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Artist Statement:
My fibre-based mixed media
work often explores the
opposites of strength and
vulnerability,attachment and
loss, trust and betrayal. My
work on paper combines drawing
techniques with stitching and
collage and use of title/text
to provide the narrative. Some
of my recent work explores
universal shapes of bowl and a
human hand in a playful and
whimsical manner.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2009 "8 Things about my
Father", South Vitrines,
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
"Threads", Latcham Gallery,
Stoufville (two person)
2007 “And Yet”, Gallery 1313
(Process Gallery), Toronto
2006 “Together Forever”, 201
QueenEast Gallery, Toronto
2005 “Strawberry Season”,
Gallery of the Centre for
Study in Cultural Development,
Belgrade, Serbia
2003 “You ...
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Gordana Olujic Dosic Biography:
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Female
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Textile
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Magic Realism - (1920 - 1950)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Anish Kapoor
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Professional Activities
From 1986 on maintained studio practice and exhibited work. Other selected professional activities include:
July 2010 International art residency, Sopocani, Serbia
September 2008 International art residency, Sremski Karlovci, Serbia
January 2007 Artist Talk, Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Toronto
2008, 2007,2006 Artist Talk, CyberARTS Program, Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto
October 2005 Artist Talk, Textile Department, Faculty for Applied Arts,
Belgrade
September 2005 Artist Talk, Center for Study in Cultural Development, Belgrade
June-August 2003
Invitational residency at Harbourfront Textile Studio, Toronto
1994-95 Member of the Contemporary Gallery Committee, Textile Museum
1992/93 and 1993/94 screen-printing instructor for Toronto Board of Education
October-December 1991 Commission of 12 large scale printed banners for York Quay Centre, Toronto
October 1990 Artist Talk, Textile Department, OCAD, Toronto
1989-92 Artist Resident, Harbourfront Textile Studio, Toronto
Sept.1987-May 1988 Research of contemporary British Art Textiles; assistant in Alyson
Mitchell’s textile studio in January 1988
Awards and Grants
2008,2007 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2006 Purchase Award, Cambridge Galleries
2005 Craft Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Exhibition Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Honorable Mention, Art in Fibre, Etobicoke
1999, 1994 Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation Grant
1998, 1994, 1992 Ontario Arts Council Individual Grant
1993 Betty Love Award for Textiles, “Ontario Craft ‘93”, OCC Gallery
1987, 1986 Young Artists Fund Scholarship, Fine Artists Association of Serbia
1985 Best Graduate Student Award, Faculty for Applied Arts, Belgrade
Selected Bibliography, Internet Presentation and Media Coverage
2007 “What’s On”, Toronto Star, February 8,2007
2006 Kate Regan, “Hand-Face-Body”, “Toronto Life”, October ‘06
“Gladstone Bag”, Vol.3, Issue 10, October ‘06
Helena Frei, “I Wish I Had Never Given Him a Name”, “Surfacing Journal”, Winter 2006
2005 “Art Salon 2005”, “Novine”, No.1017, August 26/05
2003 www.absolutearts.com (portfolio)
1999 http://art-history.concordia.ca/eea (profile)
(selection of Canadian artists of Eastern European descent – project of Concordia University, Montreal)
1996 Kai Chan, “Gordana Olujic Dosic”, “Text”-Textile Museum of Canada, February-April ’96
Interview for “Entertainment Plus”, TV Channel 47
1993 Ingrid Bachmann, “Poke Out her Eyes: Tales of Favourite Family Fabrics”, “Fiberarts”, Summer ’93
Gordana Olujic Dosic, own story, “Poke Out Her Eyes…” catalogue
1992 David Henry Wright, “Swimming Upstream”, “Ontario Craft”,
Summer ’92
1991 “Hands Over Time”, TV interview and profile, TV Ontario
Permanent Collection
• Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
• Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
• Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
• ULUS – Young Artist’s Fund Collection, Belgrade
• Private collections
Sale and Rental Representation
• Art Interiors Gallery, Toronto
Professional Affiliations
Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto; Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto; ULUPUDS, Belgrade
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