Aleksandra Kalinic

Artist’s Bio

Aleksandra studied landscape architecture in her native Belgrade, Yugoslavia. But she discovered clay and her life took a different direction. A ceramics course at the Museum of Ethnography enabled her in 1995 to be admitted to the Belgrade Arts University, Department of Ceramics. In 1997, she helped with the restoration of the façade of the Serbian Orthodox Monastery, built in 1355. During this time she lived at the monastery and discovered a deep respect for ancient cultures.

Aleksandra immigrated to Canada in 2001.

Aleksandra's work is mostly with mid-range white stoneware or porcelain. The pieces are slab built, decorated with engobes, porcelain slip, some of them with oxides (copper & cobalt), fired in oxidation to Cone 6 or 8. She has exhibited in such diverse places as Sydney, Australia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

" Boxes are a symbol for the past and memories. My interest in ceramics includes surface texture and colour, besides the form. I use these elements as irresistible symbols to communicate and show my inspirations - the inner energy and its diverse and constant movement through the universe, its delicate flow and interactions between individuals, and between individual and nature".

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