Vesna Jovanovic is a contemporary American visual artist, best known for utilizing the unpredictable properties of certain media (surrealist techniques

Surrealist techniques

Surrealism in art, poetry, and literature uses numerous techniques and games to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of conscious control. The importance of the unconscious as a source of inspiration is central to the nature of...

, pinhole camera

Pinhole camera

A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture – effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box...

 images, double-walled ceramic

Ceramic

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 vessels

Bowl (vessel)

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) and combining them with an added element of precision.

Jovanovic's artwork

Work of art

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 has been exhibited at various museums and galleries, including the International Museum of Surgical Science

International Museum of Surgical Science

The International Museum of Surgical Science is a museum located in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by the and features exhibits dealing with various aspects of Eastern and Western medicine. It was founded by Dr. Max Thorek in 1954.- External links :*...

, the Columbus Museum of Art

Columbus Museum of Art

The Columbus Museum of Art is an art museum located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio.-Building:...

, The Attleboro Arts Museum, the Koehnline Museum of Art, Soho Photo Gallery in New York, and Primo Piano Gallery in Lecce

Lecce

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, Italy. In 2007, Jovanovic was featured on the cover of Alternative Trends Magazine, a Canadian Arts, Culture, and Entertainment magazine. Her work was also recently discussed in Vol 35 of Afterimage, a journal of media arts and cultural criticism, and in the Italian Cittá Magazine. Reproductions of her drawings can currently be seen in the 2008 International Drawing Annual.

Among recent awards, Jovanovic was selected as a Curator’s Choice Artist at the 10th Annual Chicago Art Open (2007) hosted by the Chicago Artists' Coalition

Chicago Artists' Coalition

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 during Chicago Artist's Month, also receiving that year the CAAP grant from the City of Chicago

Chicago

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 Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council

Illinois Arts Council

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. In 2007, she also won the Drench Award for Illustration

Illustration

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.

She currently works and teaches in the Chicago

Chicago

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 area.

External links

• http://www.vesnaonline.com
• http://www.luc.edu/dfpa/facultystaff/JovanovicV.shtml
• http://www.pinhole.org/resources/index.cfm
• http://www.saic.edu/gallery/saic_gallery.php?type=Alumni&album=825
• http://art.osu.edu/index.php?p=dp_alumni