BIOGRAPHY


Contact the artist

P.O. Box 549, Station ‘A’
Vancouver BC, Canada V6C 2N3
Tel: 1 604-254-1405
info@bonifacho-art.com


Background

1937 Born, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1973 Emigrated to Canada
1976 Became a Canadian citizen
1976 Member of CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation)
1991 Registered in Canadian Who’s Who
1998 Registered in Serbian Who’s Who in the Diaspora
2003 Registered in Who’s Who in America

Education

1957-59 Sumatovachka School of Art, Belgrade. Drawing and painting
1957-59 Belgrade University, Belgrade. Bachelor of Architecture
1961-67 Belgrade University, Belgrade. Master of Fine Arts
1966-85 Atelier Kruger, Frankfurt, Germany. Old Master techniques in printing.

Grants

1996 British Columbia Arts Council Grant
1998 British Columbia Arts Council Grant
1999 Canada Council Travel Grant for exhibition in Havana, Cuba
2000 British Columbia Arts, Council Grant for retrospective at Galerija Progres, Belgrade
2000 Canada Council Travel Grant for retrospective in Belgrade
2001 Canada Council Travel Grant for exhibition at Savremena Galerija Zrenjanin, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
2002 Canada Council Travel Grant for exhibition at Galerija Matica Srpska, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Rooftop Art

1959-65 Initiated and developed large-scale imagery painted on the roofs and exteriors of buildings in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Attracted media attention throughout Europe. Made guest appearances on on several European television and radio programmes.

Solo Exhibtions

1978 Alberta Landscapes, Gallery Scollard, Toronto, ON
1979 Alberta Landscapes, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1982 Blackboards, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1982 Blackboards, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1987 Combustion, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1988 Combustion, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1989 Combustion, Quan-Schieder Gallery, Toronto, ON
1990 Scotland, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1990 Scotland, Quan-Schieder Gallery, Toronto, ON
1991 Earth and Fire, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1992 Parallelograms, Doheny Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 Scotland, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1993 Small Works, Threshold Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995 La Habana, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC,
1995 Earth and Fire, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON.
1995 Blackboards, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1996 Scotland, Gallery Nova, Vancouver, BC
1996 Peloponnesus, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997 Parallelograms, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
1999 Al Campo Santo, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 Al Campo Santo, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Retrospective, 25 Years in Canada, Galerija Progres, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2000 Al Campo Santo, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
2001 Peloponnesus, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 Lexicon Cosri, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 Blackboards, Savremena Galerija Zrenjanin, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
2002 Retrospective, Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
2002 Habitat Pixel, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Habitat Pixel, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Habitat Pixel, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 Habitat Pixel, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2004 Habitat Pixel, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Habitat Pixel, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 IDS-Cologne Fair, Cologne, Germany
2006 Moderato Cantabile, Foster/ White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Moderato Cantabile, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 “Je t’aime”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 “New Work”, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto ON
2008 “Blackboards Retrospective”, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

The Acom Corporation, USA
Agnelli Corporation, Ferrara, Italy
Brazilian Coffee Producers, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Vancouver, BC
Canaccord Capital Corp., Vancouver, BC
Canadian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CISS Group, Toronto, ON
Clark, Wilson & Co., Vancouver, BC
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
D.L. Stevenson & Son, Scarborough, Ontario
DT&Shop, Bad Bocklet, Mangelsfelt, Germany
Eric Law and Rutberg Ltd., Palm Desert, California
First Service Corporation, Vancouver, BC
First City Trust, Toronto, Ontario
Museum of Matica Srpska, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Green Circle Management Inc., Vancouver, Canada
Helin Marketing Group, Toronto, Ontario
James Hoggan & Assoc., Vancouver, BC
J.P. Morgan Securities Asia, Tokyo, Japan
Kinkoss Gold Corporation, L.O.M. Western Security, Vancouver, BC
Western Security, Vancouver BC
Mr. Jax Fashion, Vancouver, BC
Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
National Museum, Belgrade Yugoslavia
National Museum Kraljevo, Serbia
National Museum (Serbs in the Diaspora), Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Olivetti S.A., Milan, Italy
Pacific Language Institute, Vancouver, BC
Politika Publishing Group, Belgrade, Serbia
Polygon Homes, Vancouver BC
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
Serbian Academy of Art and Science, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
The Strand Corp., Vancouver, BC
Tiffin Capital Corp., Vancouver, BC
Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Embassy of Republic of Serbia, Ottawa

* Works also held in numerous private collections internationally.

Television Interviews

1964 Yugoslavian Television, Belgrade, “Binoculars”, documentary series
1965 Italian Television, Studio Uno, Rome
1965 French Television Program 2, Paris
1993 Arts Program, Roger’s Cable, Victoria, BC
1995 Arts Program, Roger’s Cable, Victoria, BC
2000 Television Serbia, Art Press Preview, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2000 Third Channel, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, interviewer Vitka Vujovic
2000 Television Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, interviewer Nadja Ivanji
2000 TV Metropolis, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, interviewer Anita Panic
2001 CBC French TV, Vancouver, BC, interviewer Meriam Anderson
2002 TV Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Guest on various radio programs and talk shows in Europe and Canada.

Articles and Reviews (in chronological order)

Zoran Plavsic, “Eyes over the city”, Ilustrovana Politika, Belgrade
Mirjana Kuburovic, “Ground zero alert”, Politika, Belgrade
Kosta Dimitrijevic, “My canvases are expensive”, Arena, Zagreb
Duska Arezina, Alberta landscapes, exhibition catalogue, Scollard Gallery, Toronto, exhibition catalogue essay
Roger Boulet, Blackboards, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, essay, exhibition catalogue
Mia Johnson, “Bonifacho”, Artmagazine, Toronto, review of exhibition, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
S. Jovic, “Painter of progress and despair”, Hello, Belgrade
Zika Milutinovic, “Survival is not guaranteed” Ilustrovana Politika, Belgrade
Miljana Laketic, “Terror at ground zero”, Galaxia, Belgrade
Sherrill Grace, “Bonifacho at Atelier Gallery”, Vanguard, review of exhibition, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
B. Komad, “Domestic chances are better”, Novosti, Belgrade
Elizabeth Godley, “Bonifacho”, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, review of exhibition, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Louise Lassagne, “Bonifacho à la Heffel Gallery”, Le Soleil de Colombie, Vancouver, exhibition review Heffel Gallery, Vancouver
Linda Genereux, “Bonifacho’s apocalyptic visions”, Metropolis, Toronto, review of exhibition, Quan-Schieder Gallery, Toronto
Mia Johnson, “Bonifacho”, Preview of the Visual Arts, Vancouver, preview of exhibition, Heffel Gallery, Vancouver
Regina Hackett, “North of the order”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, review of exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham
Sheila Farr , “Canadian art comes south of the border”, The Herald, Seattle, review of exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham
D. Lakic, “The return of the paintings” Politika, Belgrade,
P. Pavlovic, “Bonifacho”, National Museum, Belgrade, exhibition catalogue essay
Peter Aspell, “Bratsa Bonifacho”, curator’s statement, catalogue, Artropolis, Vancouver
Nikola Kusovac, “A hearty welcome”, Illustrovana Politika, Belgrade
Aristides Gazetas, Bonifacho, Richmond News, Richmond, review of exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
Ann Rosenberg, “New expressions”, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver
John Armstrong, “Abstractionist lays bloody, brutal memories on the bull’s eye”, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver
Ted Lindberg, “Bonifacho’s parallelograms” Preview of the Visual Arts, preview, exhibition at Doheny Fine Art, Vancouver
Ann Rosenberg, “Capturing motion”, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver
Gabriele Ailey, “Buying Bonfacho”, In Between Times, Richmond
Gabriele Ailey, “Past and future of the arts”, Rag Time, Richmond, BC
Amir Ali Alibhai, Bonifacho, exhibition catalogue essay, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond,
“Art Show – A vivid reminder”, review of exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond News, Richmond,
Ann Rosenberg, “Richmond comes of age”, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, review of exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery
Jeanne Baillaut, “La Habana de Bonifacho”, Le Soleil de Colombie, Vancouver, review, exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Robert Ames. “Three Vancouver painters”, Victoria Times Colonist, Victoria, review, exhibition at Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
Nebojsa Jankovic, “Srpski visokoletac na kpaju Sveta”, Nase Gore List, Belgrade
Nikola Korbutouski, “E da: Braco Bonifacije”, Nedeljna Borba, Belgrade,
Barry Link, “No simple art”, Richmond News, review of Parallelograms exhibition at Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond
Ted Lindberg. “Parallelograms”, Artichoke, Calgary
Nebojsa Jankovic, “Braca Bonifacije: 1/4 veka rada u Vankuveru”, Kisobran, Vancouver
Braca Bonifacije, “Havana moje mladosti”, Kisobran, Vancouver
Joan Richardson, “Bratsa Bonifacho: Al Campo Santo”, Vie des Arts, Montreal, review of exhibition at Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria
Nebojsa Jankovic, “Al Campo Santo”, Kisobran, Vancouver, review of exhibition at Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Dragomir Brajkovic, “Bonifacije: zapisi iz Kanade”, Knjizevne Novine, Belgrade
Stana Ristic, “Vreme istine”, Politika, Belgrade
G. Popovic, “Gost u svom gradu”, Politika, Belgrade
Dragana Petrovic, “Vankuver zamirse na Srbiju”, Oko, Frankfurt
Petar Djuza, “Heraldika apokalipse”, Politika, Belgrade
Djordje Kadijevic, “Gravitacija” NIN, Belgrade
Gordana Popovic, “Zabranjen ulaz u atelje” Politika, Belgrade
Gordana Popovic, “Moj Beograd se ne menja” Kisobran, Vancouver
N. Trpenikolovski, “Boja c krova na platnu”, Ilustrovana Politika, Belgrade
B.G., “U Vancouver redovno sanjam Beograd”, Beograd Ekspres, Belgrade
Christian Parenti, “Art in the enemy camp”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, review of Retrospective: 25 Years in Canada, at Galerija Progres, Belgrade
Kate Cino, “Sacred landscape painter Bonifacho”, Boulevard, Victoria
Robert Amos, “The visceral language of paint”, Times Colonist, Victoria
Mia Johnson, “Opet dosao da pokupi svoje boje”, translated by Jovo Bajicand, first published in Novi Ekspres, Belgrade and reprinted in Knjizevne Novine, Belgrade
Nikola Korbutovksi, “Dug ut do Kanadskih galerija”, Borba Beograd, Belgrade
Branka Jajic, “Crne table otpora”, Novine Zrenjanin, Zrenjanin
Vladimir Bolhorves, “Braca Bonifacije medju Vojvodjanima”, Dnevnik, Novi Sad
Gordana Popovic, “Pun grad lepote”, Politika, Belgrade
Anita Panic, “Po Krovovima Sveta”, Prestup, Belgrade
Robyn Laurence, Bonifacho’s Habitat Pixel”, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver
Borko Gvozdenovic, Covek Zvani Braca Bonifacije”, Politika, Belgrade
Trpe Trpenikolovski, “Bonifacije se vrala kuci, Ekspres, Belgrade
Mia Johnson, “Bratsa Bonifacho”, Preview: The Gallery Guide, preview of exhibition, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver.
Nikolic, Teodora, “Secanja Braca Bonifacija”, Glorija, Belgrade
Cantor, Allyn, “Bratsa Bonifacho: Moderato Cantabile, Preview: The Gallery Guide, Vancouver, 2006
Farr, Sheila, “An Artist’s Dark Images”, Seattle Times, Feb 2008