Where
all life began.
Into the swirling pool of life force, an infinite source.
In a sacred way held by fibers of power, is manifesting an image,
an illusion that stops time, space and ego.
Deeply shape shifting within the "sacred dream".
Interconnected, interwoven, higher conscious,
universal laws held in the web of prayer.
Spiral-evolutionary
way of creation.
An ancient wisdom and source of healing.
As I surrender to the infinite flow,
I go deep in my own consciousness,
"rider of the wind"
and into the tranquility of it's existence.
The
wisdom in the paintings is within the “mazes,”
held by the power of prayer
and the sacred way of color of rhythm and pattern.
Transparent melody, existent into the freedom of it’s colorful
sound.
With
the red I root on the earth,
filling the warmth of it's fire, energy source.
Flaming emotions, as the orange,
embodying and awakening of there flow,
like the water, the river of life.
I see the light of the sun shining from within the yellow flower.
All is blooming from within my heart,
the connector to all, the sound I hear.
With a dance in a green grassy field and a breath free and open,
I sing a song wide as the "Great Blue Eye".
With a vision in the purple light I stand, universal vision,
which makes us dance all together
into the center of togetherness.
As
a storyteller, the tale I weave in each of my paintings
acknowledge multi cultural consciousness.
Pulse of energy, moving from one
to the other side of the web.
I move, dance on one side knowing there is movement
on the other into the greater ocean.
The map of stars, multi-dimensions, of realms…
spiraling right through the center,
of the void, of it’s presence. Where magic lives and all
is “one“.
I
use mostly oil and acrylic paints on canvas,
reflecting my journey of self-discovery,
creating a therapeutic, meditating tool, with integrating powers.
Each of the webs breathes and expands,
allowing one’s imagination to take place in.
As one is entering the labyrinth’s path of the paintings
present flow,
the eyes are absorbing the movement and
making a connection with the unconscious mind.
Who is opening up the doors of the infinite possibilities of one
own state of being,
of consciousness, of it's own breath.
And as the wind shakes up the lives of the trees in fall,
the transformation follows.
Opening barriers, loosening up the tightly held knots,
fears… and expanding, breathing in a life force.
Floating along, it’s flow to the entrance of the gateway,
of the alchemy of its medicine.
As liberating from deep within,
reflecting higher above vibration of the nature rhythm and low.
With
all my goodness I pray for illumination, walk the path of truth,
with open heart, balance and equality… as I see,
all the illusions reflect upon dragonfly transparent colorful
wings.
For
the unlimited being with no boundaries.
Into
the mystic and transformation.
Thank
you Justin, my son, my song;
Thank you life experiences, mirrors, my school;
And I pray, for the prayer is my teacher,
for my life is an art.
Biljana

 
Selected Exhibitions
Selected
Solo Exhibitions:
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Gallery at Runnymede Public Library, Toronto, ON, Twin Flames February 4 to Feb. 29, 2008 |
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Gallery at Runnymede Public Library, Toronto, ON, Gentle Walk October 4 ~ October 31, 2007 |
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Rebas Gallery & Cafe, Medicine Colours, solo show, Feb. 4- Mar. 4, 2007 |
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Admore
Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
BWV, solo show- June, 2006 |
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Gypsy
Coop Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Gypsy Queen”~
solo show
June 1 -June 30, 2005 |
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Spirit Voice Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
“Into The Sacred Spiral”
~ solo show
October 21-November 11, 2003 |
Selected
Collective Exhibitions:
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"Nuit Blanche", Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, ON 2008 |
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"Treads of Peace", Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, ON 2008 |
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"Body, Mind & Spirit show", Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, ON 2008 |
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BWV Arttour Show , Toronto, ON, Canada, group show- June 1-3, 2007 |
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The
Arts and Letters Club , Toronto, ON, Canada
The Second Annual Sophia Fund Art Show, group show- May 11, 2007 |
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Waterfront Trail Artists , Etobicoke, ON, Canada,
annual show, 2006 |
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The
Donnelly Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Art Extravaganza, group show- June, 2006
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Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
“XXXMAX”~ group show
Dec. 29, 2005 - Jan. 2, 2006 |
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Earth
and Sky Connections Gallery
Barrie, ON, Canada~ group show
Nov. 11, 2006 |
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8th
Annual "Bloor West Village" Artists
group show- Oct 21- Oct. 23, 2005 |
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ACA
Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
“The Living Tree”
~ group show
Anniversary and Fundraiser, July 7~July 29, 2005 |
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Streetsville
Gallery, Mississauga, ON, Canada
“Modern Abstractions”
~ group show
March 11-April 9, 2005 |
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7th
Annual “Bloor West Village“
Art Tour
June 4,- June 6, 2004
Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada |
Juried
Shows:
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Broken
Fence Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
7th Annual Juried
Environmental Art Show
April 13 - April 30, 2005 |
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The Sacred Voice Gallery
3th Annual Juried
Greenpeace Benefit
September 9-11, 2005
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Unique Installations:
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9th Annual Charity Art Auction, Canadians for Children at Health Risk, Balmy Beach Club, Toronto, ON, 2008
Art Installation, VIVACE Studio for Dance and Visual Art, Toronto, ON, 2008
18th annual Doors Open Toronto, Sacred Spaces, Sacred Circles, The Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, ON, 2008
30th International Storytelling Festival, (Meow Films, collaboration with storyteller Jody James) Buddies at Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, ON, 2008
"The Inspiration of Art", art show & lecture, Britten Memorial Church - Canada's oldest spiritualist Church, ~ April 29, 2007, Toronto, ON
Muse07, show & fundraiser for Emergency and Trauma at Sunnybrook HSC ~ 2007
Bliss Yoga Studio, Toronto ~ 2006
Frankly Bob Art Exhibit, Toronto ~
March 28 ~ Sep. 29, 2005
Yoga Studio, Toronto, ON ~ Oct. 2005
“108 Goddesses”, C Lounge,
Toronto ~ Sep. 2005
“108 Goddesses”, Yorkville
Club, Toronto ~ Oct. 2, 2005
ArtsWeek 05, smART scKOOL, Toronto
~ Sep.22 - Oct. 2 , 2005
Cedar Basket, Native Canadian Centre,
Toronto ~ May - Oct. 2005
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Featured
Publications:
Articles/Reviews
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"The Oracle of the Missing Dryad" by Kristin Groulx, YA novel ("Innocence" on back cover), September, 2009 |
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Art Catalog - Art Book, Ben Navaee Gallery, (artist statement, photo and image), winter 2009 |
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SNAP, community newspaper (Canadians for children at health risk clay workshop, photo), February 2009 |
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"Woman & Environments", International Magazine (image on front cover, back and middle), No.80/81-Spring, 2009 |
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Canadian-Macedonian News, cultural newspaper, Story about artist (photo), June 2008, Toronto, ON |
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Lynn Andrews, International Scholarship Calendar (painting), 2008, Arizona, US |
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SNAP, community newspaper (show/artist photo) Snap Bloor West, Village Art Tour, Vol 2 No 5:July, 2007 |
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SNAP, community newspaper (show/artist photo on front cover page) March, 2007 |
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The Villager, community newspaper (artist solo show article) Feb. 16, 2007, Toronto, ON |
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Lynn Andrews, International Scholarship
Calendar (painting), 2006 - Arizona, US |
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CTV - channel,108 Goddesses
(news/painting) Fall, 2005 - Toronto, ON |
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Globe and Mail - newspaper,
108 Goddesses (holistic article) Fall, 2005 -Toronto, ON |
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The Villager - community newspaper,
(group article, photo) Fall, 2004 - Toronto,ON |
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NOW Magazine, North by North music festival (photo), 1998 - Toronto, ON |
Multimedia:
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Life's Prayer, Biljana Banchotova ~ DVD-Video 2009 - Toronto, ON ~ producer Angelica Boehler, at Safire One Productions |
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