Tanja Softić is a Bosnian-American visual artist and art educator who works in media of drawing, printmaking, painting and photography. She is Professor of Art Practice in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Richmond.

Personal life and career

Tanja Softić was born In 1966 in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

, former Yugoslavia, present-day

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. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts of the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...

and

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer ...

. Softić emigrated to the United States in 1989 and now has American citizenship. Softić's work is in the

Auckland Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand and frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions. Set be ...

, and the Print Collection of The New York Public Library. In 2011 her work was included in the exhibition ''Migrant Universe'' at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. In 2012 Softić has a solo ''Walter Gropius Master Artist Exhibit'' at the Huntington Museum of Art. Her work is included in the 2020 virtual exhibition ''Dis/placements: Revisitations of Home'' at the Halsey Institute.

References

External links

images of Softić's work
at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Gallery Guide from ''Gathered from Available Data''
at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts {{DEFAULTSORT:Softic, Tanja 1966 births Living people University of Richmond faculty Artists from Sarajevo Old Dominion University alumni Yugoslav emigrants to the United States University of Sarajevo alumni Artists from Richmond, Virginia American women printmakers 21st-century American women artists American women academics