DETAILS:
20" x 16"
Acrylic on Canvas
Original Artwork
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
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Apr. 2022 Juried Show Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Dec. 2019 Juried Show Northern CA Museum, Chico, CA
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Nov. 2019 Members Show Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
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June 2017 Individual Show International House in Davis, CA
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Dec. 2016 Juried Show Night Moves, Yolo Arts
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Sep. 2016 Group Show IRC Art for Humanity, WAL, Sac
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May 2016 Group Show Silicon Valley Open Studios,
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Nov. 2015 Juried Show Capitola En Plein Air
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April 2015 Juried Show Le Petite Trianon, San Jose
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Nov. 2014 Juried Show JCC Los Gatos
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April 2014 Individual Show The Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo
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March 2014 Individual Show Town Gallery/Museum in Kotor, Montenegro
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November 2013 Individual Show Altenholz/Kiel, Germany
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November 2011, 2012 Group Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
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August 2011 Group Show Han Gallery, Pocitelj, B&H
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July 2011 International Art Workshop Art Colony, Pocitelj, B&H
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March 2011 Individual Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
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November 2010 Group Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
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February 2010 Group Show Roman Petrovic Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H
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January 2010 Individual Show Roman Petrovic Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H
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Nov. and Dec. 2009 Group Shows Collegium Artisticum & Roman Petrovic,
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July 2009 Art Workshop Srebrenik, B&H
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August 2009 Group Show Han Gallery, Pocitelj, B&H
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April 2009 Group Show Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo
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May 2008 Individual Show Preporod Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H and City Museum in Zenica
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February 2008 International Workshop Igalo, Montenegro
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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
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1999-2004 Individual and Group Shows Santa Monika, Sunset Beach, Tustin, Palm Springs, Carson City, CA, USA
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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.
