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Artist Statement
"The Gift of ART has been given to me. I do not praise myself, I praise God. Feelings come from within. By being transformed into lines, forms and colors they stay alive. Sometimes I tell stories in my paintings, but even then I leave a lot untold, a lot to be searched for and felt by you..."
"The creative process itself, the moment of expression, when I convey the abstraction of my mind into a physical realization, is the most important and challenging part in making art."
BIOGRAPHY:
TEOFANA ZARIC, Fine Artist and Iconographer, was born in 1973 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Teofana comes from the family of artists: Mother, Fine Artist, Father, Sculptor & Designer...and she has been drawing and painting since she was very young.
Teofana graduated from the University of Arts in Belgrade, College of Arts and Design, in 1996. Today, she lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, with her husband and three children.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
New York City, Boston, San Francisco(USA), Toronto (Canada), Cairo (Egypt), Belgrade (Serbia), Portugal, Spain, Ireland ...
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Inaugural Exhibit, Art Raw Gallery, New York City, NY
2009 Au Naturel, Clatsop Visual Art Center, Astoria, OR
2009 World of Imagination, APW Gallery, New York City, NY
2008 Fall Portrait Art Contest, Myartcontest.com
2007 l'Internationale d'art miniature, Levis, Quebec, Canada
2007 American Juried Art Salon, online exhibition
2006 MosaicGlobe Creativity Competition
2005 Spiritual VIII, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2004 Emerging Artists Group, online exhibition
First World Trienal of Serbian Drawing, WipArt Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
The Human Form, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Art With Heart, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003 The Art of the Plate, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
Visual Fringe, Oval Gallery, Orlando,FL
Go Figure, Oval Gallery, Orlando,FL
Prayerful Art, St. John Byzantine Church Gallery, Parma, Ohio
The Humours of Art, Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays
A Child's World, Orlando Museum of Art, First Thursdays
2002 Urban Legends, Bucolic Dreams, The Art Center , St. Petersburg , FL
2001 October Show, Stara Kapetanija Gallery, Zemun, Belgrade
Landscapes, Beograd Gallery, Belgrade
1999 Watercolors and drawings, Beograd Gallery
International Show, Colors of Dreams, Littman Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 Belgrade Miniature Art Scene, Singidunum Gallery, Belgrade
International Art Contacts, Exhibition of paintings, Jefimia Gallery, Belgrade
International Exhibition of Paintings, Hamilton , Canada
International Exhibition of Icons and Paintings, Milton , Canada
1997 Biennial of Drawings and Small Sculptures, C. Zuzoric Gallery, Belgrade
New Members of ULUS, ULUS Gallery, Belgrade
1996 Exhibition of Icons, MS Gallery, Belgrade
1995 The 8th Student Exhibition of drawings, Student Town Gallery, Belgrade
1994 The 16th Exhibition of drawings, Barutana Gallery,Belgrade
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2003 Byzantine Impressions, Steinway Hall Art Gallery, Altamonte Springs, Florida
2002 Impressions, St. Petka Gallery, Longwood, Florida
1996 Top Student Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Belgrade
1996 Exhibition of paintings and drawings, Student Town Gallery, Belgrade
AFFILIATIONS
Pan Orthodox Iconographers Association of America, since 2008
The Artists Registry, ECVA, since 2008
Graphic Artists Guild, USA, since 2002
IAC (International Art Contacts), since 1998
ULUS (Artists Association of Serbia), since1996
AWARDS
2008 Honorable Mention Award at MyArtContest Fall Portrait Contest
2007 Kennedy Publishing award art placement in "Best of America Mixed Media Artists and Artisans" book
2006 Honorable Mention at Mosaic Globe Creativity Competition
2005 Special Recognition Award at Spiritual VIII Exhibition, Lincoln, NE
2005 BEL ART PROJECT,Portugal - EXCELLENCE AWARD
2004 Award on First World Trienal of Serbian Drawing, Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 Third Place at Visual Fringe Art Show, OVAL Gallery, Orlando
2003 Honorable Mention, at Go Figure Art Show, OVAL Gallery, Orlando
1997 The Branko Sotra Award to the best student during the five years of study
1996 Belgrade Art University Award to the Best Graduating Student
1994 First Prize for Drawings at the 16th Exhibition of Drawings, Belgrade
PUBLICATIONS:
2007 Artwork published in "Best of America Mixed Media Artists and Artisans" book by Kennedy Publishing
2007 Artwork published in "Vanguard" United Creator Print Catalog,distinguished collection of global artistic talents, New York-London-Tokyo
COMMISSIONS:
Ongoing- Various commissions for Private Collectors Worldwide
2009- Mural Icons on canvas for Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Columbia, SC
2008- Restoration of Byzantine style Frescoes at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2008- Icons for St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church, Greensboro, North Carolina
2007-Iconostasis Icons for Holy Apostles Orhodox Church in Columbia, SC
2005 - Paintings for Arthur Rutenberg Homes ( Mirasol Model),Winermere, Florida - cooperation with Suvacarov Interiors.
2004 - Paintings for Trans Eastern Homes (Cypress model), Tampa, Florida - cooperation with Suvacarov Interiors.
2003 - Byzantine Style Paintings - Icons for Iconostasis of St.Petka Serbian Orthodox Church, Orlando, Florida
2000 - Icons for Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Portland, OR