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BIOGRAPHY
She was born in 1975 in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia (presently Bosnia Herzegovina).
EDUCATION
1997-98 Master of Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England
1997-98 Residency at Goodenough College, London, England
1995-97 Fine Arts Department, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto. AOCAD Honours.
1992-95 Painting Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey. BFA program.
1984-92 Music training in classical piano, Sarajevo, BH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Galerie Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007
MAYA KULENOVIC, Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2006
CLAIR/ OBSCURE, Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Blackheath Gallery, London UK
QUAB Gallery, Calgary
ECHOES OF THE LAMENT, Gallerie Luz, Montreal (March- April)
PENUMBRA, Blackheath Gallery, London, England (May)
2005
WAKE, QUAB Gallery, Art Central, Calgary
2003
YEAR ZERO, SPIN Gallery, Toronto
2002
SUBLIME, Partners Films, Toronto
2001
INTER NOS, ZYPR Gallery Toronto
MAYA KULENOVIC: Portraits, Una Mas, Toronto
2000
SEER, I-Land Gallery, Toronto
MAYA KULENOVIC, Partners Films, Toronto
EXPOSURE, SPIN Gallery
CAPRICE II, La Vitrine, Scotia Plaza, Toronto
1999
PROCESSION Gallery 89, John Abbott College, Montreal
CAPRICE, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
MAYA KULENOVIC, paintings, Revolutionary Bean cafe, Beaches, Toronto
1996-98
VERTIGO studio MFA show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
WALLS-VOIDS Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
TWO AND THREE PEOPLE EXHIBITIONS- SELECTED
2006 DEC – 2007 JAN Galerie Utrecht Burg Reigerstraat
2006
WAR , QUAB Gallery, Calgary
1999 Sable- Castelli Gallery, Toronto.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS- SELECTED
2007
Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Blackheath Gallery, London UK
Robert Hughes Gallery, Austin, Texas
Oisin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
QUAB Gallery, Calgary
2006
Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Stampede, QUAB Gallery, Calgary
Fence Project; Sungnam - Pangyo, Korea - Public Design Innovation Centre
Abstract Mind Mural, A. Castilo Art Foundation; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
2005
1040 Gallery, Montreal
QUAB Gallery, Calgary
International Women in Art, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago
Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago
2004
QUAB Gallery, Calgary
INANIMATION, Museum of the Future, Toronto (installation, Collaboration with A S Hamilton)
Art at War, Chicago State University, Chicago
Art at War, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago
Auction of M Kulenovic paintings at Boston College, Boston (Benefit for FOB )
1995-2004
Hot'n'Fresh, SPIN Gallery, Toronto
Mini-Me SPIN Gallery, Toronto
Toronto Fashion Show, SPIN Gallery, Toronto
Gender Less Generation, SPIN Gallery, curator Juno Youn, Toronto
Faculty exhibition, MacLaren Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie
Children of the Revolution, Fleurs du Mal Gallery, Toronto
Sable- Castelli Gallery, Toronto
Rhythm, Ritual and Repetitive Action, curated by Virginia MacDonnell, Propeller CVA
Pump House, London, England. Chelsea College MFA show.
Divine, curated by Rae Johnson, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts.
John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
The DD Exhibition 1996, International Drawing Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
Inaugural Exhibition, Propeller Gallery, Toronto
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square (Best Student Award)
Touring exhibition at Marmara, Istanbul and Bosphorus Universities, Istanbul
SIEMENS. Juried exhibition organized by the Siemens Inc.
PUBLICATIONS
MAYA KULENOVIC, writing by Edward Lucie Smith,
128 pages Hardcover; in English and Dutch
Publisher: d'jonge Hond Publishers and Galerie Utrecht
2008
AWARDS AND GRANTS 1996-99
Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Grant
London Goodenough Trust bursary
Mudge Massey Graduate Travelling Scholarship
David L. Stevenson Scholarship
Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Scholarship
was offered the Ontario- Quebec Student Exchange Fellowship
Av Isaacs Tuition Scholarship
NCR Canada Ltd. (Best Student Award), Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
REVIEWS AND CATALOGS-SELECTED
Oisin Gallery catalogue 2007
Magazine cover and 2-page review by Severine Morren, ArtAlert, The Netherlands
The Horrors of WAR, by Hugh Graham Visual Arts, Fast Forward magazine, Calgary
WAR exhibition review, City TV Calgary
War, Yarn and Sunscreen by Wes Lafortune, Artbeat, FFWD Magazine, Calgary
Art at War, , by Margaret Hawkins Chicago Sun -Times, Galleries
Art at War by Bara Sapir, Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture,
ZED TV, YEAR 0, Maya Kulenovic. CBC Vancouver
Inter Nos exhibition image and review, listings section, Nov 2001 The Globe and Mail,
Exposure Exhibition Review, Sep 2000 Eye Magazine,
Caprice, Summer issue 1999 MIX Magazine,
Sable-Castelli exhibition review, Gallery Going, Feb 1999 The Globe and Mail,
Rhythm, Ritual and Repetitive Action exhibition catalogue,
MA 1998, Chelsea College of Art an Design, London, England, exhibition catalogue
The DD Exhibition catalogue, Kyoto, Japan
Soho International Art Catalogue, New York
And numerous on-line based magazines, archives, encyclopedias and blogs.
TEACHING POSITIONS
2002
Art History. Industrial Design Department, Humber College, Toronto
2001
Art History. Industrial Design Department, Humber College, Toronto
Drawing From Imagination. Fine Arts Department, Georgian College, Barrie
Concept in Drawing. Fine Arts Department, Georgian College, Barrie
2000
Painting Studio Course. Faculty of Art and Design, Georgian College, Barrie.
Life Drawing Course. Faculty of Art and Design, Georgian College, Barrie.
Computer Imagery Course. Faculty of Art and Design, Georgian College, Barrie.
ASSOCIATIONS
LGAC London Goodenough Association Canada
CMAC Classical Martial Arts Canada
REPRESENTATION
Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Other gallery contacts:
Blackheath Gallery, London UK
Oisin Gallery, Dublin Ireland
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