VAM40, Art Gallery of Mississauga
"This photograph masterfully deploys light and shadow to suggest the trauma that results in the aftermath of armed conflict. Its careful composition brings attention to a building's façade, darkened in shadow but with several suggestive, open, light-filled windows, and a figure that surveys a landscape of debris. After the war, this is an image that suggests both the futility of attempting to rebuild one's life and the ever-present possibility that life must persist."
John Armstrong, Jayne Wilkinson, and Faisal Anwar
VAM40, Art Gallery of Mississauga
"This photograph masterfully deploys light and shadow to suggest the trauma that results in the aftermath of armed conflict. Its careful composition brings attention to a building's façade, darkened in shadow but with several suggestive, open, light-filled windows, and a figure that surveys a landscape of debris. After the war, this is an image that suggests both the futility of attempting to rebuild one's life and the ever-present possibility that life must persist."
John Armstrong, Jayne Wilkinson, and Faisal Anwar
SAŠA
RAJŠIĆ
SAŠA
RAJŠIĆ
BIOGRAPHY
Saša Rajšić is an independent artist and researcher from Karlovac, Croatia. Like over 200,000 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
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
\ A+ ONLINE FESTIVAL OF VIDEO ART: MOBILITY÷DEATH÷MOBILITY, A+ Works of Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur MY, 2020
\ 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
\ Una di Gallo, Žana Kozomora, Bojana Videkanić, Tamara Vukov, Sonja Zlatanova, and Saša Rajšić, THINKING AND DOING IN-BETWEEN,
Yugosplaining the World, The Disorder of Things, July 8, 2020
Leadership Team, SOAS, University of London, London UK, January 3, 2019
ISSN: 2526-5970, v. 2, n. 4, pp. 249-269, Rio Branco, Acre BR, July-December 2018
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
\ ART AND INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE, 2018 - Present
\ DISPLACED PEOPLES - CRN11: A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH NETWORK OF THE LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION, 2017 - Present