Tanja Softić Explained

Tanja Softić
Birth Date:1966 4, mf=yes
Birth Place:Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Education:Academy of Fine Arts University of Sarajevo, Old Dominion University
Occupation:Artist
Years Active:1985–present

Tanja Softić is a Bosnian-American visual artist and art educator who works in media of drawing, printmaking, painting and photography. She is Professor of Art Practice in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Richmond.[1]

Personal life and career

Tanja Softić was born In 1966 in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] She attended the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Sarajevo and Old Dominion University.[3]

Softić emigrated to the United States in 1989 and now has American citizenship.[4]

Softić's work is in the Auckland Art Gallery,[5] and the Print Collection of The New York Public Library.[6]

In 2011 her work was included in the exhibition Migrant Universe at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art.[7] In 2012 Softić has a solo Walter Gropius Master Artist Exhibit at the Huntington Museum of Art.[8] Her work is included in the 2020 virtual exhibition Dis/placements: Revisitations of Home at the Halsey Institute.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ms. Tanja Softić . Art & Art History - University of Richmond . 16 May 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: Tanja Softic . Tamarind Institute . 1 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Tanja Softic´ . U.S. Department of State . 1 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Sargent . Sarah . Itinerant Eyes . Virginia Living . 16 May 2023 . en-us . 16 June 2011.
  5. Web site: Tanja Softic . Auckland Art Gallery . 16 May 2023 . en.
  6. Web site: Gravity . Wallach Prints and Photos . New York Public Library . 16 May 2023.
  7. Web site: ODU Alumna’s Artwork Featured at College of Charleston Exhibition . Old Dominion University . 17 May 2023 . en . 12 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Walter Gropius Master Artist Exhibit: Tanja Softić . Huntington Museum of Art . 17 May 2023.
  9. Web site: Tanja Softić : Displacements . displacements.org . Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art . 16 May 2023.