DRAGANA CRNJAK PERIPHERIES
Front and Back Cover Image: Laurie Fisher, Float2,2020, Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches Front and back cover image: Dragana Crnjak, Gate,2021, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 45 inches, pages 10 - 11.DRAGANA CRNJAK PERIPHERIES PAGE BOND GALLERY 3 1625 WEST MAIN STREET RICHMOND VIRGINIA 23220 USA P 804 359 3633 F 804 355 4854 PAGEBONDGALLERY.COM April 2 - April 30, 2021
DRAGANA CRNJAK PERIPHERIES
The latest series of paintings and drawings PERIPHERIES continues to reflect Dragana Crnjak’s ongoing interest in perception. Specifically, Crnjak was driven by peripheral visions in this body of work, 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, she has become more interested in the proximities between the shapes and suggested formations, the tensions and softness of the negative spaces.
Crnjak thinks of mark-making in paintings and drawings as tracing fragmented architectural and natural landscapes to suggests spaces in flux - still being shaped, built or erased. Her fascination with geometry and patterns is inspired by ethnic Serbian embroideries, urban design and architecture, as well as patterns found in nature. While embracing repetition and order, Crnjak is restlessly interrupting the same – seeking her place at peripheries of spaces.
Crnjak is a Serbian-American artist born in former Yugoslavia. She received her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her BA in the same concentration from the Myers School of Art at the University of Akron, OH. She is a recipient of Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards in visual art for 2008, 2011, 2015, Research Professorship from Youngstown State University, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship in drawing. She previously taught art at The University of Virginia and The Cleveland Institute of Art. She is currently Associate Professor at Youngstown State University, Ohio, teaching painting and drawing.
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Charcoal on panel
20 x 24 inches
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SoftWalk,2021
Charge,2021
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 45 inches
$5400
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Encoding,2021
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 45 inches
$5400
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Gate,2021
50 x 45 inches
$5400
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Acrylic on canvas
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Shh...,2021
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 45 inches
$5400
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Sunrise,2021
50 x 45 inches
$5400
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Acrylic on canvas
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$5400
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TakeOff,2021 Acrylic on canvas
50 x 45 inches
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Landing,2021
20 x 24 inches
$1600
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Charcoal on panel
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20 x 24 inches
$1600
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Passage,2021
Charcoal on panel
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Settling,2021
Charcoal on panel
20 x 24 inches
$1600
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SoftWalk,2021
Charcoal on panel
20 x 24 inches
$1600
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RushHour,2021
$1400
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Charcoal on panel
20 x 20 inches
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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
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Rosefsky Gallery, Binghamton University, NY (Forthcoming)
2021 Days, Cultural Center of Trebinje, Trebinje, Republic of Srpska (Forthcoming)
2021 PERIPHERIES, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 As if Staying, Curated Storefront, Akron, OH
2018 Fields and Folds, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 As if Staying, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2016 New paintings, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
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
2008 Tilt, Mount Union College Art Gallery, Alliance, OH
2008 Villages, Kent State University Trumbull Campus Gallery, OH
2007 New Work on Paper, Gallery at Porter, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
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
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2007 What I Talk about When I Talk About Love, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery,
2006 Houses and New Events, Page Bond
Richmond, VA
Gallery, University
2005 Dwellings, Off Grounds
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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
2017 Artist Trust, MOCA, Cleveland, OH
2017 Cabin Fever - fundraiser auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
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
2010 Faculty Show, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
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 midAtlantic 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 Double Bubble, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 8 Hour Project, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA Forte, McDonough Museum of Art, YSU, Youngstown, OH
2019 Art in Embassies, U.S Ambassadorial residence, Sarajevo, Bosnia
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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
2005 Katrina Show, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Drawing, Tradition and Innovation, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2005 Show Girls, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Red, White, Blue, Portfolio Exchange, Southern Graphic Conference, Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, D.C.
2005 Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, VA
2005 Double Chin, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Awards and Honors
2019 Faculty Improvement Leave - Spring 2020, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
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
Selected Bibliography
2019 Featured artist, Drawing Essentials: A Complete Guide to Drawing, 4th edition, Deborah Rockman, Oxford University Press, late Fall 2019
2018 Inside the Artist’s Process, Interview feature, View magazine, Akron Art MuseumSummer 2018 edition, Akron, OH
2018 Frameworks highlights three regional artists, Anderson Turner, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron,OH, March 2018
2017 Paintings Utilize Patterns Found in Serbian Art, by Anderson Turner, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, OH, October 2017
2017 The Domesticity of Abandonment explores dispossessed people and objects, by Bill O’Driscoll, SPACE, Pittsburgh, January 2017
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Selected Collections
Capital One, Richmond, VA
Eaton Fine Arts, Austin, TX
Progressive Collection, Cleveland, OH
Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC
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2016 Painters to Emulate at Emily Davis Gallery, by Anderson Turner, Akron Beacon Journal, March
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