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NEWS | Discover the interview and recent works of Maja Ruznic in the September issue of JUXTAPOZ magazine Born in Bosnia & Hercegovina, 1983 Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA Maja Ruznic’s new paintings possess the same psychological intimacy and phantasmagoric quality as her earlier works, only this time Ruznic has embedded her figures into predominantly dark backgrounds and allowed them to appear stain-like, emerging from darkness. Ruznic draws from her experience of making art with Syrian refugees with her partner and collaborator Joshua Hagler, as well as from her own experiences growing up as a child refugee. Her paintings evoke feelings of discomfort, displacement, and abandonment. Ruznic thinks of paper as the painting underdog, which has historically been regarded as a surface for preliminary sketches, and, therefore, less significant than the more traditional surfaces like canvas and wood panel. Drawn to the unpredictable nature of ink and the spontaneous quality of working on paper, Ruznic’s paintings subvert widely held assumptions about the polish and slickness required for a work to be finished. The works on paper are sketch-like and complete at once, and evoke the feeling of having woken from dream, recalling a few, small details while the rest recedes into obscurity. Galleries Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA Galerie Vidal St. Phalle, Paris, France Galerie d'YS, Brussels, Belgium Education BFA Univeristy of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2005 MFA California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2009 Solo exhibitions TBD, Galerie d'YS, Belgium TBD, Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 Like Little Miracles They Shimmered, Wet and Innocent, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2013 The Farming of Scars and Stains, The Smoking Nun Gallery, San Francisco 2012 To Love, To Lose, Lucky Alley Gallery, San Francisco Messengers, Trailer Park Proyects, Puerto Rico Duo exhibitions 2014 Among the Missing, Maja Ruznic & Joshua Hagler, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco Tender Remains, Maja Ruznic & Yevgeniya Mikhailik, Bustamante Gill Gallery, Los Angeles Drift, Maja Ruznic & Nina Kluth, Born Gallery, Berlin, Germany Collective exhibitions 2015 Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA Painting Is Dead?!, Figure One, Champaign, IL 2014 Among the Missing--Maja Ruznic and Joshua Hagler, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco Tender Remains--Maja Ruznic and Yevgeniya Mikhailik, Bustamante Gill Gallery, Los Angeles Drift--Maja Ruznic and Joshua Hagler, Low Gallery, San Diego TBD--Maja Ruznic and Nina Kluth, Born Gallery, Berlin, Germany Spectrum, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes 2013 3 person show with Martin Assig and Eleanor Moreton, Galerie Vidal St.Phalle, Paris Four Squared Alumni Show, Arc Gallery, San Francisco What The Mouth Sees, Alter Space, San Francisco 2012 What’s Left Behind, Alter Space, San Francisco Active, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco 2011 Figure 8, HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco Cries of San Francisco, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco Perfect Place/No Place: Re-Imagining Utopia, MicroClimate Collective, San Francisco 2010 Dollhouse (Juried exhibition by Jack Fisher) Arc Gallery, San Francisco Til Death Do Us Part, Heist Gallery, San Francisco Borders, Rootdivision, San Francisco, CA The American Orifice, arttransponder, Berlin, Germany Works That Disturb The Moonlight, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2009 Fall Group Show, Sugar Café, San Francisco, CA Summer Group Exhibition, Rod Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Paradox of the Sets, Club Six, San Francisco, CA Illusion Helps, Orange Alley Projects, San Francisco, CA Awards 2014 Dave Brown Projects - 9th Semiannual Competition (Curators: Steven Matijcio, Dominic Molon, Marina Pacini). Award of Excellence. |