Dijana Bekvalac
Dijana Bekvalac’s repetition of broken squares attempts to place order upon a surface of chaos. The work has a sophisticated and obsessive quality that feels intuitive as it breaks across an oily painted surface, forming a language that talks of elements and time.
My practice addresses the issue of the uprooted image, a set of visuals without obvious external reference. I accept the impossibility of this condition, but allow my work to positively question its existence by allowing a visual event to occur without an immediate reference. Accepting this condition is a prerequisite to understanding my practice. The experience of my imagery should consequently evoke a sense of recognition akin to deja-vu, a sense I myself experience throughout the creative process.
I graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art, from the Chelsea College of Art and Design (University of Arts London). I am an associate member of BAR, affiliated with the Willesden Library Gallery, where I have been regularly exhibiting since 2007. I am also a resident artist at the Departure Foundation and a member of the Harlesden Gallery Group ,FPS and SWLA. My most recent shows include the Threadneedle Prize Final 2012, the Cork Street Open 2013, the FPS Summer show and Open 2013. I have also exhibited internationally at BWA (Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland) XI International Autumn Salon of Art 2012: Homo Quadratus Ostroviensis.
Education: 2007
BA Hons Fine Art Practice and Theory of Visual Arts
Chelsea College of art and design, University of London
Memberships:
since 2007 Brent Art Resources and Willesden Green Library Gallery
2011/2012 Matt Robert Arts
since 2011 Harlesden Gallery
since 2011 Free Painters and Sculptors
since January 2012 resident artist at Departure Foundation
since February 2014 member of SLWA
Exhibitions:
2004 Beaconsfield Gallery,London,Terror – Group Show
2005 Menier Gallery, London, The Bright Lights – Group Show
2006 Alternative Space exhibition, London, Stop – Group Show
2007 Triangle, Chelsea College of art and design, London – Group Show
2007 Willesden Green Library Gallery, London, recent graduates – Group Show
2007-2011 Willesden Green Library, London, two annual members’ exhibitions
(Exhibition in Print and Brent Art Fair) – Group Show
2010 Willesden Green Library Gallery, London, Brent Salon des Arts – Group Show
Blueprint (University of Arts London), In Time – Group Show
Incognito art card sale 2010
Sevastopol State Museum(collaboration with Pushkin Museum Moscow children)
2011 Willesden Green Library Gallery, London, Brent Salon Des Arts – Group Show
St John’s Wood Church Gallery, London, Christian Aid Art Exhibition – Group Show
Tricycle Gallery, Tricycle Theatre, London, Harlesden Gallery – Group Show
Harlesden Street Show, London, Harlesden gallery members Show
La Galleria Pall Mall, London, Conflict and Resolution – Group Show
Portobello Art Gallery, London, Notting Hill Open Exhibition – Group Show
Incognito art card sale 2011
2012 Willesden Green Library Gallery, Harlesden Gallery Show” Ideal Soup”- Group Show
The Mall Galleries, 151st Celebratory Exhibition SWA, London, SWA – Group Show
The Mall Galleries,Threadneedle Prize for painting and sculpture 2012 – Group show
BWA,Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski,Poland, XI International Autumn Salon of Art
“Homo Quadratus Ostroviensis” – group show
2012 Harbour Exchange Docklands(Departure Foundation)The Matter 211212 – group show
2013 Harbour Exchange Docklands(Departure Foundation)The Matter 010213 – group show
Harbour Exchange Docklands(Departure Foundation)The Matter 220313 – group show
Espacio Gallery,Bethnal Green,London,FPS Summer exhibition “Works on paper” – group show
Bar Gallery:Electric House,London,Chrysalis/Transition – group show
Cork Street Open Exhibition 2013,Gallery at Cork Street – group show
Exchange Tower,Harbour Exchange,Docklands, Matter 101013 – group show
Windmil(Creative Cricklewood),London,The Instances – solo show
FPS Open 2013, Menier Gallery,London,”Without Boundaries” – group show
2014 POSK Gallery,London,”Untitled”,group show
Cottrell House,London,”The Shape of Thought”,solo show
POSK Gallery,London,”The Little Experiment”,group show
Food for thought,Willesden,London,”Chroma”,solo show
BAR Gallery,Queens Parade,London,”Play”,group show
Menier Gallery,London,”Missing Narrative”,FPS group show
Espacio Gallery,Bethnal Green,London,”Colourswatch”,SLWA group show