Sladjana Buhovac was born and raised in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. She showed her artistic talent at a very young age. Her adventure with sculpture started in a Secondary Art School in Sarajevo. Although she wanted to become fashion designer her abilities for three dimensional art were recognized at the entry exam for the art school and instead of textile design she got excepted in sculpture department. She continued her studies at the University of Fine Arts in Belgrade were she received BFA degree in sculpture. After moving to Canada in 1997 she tried to continue with her art but she gave up. And after more than 17 years she started sculpting again. She is an active member of Federation of Canadian Artist were she participated in several juried exhibitions and received two awards for Best Sculpture in the exhibition.
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AWARDS:
2023 - Honourable mention in the 2023 Active Member Exhibition - Federation of Canadian Artist - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022 - Best Sculpture in Exhibition Award for the 2022 Active member Exhibition - Federation of Canadian Artist - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 - Best Sculpture in Exhibition Award for the 2021 Artists Choice Exhibition - Federation of Canadian Artists - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
JURIED ART EXHIBITIONS:
2023 -“ Active Member Exhibition” Federation of Canadian Artists - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2022- “Active Member Exhibition” Federation of Canadian Artists - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 - “Shape and Form Exhibition” Federation of Canadian Artist - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021- "Artist's Choice" Federation of Canadian Artists - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2020 - “Bella!” Federation of Canadian Artists - Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2002 - “4th Annual Face to Face" at Stage Gallery - Honorable mention in the competition, New York NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021- "Spectrum" Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver BC
2020 - "Transformation" Virtual Art Exhibition by West Vancouver Art Council,
2020- "Distant together" Virtual Art Exhibition by West Vancouver Art Council
1998 - “Portrait through Time” National University Braca Stamenkovic, Belgrade
1997- Drawing Exhibition at Gallery Dom Omladine, Belgrade
1997- Sculpture Exhibition at the Gallery of University of Fine Arts, Belgrade
MEMBERSHIPS:
Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists FCA
Artist member of the West Vancouver Community Arts Council