Theodora Dimitrijevic

   I was born in Toronto, Canada in 1989. I started painting in watercolour in 1997 and began exhibiting in 2000. Since then, I went on to express my creativity in other mediums incuding acrylic, oil, drawing, photography and computer generation.

  I have opened my own art studio where I teach painting and drawing and also sell prints of my art work online.

  I  study and create art full time in university and am working towards my Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hons. Major/ Minor Visual Arts & English at York University. After I graduate I would like to earn a teaching certificate and  pursue my masters degree in Visual Arts. I hope to teach painting as an art professor and continue making art through various art projects.

  I have always seen my art as a gift God has blessed me with and its truly a priviledge to share my  passion for art with you.

  Apart from art, I enjoy excersizing, reading, and travelling. Places in the Middle East I would love to visit include Dubai, Lebanon, Qatar, Egypt and Jerusalem. I also desire to visit the Galapagos Islands, and the Arctic.

Artist Statement

  I love it when art is somewhat removed from the mainstream culture of what typically classifies it as a ceratin art form, such as a work that is gothic or fantasy inspired but doesn't necessarily fit in the 'stereotype' of what you'd expect to see in that mainstream art genre. This hybrid cross in art is what I aim for in my own work, and a great drive in why I create art. I love the uncertainty of looking at something, and knowing, but not knowing like so many things in life.

  Recently, I saw a painting in a gallery of a young woman holding out a pair of eye glasses in front of her. She was kneeling on the floor and looking into the glasses. The work was an encaustic portrait, which is suggestive of an older time frame in art history as encaustic work and portraiture were most popular during the middle ages, while the glasses she held up to her face are modern to this century. It is as if she is in the past and looking into the future. It is this union of styles and genres that I hope to acheive in hybrid work.

  I also like to create my own themes, such as butterflies in birdcages as a fantasy theme, so that I can escape what you'd expect to see in a fantasy genre.

I hope you enjoy some of my work!           

                                             Sincerly, Theodora