Ksenija Lea Pecaric

I was raised in an artistic family in the former Yugoslavia, where I spent much of my childhood at my mother's ceramics studio, learning the secrets of the trade. My formal art education began in Belgrade more then 30 years ago, where I attended secondary school for Design. I later studied photography in Prague and in 1993 moved to New York, studying Hebrew calligraphy with calligrapher Jay S. Greenspan.In 1997 I moved with my family to Krakow. There, I earned a Masters degree in Fine Art and Art Education, mastering the technique of linocut by the renowned Jerzy Jedrysiak. My graphics and paintings have been published and exhibited internationally. I now live in New Jersey.

Art of Ksenija Pecaric

Sentimental journeys echoing a Balkan past are distant in time and space from the current dreamsand imaginative visions of accomplished artist, Ksenija Pecaric. They exist, however, as overlapping realities that form the artistic expression of Pecaric's love for Jewish tradition, reflecting the past, commenting on the present, and offering inspiration for the future.Pecaric's black-and-white linocuts enchant the viewer with their fairy-tale metaphors and magic narrative that transcend literal representation. Each work invites the view...

M.A. in Art at the Pedagogical University-Department of Art and Art Education, Krakow, Poland School for Fashion Design, Krakow, Poland Jewish Renaissance Center, Jewish Studies, New York City School for Graphic Art, Department of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic School for Design, Department of Graphic Design, Belgrade, YugoslaviaSolo-Exhibitions:August 2010 Englewood Public Library, Englewood, NJ2009 Teaneck Public Library,Teaneck NJ2009 Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York2008 Atrium Gallery, Township of Washington, New Jersey 2004 Gallery ZPAP Sukiennice, Cracow, Poland,2002 Gallery "Galeria Nowa", Cultural Center of Lodz, Poland,2000 Institute of Polish Culture in Prague, Cultural Event Europe 2000, Prague, Czech Republic1999 Center of Jewish Culture, Cracow, Poland,1998 Gallery "Zeiscie" Art Department of Pedagogical University, Cracow, Poland,1996 "Riverdale Y"- Bronx, NYCollective Exhibitions:35th Annual Member's Show, May 2010, "Where Have You Been?", Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, NJMay 2010, Climate/Gallery, Long Island City, New York, Printmaking Now2010 Bridge:SAGA Goes Down Under-East Coast USA Meets East Coast Australia, 77th Memebers' Exhibition for the Society of American Graphic Artists...

Solo-Exhibitions:
2023 Gallery Shalom -Galeria Szalom- International Festival of Jewish Culture Krakow, Poland
2022 Gallery Reunion, Prague, Czech Republic- (Printmaking and Photography show)
2023 Kulturna Zona Gallery -Culture Zone, Novi Knezevac, Serbia (printmaking and photography show)

January 2015, Pine Gallery, Public Library in Fair Lawn, Fair Lawn, NJ
September 2011 Waltuch Gallery at Kaplan JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ, March 2011, Teaneck Public Library, Teaneck, NJ, August 2010 Englewood Public Library, Englewood, NJ2009 Teaneck Public Library,Teaneck NJ2009 Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York2008 Atrium Gallery, Township of Washington, New Jersey 2004 Gallery ZPAP Sukiennice, Cracow, Poland,2002 Gallery "Galeria Nowa", Cultural Center of Lodz, Poland,2000 Institute of Polish Culture in Prague, Cultural Event Europe 2000, Prague, Czech Republic1999 Center of Jewish Culture, Cracow, Poland,1998 Gallery "Zeiscie" Art Department of Pedagogical University, Cracow, Poland,1996 "Riverdale Y"- Bronx, NY

Collective Exhibitions:
June 2012 SAGA 79th Members Exhibition at The Old Print Shop, NY, NY, June 2011, Member's Exhibition (SAGA) at Prince Street Gallery, NY. NY, May 2011, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, ...