Maya Kulenovic: paintings

Maya Kulenovic is a Canadian artist, living in Toronto.
She was born in 1975 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia

EDUCATION

1997-98 Master of Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design , University of the Arts London, England
1997-98 Residency at Goodenough College, London, England
1995-97 Fine Arts Department, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto. AOCAD Honours.
1992-95 Painting Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey. BFA program.
1984-92 Music training in classical piano, Sarajevo, SRBiH, SFR Yugoslavia.

She has also trained in martial arts for many years, and achieved various advanced Black Belt degrees in the arts of Karate, Okinawan Kobudo and Wing Chun Kung Fu.

Recent paintings, Morren Galleries (former Galerie Utrecht), Utrecht, The Netherlands

2008

Galerie Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

CLAIR/ OBSCURE, Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 07

Galerie Utrecht

WAR , QUAB Gallery, Calgary

1999
Mariana Gartner, Maya Kulenovic, Julie Moos at Sable- Castelli Gallery, Toronto.

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)

1993-1995

Touring exhibition at Marmara, Istanbul and Bosphorus Universities, Istanbul
SIEMENS. Juried exhibition organized by the Siemens Inc.

ART FAIRS

M Kulenovic work can be seen regularily in REALISME AMSTERDAM art fair, and in several other art fairs in the Netherlands and Belgium. For more information please contact Morren Galleries.

For information regarding TIAF (Toronto International Art Fair) please contact Galerie LeRoyer.

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.

OTHER

In 1996, she was one of the founding members of Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, an well-known artist run exhibition space in Toronto.

REPRESENTATION

Galerie Le Royer, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Morren Galleries, Utrecht, The Netherlands