Suzana Stamenovic

Joined Artfinder: July 2020

Artworks for sale: 26

(1)

United States

About Suzana Stamenovic

 
 
  • Biography

    Art is a powerful medium through which we share our thoughts and ideas, the ways we see and feel the world around us, and how we see ourselves. 

    As an immigrant, my search for identity and belonging has always been an inspiration for my art. Through photography and collage, my work reflects a personal journey exploring migration and discovery. As I've moved quite a bit throughout my life, creating and maintaining new connections in every place became a necessity and reflects how I approach my work - not accepting the permanent. Deconstruction of images, either in the form of a collage or digital manipulation, becomes a form of contemplation where I play and search for new visual connections. 

    Whether I'm working in street photography or studio conceptual work, I use a documentary approach when taking pictures. Once in my "darkroom," I find that editing is where I am most creative. I think of my work as unfinished interpretations of everyday life waiting for viewers to inhabit the space I have created for them and make their own connections.

    Questions of cultural and social belonging are always an integral part of my practice.


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  • Education

    1993 - 1997

    Capilano University

  • Awards

    2019

    Silver Award

    San Francisco Bay International Photo Show

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    2018

    Portfolio Award

    San Francisco Bay International Photo Show

    2017

    Gallery Award

    Gallery Award, Art of the Living Photography Show
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: Patterns & Symmetry

    Dates: 9 Mar 2021 - 2 Apr 2021

    Venue: SFWA Gallery, San Francisco

    Juried Exhibition

    Juror: Hillary Olcott, - Associate Curator; Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young \ Legion of Honor

    Event: Through the Darkness and Into the Light

    Dates: 30 Dec 2020 - 2 Jan 2021

    Venue: MUSA Virtual Gallery, Virtual

    Virtual Gallery (organized by the Dragon Productions Theatre Company of Redwood City).

    Event: Art of the Living Photography Show

    Dates: 9 Sep 2017 - 9 Oct 2017

    Venue: ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA

    Photography Show

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Education

1993 - 1997

Capilano University


Awards

2019

Silver Award

San Francisco Bay International Photo Show

Show more awards Hide

2018

Portfolio Award

San Francisco Bay International Photo Show

2017

Gallery Award

Gallery Award, Art of the Living Photography Show

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Patterns & Symmetry

Dates: 9 Mar 2021 - 2 Apr 2021

Venue: SFWA Gallery, San Francisco

Juried Exhibition

Juror: Hillary Olcott, - Associate Curator; Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young \ Legion of Honor

Event: Through the Darkness and Into the Light

Dates: 30 Dec 2020 - 2 Jan 2021

Venue: MUSA Virtual Gallery, Virtual

Virtual Gallery (organized by the Dragon Productions Theatre Company of Redwood City).

Event: Art of the Living Photography Show

Dates: 9 Sep 2017 - 9 Oct 2017

Venue: ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA

Photography Show


 

Biography

Art is a powerful medium through which we share our thoughts and ideas, the ways we see and feel the world around us, and how we see ourselves. 

As an immigrant, my search for identity and belonging has always been an inspiration for my art. Through photography and collage, my work reflects a personal journey exploring migration and discovery. As I've moved quite a bit throughout my life, creating and maintaining new connections in every place became a necessity and reflects how I approach my work - not accepting the permanent. Deconstruction of images, either in the form of a collage or digital manipulation, becomes a form of contemplation where I play and search for new visual connections. 

Whether I'm working in street photography or studio conceptual work, I use a documentary approach when taking pictures. Once in my "darkroom," I find that editing is where I am most creative. I think of my work as unfinished interpretations of everyday life waiting for viewers to inhabit the space I have created for them and make their own connections.

Questions of cultural and social belonging are always an integral part of my practice.