SAMOSTALNA IZLOZBA AKADEMSKOG SLIKARA OZRENKA MRKICA

OZRENKO OZZIE MRKIC, 

B.A. of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo

Naziv: “Izuzetan poznavalac samoće” Tehnika: Ulje na platnu Dimenzije: 30” X 24”

Samostalna izlozba akademskog slikara Ozrenka Mrkica “Izuzetan poznavalac samoće” Izlozba traje od: petak, 27 marta - cetvrtak, 9 aprila Otvaranje izlozbe: subota 28 marta,  7 pm - 11 pm Galerija Srpske Nacionalne Akademije 2381 Dundas Street West                                    (20 metara od “Dundas West” stanice metroa)

My artwork is a story stemming from my own life, hailing from the way I think, coming from my daily existence. I observe, analyze and transfer my vision onto canvas. Without restraint, I paint this social “theatre” which we are a part of, where numerous heroes strut about their unmovable lonesomeness. My art is one of many testimonies to the pathetic chaos we call life.

 I do not create with any mysterious talent but by my-self alone; meaning, 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…intuitively…childlike. I glorify human goodness, beauty, love, trust, morality, naivety, and I deride human foolishness, malice, bitterness (caused by ignorance), fickleness and hypocrisy.

My art is filled with the elements of solitude and self-sufficiency, it finds its fulfillment and ultimate purpose in itself.

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

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019   “Sometimes I feel sorry for reality” - SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2018   “Short Tales in Color” - SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2017   “Together Alone” - SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2016   Toronto Art Project, Better Living Centre - Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario

2015   Nelson Park Creative Centre, Toronto, Ontario

2012   Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2006   IZBA Gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia 

2004   COOP on Scolard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1998   Propeller - Center for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario

1997   Propeller - Center for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario (printed catalogue)

1996   Eyes - Post Group Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1996   Canadian Film Center, Toronto, Ontario

1992   Museum of the 14th Winter Olympic Games, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (printed catalogue)

1991   Gallery Art in a Tea Room, London, England

1989   Gallery Uno, Trieste, Italy (printed catalogue)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019   Art Salon, 1313 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (printed Catalogue)

2018   Fall Art Salon, 1313 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (printed Catalogue)

2017   “150 Anniversary of Canada”, Cultural Center of Novi Sad, Serbia (printed Catalogue)

2016   Fall Art Salon, 1313 Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (printed Catalogue)

2015   Spring Art Salon, Toronto, Ontario (printed Catalogue)

2014   Art Salon, SHA Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (printed Catalogue)

2008   Toronto Alternative Fashion Week, Toronto, Ontario (printed Catalogue)

2006   Propeller - Center for the Visual Arts, Propeller Turns 10, Toronto, Ontario,

2005   Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2004   Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Anno Domini

2002   Yugoslav Embassy, Ottawa, Ontario New Canadians, curated by BissaScekic

2001   Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

2000   Gallery Michelangelo, Toronto, Ontario,

2000   Propeller - Center for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario

1999   Canadian Opera Company, Toronto, Ontario, Art Salon `98, curated show, (printed catalogue)

1998   Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Mighty Canadian Art

1997   Propeller - Center for the Visual Arts, DIVINE, Toronto, Ontario, (catalogue)

1996   Propeller - Center for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario

1995   Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Art Salon `95, curated show, (printed catalogue)

1994   Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, curated show, (printed catalogue)

1991   “WHY?”, Gallery of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (printed poster)

GRANTS

2012 - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada

1998 - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada

My artwork can be seen in numerous private collections throughout Europe, United States, Australia and Canada, in Museum of Modern Art - Dubrovnik and Museum ZOI84 - Sarajevo