Sadko Hadzihasanovic sadkoart@ionsys.com www.ccca.ca/artists/hadzihasanovic.html Born Bihac, Bosnia, 1959 EDUCATION 1984     M.F.A. University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1982     B. F.A. Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2003     Konkordija, Vrsac, Yugoslavia, retrospective-www.yuartbiennial.vrsac.com (june) 2003     Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland (september) 2003     Paul Petro, Toronto, drawing show (march) 2002     Observatoire 4 de Montreal, Montreal, QC 2002     Atelier d'estampe Sagamie, Alma QC, Twins 2002     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Modern Life 2001     Langage Plus, Alma, QC 2001     Zsa Zsa, Toronto, Ont., American and Bosnian Folk Songs 2001     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ont. Papier peint 2001     SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ont., Papier Peint 2000     The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Greatest             Hitz 2000     XXX, Toronto, Ont., We are Smokin' 2000     Bookstore Buybook, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina 2000     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ont., Portraitizm (essay by Corinna             Ghaznavi) 1999     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC, When We Grow Up 1999     Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ont. (catalogue, essay by Gary Michael Dault ) 1999     Art Gallery of Town, Bihac, Bosnia, Works 81-91 1998     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ont., Sampling, essay by Catherine             Osborne) 1998     Neutral Ground, Regina, Sask., People (essay by Oliver Girling ) 1998     Struts Gallery, Sackville, N.B., Everything Must Go 1998     Artcite, Windsor, Ont., Stupidity is Kool 1997     Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ont., 50 Most Beautiful Guys in the Universe             (catalogue, essay by Stuart Reid ) 1997     A Space, Victor Comas Vitrines, Toronto, Ont. 1996     Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ont., A Dream of Adoration (catalogue, essay             by John Massier) 1996     Windows,Toronto, Ont., Hannibal Ante Portas ( essay by John Massier ) 1994     Windows, Toronto, Ont. 1991     Museum of the XIV Olympic Games, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Big Reliefs 1986     Bezigrad Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Works On Paper 1984     Art Gallery of Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Recent Paintings GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2003     A-space, Toronto, On., Chile Project (sept.) 2003     Epicentro, Mexico City, Mexico, Book on Fence, Red Tree Collective, exhibition             will travel to Art Gallery of San Miguel Allende (march) 2002     Balkan Art, 3rd International Trienniel Of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, 2002     Artcite Inc., Windsor, Ont. 20 External v1.0 2002     Matucana100, Cultural Centre Calbuco, Chille, Santiago organized by A-Space 2002     Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal , QC, 2002     Memories Et Temoignages, travel to Hart House, University of Toronto, 2003 2002     Mercer Union, Toronto ,Ont., XXX Testimonial curated by Dierdre Logue 2001     Art Gallery of Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina 2001     One Century In Art in Bosnia 2001     Artist & Project, Toronto, Ont., 20 Artists from Brooklyn/ 20 Artists from Toronto 2001     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, Brekfast of Champin 2001     Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ont. Rock, Paper, Scissors,             curated by Patrick Macaulay 2001     YYZ, Toronto, On., Urgent Witness/Drawn Remains             curated by Rebecca Diederich and Kym Pruesse 2000     Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ont., Reading the Face             (curated by Carol Barbour) 2000     Paul Petro Contemporary art, Toronto, Ont., Real Man 1999     Art Gallery Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Exhibition             of Association of Artists of Bosnia and Hercegovina 2000     Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ont., RedroSpective 1999     Archive Inc., Toronto, Ont., GLO 1999     Casey House, Toronto, Ont., Art With Heart 1999     Niagara Artists' Company, St. Catharines, Ont., with David Grenier 1999     Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario, with John Armstrong 1999     Postmasters Gallery, New York, New York, War Panel 1999     4 days at the White House, Toronto, On, Face Forward,             (curated by Eileen Somerman) 1999     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ont., Ways to Remember 1999     Art Rental And Sales Gallery, AGO, Toronto, Ont. 1998     Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ont., The Edge of Everything, curated by John Massier 1998     Archive Inc. Gallery, Toronto, Ont., GLO 1998     Art Gallery of Mississauga, Ont., Manifest Destiny, (curated by Stuart Reid, ) 1998     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC., Wonderland, 1998     Gallery of Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, QC,. ARTIFICE 98, 1998     Contemporary Visul Art of Montreal (curated by David Liss) 1998     Drug Show, Toronto, Ont. 1998     Open Studio,Toronto, Ont., with Paul Wong 1997     The Red Head Gallery, Multiples Project by gallery artists 1997     Wasteland, Obdam, Netherland (curated by Tania Karreman) 1997     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ont. 1996     Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, N.Y., Canadian Clay Currents 1996     Gallery 101,Ottawa, Ont., Emerging Artist Showcase 1995     The Koffler Gallery, Toronto,Ont., Juice Fruit, (curated by John Massier) 1995     Artcite, Windsor, Ont., Velvet Fever and Other Kitsch Inclination, (curated             by Allen Bukoff, Suzanne Konuha) 1995     The OO Gallery, Halifax, N.S., Away, group show of Red Head Gallery 1991     Museum of Modern Art , Rijeka, Croatia, Biennal of the Youth '91 1989     Art Gallery, Murska Subota, Slovenia, International Biennal of Sculpture 1987     Anushka Gallery, San Diego, California, Exhibition of Group Zvono 1984     Art Gallery of Bosnia, Sarajevo, Bosnia, The Contemporary Art In Bosnia 1974-84  On Occasion of the Olympic Winter Games 1984     Art Gallery of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Contemporary Yugoslav GRANTS / AWARDS 2002     Travel Grant, Canada council for Arts 2001     Visual Grant for Mid-carrier Artists, Canada Art Council ($12000) 2001     Toronto Art Council, Grant for Visual Art ($5000) 2000     Paris Studio, Canada Art Council 2000     Award for Best Drawing on Exhibition of Association of Artists of Bosnia 1999     Visual Grant for Mid-career Artists ($15000), Canada Council 1999     Visual Arts Grant ( $5000), Ontario Art Council 1999     Travel Grant, Canada Council 1999     Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Art Council 1998     Travel Grant ($1000), Canada Council 1997     Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Art Council 1997     Travel Grant ($1000), Canada Council 1996     Visual Arts Grant ($5000, 3000), Ontario Art Council 1996     Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Art Council 1995     Valenart Award, Image 95, OSA# 121 Annual Juried Exhibition BIBLIOGRAPHY Meliha Husedzinovic: Aspekte und Positionen der Kunst aus Bosnia 1949-99, 50 Jahre Kunst Aus Mitteleuropa 1949-1999, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien Meliha Husedzinovic: BodyArt v Bosni in Hercegovina, Body and the East, Museum of Modern Arts Ljublana, Slovenia REVIEWS 2002     The Gazette, Portraits of Missing Children by Henry Lehmann 2002     Fuse magazine, 3 Essays on Growing Up by Terence Dick 2002     Globe & Mail, Gallery going by Gary Michael Dault 2000     Now, March 22-28, Teen Dreams by Diedre Hanna 2001     Globe and Mail, March 31, Boys to Man by Swatch by Gary Michael Dault 2000     Lola, fall issue, Shotguns, Reading the Face by Sherri Telenko 2000     Now, Dec. 14, Nice Spices by Dierdre Hanna 2000     Artichoke, Fall/Winter 2000, Portraitizm by Corrina Ghaznavi 2000     The Record, June 22, Facing the Camera by Robert Reid 2000     Oslobodenje, Sarajevo July 16, Zasto Tapeta umjesto             Slikarskog Platna by Jelene Jevdzevic 2000     Globe and Mail, June 24, Gallery Going by Gillian Mackay (Real Man show ) 2000     National Post, June 24, At the Galleries by Thomas Hirschman (Real Man show) 2000     Canadian Art, spring issue, Fast Forward 2000     National Post, March 25, Refreshing portraiture, artistic fun with fowl by             Thomas Hirschman 2000     Globe and Mail, March 13, Some-up-to-date for an Old-fashioned Art by Blake Gopnik 2000     Globe and Mail, Feb.20, Family Viewing by Nora Underwood 1999     National Post ,Nov. 6, How to Kickstart Your Art Collection by Tanya Linton 1999     The Wealthy Boomer, This is Our Wake-up Call by Gary Michael Dault 1999     Missisauga News, Sadko's Work on Display at The Peel Art Gallery by Katherine Sealey 1999     Canadian Art, summer, Fast Forward 1999     C magazine, Manifest Destiny: five modest reactions by Julie Voyce 1999     Globe and Mail, Feb. 20, Gallery going by Gary Michael Dault (Ways to Remember ) 1998     Toronto Life, Oct.1998, This Month by Kye Macear (solo Exhibition at Paul Petro ) 1998     EYE, dec.3, Portraits of Unsettled Youth by R.M.Vaughan 1998     Global and Mail, nov.7 From Sidewalk to Salon by Gary Michael Dault 1998     Lola, number 2, Shotguns (by John Massier, Catherine Osborne) 1998     Canadian Art, summer, Fast Forward 1998     Artfocus, spring, summer, Drug Show 1998     The Globe and Mail, may 16, Famous Art Star? by Blake Gopnik 1998     Mix magazine, spring issue, Artist-Run Culture 1998     Artichoke, spring issue, Contemplating Tadzio's Smile by Stuart Reid 1998     Metro Times ,Detroit, Of Brides and Boys by Glen Mannisto 1998     C- magazine, feb.-apr., Stupidity is Kool by John Armstrong 1997     The Globe and Mail, Dec.6, Deck the Walls by B.A. Jordan and G. Mackey 1997     Now Magazine, Sept.-14, Highly Recommended by Dierdre Hanna 1997     The Globe and Mail, June 24, Out from behind the "Ironic Curtain" by Val Ross 1997     Parachute, winter issue, Emerging Artist Showcase by Sylvie Fortin 1996     The Globe and Mail, Dec. 7 Gallery Going by Gillian MacKay 1996     Now Magazine, Dec. 12-18, Sharp Show Burst the Bubble of Machismo by             Nathalie-Rose Fischer 1996     Toronto Life, (dec.) This Month by Donald Brackett 1996     Mix-magazine, winter 96/97, Artist-Run Culture 1996     The Citizen, Ottawa, Aug. 4, New Group of Seven Pokes Fun at Many Facets             of Human Life by Virginia Howard 1996     Ledroit, Ottawa-Hull, Aug. 17, Destinations Inconues by Joanne Legault 1996     Fulcrum, Ottawa, Aug. 8, Emerging Artists Showcase Gallery 101 Gets Back To Its             Artist Run Roots by Stephanie Power 1995     Fuse-magazine, volume 19 ,Where's the Fruit by Andrew Harwood FELLOWSHIPS 1997     Art Residency at the Blue Mountain Centre, New York, New York 1997     Visiting Artist at Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario LECTURES AND SLIDE PROJECTIONS 1997     Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario 1997     Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario 1998     Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick 1998     Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan 1999     Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario 1999     Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Montreal, Quebec 1999     University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario 2000     Lake Placid Center for Arts, Lake Placid, New York 2001     SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. 2002     A-space, Toronto, Ontario WORKS IN COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Bosnia and Hercegovina, Sarajevo Art Gallery of Town, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina Gallery of Portrait, Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina Natioanal Museum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Museum of Town, Sombor, Yugoslavia Art Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia Modern Gallery, Pancevo, Yugoslavia Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, Ontario Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto, Ontario TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2000      Workshop: Portrait in Contemporary Art, Lake Placid Art Center, Lake Placed , New York 1997-     Avenue Road Art School, Toronto: different courses for children and adults (drawing and painting)              present          1998-     Koffler Center, Toronto: life drawing, acrylic painting course, portrait course for adults              present           1999-     Drawing I and II School of Fine Art and Music at University Guelph, Guelph, Ontario              present 2001      Watercolor at School of Fine Art and Music at University Guelph, Guelph, Ontario