Dragan Sekaric Shex

Dragan Sekaric (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Шекарић, Serbian Latin: Dragan Šekarić, Serbian pronunciation: [drǎɡan ʃekaritɕ]; born September 25, 1957), professionally known as Shex (Serbian Cyrillic: Шекс, Serbian Latin: Šeks, Serbian pronunciation: [ʃeks], is a Serbian and North American visual artist from Toronto.[1][2][3]

Dragan Sekaric Shex
Dragan Sekaric Shex in front of his work "Voyage to Joy"
Born
Dragan Šekarić

(1957-09-25) September 25, 1957
Goražde, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian-Canadian
Known forPainting and drawing
MovementMagic realism, Figurative art, Abstract art
AwardsArtexpo New York Solo Award Winner
CityArt 1st in Oils
Artfocus 1st in Oil Painting
Websiteshexart.com

Career

Shex completed a degree in architecture in Sarajevo in 1980, but after 11 years he began working as a visual artist. He moved to Rome in 1992 and learned to paint in the sfumato style. He simultaneously works in sfumato and in abstract styles of art in the magic realism genre.[2][3]

He started to paint large abstract paintings when he moved to Canada in 1996 and was influenced by the Canadian Group of Seven painters, particularly Lawren Harris' attempt to connect abstract art to spirituality, an attempt Wassily Kandinsky and the Theosophic spiritual movement in the United States started. Shex's figurative paintings recall Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's book The Little Prince. Shex believes that art promotes both aesthetic and ethical values.[2][3][4]

Shex has participated in major art shows in Canada, the United States, Cuba, Spain, Italy, and the former Yugoslavia. In 2015 he won the Solo Award from Artexpo New York. The Canada Council for the Arts has supported the exhibition of his abstract art in Marbella.[1][5]

Shex's paintings are applied to wine labels. He was the winner of three different competitions of the "Hillebrand" winery from Niagara-on-the-Lake.[1]

Works (selection)

Magic realism

  • The Way We Were, oil on canvas
  • We Are Coming, oil on canvas
  • Anna, oil on canvas
  • Do You Remember Chopin, oil on canvas
  • Gavoche, oil on canvas
  • Morning at the Train Station, oil on canvas
  • Bus Stop, oil on canvas
  • Twilight, oil on canvas
  • Behind the Corner, oil on canvas
  • In Search of Birds, oil on canvas

Figurative art

  • Dilemma, oil on canvas
  • Mariner, oil on canvas
  • Sparrow Queen, oil on canvas
  • I Am Different, oil on canvas
  • Life Is Performance, oil on canvas
  • Flying Times, oil on canvas
  • Under a Cloud, oil on canvas
  • Harlequin, oil on canvas
  • Hat City, oil on canvas
  • Bird Collector, oil on canvas

Abstract art

  • Alice in Wonderland, oil on canvas
  • The Flight of the Bumble Bee h, oil on canvas
  • Autumn, oil on canvas
  • Wisdom, oil on canvas
  • Rhapsody in Blue, oil on canvas
  • Lucy in the Sky h, oil on canvas
  • Rebellion, oil on canvas
  • Tribute to Mozart, oil on canvas
  • The Rites of Spring, oil on canvas
  • Search, oil on canvas
  • The Way We Were, oil on canvas, 2016
  • Dilemma, oil on canvas, 2017
  • Alice in Wonderland, oil on canvas, 2016

Exhibitions

Shex has participated in all major art events, including "Artist Project" in Toronto, "Artexpo" in New York, "Spectrum" in Miami, "World of Art" in Las Vegas, and "Art Marbella" in Spanish region Costa del Sol. Also, he had solo exhibitions in Toronto, Havana, Belgrade, and Rome.[3][6]

Awards and recognitions
  • Artfocus – 12th Fall Artist's Show, 1st in oil painting (Toronto, 2003)
  • CityArt – Fall Artists Show, 1st in oil painting (Toronto, 2004)
  • Certificate of Induction (Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, 2009)
  • Solo Award Winner – Artexpo New York (2015)[5]

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References
  1. "Svjetski uspjeh slikara Dragana Šekarića: 'Magični realizam' najbolji na 'Artexpo' u Njujorku", Iskra, May 1, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. "Pesnik među slikarima", SAN, July 2017, pp. 30–33. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  3. Dragan Sekaric Shex's biography on his website, shexart.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  4. "Home is Where the Art is in This Etobicoke Home", Toronto Star, February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  5. About Dragan Sekaric Shex's awards on his website, shexart.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. "2019 New York Artexpo: Five Notable Artists, NYCultureBeat, April 5, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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