Aleksandar JanicijevicAnja Karisik

Anna KlasnjaAnna Novic

Bojan BasaricBojan Vidovic

Bole Cirovic Branko Miokovic

Bridgit Lanni Budimir Dimitrijevic

Chad GauthierCorben Matsell-Savage

Dana Tosic Dejan Dimitrijevic

Doug Van de Zande Djuro Lubarda

Dragica Gadjanski - Didi Goran Vukcevic

Dubravka Matic-MandicGordana BrelihGordana Dosen

Grozdana BukvicJan MacIntyre

Jeremy KantorJesse Dobson

Maja RadanovicMalinda Prud’homme

Marie Finkelstein Marija Vilotijevic Marina Stojkovic

Mila Vukosavljevic Milan Vasic

Milica PopovicMiroslav Nesic

Neda Laketic SocNana Veljovic

Natasa StojkovicNebojsa Neba Macos

Nebojsa StojkovicOzrenko Mrkic

Paul GomezRobin Kachuck

Slobodan MacuraSlobodanka Boba Perkovic

Stanislav PlavcicSusan Eckenwalder

Tom NormanTanja StankicTilya Helfield

Veselin VukasinovicVesna Milovanovic

Viktor V. PalysVioleta Milovanovic

Vladan IgnjatovicVladimir Ostojic

Zorica BogdanovicZvonimir Zupancic

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26 November - 6 December, 2015Opening on 26 November 2015 • 8:00 - 10:00pm • private reception 6:00 - 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

2015

Radovan GajicRadovan is an art historian and a writer. He is the author of numerous articles and essays. He has published several books of prose and poetry. He is a member of the Writers Association of Serbia. He has been awarded for his works. He lives and works in Toronto. He breathes and dreams in the language of Serbs.

DECISIVENESS OF THE VISUAL CHARGE ONTO THE WORLDThe fall Art-Salon of 2015, organized by the artistic gallery and studio, The Artistic Way in Toronto, is marked by an attempt to definitely remove regional borders of the origins of the participating artists and to highlight the importance of the artists’ singular belonging to one region, to one ‘country,’ one ‘land.’ ‘She’ is, and it is – creative action.

In such a light, this exhibition of the Art-Salon will be remembered not only by the impressive number of participants, but also by the presence of numerous young artists. Many, still active in a process of educating themselves how to express personal emotional states of their spirit, are here equal to the lifelong experienced artists. With this, the borders based on personal experience have been removed underlining that only the work of the artist matters here.

It’s a touching detail that, within the exhibition of the Art-Salon, homage has been paid to the work and creations of Miroslav Kica Nesic, who passed away in between two exhibitions. He was a lifelong participant of The Art-Salon exhibition, participating every year since its establishment. His work found its place in silent, mute conversations, as well as in those noisy and restless conversations, through art interpreters, in the form of endless conversations when the work of contemporary world art is in question. The ex-ample of decisiveness of the visual charge on the world of this artist will remain memorable.

Artists always charge into the world, with their open hearts and their arms spread wide, leaving to that world the expression of their own judgements about it. They do so with immortal decisiveness - or perhaps with just with a blink - of the lasting impact of their art work. As such, artists are always ready with vigorous decisiveness in their art executions to face the world regardless of the prejudices that burden such a world. This is done by the participants of this 2015, fall Art-Salon exhibition.

To what degree the world is ready to accept the judgement of these artists remains to be seen.

For the artists the only means of survival, in any shape or form and in any place in the world, are their works of art - which means they are bound to continue creating.

We, the art lovers, welcome it.

By Radovan Gajic

(Edited by Ana Gajic)

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Irina VukosavicIrina Vukosavic is a writer and Master of Journalism student at Ryerson.

EXHIBIT OF DIVERSITYSome trees have been around for years and years. They’re the ones with deep crevices and circles, seasoned leaves and rough bark, thick roots and long branches. They have been through the fall and the summer, the winter and the spring, and their impressive growth has happened with the gradual passing of time.

The plants beside them aren’t as well established— at least comparatively. They’ve been around for maybe a year, possibly only months, with a few seasons under their belts. Even though they don’t have time engraved in their bark or seasons etched into their leaves, they do have one thing for sure— potential. Through their bodies they exclude the potential to grow, to live and to survive.

The Art Salon exhibit this year is kind of like a mix of trees in a wonderfully diverse forest.

We have, on the one hand, seasoned artists who have years of experience under their belts. Some of their work dates back decades, some of their exhibits span many countries and most of their achievements have left a mark on a wide variety of galleries.

On the other hand we have emerging artists who are just scratching the surface. They’re at the beginning of their careers, just about ready to make dents and conquer the art world. Although they haven’t been around as long, they offer up a fresh perspective that’s new, exciting and liberating.

Art Salon is an exhibit of diversity. Seasoned artists come together with emerging artists to create an environment of freshness— fresh ideas, fresh paintings, and fresh discussions. It’s like the diverse forest of the art world. You’ve got the large trees and the plants and when they come together they make for a beautiful, multilayered forest.

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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, inter-ventions that are extending heritage art experiences. art that goes beyond one discipline, art that will spread between cul-tures and political systems. that’s what my goal. how far I am on that road, time will tell…

Portrait of the city Mixed Media100 x 70 cm

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NOVEMBER 2015Persimmons in Perspectivepastel on board16” x 17”

Anja KarisikAnja was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina, in 1987. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2009 with an Honours degree in Fine Art History. She cultivated her artistic spirit alongside her father, a respected high-realist painter, who accepted her into his studio as an apprentice. Anja selects ideas and motifs from old masters while recognizing the necessity of direct observation. When not sharing her father’s working space, Anja is a full-time employee of Loch Gallery, Toronto.

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NOVEMBER 2015Work daydrawing on acrylic 40” x 90”

Anna 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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NOVEMBER 2015

Anna NovicAnna Novic started writing short stories at a very early age of six while already reading poetry and children’s literature for a local radio station. With the time her passion for writing and reading become stronger and she decided to study world literature before leaving her birthplace Sarajevo.The next few years she spent traveling and living in different European countries before deciding to try to settle in big village of Canada. Since then Anna mostly spends her time in Toronto where she writes, paints and plans her travelling.While in Canada, she earned a second Uni-versity degree, and a College Diploma, and is always active in studying new subjects and broadening her horizons.Anna’s inspiration and energy are relent-lessly stirred by her life experiences - trav-elling, living in other countries/continents, some of them being India, Japan, Australia, and Canada and all over Europe.Anna is an avid student of worldwide religions and loves visiting Buddhist and Shinto temples, Churches, Mosques, Syna-gogues, as well as cemeteries of various ages and different religions.

Yin Yang Acrylic on Canvas 36” x 48”

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NOVEMBER 2015Southwest 06Photograf100 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 Pho-tography in his native city.

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NOVEMBER 2015

Bojan VidovicBojan Vidovic was born in the city of Gorazde , Bosnia and Herzegovina. He finished the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2012 in the class of Profes-sor Snezana Nena Skoko and Dragan Zdravkovic . He currently resides and works as a freelance artist in Foca, Bos-nia and Herzegovina. He had over twenty group exhibitions , participated in many art festivals in the country and the region , as well as numerous competitions.

Me Acrilyc on board50cm x 70cm

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NOVEMBER 2015Bole Cirovic “Life after Death” hand tinted infrared photograph

Doug Van de Zande “Are you ready.. for the Rapture?” gelatin silver print

Tom Norman “Untitled” sepia toned silver print

ARTSPACE GROUP- “Ghosts”Tom Norman Doug Van de Zande Bole Cirovic ARTSPACE Group was formed in the late 80’s in Raleigh, North Carolina, by the trio of “lively” photographers: Tom Norman, Doug Van de Zande and Bole Cirovic. For several years the group was active on the American art scene, and their exhibition “Are you ready …for the Rapture?” was heralded as “more interesting than annual exhibition of American photographers... for their use of people in their photographs” by one of the art critics. The trio was joined later by the National Geography photographer Seny Norasingh. Their exhibi-tion “Reviviscence” was chosen and honored as an opening act for the revived Black Mountain College in Ashville, North Carolina, an institu-tion of American art which hosted in the 50’s artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cale, Merce and Martha Cunningham, along with many others. The group was praised for their use and explo-ration of different artistic photo techniques. Their individual art work was acknowledged by many art critics in the USA, including those from Art Journal, Washington Post, etc.In the mid 90’s the group had dissolved, and all the artists went their own ways in their art work and their lives. The creative and manual photo techniques used by the members of the group are largely extinct today, being replaced with photoshopped digital images. Fortunately, no selfies of the group are available.

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NOVEMBER 2015Hop in nitted woolnitted wool300cm x 68cm

Bozica RadjenovicMFA Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade, 1991Sculpture, drawing.Radjenovic’s sculptures often reference the human body, using material as a symbolic language. Her previous bodies of work were created mainly from wood, plaster, and, sometimes, found objects such as shoes. As an émigré artist to Canada, frequently travelling to and exhibiting in her country of birth, Serbia, she turned to soft sculpture that can be carried in a suitcase. The wool speaks ambiguously of a connection, a way back to the point of origin, to childhood, and of the instability of memory.Radjenovic lives and works in Ottawa. She was born and educated in Belgrade, Serbia and moved to Canada in 1993, during the civil war in former Yugoslavia. Radjenovic has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, most recently at The Ottawa School of Art Gallery in Ottawa, Harbourfront Centre in Toronto and Karsh Mason Gallery in Ottawa and Cultural Centre in Belgrade, Serbia. Her work can be seen in Museum of Modern Art in Belgrade, City of Ottawa Fine Art Collec-tion and various private collections in Canada and Europe.

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Chirch Vodice in Golubinci

oil on board12”x10”

House in Mandjelos oil on board,

16”x10”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Bridgit LanniMoving beyond rationalism, Bridgit Lan-nis’ work reflects subconscious beauties though experimentation of materials and process. A graduate of OCADU with a major in Drawing and Painting, Bridgit uses primarily encaustic and acrylic mediums in her work. Various motifs are explored through the use of automatism, allowing the paint to cascade and move freely on the surface. Splashes, drips, strokes, and pours push the work closer to the completion. Through her process, limitations are overlooked and abstrac-tions are formed. Beginning with frus-tration and confusion, her process first drives as a form of release, unplanned and uninhibited. Pursued by a sense of clarity and expression of the creative freedom.

Growth 1 Encaustic and Acrylic on wooden panel.12”x18”

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Garden of Eden, print mixed media, 27x23cm

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NOVEMBER 2015

Chad GauthierThis body of work focuses on a series of moments which are often not realized until they are already over. These mo-ments of vulnerability are fleeting, and this series is an introspected attempt to hold onto and immortalized them. With the use of thin paint, high contrast and haunting silhouettes, I attempt to depict how fragile these moments can be, to bring a focus to the figure and it’s ambiguous surroundings. These nuances are replacing the familiar with a more comfortable disconnect from reality.

Untitled Oil on Linen, stretched over a wood panel12” x 8”

Untitled Oil on Linen, stretched over a wood panel12” x 8” $225.00

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NOVEMBER 2015

Corben Matsell-SavageBeauty and ugliness were concepts that became very blurred in my work throughout my time at OCADU. Painting and drawing the figure in a manner that was visually pleasing or believable was not something that interested me, and rather I sought to seek so called “beauty” within imagery that appears overtly gro-tesque or slightly inaccessible. By doing so I try to push my own perception of beauty and hopefully others.

Self Portrait or Something Like That Oil on Panel16”x 20”

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NOVEMBER 2015A Stich in Time...screenprint18” x 18”

Dana TosicArtist and art educator, Dana works across print media, installation and digital media. She holds a BFA from Queen’s University and an MFA from the University of Calgary, where she was selected to participate in the Tim Mara Graduate Student Exchange in the Printmaking Department at the Royal College of Art, London, U.K. Her research interests include embodied perception and memory, as well as the application of digital technology to traditional practices in printmaking, and were presented at the Printopolis Interna-tional Symposium in Printmaking in Toronto (2010). Dana presently serves on the Board of Directors at Open Studio in Toronto and has been an active part of the Open Studio printmaking community since first joining in 2003. She has taught courses in printmak-ing and drawing at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and the University of Calgary. As an artist, she has participated in exhibitions and artist residencies across Canada and internationally. Her artwork is available through Open Studio’s Print Sales Programme, the Art Rental and Sales Gallery at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and has been most recently published in Printmaking Off the Beaten Track by Richard Noyce (Blooms-bury Publishing, 2013).

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Untitledphoto-print on canvas 120 x 80 x 50cm

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NOVEMBER 2015 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 56 x 46 cm

ZepaAcrylic on canvas 30 x 50 cm”

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NOVEMBER 2015OrchidsAcryil on canvas 42” x 48”

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 2015Moonlit 1mixed media, 9”x 12”,

Moonlit 2kombinovana tehnika, 9”x 12”,

Moonlit 3kombinovana tehnika, 9”x 12”,

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 exhibitions. Her work is part of private collections as well as of various art museum permanent collec-tions, such as National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Hercegovina in Sarajevo, Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo, Gallery of Murska Sobota, Slovenia and National Art Museum at Cetinje, Montenegro.

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Goran Vukcevicwas born on August 30, 1953 in Niksic, Montenegro. He graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts, department of ceramics, in the class of Proffessor Mirjana Isakovic in Belgrade, Serbia. In 1979, Goran had students exhibition - Gallery Cvijeta Zuzoric in Belgrade. In 1982 Goran came to Toronto, Canada. In 1985 he had a very successful exhibition in Kamimura Gallery in Yorkville. Goran settled back to Montenegro, Herceg Novi in 1989. In 1990 he had one man show at Spinaker Gallery. In 1991, Goran took part in the International Ceramics Fes-tival, “Marble and Sounds”, held in the Museum Gallery in Arandjelovac, Serbia.1993 Individual exhibition in Aleksandar Prijic Gallery during the Mimosa Festival in Herceg Novi. 1995 Individual exhibi-tion in “Sue Rider Gallery in Herceg Novi. 1997 Individual exhibition in Kolarac Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia. From 2000 - 2015, regularly exhibits at State Gallery in Herceg Novi. Presently he has been invited as a visiting Proffessor of ceramics Sicily, Italy.

On the picnic Majolica glaze is wast cobalt 35cm x 20cm

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NOVEMBER 2015My Mother Free motion stitching, hand stitching, painted, stitched and burned Tyvek, eco dyed silk... H38” W27”

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 be-gan experimenting with different techniques. As a result she received multiple prestigious awards.

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Gordana Brelih je zavrsila Akademiju Pri-menjenih Umetnosti i Dizajn u Beogradu. Po zavrsetku uspesne karijere modnog kreatora Gordana je otkrila pacvork in 2001. Posle usavrsavanja u tradicionalnom pacvorku ona je pocela da eksperimentise u razlicitim tehnikama.Gordana je primila nekoliko prestiznih nagrada

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NOVEMBER 2015Red Windowprint on plexiglass 12” x 16”

Gordana DosenAn artist at heart, the rest is illusion!

Raised and schooled in Belgrade. Graduated at The University of Technology, Textile engineering department.

I was always very much into art, trying to express myself through different media. My first works were from the High school years but I was never really brave enough to fully submit myself to art.Still enjoying very much the process and never really satisfied with final results.

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NOVEMBER 2015AidaRed Clay

AnitaRed Clay

AnjaRed Clay

Grozdana BukvicGraduated in University of Fine Art - de-partment of Sculpture in Sarayevo. She has participated in the most important selected exhibitions of former Yugoslavia as Panchevo, Biennial of Yugoslav Sculpture, Yugoslav Documents, The Yugoslav Portrait Arts, Yugoslav Biennial of Small Plastic, and Colour and Form Society, Etobicoke, (Best Sculpture Award,2006) Ontario Artists Exibition , Toronto, Birmingham Galery, etc. Her high fired terra cottae sculptures incorporate simple forms, plentiful textures and a touch of colours.

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NOVEMBER 2015

Jan MacIntyreI am a painter who lives and works in To-ronto and Georgian Bay. I have exhibited in Toronto and Lafontaine.

Landscape painting allows me to explore the use of light and colour connected with the different seasons. After work-ing with watercolours for six years, I switched to oil which has loosened my approach to painting. I am inspired by the Group of Seven.

Photographing and capturing landscape on canvas is a passion. The photograph takes a moment , while the painting al-lows me to experience that moment over time. This process is reflected in the finished painting.

Proceeds from any sale of my work will go to the Moosonee Puppy Rescue, based out of Bracebridge.

Waterscape 1Oil on Canvas12” X 9”

Waterscape 2Oil on Canvas12” X 9”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Jeremy KantorHaving studied the many variants of the visual language through education and self-directed studies, Jeremy Tremayne Kantor now specializes in the practices of the old masters dating from the Renais-sance up to the academic structure of 19th century French ateliers. Along with his creation and own development, Jeremy instructs private lessons as well as figurative drawing and the studio cur-riculum at The Academy of Realist Art Toronto. With a main focus in figurative work, still life, and portraiture Jeremy strives to continue to master his craft and technical ability for the precision of expression and longevity of his works of art. In a world of conceptual work, he plans to make a statement in the aid of the resurgence of classical art.

Vanitas Oil on panel16” x 20”

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NOVEMBER 2015Bound 2 Charcoal and Acrylicon Wood Board20” x 16”

Jesse DobsonJesse Dobson is a recently graduated emerging artist whose work focuses on the contemporary figure. Jesse at-tended OCAD University, and received a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art with a specialization in Drawing and Painting. Her work explores the malleable nature of flesh, the tension that exists between traditional notions of physical beauty and ugliness, and the anxiety that transpires when the two collide.

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Bond36” x 25”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Malinda Prud’hommeMalinda Prud’homme is a Toronto based Mixed Media & Portrait Artist working from her cozy studio on the cusp of Park-dale and the Art & Design District. Her greatest passion is expressing that ALL women are beautiful regardless of age, size, ethnicity, or personal style. With this message in mind she depicts accurate portraits of a variety of Canadian women in an attempt to not only celebrate their facial features but their spirit as well.

True Beauty - ‘Tia Brada’Acrylic and Oil Paint on Canvas 16” x 16”

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NOVEMBER 2015Shower Man 8 Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”

Shower Man 8 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. 2015

Marie FinkelsteinI am a Toronto painter who works primarily in oil on canvas. I have exhibited in solo and group shows in Toronto and Ottawa, and was a finalist in the 2005 Kingston Por-trait prize Competition. In 2009, I appeared as one of the selected artists on the Bravo! television series, Star Portraits. I completed a major commission of four paintings for the permanent collection on display at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, in 2011. I studied art in Montreal where I was born and raised, and in Banff, Boston and Toronto.

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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.

MISSING plastics and colored sand 59cm x 66cm

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NOVEMBER 2015Old subject matter, my new light Oil on Canvas48” x 36”

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 2015 Mila VukosavljevicMila Vukosavljevic is an art student and painter in Toronto. She is currently in her final year of Painting and Drawing studies at OCAD U.

Her most recent paintings discuss a state of vacancy, presenting an isolated subject in a theatrical realm. Her work primarily expresses the mood of the subject in a psychologically and emotionally tense space. Mila had her first experience in cura-tion when she worked for the Norman Felix Gallery in Toronto in 2013. She also orga-nized “Artists for Boston”, a charitable art auction with all proceeds going towards the victims of the Boston bombings and, as the leading artist in the“Building Hope” charity for Balkan flood relief, she was responsible for contacting Toronto artists and collecting art work donations. Mila has most recently had work exhibited in OCAD U’s Anniver-sary Gallery as well as Art Toronto 2015.

Untitled oil on canvas4’ x 5’

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NOVEMBER 2015Van Goghkombinovna tehnika 18” x 24”

Moma Lisakombinovna tehnika 18” x 24”

Cas Anatomijekombinovna tehnika – 18” x 24”

Milan VasicB.A. in Applies Arts and Design, Major in Product Design. Live and work in Toronto.

In his free time he enjoys roasting peppers.

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NOVEMBER 2015

Milica PopovicMilica Popovic born in Kraljevo, Serbia November 6, 1995. She is currently student at the University of Fine Art in Belgrade, Serbia. Her artistic style stems from the inspiration she draws from her surroundings. She previously showcased her work in Belgrade.

Boy in a Sweater Charcoal and Pencil on Paper50 x 35 cm

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NOVEMBER 2015The Dimensions(Private Colection)Acrylic on canvas20” x 28”(private collection)

Miroslav NesicIn memoriam: Miroslav Nesic, 1945.-2015.

Spanning over 45 years with more than 100 national and international exhibitions, the work of Miroslav Nesic is constantly transforming. Recognized in the early years in Europe as a surrealist of the Yugoslav school, he established himself in Canada as an expressionistic figurative painter of great dynamism and power. The relationship between man and his environment, his place in society and communication with others are constant themes of his work. The tension between the mathematical, technological world and the organic world of nature is the artist’s way to warn, alert and make us think.

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Fantastic Animals With a Imaginary Twist Ink drawing print

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NOVEMBER 2015

Nana VeljovicI received European education and classical training in drawing and paint-ing at School of Art and Technology (college level), ``Djordje Krstic`` in Nis (prof.Momcilo Mitic), Serbia, B.A,M.A in Painting and Costume Design (83/1988) from University of Fine Art& Design in Belgrade, Serbia, as well Bachelor of Arts Honor studio Program (1995/1997) from Bishop’s University (prof.David Sorensen and prof. Harlan Johnson), Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada

My exploring on the ground of visual arts continues through the parallel work as painter and costume designer until Octo-bar 1993. when I moved to Canada. From that time onward, my artistic expression become essentially focus on painting.

My work has been featured in many groups as well as one-artist shows at mu-seums and galleries, including the Musée de Beaux-Art in Sherbrook, Quebec; Musée du Seminaire in Sherbrooke QC; Horace gallery, Sherbrooke QC; Creatio Artist center , Magog QC etc.

An artist`s journey Oil on canvas24’’x24’’

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Journey Out ThereAcrylic on canvas32” x 32”

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Stairway to HeavenMixed Media Sculpture (Ceramic/Wood)12” x 24”

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NOVEMBER 2015VacationSculpture - Drawing on Ceramic30cm x 20cm x 20cm

SelfySculpture - Drawing on Ceramic30cm x 20cm x 20cm

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 2015And Then There Were NoneOil on canvas, 36” X 24”, 2015

Together we can take away the time and the spaceOil on canvas, 36” x 24”, 2015,

Ozrenko Mrkic As an artist, I act a messenger who releases what is submerged and overlooked onto the canvas. My work is personal; each piece represents an individual thought and experience I have drawn from my own sense of spirituality and culture. It is a subconscious journey between my body, my soul and surrounding energy. FOR DREAMS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT - THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO STAY AWAKE

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 numerous private collections throughout Europe, United States, Australia and Canada.

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NOVEMBER 2015

Paul GomezPaul Guzman (b.1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is an emerging artist, working predominantly in oilpainting. He received a BSc degree from le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg (2008) aswell as a BFA degree from the Ontario College of Art & Design University in Toronto (2014). He hasexhibited at galleries throughout Toronto including Walnut Contemporary, Gallery 1313, Project Gallery,the Gladstone and Propeller. Paul cur-rently lives and works in Toronto.

Driveway Oil on canvase20” x 30”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Robin KachuckRobin has been doing art most of her life. She acquired her academic train-ing studying Fine Arts part time at the University of Toronto, painting at the University of Syracuse in Florence , printmaking at Bezallel Art School in Israel and drawing and sculpture at the Banff School of Fine Arts.She has a MA in Communications De-sign from the Pratt Institute in NY and has recently formed BrandBear Strategy + Design, a graphic design agency that specializes in marketing communications and package design.Her most recent oil paintings focus on telling stories . She paints everyday scenes with a touch of surprise - allowing the viewer to interpret her paintings as they wish. She represents the contrasts of life in her painting technique and subject mattercombining realism with abstraction, clar-ity with ambiguity.

Wading Oil on canvas24” x 30”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Slobodan MacuraThere is something in “here” and “out there” that connects one thing with everything else in the universe. There is no inside or outside, there is only vibra-tion of the same energy in the process of creation. Artwork is a need to go one-step beyond our own self. That means we are not hid-ing from life, but accepting all the chal-lenges, and by shaping the soul of the universe we are creating the world as we create our own selves. Slobodan Macura

Momentum oil on canvas40” x 60”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Slobodanka Boba PerkovicSlobodanka Boba Perković was born in 1967. in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herze-govina. She graduated from School of Applied Art, and then from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo. She spent seven years in Rome working as decorative painter and providing fine art restoration, repair & conservation services as well. She lives and works in Novi Sad, Serbia.She also participated in multiple group exhibitions in Serbia and surrounding countries.Solo exhibitions:2011. “Small format exhibition”, Mali likovni salon, Novi Sad2012. “Colors”, Institut français Novi Sad2014. “See of love”, Centar za vizuelnu kulturu, Novi Sad

Sailing awayOil on a wooden tile56 x 19 cm

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NOVEMBER 2015

Stanislav PlavcicStanislav Plavcic was born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1973. Plavcic, working in multiple disciplines, is best known for his acrylic on board and digital works. He studied at both the Technical High School in Busovaca, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Arriving in Canada in 1998, he took graphic design studies at the Toronto Film School and fine art studies at the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Univer-sity of Western Ontario. A prolific painter, his work is currently in many private collections throughout Ontario. Plavcic currently resides and works in Toronto, Ontario.

Inner DeltaAcrylic on wood panel4’ x 5”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Susan EckenwalderAfter many years in the visual arts work-ing three dimensionally with clay and bronze, Susan Eckenwalder turned to painting fairly recently. Her teaching at Sheridan College and elsewhere ironical-ly prepared her for the life of a student at Neilson Park Creative Centre. There she immersed herself in classes and indepen-dent studies, often working in the studio longer hours than she did earning her MFA degree.

She approaches painting whether in gouache, watercolour, or acrylic as an explorer, testing limits, risking failure, and sometimes breaking what for her at least is new personal ground. The scien-tist in her delights in the materials and methods. Her inner editor knows that art is inherently a percentages game. You win a few, you paint a lot.

Vista Gouache20” x 28”

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NOVEMBER 2015Studija 1 & 2Mixed media10” X 10”

Tanja StankicOne never knows what the torrent of life might teach them. I have learned that the real purpose of life is... Having uncovered this principle I am ever grateful.

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NOVEMBER 2015

Tilya Gallay Helfield Tilya Gallay Helfield was born and raised in Ottawa and lived for many years in Montreal, where she wrote a weekly humorous column for The Sunday Express and The Suburban. She now resides in Toronto. Her short stories and essays have appeared in TV Guide, The Fiddlehead, Viewpoints, Monday Morning, Winners’ Circle Seven 2000, and Living Legacies III, as well as online (www.theoc-cupiedgarden.com 2008). Her story “Stars,” published online (http://www.carte-blanche.org November 2009), was re-printed by Nel-son Education Ltd. in Canadian Content, 7e and Maple Collection 2011. “Blink,” published in OASIS Journal 2010, won Best Non-fiction award; “Judgment” appeared in OASIS Journal 2011, “Digging” in OASIS Journal 2012; “The Bicycle” won First Runner-up in the Best Non-fiction Contest, OASIS Journal 2013. She read her story “Sweet Adeline” on The Sunday Edition, CBC Radio One, Feb 26, 2012. Her collection of short stories, Meta-phors for Love, will be published by Imago Press this year . She is also a multi-media art-ist who has participated in 16 solo and more than 130 juried group exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., Spain, Brazil, Japan and Korea, and has won several awards. Her work can be found in 27 public collections, and in private collections in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

David Mitchell Oil on Canvase(15” x 30”)

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NOVEMBER 2015

Veselin VukašinovićApproach to the architecture, as a single motive in his art, is as a metaphor for civilization. Past is experienced as a aesthetic phenomenon, and city as a two-dimensional canvas of the street facade. Successive printing [principe – digital, intaglio deep printing, digital) he is de-veloping vivid visual structure of mono-chrome and full colour details. Printing on a collage of various papers is adding to the tactile richness of the artwork.He participated in more than 150 group shows in Serbia and abroad. Winner of many awards

Door II Mixed Media34 x 43 cm

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NOVEMBER 2015Black and Orange Wool Scarf - Nuno felting

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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NOVEMBER 2015 Viktor V. PalysGraduate of Kaunas University of Technology, Master of Architecture.Graduate of Vilnius Art Academy, Master of Fine Art.Numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and both Americas.Designed over 30 public buildings in Canada.

The Farewell II Oil on canvas30” x 36”

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.Bush

Meh EhMixed Media

Sunny Side UpMixed Media

We Are All Mad HereMixed Media

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.

Port Credit Marina IWater Colour25” x 13”

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NOVEMBER 2015

Vladimir Ostojic VOSwas born in Sarajevo in 1958. He gradu-ated 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 and graphic designer. Since 1995 he lives and works in Quebec City, Canada. For Vladimir it is important to continually experiment with different materials and mediums in order to keep learning and pushing his art further. Not all of his works are abstract, but they are always an abstraction of what he experi-ences. With each piece he makes Vladi-mir tries to push his limits and allow for new possibilities in unexplored places of his mind. Uncovering these hidden pos-sibilities is probably the main stimulus for his work. Lucid Dreaming

Mixed Media36” x 48”

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NOVEMBER 2015

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NOVEMBER 2015Ari Sunny DayAcrylic on Canvas48”x 36”

Zorica BogdanovicThe Art for Zoka is a key to understanding of her own being.Various creative tech-niques take part in her visual art expression.

She is born in Belgrade 1960 where she lived until 1989 when she moved to Toronto .

The artist participate in numerous collective exibitions. She is a member of Don Vally Art Club -Toronto

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NOVEMBER 2015

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.

Lands End Forillon 2015 Fine art archival Giclee K3 print30” X 40”

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NOVEMBER 2015

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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