Mirjana Golubovic
Mirjana Golubovic, mathematician and painter. Education: Ph.D.in
mathematics from the University of Belgrade in 1988. Math lecturer
at the University of Novi Sad, University of Belgrade, SUNY/Buffalo,
Moorpark College, LATTC, and WVU. Post-doctoral fellow at WVU.
Mirjana authored a number of scientific papers. She extensively
paints and exhibits. She exhibited her paintings at a number of
solo and group exhibitions. For her paintings, Mirjana has received
several awards, including Vincent Melzac Memorial Award for Best
Non-representational Work in Hampshire County Arts Council's 2002
Fall Fine Art Show. She is a member of the Allied Artists of West
Virginia.
Paige Royse, Blue Moose Art Director:
Mirjana's work is beautiful and sophisticated. It is patterned,
textured and composed. Her warm, rich, earthy colors breathe with
life. These pieces show a wonderful ability to create space and
atmosphere. Some are murky and sensual, while others are light
and airy. Some tempt you to touch the surface, and others invite
you inside.
Artist Statement:
My work is inspired by the Landscapes and Treescapes of West Virginia,
cosmopolitan context of modern culture, my homeland tradition,
my education and my rigorous mathematical training for the abstract
forms of thought. Abstract art provides me the way to express
truths and reality that may not be easily expressed through linguistic
and mathematical forms. Most of my
paintings are in mixed media. Mixed media exploratory painting
enables me approaching old subjects with new methods or new ways
of painting. I am deeply involved in exploring and extending the
bounds of visual expression by incorporating unusual aterials
to achieve novel qualities of colors or textures. Experimenting
with surfaces, multilayered compositions, resist techniques, placing
bizarre and exotic materials next to the tried and traditional,
and applying them with both unusual and the standard methods enables
me to exploit bold contrasts of colors, and to work with a more
subtle range of contrasts with finer spectrum of tones.
