BATO BOSTANDZIC

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Bato Bostandzic

Bato Bostandzic is an European-American artist and art instructor, who has actively worked with oil on canvas for 35+years and with sculpture for about 20 years. He has exhibited his work in Europe and California and has participated in many international workshops in Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

From 1998 to 2007, he lived and worked in Orange County, CA, where he co-owned Studio Gallery BOBA with one of his fellow artists in Santa Ana Artist Village. From 2007 to 2014, Bato lived in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina and worked as an art teacher at Quality Schools International. In August 2014, he moved back to California and became a member of LG Artist Association.

Owned Art of Mine Gallery/Studio in Capitola.

Currently lives and works in Southern California.

Bato is an active member of ULUBIH (State Association of Artists of Bosnia and Herzegovina).

A Brief Summary of Exhibition Highlights and Workshops in the United States and Europe:

Sep. 2023 Juried Group Show Laguna Art Gallery, CA
Aug. 2023 London Art Biennale, London, Great Britain
Apr. 2022 Juried Show Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Dec. 2019 Juried Show Northern CA Museum, Chico, CA
Nov. 2019 Members Show Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
June 2017 Individual Show International House in Davis, CA
Dec. 2016 Juried Show Night Moves, Yolo Arts
Sep. 2016 Group Show IRC Art for Humanity, WAL, Sac
May 2016 Group Show Silicon Valley Open Studios,
Nov. 2015 Juried Show Capitola En Plein Air
April 2015 Juried Show Le Petite Trianon, San Jose
Nov. 2014 Juried Show JCC Los Gatos
April 2014 Individual Show The Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo
March 2014 Individual Show Town Gallery/Museum in Kotor, Montenegro
November 2013 Individual Show Altenholz/Kiel, Germany
November 2011, 2012 Group Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
August 2011 Group Show Han Gallery, Pocitelj, B&H
July 2011 International Art Workshop Art Colony, Pocitelj, B&H
March 2011 Individual Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
November 2010 Group Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
February 2010 Group Show Roman Petrovic Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H
January 2010 Individual Show Roman Petrovic Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H
Nov. and Dec. 2009 Group Shows Collegium Artisticum & Roman Petrovic,
July 2009 Art Workshop Srebrenik, B&H
August 2009 Group Show Han Gallery, Pocitelj, B&H
April 2009 Group Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
May 2008 Individual Show Preporod Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H and City Museum in Zenica
February 2008 International Workshop Igalo, Montenegro
2004-2008 Individual and Group Shows Los Angeles, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Co-owner of Gallery Boba in Artist Village and participant in monthly art walks in Santa Ana Artist Village, CA
1999-2004 Individual and Group Shows Santa Monika, Sunset Beach, Tustin, Palm Springs, Carson City, CA, USA
1994-1999 Individual and Group Shows Berlin, Rostock, Bielefeld, Paderborn, Germany
Participant in International Art Workshop “Seinsichten aus Welten”, Rostock, Germany
Co-organizer and participant in the exhibition “Sarejevo, eine verwundete Stadt”, Bielefeld, GER
Participant in a cultural event “Wahrnehmung des Krieges”, Bochum, Germany
Articles about the artist published in local German newspapers Norddent Neueste Nachrichten, Neue Westfaelische, Stadtblatt Bielefeld.
Featured in many national TV shows in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Germany.