Vojislav Radovanović (1982. Valjevo, RS, former Yugoslavia) is a Serbian visual artist, art director, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. Witness in his youth to turbulent political unrest and war in the Balkan region, his work advocates for beauty, environmentalism, mental health, and societal transmutation.
His work often utilizes a conceptual concentration on wild plants, specifically weeds. The resilient, boundary-defying plants become a metaphor for nature’s powerful ingenuity. Weeds' conceptualization also applies to humanity's multiple aspects: its endurance, queer identity, the immigrant experience, and colonization.
Since his first solo exhibition in the National Museum of Valjevo at age fifteen, he has participated in over 200 group exhibitions. Important cultural institutions where he presented his works are Museum of Art and History in Lancaster and Brea Art Gallery (California, USA); Mall Galleries in London (Great Britain); UNESCO Headquarters and The Institut Suédois in Paris (France); Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun, (Poland); The Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (CBA), Madrid, (Spain); Belgrade City Museum, Museum of Yugoslavia, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić and The White Palace in Belgrade, (Serbia).
His television career as a director and journalist for Serbian and European TV stations led him to found the media company Art Documents to preserve, promote, and curate the contemporary art scene, primarily working in Los Angeles.
EDUCATION
-The University of Belgrade, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia (2000-2005)
-Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria (2004)
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2020
TABLEAUX VIVANTS, Cultural center of Novi Sad, Mali Likovni Salon, Novi Sad, Serbia
2019
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Artistic Soirées, Los Angeles, CA
2018
PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS: Diary of an Immigrant, MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA
2016
AGE OF FERTILITY, curated by Mateusz Kozieradzki, CoCA, Centre of Contemporary Art / CSW Torun, Poland
DRAWING AS EVENT, Gallery ULUS, Belgrade, Serbia
SELECTION of VIDEO-WORKS Vojislav Radovanović, curated by Mateusz Kozieradzki, Galeria Nad Wisla, Torun, Poland
2015
THEORY OF UNITY, Gallery of Contemporary Fine Arts, Niš, Serbia
2013
PROJECT: GARDEN OF EDEN, Cultural center of Novi Sad, Serbia
WEED FLOURISH ALWAYS, Gallery SULUJ, Belgrade, Serbia
2007
DIE NEUE GALERIE, VIP Art gallery, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2002
BATHCULTURE, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
1997
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, National Museum, Valjevo, Serbia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FESTIVALS
2021
THE LOS ANGELES OPEN 2021, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SANCTUARY OF THE AFTERMATH, curated by Jason Jenn and Vojislav Radovanović, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
INTERGALACTIC, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
DREAM, curated by Connie Kurtew and Eugene Huffman, Kunsthaus RoZig, online
VIDEO ART MIDEN, curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, The New Museum of Networked Art & Video Art Miden Kalamata, online
2020
ENTANGLED - UPLETENI, curator Maja Ćirić, assistant curator Lav Mrenović, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia
SUBORDINATED REALITY, curated by Martin Calvino, UG-Fest, Contemporary Art Centre Pispala, Tampere, Finland
SUBORDINATED REALITY, curated by Martin Calvino, VBKÖ (The Austrian Association of Women Artists), Vienna, Austria
KALAKARI International Film Festival, Official selection, Dewas, India
35TH ANNUAL MADE IN CALIFORNIA - MICA 2020, The Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
EXISTIMOS (We Exist)", curated by Micheal Swank, Proyecto Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
LOVE FOR THE HOMELAND, curated by Katarina Stanković Bjegović, PAROBROD, Belgrade, Serbia
#COUNTMEIN 2020 CENSUS PROJECT, curated by Andi Camognone, MOAH Lancaster, CA
HOBSON’S CHOICE, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
WHAT IS IT ABOUT TREES?, curated by Susanna Meiers, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
COLLABORATE AND CREATE, curated by Andi Camognone, The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, CA
DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES, Portland State University, Gallery MK, Portland, OREGON
2019
MY YOUTH, curated by K Ryan Henisey, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
CA 101, Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, Redondo Beach, CA
SELECTION ART SHOW 2019, Touchon&Co Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
WE CHOOSE ART, curated by Baha H. Danesh, The Montalban, Los Angeles, CA
OUT LOUD: A CULTURAL EVOLUTION, Hangout, Long Beach, CA
WOVEN STORIES, curated by Andi Campognone and Robert Benítez, Lancaster Museum of Art and History - MOAH, Lancaster, CA
34TH ANNUAL MADE IN CALIFORNIA - MICA 2019, The Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
PRIED, curated by Izzy Berdan and Dave J. Bermingham, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
BORDERS: REPRESENTATION AND REALITY, Portland State University, Gallery MK, Portland, OREGON
2018
LABYRINTH, curated by Krzysztof Białowicz, Bravo Gallery / Kulturpark Kosice, Slovakia
IN THE BEGINNING, curated by Susanna Meiers, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
MIGRATIONS / MIGRACJE, curated by Rafał Boetner-Łubowski, Artus Court Cultural Center (Centrum Kultury Dwór Artusa), Torun, Poland
NUDE ART LA, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA
3x3, Virtularium gallery, El Segundo art Walk, El Segundo, CA
42ND FINE ART COLONY / SOPOCANI VIEW, Gallery "Stara Kapetanija", Zemun, Serbia
QUEER, ACE/121 Gallery, Glendale, CA
CA 101, Friends of Redondo Beach Arts, Redondo Beach, CA
FACE TO FACE WITH A WINNER, curator: Katarina Stanković Bjegović, ULUS Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
33RD ALL-MEDIA JURIED ARTS EXHIBITION, The Lancaster Museum of Art & History / MOAH: CEDAR, Lancaster, CA
33RD MICA - MADE IN CALIFORNIA, The Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VIDEO ART, LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
IMMIGRATION 101 / ARTISTS SPEAK OUT, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
NAKED AS A DAISY, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
SMALL WORKS, The Vast Lab, Los Angeles, CA
2017
8X8 SILENT ART AUCTION, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
SEISMIC SHIFT - CONFRONTING CATASTROPHE, curated by MacKenzie Stevens, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS, PNCA Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OREGON
ADDICTION, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
MEDIALA: THEN AND NOW, curated by Biljana Jotić and Maja Živanović, Gallery of Radio Television of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
ART ON PAPER, curated by Biljana Jotić, Gallery of the National Library of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
2016
TREASURES FOR THE FUTURE, UNESCO, Headquarters, Paris, France
2015
WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR, Mall Galleries, London, GB
THE OTHER "I" IN ART, (Av)+(Ga), Portland, OR
NOA - NOVI SAD OPEN ART, Cultural center of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
AUTUMN SALON, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia
2014
BOA - BELGRADE OPEN ART, Cultural center Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
VIEWS, Gallery "73", Belgrade, Serbia
EASTER APRIL IN BELGRADE, The White Palace, Belgrade, Serbia
2013
FOURTH BIENNALE OF DRAWING IN SERBIA, Gallery of the Historical Archive of Pančevo, Serbia
NEW ARTSPACE, Reading Room Gallery, London, Great Britain
2012
ZEMUN SALON, Gallery Stara Kapetanija, Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
AUTUMN SALON, Art pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia
2011
VIDEO ART SCREENINGS, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2010
NATURE & ART, Heritage House, Belgrade, Serbia
2009
IN-DIFFERENCE IV - STATIC MOVEMENT, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
HONEY AND BLOOD, Booze Cooperativa Gallery, Athens, Greece
2008
40 YEARS OF SKC, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
VIDEOPHILE, video festival, Skopje, North Macedonia
2007
ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION, Video Festival, London, Great Britain
WE’RE#1, The Smoke Gallery, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
INTERMEDIA IV, VIP Art Gallery, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2006
SKC to MKC, Youth Cultural Center, Skopje, North Macedonia
IN-DIFFERENCE III, VIP Art Gallery, Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2005
RECONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN, Institut Suédois, Paris, FR
TERMINAL00, Multimedia festival, Metropol, Ljubljana, Slovenia
UNCLAIMED LUGGAGE, The Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (CBA), Madrid, ES
2004
IV ART BIENNIAL, Cultural Center of Smederevo, Serbia
LIFE IN COLOR, Gallery Artget, Belgrade Cultural Centre, Serbia
2002
FINE ART EXHIBITION, The Residence of Princess Ljubica, Belgrade City Museum, Serbia
2001
REAL PRESENCE, Museum of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, Serbia
CURATING
2021
SANCTUARY OF THE AFTERMATH, group exhibition, co-curating with Jason Jenn, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA
2020
L.A. MISE-EN-SCÈNE, Video Art & Experimental Cinema Festival, Maiden LA official program, co-curating with Jason Jenn, Los Angeles, CA
2013
PROCVETAJ, curating international video art selection, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia
THEATRE
2020
ECSTASY FOR EVERYONE, Performance by Jason Jenn, artistic direction, Vashon Art Center, Vashon, Washington
2019
LADYBIRD - A HOLIDAY POSADA, Artistic direction, Center for The Arts Theatre Pasadena (Pasadena City College), CA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2020
STAFF PICK AWARD at MICA - MADE IN CALIFORNIA, The Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2019
QUICK GRANT PROGRAM, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA
2018
3RD BEST OF EXHIBITION at 33RD ALL-MEDIA JURIED ARTS EXHIBITION, The Lancaster Museum of Art & History / MOAH: CEDAR, Lancaster, CA
MAYOR'S CHOICE at MICA - MADE IN CALIFORNIA, The Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2004.
SPECIAL AWARD at IV ART BIENNIAL, Cultural Center of Smederevo, Serbia
KULTURKONTAKT AUSTRIA Grant, Vienna, Autria
SELECTED ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
-KIPAIPAI (artists development program), Joshua Tree, CA, USA (2019)
-ARTIST IN RESIDENCE at CoCA, Centre of Contemporary Art / CSW Torun, Poland (2016)
-CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS (artist in residence), Paris, France (2015)
-FORT GEORGE CROATIA (artist in residence), Vis, Croatia (2013)
-CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS (artist in residence), Paris, France (2011)
TELEVISION CARRIER
- L.A. ART DOCUMENTS (2017-present)
Co-Founder, Producer, and Director - Documentation service for gallery exhibitions and artist profiles for archival and promotional use (www.laartdocumets.com)
- RADIO TELEVISION OF SERBIA / RTS2 (Cultural and Education program 2009-2011)
Director of the TV Show LIKOVNA KOLONIJA; Journalist-Reporter for the TV Shows BEOKULT and METROPOLIS.
- ARTYČOK TV (2009-2013)
Producer for central Balkan - web television specialized for promoting young artists across Europe ().
- TV STUDIO B (2009-2011)
TV Show GRADOLOGIJA
Host; On-air Host; Journalist. (GRADOLOGIJA was a program dedicated to culture, specializing in contemporary architecture and Belgrade's cultural heritage).
- TV AVALA (2008-2009)
Anchor and journalist for the News, Morning program, and Cultural and Educational program.