Amer Kobaslija

Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Art

Phone (207) 798-4347
Title Visiting Assistant Professor
Department ART
Work Location 309 Visual Arts Center
E-Mail akobasli@bowdoin.edu
Amer Kobaslija: Bowdoin College: Visual Art

Education

MFA - Montclair School of the Arts at MSU, Montclair, NJ, 2005.
BFA - Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 2003

Links

Amer Kobaslija's work in the Faculty Gallery »
Artist page: George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Artist page: Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

“(In) Significant Objects.” Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, 2008.
“Poetics of Space: New Paintings.” George Adams Gallery, New York, 2008.
"Recent Paintings.” GalerieRX, Paris, 2006-2007
"Large-Scale Studio Paintings." George Adams Gallery, NY, 2006.
"Studio Paintings." George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2006.
"The Newsstand Project." Honor Fraser, Venice, CA, 2006.
"New Paintings." Finlea Gallery, Montclair, NJ, 2004.
"Suburban Paintings." Haskell Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, 2003.
"New Paintings." Croslley Gallery, Sarasota, FL, 2003.
"Elemental." Mussallem Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, 2002.*
"Brown Paintings." Pecci Gallery, Jacksonville, FL, 2001.*
"Drawings of Bosnia." Cummer Museum of Arts and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL, 1999.

Group Exhibitions *Catalogue

“COOL: Summer Invitational Exhibition.” George Adams Gallery, New York, NY 2008.
“Art Miami.” Wynwood Art District, Miami, 2007.*
"Inside/Outside." George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2007.
“Art Chicago.” The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 2007.*
“Montclair Alumni Exhibition.” PPOW Gallery, New York, NY, 2007.
"Dreams Take Flight-2007 Annual Auction," Pacific Academy, Anchorage, AK, 2007.
"Private Viewing." Leroy Neiman Center Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 2006.
"2004-2005 Joan Mitchell Grant Recipients." Cue Art Foundation, New York, 2006.*
"GROUP SHOW." George Adams Gallery, New York, NY, 2006.
"MFA Show." White Box Annex, New York, NY, 2005.*
"Views of Distant Lands." Cummer Museum of Arts and Gardens, Jacksonville, FL,1999.
"Points of Color." Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL, 1998.
"Neue Zeichnungen." Altstadt Galerie, Duesseldorf, Germany, 1996.
"Ulja." Selman Galerija, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 1992.

Reviews

Voeller, Megan. "Artropolis: Art Chicago." Art Fairs International, September-October. 2007: P. 16-17. Illus.
Amy, Michael. “Studio Paintings at George Adams.” Art in America, November 2006.
Baker, Kenneth. “Unusual Self-Portraits, ‘Exceptional’ Photos.” SF Chronicle, 28 July, 2008.
Baker, R.C. "The Examined Life." The Village Voice, July 20, 2006.
Bilalagic, Braco. "Zapisi o Prostoru." SABAH, St. Louis, MO, 2005.
Dee, Ivette. "Best of Show." Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL, 2002.
Hearse, Emma. “Artist Amer Kobaslija Cleaning Service Couldn’t Make It.” NY Magazine, June 28, 2008.
Hutton, Bo. "Young Bosnian to Hang in Cummer." Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL, 1998.
Morrone, Francis. “Funk Art,' Psychedelia, and Post-Punk Sensibility.” The New York Sun, August 30, 2007.
Johnson, Ken. "Large-Scale Studio Paintings." The New York Times, June 30, 2006.
Kokotovic, Aleksandra. "A Bosnian in New York." IEVE Magazine, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2004.
Kosog, Simone. "Bosnien ist Viel Weiter." WAZ, Duesseldorf, Germany, 1997.
Goodrich, John. "Bless This (Well-Composed) Mess." The New York Sun, August 3, 2006.
Grant, Daniel. “Affordable Prices on Upswing.” ArtNewsLetter. January 22, 2008.
Mack, Joshua. “Poetics of Space.” New York Time Out, June 20, 2008.
Mrkaljevic, Cazim. "Svijet u Kome Zivim." Balkan Link, Atlanta, GA, 2001.
Mussallem, Tori. "Mussallem: Elemental Show." ARBUS Magazine, Jacksonville, FL, 2002.
O'Hern, John. "The Studio as Muse, Workplace and Refuge." American Art Collector Magazine, September 2006.
Peck, Madeline. "Masterworks." Follio Weekly, Jacksonville, FL, 1999.
Smith, Roberta. “Museum and Gallery Listings: Last Chance.” The New York Times, June 20, 2008.
Veidt, Anella. "A Farewell Song." SABAH, St. Louis, MO, 2003
--- "Burning the Past." Movement Magazine, Jacksonville, FL, 2003.
---"Tragom Uspjeha." Peta Strana Svijeta, Chicago, IL, 2002.

Awards

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2006
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, 2005.
Paul Shields Award, 2004.