DRAGANA CRNJAK
Front and Back Cover Image: Laurie Fisher, Float 2 , 2020, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
DRAGANA CRNJAK
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Folded, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 inches $7000 4
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Charge, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 45 inches $6000 6
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Encoding, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 45 inches $6000 8
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Gate, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 45 inches $6000 10
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Shh..., 2021 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 45 inches $6000 12
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Sunrise, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 45 inches $6000 14
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Take Off, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 50 x 45 inches $6000 16
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DRAGANA CRNJAK ARTIST STATEMENT Driven by questions of belonging, my studio practice has been centered around the ideas of displacement and identity. I approach mark-making as tracing fragmented architectural and natural landscapes to suggests spaces in transition - still being shaped, built or erased. While focusing strongly on the visual presence of the work and the physicality of the mark, I am simultaneously fascinated by the impalpable. My interest in perception has often been inspired by peripheral visions of surrounding environments and memories of places, the loose perceptions of the fleeting moments that leave undefined impressions – formations allusive enough to trigger curiosity and suggest potential new structures. While driven by dichotomies between the physical and impalpable, I am simultaneously focused on the poetics of visual language, exploring proximities between the shapes and suggested formations, as well as the tensions and softness of the spaces in between. My fascination with geometry and patterns has been inspired by ethnic Serbian embroideries, urban design and architecture, as well as patterns found in nature and digital realms. While embracing repetition and order, I am restlessly interrupting the same – seeking my place at peripheries of spaces.
DRAGANA CRNJAK Lives and works in Ohio
Education 2004 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2002 BFA, Painting, minor in printmaking, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, OH Select Solo Exhibitions 2021 Randomly Today, Rosefsky Gallery, Binghamton University, Binghampton, NY 2021 Vezovi, Cultural Center of Trebinje, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 Fields and Folds, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018 As if Staying, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2016 Tacit Aligning, M Gallery, Youngstown, OH 2014 Webs and Roads, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2013 Pulse, Simon gallery, Morristown, NJ 2013 Spaces, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012 New Work, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 2012 The Day It Rained Silver, 1st Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 2012 One to Another, ROY B GIV gallery, Columbus OH 2010 Dust, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Recent Paintings, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2008 Slow Reveal, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA 2009 Tilt, Mount Union College Art Gallery, Alliance, OH 2009 Villages, Kent State University Trumbull Campus Gallery, OH 2007 New Work on Paper, Gallery at Porter, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 2007 What I Talk about When I Talk About Love, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY Select Group Exhibitions 2021 Inaugural Exhibition, The Gallery at the East End, Akron, OH 2020 Enigmatic Reflections, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH 2019 Geometry, Site Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2019 20/20, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2019 Reunion, ROY G BIV gallery, Columbus, OH 2019 Art in Embassies, U.S Ambassadorial residence, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2019-2022 2018 Frameworks, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2018 Full Fathom Five, Progressive Art Collective, Mayfield Village Campus, Cleveland, OH 2018 Artbelt: New Art from Rustbelt, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH 2018 Adrift: a Dream, 215 Gallery, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH 2018 Immersion, Faculty biennial art show, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH 2018 Trust, MOCA, Cleveland, OH 2016 Domesticity of Abandonment, SPACE gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2016 Touch: Between Image and Surface, Emily Davis gallery, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH 2014 Chroma(A)Chroma, Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Menomonie, WI 2013 Charcoal, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College Art gallery, Saratoga Springs, NJ 2013 Float, Proximity gallery, Cleveland, OH 2013 Poetics of Pattern, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH 2013 Shade, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2013 Concerning Line, Page Bond Gallery ,Richmond,VA 2012 Haze, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012 Premio Cube, Curro & Poncho gallery at Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 Multiple propositions: A Look at Contemporary Drawing, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN 2011 Illuminate, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2010 Summer Selection, Kathryn Markel gallery, New York, NY 2009 Artprize, The Urban Institute For Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2009 Monumental Ideas in Miniature Book, traveling exhibition, Southern Graphic Conference, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. 2009 Flash Forward, Spaces gallery, Cleveland, OH 2008 International Drawing Annual in Print, Manifest gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2008 A Friend Indeed: Contemporary Art and the Academy, American University’s mid-Atlantic MFA Invitational, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC 2008 Small Claims, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2007 Drawing Invitational, School of Art Galleries, Kent State University, Kent, OH 2007 8 Hour Project, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA 2007 Forte, McDonough Museum of Art, YSU, Youngstown, OH 2006 Drawing No Conclusions, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2006 Village/New Drawing Installation, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2006 Coming Home, Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, OH
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Virginia Museum of Fine Art in Richmond, VA Double Chin, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Grants & Awards 2018 Distinguished Professorship in Scholarship, Youngstown State University, OH 2017 Summer Faculty Innovation Grant, Cliffe College of Creative Arts and Communications, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 2015 Individual Excellence Award/ Visual Art, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH 2015 Faculty Sabbatical Leave/2015-16, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 2012 Research Professorship Award, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 2012 University Research Council Grant, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 2011 Individual Excellence Award/ Visual Art, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH 2008 Individual Excellence Award/ Visual Art, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH 2006 First Place, Drawing No Conclusions, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
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