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Artists build their personal vocabulary through symbols expressed
in their own medium. In time, we become comfortable with our own
language of expression, as we grow and change with it.
Mine is the language of light, texture, movement,
geometry and their opposites... To try to articulate the reason
for desire to create is hard if not impossible. I suspect it is
about the psyche's desire for balance. It is about painting a moment
in time, a personal note about one's emotional interior.
About Mirjana
MIRJANA UGRINOV studied Art History at Case
Western Reserve Graduate School, has attended Ohio State University
as a Painting Major and holds a B.F.A. degree in Studio Art from
Kent State University.
In 1978 Mirjana opened Coventry Art Gallery in Cleveland Heights
and directed it until 1981. During that time and until 1983, she
was an instructor of studio and commercial art, and art history
at Cooper School of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1983 until 1985
she was a co-director of the Interior Design Department and an art
instructor at Virginia Marti Fashion Institute in Lakewood, Ohio.
Since her arrival from Yugoslavia to U.S.A. in 1970, Mirjana has
been a member of a number of art organizations and has served on
their Boards. She has designed sets, costumes and graphics for The
Children’s Theater, Subotica, Yugoslavia, The Cleveland Public
Theater, Cleveland City Dance, New Dance Ensemble, Cleveland Ballet,
N.O.V.A., WZAK Radio and others. Her paintings and fiber were featured
in over one hundred group shows and one-person installations, in
Ohio and nationally. Slides of her work are on registry with The
Ohio Arts Council.
Mirjana’s fiber art, paintings, a 3-D installation and a glass
mosaic are included in numerous private, public and corporate collections.
Mirjana and her husband Branislav are principals of Ugrinov Associates,
Inc. a space planning and design firm where she is closely involved
in design of commercial interiors. In 2001 the Ugrinovs established
a second residence in Chicago, Illinois.
Mirjana is a member of A.R.C. Gallery in Chicago and her work is
also represented by:
ART METRO GALLERY, Cleveland, OH
BONFOEY’S GALLERIES, Cleveland, OH
BRENDA KROOS GALLERY, Columbus/Cleveland, OH
TERESA DE CHANT, Art Consultant, Cleveland, OH
CENTER OF THE EARTH GALLERY, Charlotte, NC
GRUEN GALLERIES, Chicago, IL
please visit Mirjana's website at: http://www.mirjanaugrinov.com/ |
