Jarmila Kostliva

Jarmila Kostliva focuses on a wide scale of subjects. A conceptual approach isolates biological elements or objects in sequences, revealing the inseparable relationship between abstract and intellectual. She imaginatively draws inspiration from images of science, history, and technology by exploring primordial life and biomorphic forms metaphorically related to human physiognomy and psychology. This creative process is a communication search to reveal the connections between the present and discovering a subconscious awareness of our past existence. The essence of her artwork and her practice in oil, acrylic, and mixed and new media embodies the energy and continuity translated from her vocabulary and her beliefs in discovering the unknown.
She currently lives and works in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Born in Prague, Jarmila graduated from the Fine and Applied Arts in the Czech Republic, later continuing with independent studies in Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Originally trained as a ballet dancer, she performed on stages in Prague and accomplished many professional international engagements. Her later transition to visual art practice in Canada has been her natural progression in her need to communi...

Education
College of Fine and Applied Art, Graduated in the Czech Republic,
Concordia University, Independent studies, Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada

Exhibitions

2018 LACDA - "Open Source", Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, USA

2017 "Bio Preceptors", Museo Do Amanha, Rio De Janiero, Brazil

2015 “Painting on the Edge" - Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2014 "Digital Imagery Exhibition" - Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2014 "Paintings on The Edge" - Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2013 "Artists Choice" - Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2013 "Painting on The Edge" - Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Canada



Past Exhibitions


2009 Annual Fall Exhibition - Leighton Studio Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2003 Drawings and Renderings - Architecture Institute Exhibit, Vancouver, Canada

1999 New Art, Solo Exhibit– Royal Bank of Canada, Vancouver, Canada

1997 Montserrat Gallery, New York

1996 Joan Lovett Gallery, Vancouver,

1995 International Competition Awards Exhibit – Gallery 54, New York

1995 Biennale de Paris d’Art Plastique Exhibit, – Fondation Napoleon, Paris, France

1995 Salon d’Automme – Bordeaux, France

1995 Gallery Dilo, Liberec, Czech Republic

1994 Gallery 33 Bergman – Prague, Czech Republic

1994 A Propos De L’etre Humaine, Sodarco Gallery, Montreal, Canada

1994 South Miami Grand Prix Biennale – Wirtz Galler...