Visual Artist and Part Time Professor
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Part-Time Faculty at Northeastern Illinois University
- Instructor at Loyola University Chicago
- Part-Time Faculty at Oakton Community College
- Artist at self employed
- Past
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- Adjunct Faculty (Wright College) at City Colleges of Chicago
- Instructor of Record at The Ohio State University
- Laboratory Technician, R & D, Ingredient Technology at Kraft Foods
- Education
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- The Ohio State University
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Loyola University of Chicago
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Vesna Jovanovic’s Summary
As a visual artist with an academic background in art and chemistry, I am interested in exploring various themes (most recently scientific and medical) through a working process that incorporates both precision and chaos. I have turned to art as a method of questioning and combining ideas. Most of my artwork is process-derived; it usually stems from the ways and places in which chance and order may meet or combine in traditional media. I have worked with a variety of materials, most recently surrealist techniques such as decalcomania, bulletism, and eclaboussure (drawing and painting techniques), combining digitally printed medical scans with drawing and painting, pinhole photography, and coiling double-walled ceramic vessels. Most of these methods incorporate a large amount of chance, accident or randomness.
I am interested in exhibiting my artwork worldwide, and teaching college art courses (photography, ceramics, drawing, foundation courses, and independent study) in the Chicago area.
Vesna Jovanovic’s Specialties:
drawing, surrealism, inkblot method, watercolors, photography, large format pinhole, color darkroom / chromogenic printing (c-prints), ceramics, pottery, wheelthrowing, large-scale coiling method, digital imaging, Photoshop, teaching, online course development, chemistry
Vesna Jovanovic’s Experience
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Part-Time Faculty
Northeastern Illinois University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2008 — Present (8 months)
• Taught Introduction to Photography, Studio Experiences: Photography, Photography II, and Advanced Photography
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Instructor
Loyola University Chicago
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Taught Ceramics: Handbuilding and Ceramics: Wheelthrowing
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Part-Time Faculty
Oakton Community College
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Taught Beginning Photography and History of Photography; developed and taught online course: History of Photography
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Artist
self employed
(Fine Art industry)
December 1976 — Present (32 years 1 month)
Exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally; acquired grants and awards; collaborated on projects and commissions
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Adjunct Faculty (Wright College)
City Colleges of Chicago
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)
August 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Taught intermediate Photography and Advanced Individual Projects (Independent Study)
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Instructor of Record
The Ohio State University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; OSU; Higher Education industry)
August 2003 — June 2005 (1 year 11 months)
Taught Introduction to Photography
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Laboratory Technician, R & D, Ingredient Technology
Kraft Foods
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KFT; Consumer Goods industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
Executed experiments and tests on a variety of foods; operated many different kinds of equipment; collected and graphed data; performed the Kjeldahl reaction; performed pilot plant runs; collected and verified MSDS files
Vesna Jovanovic’s Education
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The Ohio State University
MFA, Photography, 2003 — 2005
2003-2005 Recipient of the Graduate Teaching Associateship and Stipend
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA, Studio Art, 2002 — 2003
Recipient of the Merit Scholarship Recognition Award
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Loyola University of Chicago
BA, Fine Arts (Ceramics), and BS, Chemistry, 1995 — 2000
2000 Mellon Award (1st Place) for Senior Exhibit
1999 Smith Scholarship, granted by LUC and SAIC
1997-1999 Presidential Scholarship
1995-2000 Dean’s List (7 out of 10 semesters)- Activities and Societies:
- 1998 Golden Key International Honour Society (Lifetime Membership), 1997-2000 Ceramics Studio Assistant
Additional Information
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Vesna Jovanovic’s Interests:
light, large bodies of water, writing, drawing, machines, chess, food, cheese, chocolate, chemistry, wabi-sabi, adults, teenagers, tea, theories, vodka, industrial aesthetics, time, the unity of opposites, erosion, technology, iconic paintings, health, music, itemized lists, big cities, teaching, swimming, cooking, thrift shopping, koans, the apocalypse, and a lot of other random stuff...
Vesna Jovanovic’s Groups:
College Art Association
Chicago Artist's Coalition
Vesna Jovanovic’s Honors:
2007 Curator's Choice Artist, 10th Annual Chicago Art Open
2007 CAAP grant, City of Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs
2006 Drench Award, Best of Category: Illustration, AoD
2001 Merit Scholarship of Recognition, SAIC
2000 Mellon Award, 1st Place for Senior Exhibit, LUC
1999 Smith Scholarship, SAIC in partnership with LUC
1997-99 Presidential Scholarship, Loyola University Chicago
1995 Achievement Award, IL Assoc. of Chemistry Teachers
1992 2nd Place, 2nd Annual Math Poster Contest, Tooling and Manufacturing Association
1984 2nd Place, National Career Poster Contest, Primary Division, National Vocational Guidance Association
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