Maya Kulenovic’s paintings have been exhibited in over thirty solo exhibitions and many more group shows and art fairs in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, USA, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey. Her work can be found in many collections around the world.
A book on her work with introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith was published by d’jonge Hond 2008 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her latest monograph, Fugue, including an essay by Mark Kingwell was published in Toronto, Canada in 2017.
She studied art at London University of the Arts (at Chelsea College of Art and Design) in London, England (Masters of Arts), Ontario College of Art and Design University (AOCAD Honours) in Toronto and Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul. She is also an alumna of London Goodenough College in London, England.
Canadian by nationality, she is currently based in Toronto. She was born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia.
2020 EROSIONS, Imagefoundry, Toronto, Canada. Off-site exhibition for ArtTO FIGURES OF AMBIGUITY, Principle Gallery Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA 2019 VESTIGES, James Baird Gallery. Pop – up exhibition, November 8-10, Toronto, Canada.
2017 EVANESCENCES, Barbara Frigerio Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy February 18 – 28 MAYA KULENOVIC, Galerie deTwee Pauwen, The Hague, The Netherlands. April 9 – May 20.
2016 RECENT PAINTINGS, Galerie deTwee Pauwen, The Hague, The Netherlands. January 17 – March 3 2016.
2012- 2013 SELECTED WORKS 2005-2012 Paintings from Mr Bert Bolkenstein collection. Morren Galleries, Amsterdam. Opening word by Dr. Bob van den Boogert, Curator, The Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam.
2012 SOLITAIRE, Morren Galleries, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 RECENT PAINTINGS, Morren Galleries, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2009-10 NEW WORKS, Morren Galleries, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2008 RECENT WORKS, Morren Galleries (former Galerie Utrecht), Amsterdam, The Netherlands MAYA KULENOVIC, Exhibition and Book Launch, Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Opening Word by Mr Edward Lucie- Smith.
2007 MAYA KULENOVIC, Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2006 CLAIR/ OBSCURE, Galerie Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands MAYA KULENOVIC at QUAB Gallery, Calgary ECHOES, Gallerie Luz, Montreal (March- April) PENUMBRA, Blackheath Gallery, London, UK (May)
2005 WAKE, QUAB Gallery, Art Central, Calgary
2003 YEAR ZERO, SPIN Gallery, Toronto
2002 SUBLIME, Partners Films, Toronto
2001 INTER NOS, ZYPR Gallery Toronto MAYA KULENOVIC: Portraits, Una Mas, Toronto
2000 SEER, I-Land Gallery, Toronto MAYA KULENOVIC, Partners Films, Toronto EXPOSURE, SPIN Gallery CAPRICE II, La Vitrine Gallery, Scotia Plaza, Toronto
1999 PROCESSION Gallery 89, John Abbott College, Montreal CAPRICE, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto MAYA KULENOVIC: PAINTINGS Revolutionary Bean cafe, Beaches, Toronto
1998 VERTIGO, MFA show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
1996 WALLS-VOIDS Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
SMALL SOLO EXHIBITS, TWO AND THREE PEOPLE EXHIBITIONS- SELECTED
2017 STATE of MIND, Morren Galleries, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2018 CITY LIMITS, invitational group exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA, USA
2017 FORZA Galerie Le Royer, Montreal, Quebec, Canada WOMAN, James Baird Gallery Pouch Cove (Canada), Miami (USA) SKIN, Galerie de Twee Pauwen, The Hague, The Netherlands
2016 PRINCIPLE’S SIX, Principle Gallery at The Vendue, Charleston, SC, USA INSPIRATIONAL FORMS, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC, USA Gallery artists, Galerie de Twee Pauwen, The Hague, The Netherlands ART BREDA ART FAIR, Galerie de Twee Pauwen Booth, Breda, The Netherlands
2012 ART WYNWOOD, International Contemporary Art Fair / Galerie LeRoyer Booth – Miami, United States CONTEXT ART MIAMI / Galerie LeRoyer Booth, Miami, United States Gallery artists, Morren Galeries, Utrecht and Amsterdam, The Netherlands ART TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Galerie LeRoyer/ Galerie Saint Dizier Booth, Toronto, Canada
2011 AAF AMSTERDAM / Morren Galleries Booth, Amsterdam, Netherlands Gallery artists, Morren Galeries, Utrecht and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 – 2010 Gallery artists, Galerie LeRoyer, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2009 – 2010 Gallery artists, Morren Galleries, Utrecht and Amsterdam, The Netherlands REALISME ART FAIR Amsterdam / Galerie Utrecht Booth, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2008 REALISME ART FAIR Amsterdam / Galerie Utrecht Booth, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gallery artists, Galerie Utrecht, The Netherlands
2007 REALISME ART FAIR Amsterdam / Galerie Utrecht Booth, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gallery artists, Blackheath Gallery, London UK Group exhibition, Robert Hughes Gallery, Austin, Texas MODERN FIGURE, Oisin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Catalogue.
2006 CONSUMED: THE BEST of QUAB, QUAB Gallery, Calgary EXPOSED: THE OTHER SIDE OF STAMPEDE, QUAB Gallery, Calgary FENCE PROJECT; Sungnam – Pangyo, Korea – Public Design Innovation Centre ABSTRACT MIND MURAL, A. Castilo Art Foundation; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
2005 QUAB Gallery Artists Visiting Exhibition, 1040 Gallery, Montreal Gallery artists, QUAB Gallery, Calgary INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ART, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago Invitational exibition, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago
2004 Gallery artists, QUAB Gallery, Calgary INANIMATION, Museum of the Future, Toronto (installation, Collaboration with A S Hamilton) ART AT WAR, Chicago State University, Chicago ART AT WAR, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago
1995-2004 HOT’N’FRESH, SPIN Gallery, Toronto MINI-ME, SPIN Gallery, Toronto TORONTO FASHION SHOW, SPIN Gallery, Toronto GENDER LESS GENERATION, SPIN Gallery, curator Juno Youn, Toronto FACULTY EXHIBITION, MacLaren Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION, Fleurs du Mal Gallery, Toronto ART TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Toronto, Canada MARIANNA GARTNER, MAYA KULENOVIC, JULIE MOOS, Sable- Castelli Gallery, Toronto RHYTHM, RITUAL AND REPETITIVE ACTION, curated by Virginia MacDonnell, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts Chelsea College MFA show, Pump House, London, England. DIVINE, curated by Rae Johnson, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. MATTERS OF THE SOUL, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto. THE DD EXHIBITION 1996, International Drawing Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan PROPELLER, Inaugural Exhibition, Propeller Gallery, Toronto TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION, Nathan Philips Square (Best Student Award)
1993-1995 INVITATIONAL STUDENT EXHIBITION – Touring exhibition, Marmara University, Istanbul University and Bosphorus University, Istanbul SIEMENS. Juried exhibition organized by the Siemens Inc.
AWARDS AND GRANTS 1996-99
Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Grant London Goodenough Trust bursary Mudge Massey Graduate Travelling Scholarship David L. Stevenson Scholarship Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Scholarship Kulenovic was offered the Ontario- Quebec Student Exchange Fellowship (which she declined) Av Isaacs Tuition Scholarship NCR Canada Ltd. (Best Student Award), Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, CATALOGUES
Print (Selected) Q&A with artist Maya Kulenovic, who makes American solo debut with Charleston exhibit, by Kalyn Oyer, The Post and Courier, Charleston Scene, March 2, 2020 link Breaking Boundaries – Collector’s Focus: Women Artists, by By John O’Hern American Art Collector Issue 173 Page 62, March 2020 Faces of Chaotic Beauty: Questions and Appeals in Maya Kulenovic’s Painting (An essay by Mark Kingwell, included in Measure Yourself Against the Earth: Essays, pages 228) Painting ‘Halcyon’ in Vernis magazine, pg 25 – 26, 2014 Maya Kulenovic en Rembrands Clair- Obscur by Bob van der Boogert (Curator, Rembrandthouse), Exhibition essay, 2012 Maya Kulenovic, review by Karin van der Beek, KUNSTKRANT november/december 2012 pg 17 Art Toronto 2012 Catalogue link De Mens Als Angstig en Bloeddorstig Wezen review by Lennard Dost, de Volkskrant 2009 Maya Kulenovic: State of Being by Edward Lucie – Smith (book essay), 2007 Modern Figure Catalogue, Oisin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2007 Magazine cover and 2-page review by Severine Morren, ArtAlert, The Netherlands, 2008 The Horrors of WAR, by Hugh Graham Visual Arts, Fast Forward magazine, Calgary, 2006 WAR exhibition review, City TV Calgary, 2006 War, Yarn and Sunscreen by Wes Lafortune, Artbeat, FFWD Magazine, Calgary, 2006 Art at War, by Margaret Hawkins Chicago Sun -Times, Galleries, 2004 Art at War by Bara Sapir, Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, 2004 ZED TV, YEAR 0, Maya Kulenovic. CBC Vancouver. 2003 Inter Nos exhibition image and review, listings section, Nov 2001 The Globe and Mail, Exposure Exhibition Review, Sep 2000 Eye Magazine, Caprice, Summer issue 1999 MIX Magazine, Sable-Castelli exhibition review, Gallery Going, Feb 1999 The Globe and Mail, Rhythm, Ritual and Repetitive Action Exhibition Catalogue, MA 1998, Chelsea College of Art an Design, London, England, exhibition catalogue The DD Exhibition Catalogue, Kyoto, Japan 1996 Online (Selected) Maya Kulenovic: Interview, il Canto di Orfeo, 2016 link Something Lost, Something New: Interview with Maya Kulenovic, Combustus Magazine, 2014 link Maya Kulenovic: The Line Between Chaos and Order, MIMIK Magazine, Summer 2013 link Maya Kulenovic: Interview With an Artist, Atlas Magazine, Winter 2012 pg 198 link
TEACHING POSITIONS
2000-2002 Art History. Industrial Design Department, Humber College, Toronto, Canada Drawing From Imagination. Fine Arts Department, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada Concept in Drawing. Fine Arts Department, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada Painting Studio Course. Faculty of Art and Design, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada. Life Drawing Course. Faculty of Art and Design, Georgian College, Barrie, Canada.
Maya Kulenovic was one of the founding members of Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts (now Propeller Art Gallery), a well-known artist run centre and exhibition space in Toronto (1996).
As a sculptor, she occasionally creates artwork for film in the areas of trauma simulation, anatomy, surgery or fine art sculpture. At special request only. IMDB
ART FAIRS
Europe: REALISME AMSTERDAM North America: TIAF (Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto), Art Wynwood, Context Art Miami
PUBLICATIONS – MONOGRAPHS
2017 MAYA KULENOVIC: FUGUE essay by Mark Kingwell interview with Anthony Collins, 148 pages Hardcover; English ISBN 978-0-9958993-0-8
2008 MAYA KULENOVIC, writing by Edward Lucie Smith, 128 pages Hardcover; in English and Dutch Publisher: d’jonge Hond Publishers and Galerie Utrecht ISBN 90-8910-045-8
PUBLICATIONS – OTHER
2015 Faces of Chaotic Beauty: Questions and Appeals in Maya Kulenovic’s Painting An essay by Mark Kingwell, included in Measure Yourself Against the Earth: Essays, pages 228-233 Publisher: Biblioasis ISBN 1771960469
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