IVAN MARKOVIC PAPER SCULPTURE
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IVAN MARKOVIC was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1970. At an early age, he showed a natural propensity for drawing. At 15 years of age, he went to Paris, France to attend the Fine Arts school Creatione et Future. This experience allowed him to become a better draftsman and encouraged him to take his first steps in the art of oil painting. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal. During his undergraduate degree he developed an interest for Art History and life drawing.

After graduation, Ivan Markovic moved to Madrid, Spain to work at the Prado museum, where he made copies of Old Masters’ paintings, and developed an understanding for the materials and techniques of Spanish, Italian and Flemish art. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, in the U.K. in 1997. His graduate work focused on large-scale paintings that alluded to baroque and neoclassical painting. In parallel, he pursued his other passion, teaching, by instructing a figure drawing course. Upon completing his MFA, he returned to Madrid to work as a practicing artist and art teacher for 13 years. During this time, he experimented with a diverse range of media. Of these, he was most captivated by sculpture. In 2010, he came back to his native Montreal, thus completing a formative cycle that has lasted 25 years.

Currently, Ivan Markovic lives and works in Montreal. He creates three-dimensional renditions of people facing situations of adversity, especially those that live on the fringe of society. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe, and is also on permanent display in privately owned collections of art.

Representation: Galerie D'Este www.galeriedeste.com/
BIO

Phone: (630) 489-8401

 
E-mail: imarkovic100@gmail.com

EDUCATION
        
1997                Master of Fine Arts, Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds, England.
1994                Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
1986                Studies at the Fine Arts School, Création et Future, Paris, France.


EXHIBITION HISTORY

Solo Exhibitions:
 
2016                Galerie D’Este, “Beyond the Pale”, June 1st – 26th, Montreal, Canada.
2014                Galerie D’Este, “On the Fringe”, June 5th – 29th, Montreal, Canada.
2013                Galerie D’Este, “Shades of Isolation”, March 7th – 24th, Montreal, Canada.
2004                Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain.
2003                Centro Intergrado Arganzuela (Ayuntamento de Madrid), Madrid, Spain.
2003                Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain.
1998                Instituto Cervantes, John Hancock Center, Chicago, U.S.A.
1993                Gallery Portraits International, Montreal, Canada.


Fairs:

2018                S.O.F.A. (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design), Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, U.S.A.
2018                Art On Paper, Gallery Victor Armendariz, March 8th - 11th, New York City, U.S.A.
2017                Art Toronto, 
Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
2017                S.O.F.A. (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design),Option Art, Chicago, U.S.A.
2017                
Papier/10th Edition, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Mlt., Canada.
2016                S.O.F.A. (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design),Option Art, Chicago, U.S.A.
2016                T.I.A.F. (Toronto International Art Fair), Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
2014                Love Art, Galerie D’Este, Toronto, Canada.
2014                Papier 14, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2013                T.I.A.F. (Toronto International Art Fair), Galerie D’Este,Toronto, Canada.
2013                Papier 13, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2012                Papier 12, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.
2011                Papier 11, Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper, Galerie D’Este, Montreal, Canada.


Group Exhibitions:

2017/18           Galerie D’Este, “Group Exhibition”, December 10th – February 10th, Montreal, Canada.
2004                Fundación Cultural Mapfre Vida (Premio Penagos de Dibujo), Madrid, Spain.
2001                Galería Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain.
2000                Sala Goya, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1993                Gallery Portraits International, Montreal, Canada.


GRANTS & AWARDS
 
2018                Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Abroad: Travel, grant for professionals in the Visual Arts
2017                '2017 Selects' / S.O.F.A. Chicago: Chosen as one of the top professionals at the fair event.

2017                Canada Council for the Arts, Fine Craft: Grants to Artists and Curators Program
​2017                Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts
1996                Government of Canada Grant for International Study
1996                Government of Canada Bursary for International Study


COLLECTIONS

                        McGill University
                        The Sheiner Group


PRESS
 
2017                Nicholas Moriarty, Principal/Owner, Nicholas Moriarty Interiors,‘2017 Selects’/SOFA Chicago
2014                Shawn Katz, “On the Fringe”, Rover - Culture and Conversation / June 17th, ’14.
2014                Armelle Clavreul, “Ivan Markovic’s ‘On the Fringe’ ”, CIBL Radio, June 15th, ’14.
2013                Dr. Constance Naubert-Riser, “De colle et de papier”, Vie Des Arts, Jan. ed., p.33-35.
2013                A.J. Romano, “Eyes In Artsists/Sculptor I. Markovic”, Eyes In, issue 18, artist section.


LECTURES

2017                "Resounding Silence: The Power of Nonverbal Communication", S.O.F.A. fair (Sculpture Objects Functional Art
                         and Design), Navy Pier, Chicago, U.S.A.
2017                "Resounding Silence: The Power of Nonverbal Communication", North Central College, Naperville, U.S.A.
2017                "Gens de la rue", Centre Communautaire Sainte-Catherine d'Alexandrie, Montreal, Canada
2016                "The Creative Process ", S.O.F.A. fair (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design), Navy Pier, Chicago, U.S.A.
2016                "The Creative Process ", McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada
2015                "Movement, Empathy and Emotion", Baltic Artists’ Association, Montreal, Canada.


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
2012/13          Drawing and Sculpture teacher, Cummings Centre, Montreal, Canada.
2010/12          Sculpture, Drawing and Watercolour teacher, Cummings Centre, Montreal, Canada.
2005                Jury Member (Urban Landscape Prize), 
Asociación de Pintores y Escultores, Madrid, Spain.
2004                Artwork selected in the 
Premio Penagos de Dibujo, Madrid, Spain.
2004                Sculpture teacher, Asociación Española de Pintores y Escultores, Madrid, Spain.
2002                Sculpture teacher, Clayground Ceramics Studio, Chicago, U.S.A.
2000                Artwork selected in the 
El Desnudo painting contest,Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
1999                Art gallery collaborator, Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando, Madrid, Spain.
1998/99          Teacher of Fine Arts (i.e. Sculpture,Drawing),Robert Morris College, Chicago, U.S.A.
1997                Teacher of Fine Arts (i.e. Life Drawing, Art Education Program), University of Leeds, England.
1995                Copyist of Old Masters’ paintings at the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.






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