Ivan Butorac

Ivan Butorac is an artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
"Love for art started at early age i remember coming home from school with friends and their reaction after seeing my parents art that was everywhere in the house, they loved it it was almost magical. I discovered the power art and colors have on human emotion and mood." Heavily influenced by his artist parents he was always in a state of motion and experimented with a lot of media. He studied at an arts Academy in Belgrade. In 2014 spending a year working for an artist Saint Claire Cemin in his studio in Brooklyn.
Seeing what it is, and then dreaming up and creating a space for new reality is what Butorac was used to since he was a child. His work sits between meaning and no meaning, not abstract and not not abstract also geometric. Not interested in conveying a message but more interested in questions "What does this look like?", "Does it remind me of something?" and "How does this make me feel?"
"Art is about creating a space for the viewer. It is the discovery of one's own possibilities. Its about freedom, self expression and following your interests and going beyond the rational mind the ego.
Its about bringing people together and communities.
I am ...

2002-2005 Academy of Art BK, Belgrade, RS

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. ~André Gide

Solo: Solo:
2011 Cappelini, LA
2012 Urban Hardwoods, LA
2014 Cappelini, Soho, NY
2018 Budman Studio, Venice
2020 Lem HQ, Los Angeles Spray Can Show
2020 BG Galery, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica
2024 Gary Wexler Studio Galery, Backstreet Art District, Palm Springs 2024 Gary Wexler Studio Galery, Backstreet Art District, Palm Springs
2024 La Syndicate, Los Angeles, Relax +
2026 Mod Week, Palm Springs, Ethereal
Group:
2011 Phantom Galeries, LB 2013 Ethos Galery, LA
2014 Hale Art Space Galery, Venice, CA
2015 MD Galery, LA
2017 Legato Studios, DTLA 2017 Legato Studios, DTLA
2018 Cappelini, LA
2018 Beverly Hils Art Show, BH
2018 Wndo Galery, Venice, CA
2019 Yucca Valey Art Center, Yucca Valey, CA
2020 Art Palm Spring fair, Palm Springs
2020 La Neomudejar, Art Museum, Madrid, Spain
2021 Bg Galery, Grayscale Wonderland 4, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica 2021 Bg Galery, Grayscale Wonderland 4, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica
2021 La Art Show Fair, La Convention Center, Los Angeles
2022 La Art Show Fair, La Convention Center, Los Angeles
2022 Intersect Palm Springs Fair, Palm Springs
2022 Palm Springs Modernism Show, Palm Springs
2023 Intersect Palm Springs Fair ,LA art Show, Other Art Fair , Burning Man
Instalation
2023 Palm Springs Mode...