Alex Sojic

CENTRAL TOPIC: I am capturing human nature, its powers and weaknesses. I am interested in the interplay of physical, emotional, and cognitive articulations that - jointly with random drifts - may shape and re-shape human experience, intuition, particular forms of expression, perceptions as well as individual and collective decisions. BACKGROUND:
As my childhood trilemma (becoming an astronaut, an explorer, or an artist), never ended, I have embraced a complex career path. I first attended an art school as a preparatory course for the Fine Arts Academy. Then, after my Bachelor of Arts / MA / in philosophy, I continued my doctoral research in academia, studying sciences, arts, and emerging technologies. For many years I have been working as as a researcher, but also as a curator responsible for PR management at a national museum. Eventually, all my life experience led me towards realisation of my innate and profound need to communicate through my paintings. So, here we are!
MOTIVATION: Facing an empty canvas or a piece of paper is the moment when I feel invited to immerse into it. It is the very act of painting that drives me to create my artworks the way I do. In my semi-figurative paintings, you may recognise certain elements of...

University of Milan, PhD
University of Belgrade, BA/MA
State exam, Museum curator certificate

Recent:

- Made4Art Selection, (Collective exhibition), 5-18 March 2024, Made4Art, Via Ciovasso, 17, Brera - Milan, Italy

- Unwind, (Solo exhibition), May 2021, Made4Art, Via Ciovasso, 17, Brera - Milan, Italy

- Art Parma Fair, 2-11 October 2020, Parma, Italy

- Colorful Autumn Art Encounters, (Collective), The Egyptian Cultural & Educational Bureau (ECEB), Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Via delle Terme di Traiano 13, Rome, Italy, 23/10/2019-29/10/2019

- Il Cadavere Squisito #19, group exhibition at TAG Tevere Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 12/10/2019-16/10/2019

- ASREA 2019, group exhibition at Sala Nagasawa, Appia Antica 42, Rome, Italy, 11/10/2019-20/10/2019

- Il Cadavere Squisito #18, group exhibition at TAG Tevere Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 08/06/2019-14/06/2019

- Law of Future, A special exhibition (solo) at Bagni Misteriosi, Milan, Italy, March 2019

- Mercato temporaneo di arte e belle cose, Mondovisione, Cantù (Como), Italy, 24/11/2018-09/12/2018

Catalogues:
- Prosperous Collection-
http://tiny.cc/c9gniz

- The Horizon Collection-
https://issuu.com/sojic.org/docs/horizon_collection

- Strings Collection- https://issuu.com/sojic.org/docs/strings_collection

- Memes Collection (Step I) - https://issuu.com/sojic.or...