Joseph Coban
Autoportrait, 1989
phone: 613.26.3377 cell: 613.240.2979 e-mail: jcoban@rogers.com website: http://medusa-arts.com
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I was born in Uzhorod. This town is located close to the west borders of Ukraine to Slovakia -
previously Czechoslovakia. I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember.
My family moved to Czechoslovakia.
I graduated from three Colleges in Czechoslovakia. At the most recent college I obtained a formal education in art history and technology. I did a significant amount of drawings and paintings by model, nature and imagination, and I received a Diploma in 1994. I took The Multimedia Web Designer program in 2002 in Ottawa to update my education in Canada.
I enjoy any creative process; at the beginning there are just ideas and an empty canvas, at the end there is a “creation”.
In 2010 I became a full time artist.
I had a few solo shows in Czech Republic. I have painted 56 figural paintings for clients in the Netherlands through my agent in 1998.
I designed a Chamber Festival Souvenir Catalog in 2008 and made 16 sketches of venues for the Catalog.
I am painting portraits, landscapes and abstracts using variety of techniques but oil is my specialty.
I have paintings at:
Carmel Gallery in Ottawa
Ottawa Little Theatre monthly shows for Ottawa Art Association members
Shows in 2010:
The Ottawa New Art Festival at Glebe, Hintonburg Fest, Art on the Farm, Old South Ottawa Art and Music Fest
“Canvas in colours” Richelieu-Vanier, “Art Expressions” Carp, Art at Rideau
Awards:
The Third Prize Winner in Oil at The Juried Spring Show with Ottawa Art Association 2010.
The Third Prize Winner in Oil at Fall Members Show with Ottawa Art Association.
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Meet me at:
The New Ottawa Art Festival, http://artinfoboy.org June 4 & 5, 2011
The Art on the Farm, http://www.friendsofthefarm.ca/events.htm August 20, 2011
The Old Ottawa Art & Music Festival, http://www.oosartandmusicfestival.ca September 17 & 18, 2011
The Expressions of Art 2011, http://www.westcarletonartssociety.ca/events/index.htm October 7, 8, 9 2011
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