Darija S. Radakovic
Curriculum Vitae
Born and raised in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she moved to Belgrade in the middle of the awful war where she got her BFA at University of Fine Arts. That gave her an opportunity to express disgust with authorities, mentality and a tradition of wrong choices, and to criticize the society through her works, and try to set the focus on consequences of our misdoings.
In 2010 she left for Canada with her family to re-start their lives. As she discovered her private inner peace in Calgary and achieved a new balance, her interests are focusing on less bitter themes and her artistic expression shifted toward abstraction and minimalism.
Education
Academy of Fine Arts, under the mentorship of Professor Dusan Otasevic, Belgrade, RS
College of Fine and Applied Arts, Belgrade, SFRY
Awards and Grants
2018 Arts Abroad Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, CA
2017 Artist Opportunity Grant, Calgary Arts Development, CA
2017 Artist Opportunity Grant, Institut für Alles Mögliche Residency, Berlin, DE
2012 Honourable mention, London International Creative Competition, UK
2011 Artist-in-residence, Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, Calgary, AB
2004 Prize for the drawing, Belgrade, RS
Residencies and Workshops
2021 Reflektor Gallery AIR, Užice, RS (upcoming)
2020 KUMA Kuma International Summer School "Art in Times of Crisis", Sarajevo, BA (invited but not attended)
2020 Esker’s ‘In Common’ series, online presentation, Esker Foundation, Calgary, CA
2018 The Institut für Alles Mögliche Residency, Berlin, DE
2018 Apexart Jury, NYC, US
2011 Calgary Allied Art Foundation / CAAF St[art] Residency, Calgary, CA
2009 Workshop with Street Art artist Mark Jenkins during Belgrade’s summer festival (BELEF), RS
2009 Workshop with Street Art artist Blek le Rat during Belgrade’s summer festival (BELEF), RS
Memberships
Visual Arts Alberta – CARFAC
Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia - ULUPUDS
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 NOT FOR PROFIT nor FAME, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, CA
2020 In Conversation, 505 Gallery, Calgary Allied Arts Foundation (CAAF), Calgary, CA
2018 Circlestances, Arts Commons, Calgary, CA
2018 No Exit, Artpoint Gallery, Calgary, CA
2015 Misplaced Women, performance, Calgary, CA
2010 The Psychology of Pigs, Shock Gallery, Art Clinic, Novi Sad, RS
2010 The Asses, Small Gallery of ULUPUDS, Belgrade, RS
2008 Testimony, Small Gallery of ULUPUDS, Belgrade, RS
2007 The First 100 Days, Shock Gallery, Art Clinic, Novi Sad, RS
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Email Art: Inner Mobility, Udruga RADAR, MKC - Multimedia Culture Centre, Split, HR (upcoming)
2020 Flatbed Pictures, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, CA
2020 The Age of Renewal, Reflector Gallery, Užice, RS
2020 Where Does the Future Begin?, ULUS Spring Exhibition, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, Belgrade, RS
2020 LOOK2020, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, CA
2020 Social Justice, TO THE AWE, The New Gallery, Calgary, CA
2020 Conversation in Progress, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, CA
2019 NGVU, Belgrade, RS
2019 The Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre Auction, Calgary, CA
2019 Rewriting the Past, VIDEOPARK Festival, Reflector Gallery, Užice, RS
2019 Serbian Fine Arts 2, curated by B. Dimitrijević, Ostavinska Gallery, Belgrade
2019 No Image 2019, Institute for Contemporary Art CICA Museum, Korea
2019 RECONNECTION - Triennial of Expanded Media, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, Belgrade
2019 AIR4, RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE, Ljubljana, SL
2019 In Conversation, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, CA
2019 Black, Herringer Kiss Gallery, curated by Deborah Herringer Kiss, Calgary, CA
2018 Holiday Salon Wall, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, CA
2018 For 1000 Dinars, Ostavinska Gallery, Belgrade, RS
2018 Either/Or, ODRON Collective Gallery, Sarajevo, BA
2018 Space for Mistake, Ostavinska Gallery, Belgrade, RS
2018 Open studio and the group show at Kabinett, The Institut für Alles Mögliche Residency, Berlin, DE
2018 Re:animation, Festival - laboratory Shelter, curated by Ksenia Yurkov, Helsinki, FI
2017 Headlines, An exploration of social, political and subversive ideas featuring artists
from across Alberta, curated by Dennis Envoldsen, Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, CA
2016 Headlines, Northern Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, CA
2015 Misplaced Women collaboration with Tanja Ostojic, performance, Calgary, CA
2015 Connections, Group Show, Ruberto Ostberg Gallery, Calgary, CA
2015 The Artists' Choice, ASA’s Provincial Traveling Exhibition, Alberta, CA
2014 The Szpilman Award, Berlin, Germany, DE
2015 Black & White, Phi Studio, Calgary, CA
2015 Friendly Reminder, S.H.E. Women’s Art Museum Society of Canada, CA
2013 47th Golden Pen of Belgrade, 12th International Biennial of Illustration, Belgrade, RS
2013 Bacon: The King of Cured Meats, House Gallery, Calgary, CA
2012 Different World, KEF 13, Belgrade, RS
2010 Traditional and Modern, Military Museum, Belgrade, RS
2009 Erotic in Politics, Museum Night, Art Clinic, Novi Sad, RS
2009 Spring Exhibition, Art Pavilion “Cvjeta Zuzorić”, Belgrade, RS
2009 Tea for Two, Zepter International Design Award, Milano, IT
2008 Revelation, 40th May Exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, RS
2008 Recycling Design IV, Singidunum Gallery, Belgrade, RS
2007 Biennial of Drawing and Small Sculpture, Art Pavilion “Cvjeta Zuzorić”, Belgrade, RS
2007 Collage Assemblage, Djura Jaksic House, Skadarlija, Beograd, RS
2005 VIII International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, RS
2002 Zemun Salon, Old Port Gallery, Zemun, Belgrade, RS
Bibliography
2019 Independent Culture Scene of Serbia: Manek, vol. 8, front cover
2019 Month of the Artist, Calgary Arts Development, January 2019
2014 Women’s Art Museum Society of Canada: "S.H.E. Sharing Her Experience", page 27
2012 Documents of Imaginary, Zoran Janic, pages 63-66
2011 Republika (magazine for politics, culture and philosophy), vol. 504-507
2011 Beton Magazine, group of authors, vol. 113
2011 ALILA MAG, group of authors, Religious Issue, vol. 6, pages 46-47
2009 Art Clinic Biannual, group of authors, pages 10 and 54