BIOGRAPHY
Saša Rajšić is an independent artist and researcher from Karlovac, Croatia. Like hundreds of thousands of fellow Serbs from Croatia, he and his family fled their country during the war in Yugoslavia and lived as refugees in Serbia before immigrating to Canada in 2005. Rajšić’s practice stems from his personal experiences and background and is grounded in his interest in peace and reconciliation.
Rajšić studied at OCAD University in Toronto and the University of the Arts Helsinki. Recently, he presented his work at the Faculty of Law of Oxford University and Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah. He is a member of Displaced Peoples, a collaborative research network of the Law and Society Association, and Art and International Justice Initiative.
Rajšić’s work has been exhibited in Scotland, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Serbia, Germany, Greece, UK, Palestine, Spain, USA, and Canada, where he currently lives and works.
Saša Rajšić and Vitalis Neufeld, 2017
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS HELSINKI, THEATRE ACADEMY, Master of Arts Degree Program in Research in Live Art & Performance Studies, Helsinki FI, 2013
OCAD UNIVERSITY, Sculpture & Installation, Social Sciences, Toronto ON, 2011
GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART, Sculpture, Glasgow UK, 2009
EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
SERBIAN BOOK FAIR TORONTO, Hivers, Toronto ON, 2019
SCAN PHOTOBOOKS 2018, Al Tingaldo 2, Port of Tarragona, Tarragona ES, 2018
17TH ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge ON, 2018
REALITY EXCHANGE, Fifty Dots Gallery, Barcelona ES, 2018
RECALL, REFLECT, RETURN, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah PL, 2018
ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS 145TH ANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto ON, 2018
VAM40 JURIED SHOW OF FINE ARTS, Visual Arts Mississauga, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga ON, 2018
TO UN-BECOME, Theatre Academy, Helsinki FI, 2017
INTERNATIONAL LIVE ART PROJECT, Theatre Academy, Helsinki FI, 2012
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto ON, 2012
TORINO PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL, Turin IT, 2012
CATCH AND FORCEFULLY HOLD, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi FI, 2012
THREE NIGHTS OF LIVE ART, Theatre Academy, Helsinki FI, 2011
LEITMOTIF (SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE), Parkdale, Toronto ON, 2011
DIGITAL ALTERITIES, 11th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibit, InterAccess, Toronto ON, 2011
STOCKHOLM FRINGE FEST (Stoff), Kulturhuset, Stockholm SE, 2011
PARKDALE FILM + VIDEO SHOW CASE, Dufferin Amphitheatre, Parkdale, Toronto ON, 2011
THE SHOW OFF, OCAD University, Toronto ON, 2011
SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE, Brinks Building, Toronto ON, 2011
BIND TOGETHER (NEW TORONTO WORKS), Inter-Access, Toronto ON, 2011
TENSION, DISTANCE, PRESENCE, XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto ON, 2011
GROWTH, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto ON, 2010
ANATOMIA, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto ON, 2009
UNA VOLTA E SEMPRE, OCAD University, Florence IT, 2009
DRIFT, Barnes Building, Glasgow UK, 2009
FLY WITH THE CAGE, Lennox Contemporary Gallery and Queen Gallery, Toronto ON, 2009
CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS, AND LECTURES
DIGITY: Annual Meeting on Law and Society, Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, 2019
OXFORD TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE RESEARCH, Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, Oxford University, Oxford UK, 2019
IASFM17: International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Department of Balkan, Slavic, and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia and Laboratory for the Study of Culture, Gender, and Borders, Thessaloniki GR, 2018
LAW AT THE CROSSROADS: Annual Meeting on Law and Society, Sheraton Centre, Toronto ON, 2018
YOU ARE HERE: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Place, Space, and Embodiment, Creighton University, Omaha NE, 2018
RAW AND REGIONAL, Cambridge Art Galleries, Cambridge ON, 2017
LAPSODY 2013, Convergence of Research in Live Art and Performance Studies, TEAK, Helsinki FI, 2013
THE GEO/BODY POLITICS OF EMANCIPATION, Duke University, Durham NC, 2012
PSi18: PERFORMANCE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL 18, Artist Shift, University of Leeds, Leeds UK, 2012
FAR: FESTIVAL OF ART AS RESEARCH, Artist Talk, University of Applied Sciences, Ottersberg DE, 2012
INTIMATE POLITICS, Artists for Human Rights, Curatorial Project, European House, Niš RS, 2009
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
HONOURABLE MENTION, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge ON, 2018
VISUAL ARTISTS CREATION PROJECTS, Ontario Arts Council, 2018
CURRY'S AWARD, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto ON, 2018
TeaK DEAN GRANT, University of the Arts Helsinki, Theatre Academy, Helsinki FI, 2018
IASFM TRAVEL AWARD, To attend and present at IASFM17 in Thessaloniki GR, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto ON, 2018
EXHIBITION ASSISTANCE GRANT, Ontario Arts Council, Cambridge ON, 2018
TeaK RECTOR’S GRANT & TeaK DRAMA DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP, Helsinki FI, 2013
PSI#18 ENRICHMENT AWARD, To support new and unaffiliated artists to attend the PSi#18 conference and make a contribution, Leeds UK, 2012
MUDGE MASSEY TRAVELLING AWARD, Encourage studies outside of North America at Post Graduate Level, Toronto ON, 2011
SAMUEL LAZAR KAGAN AWARD, Award for Representational Art, Toronto ON, 2011
JACQUES DAGENAIS SCIENCE IN CULTURE AWARD, to support and encourage excellence in work that joins art and science disciplines, Toronto ON, 2010
THE CRITICS AWARD, General Arts & Science Scholarship Fund, George Brown College, Toronto ON, 2007
PRESS, ARTICLES, AND MEDIA COVERAGE
ARCHIVES, disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, Volume 27, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, 2018
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
BLACKWOOD GALLERY, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, Exhibition Coordinator, Mississauga ON, 2019 - Present
ART AND INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE, 2018 - Present
DISPLACED PEOPLES - CRN11: A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH NETWORK OF THE LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION, 2017 - Present