Sonya Radan
Sonya Radan work is shortlised for the Annya Sand Eastern Prize at the Russian Eastern and Oriental Fine Art Fair in London, Hotel Park Lane, Mayfair, 10th-12th June. Visit this exceptional art event and see all the finalists with complimentary tickets available to our members.
Yugoslav-born artist Sonya Radan graduated at the University of Fine Art, Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. She has exhibited throughout Europe and the UK, where she has been living and painting for more than fifteen years. Sonya has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the UK and abroad.
Sonya's art is figurative, intimate and modern in an expressive manner; she paints familiar subjects that are deeply personal and individual. Her paintings are unpredictable; they change from rich to subdued. She freely experiments with texture, sometimes to obtain a feather like smoothness and at other times to create thick impasto strokes. In her work, Sonya is intrigued with the souls of her subjects, locked away behind their puzzling smiles, fleeting touches and mysterious glances.
Sonya takes risks with materials and continues to experiment with a range of textures and media, including oils, silks and glass. Her strokes are layered and considered while her use of colour varies from 'heritage' hues, in her icon-like naked women, to bold, sunny ones in her subtle, batik-style pieces.
Sonya Radan's paintings elicit the same reactions wherever they appear and the reason for this is not their familiarity but their emotional expression. Enjoy Sonya's work in our gallery.
Solo Exhibitions
2006: SaLon, Westbourne Park, London
2003: Mediterraneo, Chiswick, London, Heifer Gallery, Islington, London
2002: Berners Street (private gallery), London
2001: Mark Jason Gallery, Bond Street, London
2000: Terra Gallery, Chiswick, London
1998: La Brioche, West Hampstead, London; Babushka, Westbourne Park, London
1996: The Bar Room Bar Gallery, Hampstead, London
1995: Sternberg Centre for Judaism, London
1994: Berkeley Gallery, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny (broadcast by the French arts programme series, Affiche, on TV5 Europe); Tavistock Institute for Human Rights, London
1993: Articles Gallery, Fulham, London; Gabrielle Rifkind's private exhibition, Belsize Park, London; Coleyer-Bristow Gallery, Bedford Row, London
1991: Energoinvest Gallery, Sarajevo; Grand Exhibition, Sarajevo
1990: Liberty Gallery, Dubrovnik
1989: Ravelin Gallery, Korcula
1988: B&H Jewish Museum, Sarajevo, Shows in Mannheim, Heidelberg and Frankfurt
1987: CDA Cultural Centre, Sarajevo; Zvono Gallery Sarajevo
1986: B&H Jewish Museum, Sarajevo
Group Exhibitions
2009: Portobello Bridge, Restaurant – Gallery, W10 London
2007: “Mediteraneo”: A sea that Unites, at The Italian Cultural institute, Belgrave Sqare, London
2006: Pro Art Exhibition, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
2004: Salon des Art ‘’Religion Art & War, Salon des Art “Bricks”, Knightsbridge, London
2000: Willesden Art Gallery, London
1999: Priory Art Gallery, West Hampstead, London
1996: The Octagon Gallery, Fulham, London
1995: Sternberg Center for Judeisam, The Illaca Gallery, Brighton
1994: Salamo Caro Gallery, Cork Street, London; "Art and Life in Exile" ("Krila"), Cultural Society of Students from former Yugoslavia, London University; "Crypt" Exhibition, St Martin's-in-the-Field, London; Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford, Eire
1993: Art Club, Holborn, London; Ben Uri Art Society, Dean Street, London
