Ivana Svabic Cannon

Ivana Svabic (1964. Belgrade)
Ivana is a printmaker and a childrens book illustrator based in
Bristol, UK. She has illustrated fifteen childrens books, published
by major international publishers and has exhibited widely at
over a hundred group exhibitions. She is a qualified Art & Design
teacher and runs workshops in drawing and printmaking.
Since1999, she is a member of Spike Print Studio in Bristol,
where she makes prints and participate in all annual group
exhibitions. Ivana is also a member of South West Illustrators
and of ULUPUDS - Serbian Association
of Applied Artists and Designers.


New prints by IVA - Ivana vabi Cannon
Extract from the latiest catalogue
Ivana once again presents us with a series of prints created through an insatiable drive for
experimentation.Her recent prints are disarming in their visual simplicity, and yet, they contain a
complexity arrived at through a decade of searching for essence. At once ascetic and opulent,
these works in linocut clearly reflect their medium. Although the narrative and the descriptive is
absent from the new worksby Ivana, the subject is still present. The subject is, simply put, the very
process itself; Iva uses the...

Qualifications and training
1995. Teaching qualification in Art and Design, University of the West of England, Bristol.
1990. MA in Children's Book Illustration, University of the Applied Arts and Design, Belgrade.
1988. BA in Printmaking and Graphic Design, University of the Applied Arts and Design, Belgrade.
Solo Exhibitions
2010. Gallery Graphic Collective, Belgrade
2009. Hidden Impact Exhibition , Prints in the City Project, Bristol
2003. Gallery Graphic Collective, Belgrade
1995. Alternative Art Gallery, London
1991. Gallery Students Town, Belgrade
1990. Gallery Graphic Collective, Belgrade
Group Exhibitions
2010. Surface Patterns, printmaking exhibition, Centarspace Gallery, Bristol.
2009. Biennial of Illustration (BIB09), (BIB91), (BIB90), of children's books, Bratislava;
May Exhibition, Gallery Graphic Collective, Belgarade; ULUPUDS May Exhibition, Belgarade;
Open Print, RWA Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; Open Impact, an International
Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Spike Print Studios, Bristol; Exhibition of illustration SWILL,
Rostra and Rooksamoor Galleries, Bath; Exhibition of illustration, Nails Gallery, Bristol;
Centarspace Gallery, Front Room, Bristol;...