Vladimir Stupar - Umjetnicki Album

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June 2011

Oil painting "Joy of Art" on the show in Crosings Gallery in Zumbrota, MN

Moonways - Mediterranean Nights

Recent Works

The Beasts - oil on canavs

Life Information

I was born on March 13th 1953 in the northern Mediterranean city of Rijeka in Croatia. However, for most of my life I lived in the city of Banja Luka in Bosnia. Both Bosnia and Croatia were parts of now nonexistent country called Yugoslavia. In Banja Luka I finished the elementary school as well as the high school Gimnazija. I’ve got a Bachelor Degree in Law from the Law Faculty of University of Zagreb, Croatia, and in Banja Luka worked as a lawyer and as a curator – historian in the local museum. Since August of 1996 I’ve been living in the USA in Rochester, Minnesota. There I completed an Associate Degree in Computer Art and Design at the Rochester Community and Technical College, as well as a Bachelor Degree in Digital Arts – Studio Art and Photography at the School of Fine Arts of University of Minnesota, Duluth. I live in Rochester, MN with my wife Dubravka and sons Gordan and Petar.

Biografija

Rodjen sam 13. 3. 1953 na Rijeci u Hrvatskoj dok sam veći dio života proveo u Banjaluci u Bosni i Hercegovini. Naravno, Hrvatska i Bosna i Hercegovina su tada bile dio Jugoslavije. U Banjaluci sam završio osnovnu i srednju školu (Gimnaziju), a u Zagrebu sam diplomirao na Pravnom fakultetu zagrebačkog Univerziteta. U Banjaluci sam radio kao pravnik, a zatim kao kustos istoričar u Muzeju Bosanske Krajine. Od augusta 1996 živim u Sjedinjenim Državama u Rochesteru, Minnesota gdje sam završio dvogodišnji studij za digitalne umjetnosti – kompjuter i dizajn, na rocesterskom RCTC koledžu, kao i četverogodišnji studij digitalnih umjetnosti (studijska umjetnost i fotografija) na Školi za likovne umjetnost, minesotanskog Univerziteta. Živim u Rocesteru sa suprugom Dubravkom i sinovima Gordanom i Petrom.

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ARTrageous 2011

Izlozba u Barlow Event Centru

Rocester, MN

23 – 27 novembar, 2011

Oktobra 2011 dobio sam poziv da učestvujem na izložbi u ročesterskom Barlow Event centru. Poziv je došao u pravi čas jer sam već imao nekoliko novih radova koje sam htjeo da pokažem. Centar je mjesto poznato po organizovanju muzičkih koncerata i ovo je bilo po prvi put das u organizovali izložbu ovakve vrste (sa namjerom da to postane tradicija). U lokalnim medijima izložba je opisana kao dogadjaj u kojem su učestvovali “neki od najboljih umjetnika kraja u rangu slikara, skulptora, fotografa i obrtnika”. Većina od dvadesetak učesnika je dočla iz Ročestera, ali bilo je i umjetnika iz Mineapolisa i drugih mjesta. Izložio sam 26 slika kako slikanih tako i digitalnih. Medju novim radovima našle su se slike kao “Mediteranske noći”, “Zvijeri”, “Noćna mora” kao i neki raniji radovi poput “Brod ludjaka”, “Smedje i plavo”, “Mondrianeskne kompozicije” br. 1 i 2, “Tvrdjava u centru grada” i druge. Svježinu dogadjaja pretstavljala je njegova raznovrsnost. Za mene lično bila je to još jedna prilika da vidim nova lica i njihove radove kao i da ponovo vidim neke stare znance.

Plain Air, Zumbro 2011

Tokom ovogodišnjeg Plain Air-a u Zumbru boravio sam u Evropi tako da se nisam odazvao pozivu za učestvovanje. Ipak imao sam već spremnu sliku sa zadanom temom - ulje na platnu nazvano "Radost umjetnost" koja predstavlja našu ranije spomenutu izložbu na Pokrivenom mesto u Zambroti.Predložio sam vlasnici "Crossings" galerije, koja je inače i organizator ove manifestacije, da pridruži moju sliku ostalima. Moj predlog je prihvaćen, slika je izložena u galeriji, van konkurencije, gdje se još uvijek nalazi.

25 februar – 26 mart, 2010
Crossings galerija, Zumbrota, MN

Prve kontakte sa Crossings galerjom ostvario sam tokom mojih prethodnih izložbi u Zumbroti (izložba na Pokrivenom mostu i Plain Air u Zumbru). Vlasnica galerije Marie Louise Marvin posjetila je izložbu na mostu, razgledala izložene radove, razgovarala sa mnom i ostalim učesnicima o primjenjenim tehnikama, materijalima, idejama… Neki od radova su joj se očito svidjeli. Zainteresovao sam se za Crossings, posjetio ih nekoliko puta, predao im portfolio sa svojim radovima i ostao u daljnjem kontaktu preko e-maila, Facebook-a, itd. U ljeto 2009 nakon što sam zavrsio sliku “Let’s Go and Read Something” (“Hajde da nešto pročitamo”) poslao sam kopiju slike u Crossings i dobio pohvalne komentare. Uskoro je uslijedila ponuda da izlažem u galeriji zajedno sa slikarkom Mary Solberg iz grada Winona u državi Wisconsin. (Galerija ima dugu tradiciju predstavljanja po dva umjetnika u jednoj izložbi). Termin izložbe zakazan je za period od 25 februara do 26 marta 2010 godine, tako da sam imao priliku da naslikam još dvije slike – “Downtown Fortress – Red and Blue” (“Tvrdjava u centru grada – Crveno i plavo”) i “Incredible Daydream with a Painting Box” (“Nevjerovatna sanjarija sa kutijom za boje”).

Na izložbi sam pretstavio osam slikanih radova radjenih u ulju ili akriliku (pored tri navedene slike izložene su i “Brod ludjaka – posveta Hijeronimusu”, “Na rubu sna”, "Smedje i plavo”, “Tri u jednom”, “Umjetnici na mostu”), te sedamnaest digitalnih radova (“Mondrianeskna kompozicija sa totemom br. 1”, “Mondrianeskna kompozicija sa totemom br. 2”, “Stolić za čaj” – velika verzija, “Pan”, "Šolja za čaj, varijacija br. 6”, “Bukolička fantazmagorija – taj moment”, “Jabuke”, “Solja za caj, varijacija br. 4”, "Trkač u kutiji”, “Sponge Bob atakuje na moj prozor”, “Oak Centar, Minnesota”, “Crveni andjeo”, “Stolić za čaj” – mala verzija, “Bijeli andjeo”, “Sunčano popodne”, “Konji” i “Kosmička kocka”). Izložba je bila uspješna: na otvaranju se pojavio velik broj posjetioca (tako da sam imao veliko zadovoljstvo da susretnem mnoge prijatelje, kolege, profesore sa koledža, kao i neka nova lica), postavka je bila dobra, reakcije posjetilaca pozitivne, u lokalnim novinama ovjavljen je članak o pretstojećoj izložbi, dva rada su mi prodana te večeri. Konačno, upoznao sam i Mary Solberg (sa kojom sam do tada uglavnom kontaktitao putem e-maila); razgovarali smo o njenoj umjetnosti, komentirali neke od mojih radova itd.

Prilikom zatvaranja izložbe Marie Louise mi je rekla da joj je to bila jedna od najdražih izložbi u zadnjih godinu i po ili dvije, te da želi da zadrži neke od mojih radova i dalje izložene u svojoj galeriji. Izabrala je sedam slika koje su joj se najviše svidjele. Dogovorili smo se da slike ostanu u galeriji slijedeća dva mjeseca.

Plan Air in the Zumbro

jun 2009

Neposredno nakon izložbe na Pokrivenom Mostu u Zumbroti galerija “Crossings" iz istog mjesta organizovala je slikarski natječaj nazvan Plain Air u Zambru opisan kao “slike koje slave istorijskji Pokriveni Most i region rijeke Zumbro”. Umjetnici su pozvani da tokom dvije sedmice (15 – 30 jun 2009) slikaju na otvorenom na zadanu (mada široko postavljenu) temu. Moja ideja je bila da umjesto pejsaža ili arhitekture naslikam dogadjaj, a dogadjaj je bio naša prethodna izložba na mostu. Bio je to akrilik uradjen u ponešto nadrealističkom maniru. Slika nije dobila nijednu (od tri podjeljene) nagrade, ali sam imao zadovoljsto da vidim kako se moja slika vidno razlikuje od svih ostalih . Osim toga slika se svidjela ljudima iz “Crossing” galerije. “Umjetnici na Pokrivenom Mostu” je bila na izlozbi u “Crossings” galeriji mjesec ili dva, da bi zatim (zaslugom ljudi iz “Crossing”-a) bila izložena nekoliko slijedećih mjeseci u zambrotanskoj Gradskoj Vjecnici.

Izložba na pokrivenom mostu, Zambrota, Minnesota
maj, 2009

Ova jednodnevna izložba bila je jedan od uslova za moj završni semestar u Školi lijepih umjetnosti Univerziteta Minnesota. Predvođeni profesoricom Betsy Hunt moje razredne kolegice Brenda, Connie, Yuko i ja istraživali smo mogućnosti izlaganja u alternativnim prostorima. Svima se svidjela moja ideja da to bude na Pokrivenom mostu u Zumbroti. Za razliku od mojih kolegica koje su izlagale svoje fotografske radove, ja sam odlučio da na izložbi predstavim svoju kompjutersku umjetnost, digitalne fotografije kao i slike radjene u ulju i akriliku. Konačno, dobio sam priliku da izložim svoj "Brod luđaka - Posveta Hijeronimusu".

Izložba je bila pravo uživanje: dan je bio prekrasan, atmosfera opuštena, imali smo nekoliko značajnih posjetioca. Čak smo imali vremena da zaigramo nogomet. Izložba je našla svoje mjesto na lokalnoj televiziji, a zambrotanske novine objavile su članak o izložbi. Na ličnom planu izložba je bila značajna i zbog toga sto sam tad ostvario svoje prve kontakte sa ljudima iz zamrotanske "Crossings" galerije. Pored "Broda luđaka" izložio sam još dva ulja ("Mali Isus" i "Arhanđel Mihailo" ) akrilike "Smeđe i plavo" i "Tri u jednom, te digitalne radove "Bukolička Fantazmagorija - Taj moment" i "O čemu razmišljaš Petre".

Univerzitet Minnesota, Duluth - Campus Rochester MN
"Suočavanje" april 27 - maj 4, 2009

"Suočavanja" je bila moja prva samostalna i do sada, najuspješnija izložba.Postavljanje samostalne izložbe bio je jedan od uslova na mojoj završnoj godini na UMD i time razlog više da poduhvat prihvatim vrlo ozbiljno. Najzad dobio sam priliku da uradim ono što sam zaista htio: da sam odlučim koje i koliko radova da izložim, da sam izaberem prostor, da odlučim kako da postavim i organizujem izložbu i sve to bez prisustva žirija. Na sugestiju moje mentorke Betsy Hunt odlučio sam da za ovu priliku predsatavim svoje digitalne radove. Imao sam dobar koncept i dovoljno materijala. Dizajnirao sam atraktivan prostor i razglednicu, pripremio portfolio, napisao umjetničku izjavu, insprintao radove i najavio izložbu. Moja supruga Dubravka i sinovi Gordan i Petar pomogli su mi da postavim izložbu, moj instruktor crtanja i slikanja Simon Huelsbeck bio je ljubazan da pripremi uvodnu riječ, a kolegica Yuko Hibno je preuzela kameru da dokumentuje otvaranje izložbe. Izložba je doživjela uspjeh: posjeta je bila sjajna, mnogi posjetioci ostavili su pisane komentare koji su me dirnuli i učinili ponosnim. Reakcije su bile vrlo povoljne (kao i konačna ocjena). Na kraju termina zvaničnici Univerziteta su mi sugerisali i dozvolili da produžim izložbu do kraja semestra.

"Suočavanje" - Umjetnička izjava

Kolekcija radova pretstavljenih na ovoj izložbi je produkt jednog introspektivnog procesa suočavanja sa samim sobom kao i svijetom koji nas okružuje. Rzmišljanja kojih su ovi radovi posljedica inspirisana su dualističkim principom prema kojem su svi fenomeni komponovani i definisani dvjema suprostavljenim i cesto suprotnim dijelovima. Za razliku od filozofa i teologa koji primjenjuju ovaj princip da bi objasnili svijet i prirodu stvari, jas sam koristio isti princip kao način viđenja i prezentiranja stvari. Princip sam koristio na nekoliko nivoa i načina.

Na primjer, na misaonom nivou dualitet predstavljaju svijesni dio na jednoj strani suočen drugom gotovo atavističkom prirodom "zaboravljenog znanja" , duboko usađenog u našoj povijesti, na drugoj. Ovaj drugi fenomen je nazvan našom šamanističkom prirodom. Ove dvije prirode ovdje nisu u uobičajenoj relaciji suprotstavljanja (kao što su to na primjer dobro i zlo). Radije, u mojim radovima one su u pozitivnom odnosu; kad postavim "Anđela tame" pored "Anđela svjetla" namera mi nije da ih postavim tako da jedan predstavlja dobro a drugi zlo. Naprotiv oni su postavljeni tako da pokažu dva načina na koji ja vidim ljepotu. To je bio primer dualizma primenjenog na estetičkom nivou. U nekom drugom slučaju isti princip je primjenjen na sasvim formalnom nivou: jednostavnim postavljanjem jedne slike pored druge pretstavlja dualitet koji stvara novi kvalitet. Pokušao sam to postavljanjem dva velika formata dijagonalno suprotstavljena jedan drugom ("Bukolička fantazmagorija - Taj moment" i Predosjećaj potencijalne kozmičke protokreacije"). Ovaj formalni dualizam je dalje naglašen činjenicom da prvo pomenuta slika pretstavlja mitološku pripovjest jednog momenta, dok druga sadrži gotovo filozofsko razmišljanje o vječnosti. U primjeru "Digitalni povratak broda luđaka A i B imamo slijedeći primjer primene ovog principa: ove dvije slike su digitalni pokušaj da se moj raniji rad u ulju posvjećen Hijeronimusu Bošu vidi na drugi način. Dualizam je ovdje izrazen samom činjenicom da su digitalni radovi bazirani na ranijem slikarskom radu. Daljnji dualizam je postignut dupliciranjem slika isto kao i postavljanjem jedne slike pored druge., itd. Nema daljnje potrebe za objašnjavanjem ovog principa na drugim primjerima - ostavljam gledaocima da ih sami prepoznaju i mogućno dadnu svoja vlastita tumačenja. (Moj autoportret u kolaž tehnici je pogodna tačka za početak istraživanja).
Konačno, sam čin suočavanja je čist primjer primjene razmatranog principa.

Rochester Community and Technical College
2009 Student Exhibition

Godina 2009 je bila moja završna godina na koledžu. Bio je to vrlo dinamičan semestar: upisao sam sedam predmeta i pohadjao nastavu na RCTC i na UMD, pripremao sam svoju individualnu izložbu, radio na dva tzv “part time” posla, imao obaveze prema familiji…. Moje izložbe u ovoj godini počele su sa godišnjom izložbom studentskih radova na RCTC. Iako sam znao da će žiri biti naklonjen keramici i fotografiji, te uprkos činjenici da sam imao zalihu dobrih radova u crno-bijeloj fotografiji, odlučio sam da stavim naglasak na slikanje i komjutersku umjetnost: predao sam svoj “Predosjećaj potencijalne kozmičke protokreacije “ u velikom formatu, zatim vizantijsku studiju u ulju “Arhandjel Mihailo”, te jednu od verzija crno-bijele fotografije digitalizirane i finalizirane kao printani materijal nazvane “O čemu razmisljas Petre?” takodje u velikom formatu. Izložbom su dominirali keramika, fotografija (uglavnom crno-bijela) i crteži ugljem. Izbor slikarskog materijala bio je razočaravajuće skroman brojem i prosječnog kvaliteta. Mislim da je jedva ijedna od izloženih slika bila dostojan rival Arhandjelu, a vjerujem da je trebalo naći prostor i za moju treću priloženu sliku. Najvjerovatnije da je veliki format bio razlog za njeno odbijanje. Uprkos značajnog broja vrlo kvalitetnih radova u keramici izložba nije imala prave koncepcije. Kako bilo da bilo, za mene izložba nije imala nekog većeg značaja, jer su sve moje misli već bile usmjerene ka mojoj vlastitoj izložbi koju sam pripremao za UMD.

Izložba studentskih radova

Univerzitet Minesote, Kampus u Rocesteru

April 2008

Otprilike u isto vrijeme sa izložbom na RCTC bila je organizovana i izložba studentskih radova na UMD u Rocesteru. Iako u to vrijeme još uvijek nisam formalno bio student UMD-a (postao sam to u augustu iste godine) bilo mi je dozvoljeno da kao budući student Univerziteta učestvujem na ovom dogadjaju. Izložbom su dominirali dizajnerski i fotografski radovi (zapravo ja sam bio jedini koji je predao slikarske radove). Žiriju, koji se sastojao od jednog čovjeka, predao sam četiri rada: netom odbijene na RCTC-u slike "Brod ludjaka" i "Mali Isus", kao i akrilik "Smedje i plavo" te "Digitalni povratak Broda ludjaka". Na izložbu je primljena slika "Smedje i plavo". Izložbe se sjećam kao dogadjaja niske energije, slabog osvjetljenja i loše uradjene postavke.

Rochester Community and Technical College

Studentska umjetnička izložba

15 april - 8 maj 2008

Ovo je bila moja druga izložba. Predao sam ulje većeg formata “Brod ludjaka – Posveta Hijeronimusu” (u koju sam uložio mnogo truda i očekivanja), zatim jednako ambiciozan digitalni rad (kombinacija slikanja na kompjuteru i digitalne fotografije) nazvane “Bukolička fantazmagorija – Taj moment”, te rad u ulju manjeg formata “Mali Isus”. Žiri je prihvatio samo Fantazmagoriju ostavivši me tako sa pomješanim emocijama: bio sam ponosan i svjestan vrijednosti prihvaćene slike, ali mi je neprihvatanje Broda ludjaka bilo pravo razočarenje. Kako bilo da bilo, Fantazmagorija je doživjela uspjeh – primio sam mnoge čestitke i povoljne komentare od ljudi koji su je vidjeli.

April 10 - Maj 2007
Rochester Communiti and Technical College
Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Ovo je bila moja prva izložba. U to vrijeme bio sam student prve godine studija digitalnih umjetnosti na ročesterskom koledžu (RCTC). Jedan od predmeta u proljetnom semestru 2007 bilo je slikanje sa Simonom Huelsbeckom kao instruktorom). Na izložbu sam predao dva ulja naslikana istog semestra – “Na rubu sna” i “Autoportet”, kao i crtež ugljem naslovljen “Mrtva priroda – Draperija”. Žiri je prihvatio dva prvopomenuta rada.

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shows

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ARTrageous 2011

Barlow Event Center Show

Rochester MN

Nov. 23 -27, 2011

In October 2011 I received an invitation for participation in a show at Rochester’s Barlow Event Center. The call had come at right time for me: I had a few new works and I really wanted to show them. The Center has a reputation of organizing musical concerts and this was for the first time they organized a visual arts event (with an intention to continue in the same trend). In the local papers the event was described as one of bringing “some of the area’s finest artists ranging from painters, sculptors, photographers and crafters”. Most of the artists ( some 20 in number) came from Rochester, but there were also artists from Minneapolis and other places. The 26 pictures that I came with were both paintings and digital pieces. Among the new ones were “Moonways”, “The Beasts”, “Nightmare” as well as some older such as “Ship of Fools”, “Brown & Blue”, “Mondrianesque Composition with a Totem” 1 & 2, “Downtown Fortress”, and others. Refreshing for me was the show’s great diversity. I enjoyed the opportunity of seeing some new faces and their works as well as the pleasure of seeing some old friends of mine.

Plein Air in the Zumbro, 2011

During this year`s Plain Air in the Zumbro I was visiting my family in Europa and did not participate the event in person. However, I already had a painting covering the given topic (anything about the Zumbro and Zumbrota). It was my oil painting "Joy of Art" with the theme of our before mentioned show at the Covered Bridge" in Zumbrota. Marie of the "Crossings" was glad to accept my work, and it is still in te Gallery.

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Crossings galerija, Zumbrota, MN
25 februar – 26 mart, 2010

made my first contacts with “Crossings” gallery during my previous shows in Zumbrota (Covered Bridge show and Plain Air in the Zumbro). Marie Louise Marvin, the owner, visited the Covered Bridge show, talked to me, and liked my works. Eventually, I submitted my portfolio and we were in touch trough e-mails, Facebook, etc. When, in the summer of 2009, I finished my oil painting titled “Let’s Go and Read Something”, I send its photograph to “Crossings” and, again, they liked it. Soon an offer for a show followed. “Crossings” Gallery has a long tradition of presenting two artists in a single show. This time they wanted to present my works together with those of Mary Solberg from Winnona, WI. I liked the idea. The exhibition was scheduled for February 25th through March 26th 2010, and I had enough time to paint a couple more pictures (“Downtown Fortress – Red and Blue” and “Incredible Daydream with a Painting Box”).

On the show I had eight paintings (“Ship of Fools – A Homage to Hieronymus”, “At the Edge of a Dream”, “Brown and Blue”, ‘Three in One”, “Artists in the Bridge”, “Let’s Go and Read Something”, “Downtown Fortress”, and “Incredible Daydream With a Painting Box”), and seventeen digital works (“Mondrianesque Composition With a Totem # 1”, “Mondrianesque Composition With a Totem #2”, “Tea Table” (big), “The Pan”, “Cup of Tea, Variation #6”, “A Bucolic Fantasmagoria – That Moment”, “Apples”, “Cup of Tea, Variation #4”, “Runner in the Box”, “Sponge Bob Attacks My Window”, “Oak Center, Minnesota”, “Red Angel”, “Tea Table” (small), “White Angel”, ‘Sunny Afternoon”, “Horses”, and “Cosmic Gamble”. The show was successful: the turnout on the opening reception was very good ( I had a great pleasure to see many of my friend, colleagues, teachers, as well as some new faces), the setting was good, the response of the viewers was very positive, there was an article about the show in a local newspapers, and my two works were sold that evening. I finally met Mary Solberg in person and talked to her about her art, commented some of my works, etc.

At the closing of the show Marie Louise told me it was one of her favorite shows in last year and a half or two and she wished to keep some of my pictures on the show for an extended time. She picked her seven favorite pictures and we agreed to leave them on exhibit for next couple of months.

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Plan Air in the Zumbro

june 2009

Not long after the show at the Covered Bridge "Crossings" gallery of Zambrota organized an event titled Plain Air in the Zumbro, described as "Paintings that celebrate Zumbrota`s historic Covered Bridge and the Zumbro River region". Artists were invited to spend two weeks (June 15-30, 2009) in the area, and do some open air paintinngs on the given (athough very widely defined) topic. I came up with an idea to paint an event rather than just a landscape or architecture. The event was our previous show at the Coverd Bridge. It was an acrylic painting executed in somewhat surrealist manner. I didn`t get any material rewards, but I had that satisfaction to have a picture unlike any other on the show and also I was glad that people of "Crossings" liked it. "Artists in the Covered Bridge" was on the exibit in "Crossings" gallery for a month or two, and after that (courtesy of "Crossings") the picture was on the show in Zumbrota`s City Hall for next few months.

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The Covered Bridge Show – Zumbrota, MN
May 9, 2009

This was one‐day show and another requirement for my final semester in School of Fine Arts of University of Minnesota. Supervised by our instructor Betsy Hunt my classmates Brenda, Connie, Yuko and myself were exploring possibilities of using alternative spaces for our show. Everybody liked my idea to pick the Covered Bridge in Zumbrota. Unlike my colleagues who exhibited photographs, I decided to show my computer art, digital photograph as well as my paintings. Finally, I’ve got a chance to present my oil painting “Ship of fools”. The show was a real fun for all of us: the weather was fine, the atmosphere was relaxed,we had some important visitors, and we even had time to play soccer a little.

The exhibition had found its place on the local TV, and there was an article about our show in the Zumbrota’s newspaper. Personally this event was important for me for the fact that I made my first contact with the people from Zumbrota’s “Crossings” gallery. Beside “Ship of Fools” I had other two oil paintings (“Little Jesus” and “Archangel Michael”, acrylics “Brown and Blue” and “Three in One”, then “Bucolic Fantasmagoria” and “The Rock” (computer art), and a digital photograph “What’s in your Mind,
Petar?”

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University of Minnesota, Duluth - Rochester Campus
"Facing" April 27 - May 4, 2009

“Facing” was my first individual show, and my best so far. Performing my own exhibition was a requirement for my senior year at UMD and I took it very seriously. Finally, I had an opportunity to do what I really wanted, to decide what and how many works to show and, there were no jurors. My mentor Betsy Hunt suggested me to present my digital works, and I agreed – I had a good concept and enough material to choose from. I designed an attractive poster and a post card, put my portfolios together, wrote an artist statement, got my prints done, and the event announced. My wife Dubravka and sons Gordan and Petar helped me to put the show up, my instructor in drawing and painting Simon Huelsbeck was so kind to prepare an opening speech, and my colleague Yuko Hibino took over the camera to document the opening. The exhibition was a success: the turnout was great, many visitors left comments I was touched with and proud. The reactions were very positive. At the end the UMD staff allowed me to extend the show till the end of the semester.

"Facing" - Author's Statement

The collection of works presented in this exhibition is a product of an introspective process throughout which I have been facing my own self as well as the outside world.

My thinking behind this collection of images was inspired by the dualist principle. According to this principle all phenomena are composed and defined by the two often-competing parts. The philosophers and theologians used the principle to explain the world and the nature of things. However, my intention here was not to explain the world or define the phenomena. Rather I used it as the way of s e e i n g things and presenting them.

I used the principle on several different levels and in a variety of ways. For example on the level of my mind the duality appeared to be the conscious part on one side, faced by the other, almost atavistic, nature of "the forgotten knowledge", deeply buried into our sub consciousness on the other side. I like to call it our shamanistic nature. These two natures are not related the way the usual dualities such as the good and bad are related. In my work they rather interact in a positive way - when I put my "Angel of Night" next to the "Angel of Light" they were not intended to simbolize the good and evil respectively. In the contrary - they show the two ways I see the beautiful. This was the dualism applied on the aesthetical level. Other times the principle worked on the formal level: simply putting one picture next to another creates a duality and brings the new quality. I tried that by positioning the two big formats diagonally facing each other with " A Bucolic Fantasmagoria - That Moment" and "The Rock - A Premonition of a Potential Cosmic Protocreation". This formal dualism was emphasized by the fact that the first mentioned picture presented a mythological story of one moment and the other involving an almost philosophical thought dealing with eternity. In the example of "The Digital Return of the Ship of Fools A i B" there was another multiple dualism applied. These two images were a digital attempt to see my oil-painted homage to Hieronymus Bosch in another way.Dualism was achieved by the sheer fact that the two digital images were based on the previous oil painting. The further dualism was created by the duplication of images, as well as posting the two pictures next to each other. There is no need to have other examples of the principle explained. They are left for the viewers to find and possibly give their own explanation. (My self-portrait colage is a good point to start with).
Finally the act of facing is another clear example of the principle applied.

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Rochester Community and Technical College
2009 Student Exhibition

The year 2009 was my final year at the college, and it was a very dinamical one: I took seven claasses at both RCTC and UMD, had to prepare my own exhibition, worked two part time jobs, had family shores ... My exhibitions in this year started with the RCTC show. I knew in advance that the jurors were inclinend towards ceramics and photography, hower, I decided to put the stress on my paintings and computer art ( despite the fact that I had some strong material in black and white photography ). I submitted my "Premonition of a

Potential Cosmic Protocreation - The Rock" in a large format, my study in the Byzantine art - oil painting "Archangel Michael", end a v ersion of my black and white photography digitalized and converted into inkjet print titled "What is in Your Mind, Petar ?" in a large format. The jury accepted " The Rock". The selection of the paintings was disappointingly medicore and, in my opinion , hardly one could match my Archangel. I also think my third picture deserved to be presented there, and it must have been its big format that was the reason for its refusal. Despite some great ceramics pieces the show lacked a real conception. Anyway, for me it was just a sideshow as I was already preparing my own show at UMD.

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April 2008

University of Minnesota, Duluth - Rochester (Campus)
Exshibiton of Students Works

About at the same time ast the annual shov at the RCTC there was another show at the UMD. At that time I wasn't UMD student yet (I started there in August). but I was allowed to participate as a future student. The show was prevailingly photofraphy and design show (actually I was the only painter there). I submitted four pieces: freshly refused from RCTC exibition Ship of Fools and Litlle Jesus, as well as a detail from Digital Return of Ship of Fools, and Brown & Blue. I remember the show as one of low energy, poor lighting and clumsy settings.

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April 15 - Maj 8. 2008

Rochester Communiti and Technical College
Student Art Exhibition 2008

My second show, I submitted my big oil painting "Ship of Fools - A Homage to Hieronymus" (which was at that time my best work and high expectations about it), a piece of so called computer Art " A Bucolic Fantasmagoria - That Moment" that was another ambitious piece, as well as a small oil painting titled "Little Jesus". The jury accepted the Fantasmagoria leaving me with mixed feelings. I was proud of the Fantasmagoria, but the Ship not passing through was a major disappointment for me. Hawever, That Moment was a success, as I heard many positive comments from the people who saw it.

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April 10 - Maj 3. 2007

Rochester Communiti and Technical College
2007 Annual Juried Student Exhibition

The was my first exhibition ever. At that time I was a student at RCTC. Among other classes there I had Painting I with Simon Huelsbeck as the instructor. Each student was alowed to turn in up to three works. I submitted two oil paintings that I painted that semester ( AT the Edge of a Dream and Self Portrait ), and a charcoal drawing ( Still Life - Drapery). The jury accpted the first two mentioned. It was quite a success for a beginner.

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2009-09-18T12:13:00.001-07:00

I Had a Dream - Nightmare

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

JoyOfArt, oil painting

Christmas Race, acrylic painting

Let's Go And Read Something
oil painting

Downtown Fortress
oil painting

Incredible Daydream with a Painting Box
acrylic painting

Question For Pablo

Self-Portrait (oil painting)

The Little Jesus (oil painting)

Brown & Blue (acrylic painting)

Three in One (acrylic painting)

At the Edge of a Dream (oil painting)

Ship of Fools - A Homage to Hieronymus (oil painting)

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Rochester, MN 55901
Phone (507) 280-5923
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Resume

Education:
Bachelor in Fine Arts – Digital Art: Studio Art and Photography,
University of Minnesota, School of Fine Arts, Duluth, MN - May 2009,

Associate in Science – Digital Art: Computer Art and Design, Rochester
Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN 2007,

Bachelor Degree in Law –University of Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Law,
Zagreb, Croatia 1977

Exhibitions:
Plein Air on the Zumbro, Crossings Gallery, Zumbrota, MN 2009
The Covered Bridge Show, Zumbrota, MN 2009
Facing – Individual exhibition, UMD, Rochester, MN 2009
Annual Exhibit of Students’ Works, RCTC, Rochester, MN 2009
Annual Exhibit of Students’ Works, RCTC, Rochester, MN 2008
Annual Exhibit of Student’s Works, RCTC, Rochester, MN 2007

Relevant Knowledge:
Adobe Photo Shop, Illustrator, InDesign, Audition; Microsoft Power
Point and Word; Final Cut Pro; PC and Mac platforms; digital and
film photography, video; painting in oil, acrylic and water colors,
drawing in charcoal, pencil, and ink; corporate design, packaging;
typography; writing; art theory and history; multilingual and multi-
cultural.

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Triad

Behind the Mask

In the Search

Mondrianesque Sunrise #1

What's in Your Mind, Petar ?

Horses

The Pan #3

Tea Cup #4

Cosmic Gamble

Tea Table

Sunny Afternoon

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2009-09-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

Screeeeam

Painted Face

"Mystery of the Archangel"

Masked #17"

"Fluorescent Chair"

Mondrianesque Composition With a Totem #1

Self Portrait (Collage)

Blue Angel

Sponge Bob - Massive Attack

Bucolic Fantasmagoria - That Moment

Premonition of a Potential Cosmic Protocreation - The Rock

Digital Return of Ship of Fools A

Remembering the Sixties (Self Portrait)

Dark Queen

Artists in the Bridge #6

Sinking

University of Minnesota, Duluth (Rochester Campus) Exhibition of Students Works April 2008

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Gotovo u isto vrijeme kad je otvorena izložba u RCTC organizovana je još jedna na UMD. U to vrijeme jos nisam bio student UMD-a (počeo sam par mjeseci kasnije u augustu), ali kao budućem studentu bilo mi je dozvoljeno da učestvujem. Izloženi radovi su uglavnom bile fotografije i dizajn. Ja sam bio jedini slikar. Predao sam četiri rada: upravo odbijene na RCTC izložbi “Brod ludjaka - homage za Hieronymusa” i “Mali Isus”, kao i fragment veče kompozicije nazvane “Digitalni povratak Broda ludjaka”, te “Smedje I plavo”. Jedini član žirija bio je čovijek sa RCTC-a. Njemu se svidjeo moj novi akrilik “Smedje i plavo”. Izložba mi je ostala u sjećanju kao dogadjaj niske energije, sa lošim osvjetljenjem i nezgrapnom postavkom.