Maria Curcic
Describing her own work, Curcic says its most noticeable dimension is its vibrant colour, especially as applied to abstract cityscapes, which she began creating in the late 1980s. “The infusion of colour into what tends to be drab, man-made architecture,” she says, “provides a whimsical view of what the world could look like given a brighter palette.
My abstract works are less structured, but equally vibrant…. The work is timeless, fun and complex enough to provide fresh stimulation with each viewing.”
By 2015, Curcic had staged almost twenty solo exhibitions, including fourteen shows in Calgary such as Vicious Circle and The Eloquence of Style Photos, as well as City Implodes in Oak Bay, ON and Expanding Dreamscapes in Victoria, B.C. and Folded Spaces in Creston, B.C She’s also participated in group exhibitions in Calgary, Victoria, and Los Angeles. Her work lives in several private and public collections in Canada, the U.S., and Europe, including those of Calgary’s Vermilion Energy and Los Angeles’s Martin Lawrence Gallery. Several magazines and newspapers, including New Home Living Magazine, Condo Living Magazine, and Kootenay Business Magazine, have printed photographs of her work.