery. After completing her studies in 2012, Jelena worked at a number of art galleries in the city including an international photogra-phy gallery. She currently works at Petroff Gallery as the Exhibition Coordinator, focusing on exhibition and events pro-gramming, art consultation, curation and artist outreach.

ArtSalon 2018Toronto is a city celebrated for its multiculturalism and artistic diversity. This is visually evident all over the city. From Chinatown to Greektown to Little Italy, we see beautiful representations of different cultures and individuals from across the world. Torontonians dine on exotic foods, mingle at cultural events, and experience the best the art world has to offer. This is why there’s no better city to host an exhibition like Art Salon!

Once again, Art Salon has brought together artists from across the globe to create an exhibition that not only proudly speaks to the heritages and roots of the participating artists, but also displays the individuality and personal expression of each.

Though this exhibition was not created with a particular theme in mind, it is cohesive in that it speaks to how we are all connected through different forms of expression and talent. Each piece speaks to the viewer about the artist’s personal experiences, beliefs and aesthetics through various forms. Whether the artist uses colours and textures to inspire an emotional response or representational images to illustrate a story, the viewer is allowed insight into the life of each artist. Mediums featured in the exhibition such as painting, ceramic and encaustic art, allow observers to connect to the artist through something other than language.

Art Salon is a one-of-a-kind art exhibit that connects international artists and allows them complete creative control without thematic restrictions – one of the many reasons this event is a must see.

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Aleksandar Janicijevicpsychogeography, exploring urban language, morphology and social integration is my obsession. it is quite visible in all my work. art rediscovered, renewed and reused, interventions that are extending heritage art experiences. art that goes beyond one discipline, art that will spread between cultures and political systems. that’s what my goal is. how far I am on that road, time will tell…

Our Trip, TorontoMixed Media

Our Trip, BelgradeMixed Media

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NOVEMBER 2018Siesta 2

50x40 cm

Ana KlasnjaAna Rajkovic Klasnja enjoys nomadic approach to the Arts. She finds significance in rapid change of themes and media she explores on her own, as well as in directing collaborative projects for various museum exhibitions at the intersection of science, art and design.

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Anja DimitrijevicAnja was born in Serbia, Pancevo in 1994 and has been living and studying in Toronto for most of her life. She has recently graduated from CMU - Col-lege of Makeup Art and Design. She has previously also finished a 3D Animation program at Centennial College.

Her passion has lead her into the world of the arts but her main focus now will be doing film makeup as well as prosthet-ics work and creature design.

@jinxisminxianja.dimi88@gmail.com

CreatureCreature is created using:Silicon and Resin plastic

about 22 inches tall by 6 inches wide

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Andrea OsojnikAndrea Osojnik was born in Belgrade, Serbia, grew up in Toronto, Canada and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from OCAD University with a Bachelor of Design specializing in ceramic art and mold-making. Andrea is a Graphic Designer by day and moon-lights as a pottery teacher at her ceramics studio in East Los Angeles.

Orbic OrganismsCeramic and High-Fire Glaze

15” x 10”

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Alex SheriffAlex Sheriff is a Canadian artist and filmmaker. He received his BFA from OCAD University in Drawing and Painting before moving to New York City where he received his MFA in Fine Arts. Alex now lives in Los Angeles and works in painting, drawing, sculpture and film.

Orbic OrganismsCeramic and High-Fire Glaze

15” x 10”

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Arlene LeonoffRetired interior design professor

Moose LakeOil on Canvas

40”x30”

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TTGX 987748Photograf100 x 70 cm

Bojan BasaricMy work is situated between traditional landscape photography and abstract qualia, imprinted by layered tints of the arid back-country. Very little is revealed to me at the start of the process. While I scout, walk, hike and climb, images develop slowly on their own accord moving towards completeness, unity and closure. I often recall these words:“Reality is not always probable, or likely. But if you’re describing it, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the observer’s imagination will reject it.” - Jorge Luis Borges

Lives and works in Toronto, Canada, where his fascination with urban life provides the inspiration for much of his photography. His work illustrates a different side of city living, with colorful storefronts and graffiti-covered walls becoming the subject of vibrant, pop art compositions. Outside of the city, he also explores, the abstract, using natural forma-tions to create intriguning photographs that are rich in shape and tone.

Born in Belgrade, Boyan’s career spans over 20 years and his work is now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Photography in his native city.

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History of Byzantium

(Homage to Milos Petrovic)

Photo collage

Bole CirovicFormer photographer from the former country, and eternal Belgrade. Worked in the “new wave” youth press, collabo-rated with major newspapers in former Yugoslavia, as well with magazines in USA, created LP and book covers. Some more important exhibitions - Belgrade (Galleria”Sunce”, SKC “Rock photogra- phy”), USA (“Artspace”- Raleigh, North Carolina;”Black Mountain College”- Ashville, North Carolina); exhibited in Toronto as a part of “Full Frame” – now defunct association of Canadian photog-raphers from Serbia.Today rarely takes photographs and exhibits, except for friends and relatives. Does not like nor understands digital photography.

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Branko MiokovicI was born in country that does not exist. My first piece of “art” is watercolour that dates back to 1952 and still hangs in my home today. Since then pencil and paper were al-ways close at hand. After finishing my formal education, I graduated from School of Archi-tecture at the University of Belgrade, former - Yugoslavia. Shortly after, on April 16, 1975 I immigrated to Canada. I have had seven solo exhibitions in Canada and participated in over 60 group shows internationally.

Road to Nowhereoil on canvas

14”x17”

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Brenda Bornsteinhas always shown a keen interest in art, winning several awards throughout her years in school. After graduation, with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, majoring in Fine Arts, Brenda studied art at Central Tech, Three Schools of Art at the Haliburton School of The Arts and Design at the Koffler School of the Arts.Throughout her education and training, Brenda focused on drawing, analysis of colour and organic design. Using her innate curiosity, and with experimentation and determination, Brenda developed her own interpretation of the beauty and the graphic nature of the world around her.Brenda was first introduced to the medium of watercolour in 1993 and it was ‘love at first sight’. Throughout these past years Brenda has continued to augment her skills working with different mediums (mixed media, encaustics, acrylics) and ongoing study with professional artists and teachers.Brenda is a member of TWS (Toronto Watercolour Society – signature member), SCA (Society of Canadian Artists – elect-ed member), the North York Visual Artists and the Markham Group of Artists.Brenda is a multi-award winning artist whose works are held in corporate and private collections in Canada, The United States and Europe.mixed media, mainly acrylic

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Budimir DimitrijevicBudimir Dimitrijevic was born 1971. in Belgrade, Serbia, where he graduated at Faculty of Applied Arts and Design and two years later he became Magistar of Art, Department engraving with Profesor mrs. Milica Vuckovic. Besides engravings his occupation are also oil paintings and graphic design. He was awarded several prizes and acknowlegements for his work and took part in 10and cca 80 collective exibitions in Serbia and abroad. His work can be found in museums and numerous private collections all over the world. He lives and works in Belgrade.

The house on the top of the hill

print32 x 44cm

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Christine ChownAfter taking the Commercial Art courses at Western Tech.Toronto, my art studies were at work-shops with master artists in Canada, USA, and Europe.The passion to express in visual arts has persisted through the years of nursing, family, and moving locations.I strive to keep open to new pos-sibilities, to continue the journey on learning to see, and to remain “being a part ofan enormous family of painters - living and dead” *My current ventures are in non-sub-jective images, in which the search is continuous to experience that moment in a painting which stirs the soul.

Acrilic

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Christl NiemullerTake a journey with Christl as she travels and explores the world with her art. Working in watercolour, acrylic, oil, encaustic, mixed media,

Christl captures the moods and vibrant colours of gardens, landscapes and much more

Family Acrylic 11”x10”

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Djuro LubardaDjuro Lubarda, was born 1942 in Beograd and his lived in Grazede of Bosnia and Herzegovina until the break out of the war in the former Yugoslavia and in Herceg Novi in Montenegro. He graduated from the P. Academy at Sarajevo majoring in Fine Arts, and he studied the History of Arts in Belgrade. Presently, he lives and works in Hamilton, Ontario. He has exhibited both independently and collectively in the former Yugoslavia, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Israel, Austria, France, Russia and Bulgaria in more than 130 exhibitions. More-over, he has participated at several INSIEA (International Society for Education through Art - UNESCO congresses and his paintings are presently in numerous galleries and private collections throughout Eurcpe, North America and Israel.

ZepaAcrylic on canvas 90 x 60 cm

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Darko JaksicDarko Jaksic was born in Sarajevo in 1978. He came to Canada in 1995. He’s been meddling with the different art forms ever since his youth but he’s pri-mary focused on music, painting, pho-tography and comics. He played in many bands from the Balkan diaspora scene in the Southern Ontario (Red Bomber, The Rats, Buzz Yz, Mad in Craft, Weltschmerz and Food For Powder). In his free time he’s administering the Facebook page Rock Dijaspora which connects the diaspora artists.

No Namemixed media

11”x14”

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Dejan DimitrijevicBorn in 1968 in Pancevo. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1996, is actively involved in the art scene since 1995, the vast cooperation with the Contemporary Art Gallery Pancevo, Gallery SKC Belgrade, Gallery of Golden Eye Novi Sad and Workshops 301 Faculty of Archi-tecture in Belgrade. Also close cooperation with Misa Mladenovic in the nineties that produced a pair of joint works. Winning many awards and recognition. From 1999 moved to Montreal and 2000 in Toronto, where I now live.

Untitled, 1997, Upholstered car with artificial leatherdim.: L190.0 in; W 70.5 in ; H 57.6 in;

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NOVEMBER 2018No Name

Acryil on canvas 0” x 0”

Dragica Gadjanski - DidiDragica (Didi) Gadjanski, honours graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design is an active participant in the Toronto art scene for the past 30 years with the Serbian Heritage Acadamy, Toronto Watercolour Society, the Don Valley Art Club and the Arts and Letters Club and in private art galleries.She is in great demand as a leader of work-shops for various arts organizations and corporations, with emphasis on experimenta-tion and creativity.Having traveled and experienced the people, places and music of many distant cultures, Didi is a keen observer as well as interpreter of these influences in her art. Evoking these experiences, her artistic expression has grown into a distinct language woven on to a surface of textural effects and harmonious colour palette. D.D. Gadjanski paintings are in corporate and private collections across Canada and worldwide. She participated in over one hundred group and solo exhibi-tions. She lives and works in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

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NOVEMBER 2018Travellers I. 36”x24”, mixed media (bees wax, pigment and silver leafing), 2018.

Travellers II. 36”x24”, mixed media (bees wax, pigment and silver leafing), 2018.

Dubravka MandicDubravka Matich-Mandich graduated and received her M.A. from Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture. Since 1985, she has been exhibiting in numerous solo and group art shows. In 1989 she was granted two-month-residence-stay in Paris, France. She is recipient of several artistic awards including “Grand Prix” at “Colle-gium Artisticum” exhibition of the Bosnia-Hercegovina Artists’ Association in Sarajevo, Sculpture award at International Biennale of Small Sculpture, Murska Sobota, Slovenia, award for sculpture at 21st Salon of Con-temporary Yugoslav Art, Cetinje, Montene-gro, Sculpture award at Annual Exhibition of Bosnia-Hercegovina Artists’ Association, Sarajevo and First Jury Award at Etobicoke Autumn Juried Art Exhibition. Her work is part of private collections as well as of various art museum permanent collections, such as National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Hercegovina in Sarajevo, Museum of Con-temporary Art in Sarajevo, Gallery of Murska Sobota, Slovenia and National Art Museum at Cetinje, Montenegro

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Eric BornsteinThe camera is often my sole companion as I head into the city or into the coun-tryside to look and see. I have no precon-ceived notion of what I will photograph that day but will know it when I see it. It is at that moment, from that flash of perception, when my eyes and mind are working together, that I can capture a compelling image. Photography is a vital part of my life. Through my teaching activity, I have created a community of like-minded individuals. Through my volunteering as the event photographer at my synagogue, I have documented many of the events held there. I am the family photographer and in this chosen role, I have recorded life cycle events and have documented the physical growth of my children and grandchildren.Photography has allowed me the op-portunity to look, to see and to appreci-ate the environment in which I live; the beautiful and the not so beautiful.Photography

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Gyongyi Horvath (Gigi)Educated in traditional drawing and painting techniques, in Hungary where she was born, Gigi immigrated to Canada and continued her art education at Ontario College of Art as well as in private instruction with teachers such as D.D. Gadjanski and Bianca Guna.

No Name Acrylic

24” x 24”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Ivan MartinovicIvan Martinovic is a principal of Archde-sign Architects, a Toronto-based archi-tectural consulting practice providing a wide range of architectural, design and urban planning services. He also teaches in the Ryerson University’s architec-tural program. He recently returned to sketching, photography and printmaking, drawing inspiration from both real and imaginary architectural worlds.

Temple IEtching, Zinc, Aquatint 4.75” x 9.75”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Gordana BrelihGordana Brelih studied at the Academy of Applied Art and Design in Belgrade. Following a successful carrier in fashion design, Gordana discovered quilting in 2001. After receiving strong grounding in traditional quilting she began experi-menting with different techniques. As a result she received multiple prestigious awards.

My MotherH38” W27” Free motion stitching, hand stitching, painted, stitched and burned

Tyvek, eco dyed silk...

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Karen White

QuebecOil on Canvas

24”x18”

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NOVEMBER 2018

James YeboahJames Michael Yeboah is a Ghanian- Canadian visual artist born and raised in Mississauga Ontario. James’ work mostly touches on issues revolving around the black community such as mental health, anti black violence, toxic masculinity, and the difficulties in being part of the African diaspora. James’ work is also very introspective, as it functions as a meditation on how he can be a better member of his com-munity in order to effectively inspire change.

Freedom from16x20. Acrylic on canvas

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NOVEMBER 2018

Maja Radanovic I use art to turn reality into narratives, social issues into fairy land, wishes into naive pos-sibilities. Intrigued by different social values, historical heritage or stereotypes I like researching and reacting on different local or global issues.

Don’t Let Them SeeInk on paper

8” X 10”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Maria Vilotijevic B.F.A.

Maria Vilotijevic was born and educated in Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1996.After graduation she settled in Toronto, Canada. Currently, she works as an art instructor and freelance artist in Toronto.

Imaginary landscape Oil on canvas

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She’s still full of willing and able

Oil on canvas, Mixed Media 36” x 24”

Marina StojkovicBFA in drawing and painting, OCADU, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Born in Serbia and raised in Toronto my upbringing was always in between the roots of where ones home really resides. Finding solace in my passion for the creative became apart of my life at a very young age. Art was the sole driving force for my expression, the way I saw human connec-tion and the broadening of ones’ eyes to the world. My main objective as an artist is to create work that speaks. Language is beyond the words and alphabet, beyond where you are from. Art speaks, if I touch even one person with my creations I know I have done something right.

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NOVEMBER 2018

Marion R. AndersonMarion R. Anderson is an award win-ning artist and experienced art instruc-tor. Her versatility as an artist is due to her thirty plus years as a classroom teacher/ secondary school visual arts department head.Anderson works in series, completing a suite of artwork to explore a concept us-ing the medium that best expresses her ideas. She is continuously experiment-ing, evolving and creating. Her subject matter depicts lived experience often portraying her rural roots.

Anderson makes her home and studio in New Dundee and Southampton, Ontario. Her work can be found in both private and corporate collections.

It’s a Shore Thingprint on aluminum

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NOVEMBER 2018

Nana VeljovicI had received Bachelor of Arts in paint-ing and costume design, (‘85/1989) at University of Fine Art’s, Belgrade Yugo-slavia, and Bachelor of Art’s Honour Stu-dio Program, (‘95/1997) from the Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, (Quebec) Canada. I consequently communicate and ex-press my thoughts and emotion abstract-ly in my paintings. The geometric shapes that I am using refers to the columns, entries, temples and other architectural elements. They are more metaphor for the state of mind or spirit than study of the real structure. Vibration within the textural surface is achieved through the layering of transparent colour and the simultaneously change of light and dark, creating a dynamic space in the paint-ings.

A Doll’s HouseOil on canvas

60x76cm

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NOVEMBER 2018

Nebojsa Neba MacosNebojsa Neba Macos, born in Serbia, Kikinda 1963. Participated in more then 200 group and 6 solo egzibitions. Nebojsa was one of the of “Zis” art colony founders in Kikinda, Serbia. Throughout his career, he was the recepient of many awards, and in 2007 the winner of the Toronto Artist Inspiration ( 1st place). He was a member of VAO and Canvas Gallery for many years. Presently, Nebojsa lives and works in Toronto.

Acta, non verbaAcrylic on canvas

28” x 22”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Natasa StojkovicI hold a B.F.A. from the Academy of Applied Arts and Design in Belgrade, Serbia.

To take a journey in Art is to follow a path that will last you a lifetime. By using clay as my main medium I find myself borrow-ing the life force of the Earth and using it to make my work immortal. Clay is the soil beneath our feet that hold things together and brings things to life. In that very way I use clay to bring my artwork to life. My sculptural concepts are based on a very personal narrative, always revealing a story behind the object. Earth tones are crucial to uniting aspects of my work, utilizing additional media such as wood, leather, and coiled metals to express and enhance the forms. My ideas stem from the innate quali-ties of the materials that I use to express my sculptures. The tentative work, the details, the fate of how the work will emerge after the firing process, creates the journey I go on with every new concept.

LeaderShit, mixed media sculpture

(ceramic/glass), size: 24x4x4in.

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NOVEMBER 2018New Orleanse,

Big Plate - Ceramic - Majolika drowing12” D

Nebojsa StojkovicMy academic education includes a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the Academy of Applied Arts and Design in Belgrade, Serbia.From an early age I have had a great passion to create and express myself. I have always found visual art and music as my favorite form to communicate with the world.As an artist, on one hand I strip reality to its core, and on the other I create its super-structure by supplementing the already observed with my own emotions and sentiments. I feel a strong need to penetrate deeper and explore my own intimacy, my own worlds, which I describe in the language of symbols and characters.Material and media that I use for my expression are carefully chosen. I find very important to use different media to express myself, traditional and new digital. I use clay, glass, silver clay and digital media like i-phone or i-pad brushes for my paintings, drawings, and sculptures. I like to express myself creating music, animated moves.I attempt to inspire growth in my students by giving them tools to take into other art disciplines and into other domains of their life. Among these tools are a sense of curiosity, non-judgmental attitude, and a thirst for knowledge. This is integral part of my artistic practice.

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NOVEMBER 2018

Neda Laketic SocBorn in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, graduated from the Academy for Fine Art, Univer-sity of Sarajevo in the Prof. Alija Kucu-kalic and Prof. Kosta Angelo Radovani class, holds Master Degree in Sculpture. She exhibited her art in Paris-France, Toronto, Belgrade and other major cities in Yugoslavia.

Artist statementMy art is mirror of my thoughts, recorded diary of the world I live in. Earth is our home. We should take care of Nature and Respect Life. We cannot eat money. My art is celebration of life, pure presen-tation of soul and mind.With my irrational artistic brain I think we are part of alien life, in this majestic universe, ruled by forces of nature.

Windsoretta Fine Plaster

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NOVEMBER 2018

Do not disturb my running through the hallways of imagination and passion!Oil on wooden panel; 14” X 11

Do not die before your death comes Oil on wooden panel; 14” X 11”

He was giving out his pieces of advice like a cloud was giving out its rainOil on canvas; 14” X 11

Ozrenko Mrkic I paint with my own sensibility and intelligence, my heart and reasoning, with all my spiritual development, with excitement of my soul that is constantly changing and surprising…in-tuitively…childlike. I glorify human goodness, beauty, love, trust, morality, naivety, and I deride human foolishness, malice, bitterness (caused by ignorance), fickleness and hypocrisy.

I reveal myself to my inner self in every new painting I create.

B.A. of Fine Arts 1980-1985 Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo .Until now, I organized more than 20 “one-man” art shows and participated in numerous group art shows. My artwork can be seen in Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Museum of ZOI’84 Sara-jevo and numerous private collections throughout Europe, United States, Australia and Canada.

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NOVEMBER 2018

Dejan RadovanovićDejan Radovanović (1963, Belgrade, Serbie) est un artiste visuel dont le champ de travail s´étend aux beaux-arts, vidéo, animation et son. Il vit et travaille actuellement à Vancouver, BC. Jeune, il s´intéressait aux beaux-arts pour se tourner ensuite vers la production de film et les effets spéciaux numériques, attiré par les images en mouvement et des possibilités infinies du médium nu-mérique. Il a travaillé douze ans dans le champ de production audiovisuelle avant de créer son studio en 2004.

Arbres parlantsVidéo

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NOVEMBER 2018

Ricardo MallacoPassionate about the seeing with his own eyes, what usually only the news reports, Ricardo studied journalism and worked for four years as a photojournalist in Brazil and Israel, covering daily news for major newspapers in both countries. His favourite assignments were covering protests and conflicts. In his own words: “during these assignments, I was able to learn how we humans act under stress and, this way, able to learn more about myself and strategies used from both sides of the situation.”Currently, Ricardo works as a Marketing Specialist, using concepts he learnt from photojournalism and communications, but this time, not to report the news, but to help businesses.

My online portfolio: www.flickr.com/ricardomallaco

Photo taken during the protests in Brazil

against the country hosting the

World Cup in 2014.

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NOVEMBER 2018

Rosie SchroderCreativity, whether conscious or not, I believe is a capability that most, if not all life forms engage in, from a simple unconscious adaptive mutation at the cellular level, to the complex conscious behaviours that humans exhibit.My need to create began in early child-hood and has never subsided. It per-meated my play as a child, my life in High School, my years at University, my teaching career, parenthood and now it permeates my retirement.A self- taught artist as a child, I needed to experience more as an adult. Con-sequently, I availed myself of fine art courses at York University, OCAD, Hali-burton as well as numerous workshops by accomplished Canadian artists.My artistic interests are extremely eclec-tic. I enjoy working in many mediums, styles and themes and have been blessed with many awards and sales throughout Canada, the US and the UK.Currently I have been focussing on abstraction which I find most exciting and challenging.

MarchlandAcrylic ink on yupo

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NOVEMBER 2018

Sana ShakhmuradovaI am Sana Shakhmuradova, 22 years old Toronto-based self-taught artist born and raised in Ukraine, searching for a degree of freedom within the de-piction of human species. I draw and paint flow-like groups of people to represent the speed of a modern day and it’s effect on our self-perception and identity. I also believe in the cru-cial importance and indispensability of culture/symbol presence within our material world.

Puella Aeterna Chinese ink (by brush) and pastels on white cold press thick paper.49.2” x 20.8”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Suncica MarkovicA graduate of the Academy of the Arts in Novi Sad in 2006. Suncica has had two solo exhibitions to date, but has parici-pated in many group exhibitions and artist’s colonies. She has received recog-nition and numerous awads in Serbia. In addition to painting, she dabbies in iconography, applieds arts, furniture and jewellry design. She has worked as an art teacher and is curently employed at the Novi Sad Cultural Centre where she organizes varius city festivals, promotes young artists and educates in the area of cultural recollection of comtemporaty art and culture. She is a mamber of the Association of Fine Arts of Serbia.

Diptih Oil on canvas

24”x32”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Tash DamjanovicTash Damjanovic is a Canadian, Toronto-based fine art photographer, and has spent over 25 years focus-ing on creating abstract, painter-like images that are inspired by the fun-damental elements. Her works have been exhibited in numerous shows and venues in Canada and the US, and ap-pear in private collections across North America, South America and Europe. Her work has been featured in a variety of local print and TV media.

“I avoid straight lines, and my career is a case in point. I was initially trained in the Natural Sciences, then received degrees in Psychology & Philosophy, and subsequently completed my MBA. Five years after that, I completed the program that launched my artistic ca-reer and that I ought to have done first and foremost – Photography.”

Windscapes Series IXGiclee print on fine art matte paper

32” x 32”

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NOVEMBER 2018

Ted CarolinTed Carolin’s appreciation of form and colour has been influenced by his interest in photography and by the work he performed as a dentist. He has used watercolours and acrylics, but has been concentrating on oils for the past couple of years. His works reflect the detailed way in which he observes the world around him.

Serenity Oil on Canvas

20”x24”

HomeIllustration

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NOVEMBER 2018

Vanja Vuleta JovanovicVanja Vuleta lives and draws in Toronto. A lot of the creatures

she draws actually live in her small secluded garden, in the back of

her house. Who knew that suburbia can be full of wonder too,

along with weeds, kale and tomatoes...

Lost Illustration

Chamomile Illustration

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NOVEMBER 2018

Tijana SavkovicI was born in 1997 in Leskovac (Serbia). I’m the student on the final year of the Faculty of Art, University of Nish, genera-tion of professor Bratislav Basic. I gradu-ated high school of art in Leskovac, field graphic design, in 2014. I attended to many group exhibitions in Serbia. I live and work in Nish and Belgrade, where I learn from my mentor Andjelka Bojovic.

The dream of flying mixed media

(tracing paper & feathers)

30 cm x 42 cm

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NOVEMBER 2018Mother

Mixed Media

Vesna MilovanovicBorn and raised in Belgrade, now living in Toronto, I’ve been sewing, crafting, and making jewelry for as long as I can remem-ber. Daughter of two creative individuals, I guess it was my destiny... I’m easily inspired and am constantly toying with new design ideas and craft techniques - just wish there were more hours in the day! Alongside my jewelry, I’ve been felting and experimenting with mixed media over the last three years.

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Violeta MilovanovicBeing an artist is an exciting and often overwhelming life-long battle with life’s little mundanities. It’s a blissful curse for the privileged few; a much needed recovery from the overload. This can most effectively be achieved by removing oneself from an overcrowded mental space, away from daily distractions, in a tranquil environment of mystery that allows the imagination to wander.Making time to let your mind wander is time well invested!

“Take a pinch of keyholeAnd fold yourself upYou cut along a dotted lineYou think inside outAnd you’re invisible”

K.BushTake Five

Acrilic on canvas30” x 30”

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Acrylic 24” x 24”

Vivian Quiring“My joy for painting arises from both the harmony and the diversity of nature.” Primarily a landscape painter, Viv-ian Quiring’s inspiration comes from experiencing Canada coast-to-coast, and further travels. The prairies where she grew up, the east coast of Nova Scotia, Ontario where she now resides, and the countries she has explored - all influence the images that find their way onto her canvases.

Vivian has studied with a variety of talented artists who have shared their ideas as well as their delight in seeing the world through an artist’s eyes. She has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows as well as with several gal-leries. Her works are in private homes and corporate collections. Summer Afternoon

Acrylic 18” x 14”

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Vladan IgnjatovicBorn in Nis, Serbia in 1955, Vladan Ignatovic studied Arts Summer Academies (Fine Art at University workshops) in Belgrade.

Arriving in Toronto in 1993, he has continu-ously participated in a number of art shows with his own figurative paintings, abstracts and cityscapes.

AfternooOil on Canvas

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Vladimir Ostojic VOSVladimir Ostojic VOS was born in Sarajevo in 1958. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Sarajevo in 1981. He first taught the history of the antique and modern art, as well as drawing and painting and then started working as a freelance artist. Since 1995 he lives and works in Quebec City,Canada.For Vladimir it os important to continually experiment with different materials and mediums in order to keep learning and pushing his art further.Not all of his work is abstract,but they are always an abstaction of what he experi-ences.With each peace he makes Vladi-mir tries to push his limits snd allow for new possibilities in unexplored places of his mind.Uncovering these hidden possibilties is probably the main stimulus for his work. Porte D e Temps

Mixed Media30” X 30”

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Zoran StanojevicZoran is a self-taught photographer, born in Belgrade, Serbia. He lives and works in Toronto.

His passion for photography dates back to his early teens and the world of 35mm. Whether admiring the art of other photographers or doing it him-self, Zoran has been in love with this art of light and shadows ever since. For the past fifteen years Zoran has been working in the field of Information Technology but, despite daily chal-lenges of his job, photography remains a constant attraction. He occasionally travels for work, sometimes to distant places, which gives him an opportunity to explore them with his camera.

Paris Undercover II_2Photography

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Zvonimir ZupancicZvonimir Zupancic has been a profes-sional photographer and visual artist for more than twenty five years.He partici-pated in numerous solo and group art shows in fifteen countries.Although, very skilled and experienced in various types of traditional photography, he chooses unconventional , experimental approach and exploratory methods in the process of creating his art work---Zvonimir Zupancic je profesionalni fotograf vise od dvadeset pet godina. Clan UPIDIV-a od 1990. godine.Ucestvovao na mnogobrojnim solo i grupnim izlozbama u petnaest zemalja.U YU je ostvario status samostalnog umetnika fotografije, Osvo-jio kup Jugoslovenske fotografije.

Sunny Wind Green Archival photo canvas

40 in X 60 in

In memoriam: Nikola Ajdacic, 1946.-2013.

Nikola Ajdacic & Nebojsa StojkovicAt the opening of the first renewed Art-salon exhibition

The origins of the Art-salon“In the late 80s, in Toronto, The Association of Graduate Students of the University of Belgrade – “Singidunum” was established. In the early 90s, two of its members, young at the time, Duska and Rade Stojisin, accompanied by a few of their friends, came to me with the idea that “Singidunum” should organize the exhibition of our artists who live in Toronto. So the Art-salon was born with its spontaneous name. From the beginning, participation at the exhibition was not conditioned by the membership in the Singidunum nor by the artists’ belonging to the Serbian community. We had participants from Canada as well as from all parts of ex-Yugoslavia and even from Kurdistan. Before mentioning the organizers I must underline that without the artists there would never have been an Art-salon. Also, let me underline that organizing the Art-salon was a collective endeavour of many and I feel obligated to mention their names with a possibility to forget someone, for which I humbly apologize in advance. Besides the already mentioned, the organizers of Art-salon were: the late Đorđe Đorđević, Bisa Šćekić, Zorica Žeravčić, Emil Grahovac, Radovan Gajić, Milan Šćekić, Danica Dimitrijević, Anka i Branko Mioković, Aleksandar Petričić, Sandra Gajić, Mira Ninković.”

Words by Nikola Ajdacic, the first president of Singidunum, at the opening of the first renewed Art-salon exhibition, at the General Consulate of the Republic of Serbia in Toronto, from NOVINE, issue 1349, Toronto, February 15, 2014,

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ArtSalon Canada 150, Novi Sad 2017 ArtSalon Canada 150, Cacak 2018

ArtSalon Canada 150, Beograd 2018

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Art Salon Canada150 On invitation of the Cultural Centre Novi Sad, a group of twenty six artists, all Canadians of Serbian descent, are showcasing their work in this important exhibition as a way of honouring Canada’s sesquicentennial year.

This is our group’s first opportunity to present our work in Serbia as a collective. Some of the artists are Canadian born, others arrived as immigrants as long ago as fifty or more years. Serbia and Canada are widely separated by time and geography, so cultural differences are significant. Yet the art works exhibited demonstrate that cultural ideas, values and techniques routinely meld to reinforce and support one another. The art, presented in various media and themes, reflects the mix of Serbian heritage and Canadian experience the artists have acquired by living in their new country. From traditional approaches to abstraction in painting, from joyful ceramics to provocative video collage, from sculp-ture to sculptural textile, digital photography and installation, all will invoke recognition and revelation in this exhibition.All the artists represented in this show are accomplished visual artists who have made significant contributions to the Canadian art scene. They include recipients of the Order of Canada and of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for their work; ones whose works have exhibited in major Canadian galleries, winning various awards; and ones teaching in various schools and other venues.

This year, Canadian Serbian artists have transported their artwork to Novi Sad to bridge the distance and show the connection that binds us. Together, we celebrate this important initiative through the Canada150 Art Salon.

Dragica Gadjanski - DidiToronto, August 2017

Special thanks to all artists and sponzors

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Aleksandar JanicijevicAna Klasnja

Bojan BasaricBojan Vidovic

Bole Cirovic Budimir Dimitrijevic

Dana Tosic Dejan Deki Milivojevic

Dejan Dimitrijevic Dejan Grba Deniz Fikret

Djuro Lubarda Dragica Gadjanski - Didi Dubravka Matic-Mandic

Dusan IvancevicDusan Vrga

Goran Vukcevic Gordana BrelihGordana Dosen

Grozdana BukvicJan MacIntyre

Ksenija TodorovicLilly Otasevic

Maja RadanovicMalinda Prud’homme

Marie Finkelstein Marija Vilotijevic Marina Stojkovic

Marko PopadicMarko Radovanovic

Nadia GurkovaNatasa Stojkovic

Nebojsa Neba Macos Nebojsa StojkovicNeda Laketic Soc

Nedeljko StojkovicOzrenko Mrkic

Paul GuzmanPerry Chow

Robin KachuckSuncica Markovic

Tanja StankicTilya Gallay Helfield

Vanja Vuleta Vesna Milovanovic

Vladimir Ostojic VOSZorica BogdanovicZvonimir Zupancic

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24 November - 4 December, 2016Opening on 24 November 2016 • 8:00 - 10:00pm • private reception 6:30 - 8:00pm GALLERY 1313,1313 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, M6K 1L8 Gallery Hours: 1 - 6 pm Wednesday to Sunday

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Curated by Marina, Natasa and Nebojsa Stojkovic

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11 - 25. септембар • September • septembre, 2017

Кустоси • Curated by • Commissaires d´exposition: Markovic Suncica, Gadjanski Dragica Didi

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Aleksandar JanicijevicAna Klasnja

Andrea OsojnikArlene Leonoff

Alex Sheriff Bojan Basaric

Bole Cirovic Budimir Dimitrijevic

Brenda BornsteinDejan Dimitrijevic Christine ChownChristl Niemuller

Djuro Lubarda Dragica Gadjanski - Didi Dubravka Matic-Mandic

Eric BornsteinGigi Horvath

Gordana BrelihIvan Martinovic

Grozdana BukvicJames Yeboah

Karen WhiteMaja RadanovicMarija Vilotijevic Marina Stojkovic

Marion R. AndersonNana Veljovic

Natasa StojkovicNebojsa Neba Macos

Nebojsa StojkovicNeda Laketic Soc

Ozrenko MrkicRosie Schroder

Sana ShakhmuradobaSuncica MarkovicTash Damjanovic

Ted CarolinVanja Vuleta Jovanovic

Vesna MilovanovicVivian Quiring

Vladan Ignjatovic Vladimir Ostojic VOS

Zoran StanojevicZvonimir Zupancic

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22 November - 4 December, 2018Opening on 22 November 2018 • 8:00 - 10:00pm • private reception 6:30 - 8:00pm GALLERY 1313,1313 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, M6K 1L8 Gallery Hours: 1 - 6 pm Wednesday to Sunday

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