Vesna Jovanovic

{{Short description|American artist (born 1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox artist

| bgcolour =

| name = Vesna Jovanovic

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1976

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = American

| field =

| training =

| movement =

| works =

| patrons =

| influenced by =

| influenced =

| awards =

}}

Vesna Jovanovic (born 1976 in Chicago, Illinois) is a contemporary American visual artist, best known for her works on paper that address themes related to the human body.{{cite web |url=http://www.vesnajovanovic.com/ |title=Home |website=vesnajovanovic.com}}

Jovanovic was a long-term Artist in Residence at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, from 2013 to 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://imss.org/artists-residence/|title = Past Artists-in-Residence|date = 2 October 2015}} Her artwork has been exhibited at various museums and galleries, including solo exhibitions at the University of Chicago Gordon Center for Integrative Science,{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/science-in-art/Event?oid=1167341|title=Event Alert: Shorty Clothing and Gen Art|date=23 September 2009}} Packer Schopf Gallery,http://www.packergallery.com/jovanovic2/ Greymatter Gallery,{{cite web |url=http://www.greymattergallery.com/ |title=Home |website=greymattergallery.com}} Metro Gallery at Reno City Hall,{{Cite web |url=https://www.reno.gov/home/showdocument?id=58335 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-11-01 |archive-date=2016-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722202516/http://www.reno.gov/home/showdocument?id=58335 |url-status=dead }} Delaware Contemporary,{{Cite web|url=https://inliquid.org/calendar/foreign-bodies-dcca-2/|title=Foreign Bodies @ DCCA | InLiquid|access-date=November 1, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919100144/https://inliquid.org/calendar/foreign-bodies-dcca-2/|url-status=dead}} Ralph Arnold Gallery at Loyola University Chicago,{{Cite web|url=https://vesnajovanovic.com/vessels/|title = Vessels|date = 28 August 2018}} and International Museum of Surgical Science,{{Cite web|url=https://imss.org/the-oval-portrait/|title = The Oval Portrait: 16 Case Studies of the Grattan Osteoclast – Artist in Residence Capstone Exhibition|date = 14 December 2015}} among numerous other venues. Her artwork has been featured in Newcity,{{Cite web|url=http://art.newcity.com/2009/08/17/review-vesna-jovanovicinternational-museum-of-surgical-science/|title = Review: Vesna Jovanovic/International Museum of Surgical Science | Newcity Art|date = 18 August 2009}} Time Out Chicago,{{Cite web |url=http://www.iseny.org/vesna-jovanovic/ |title=Vesna Jovanovic | ISE CULTURAL FOUNDATION |access-date=2018-11-01 |archive-date=2017-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425063913/http://www.iseny.org/vesna-jovanovic/ |url-status=dead }} Science News,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/surgery-museum-holds-wonders-brave|title = Surgery museum holds wonders for the brave|date = 7 April 2014}} Discover Magazine blog Bad Astronomy,{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/08/23/pareidolia-inside-of-us/#.UiluTbyE4Xc|title=Pareidolia inside of us|access-date=September 6, 2013|archive-date=May 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527192931/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/08/23/pareidolia-inside-of-us/#.UiluTbyE4Xc|url-status=dead}} Seed Magazine,[https://web.archive.org/web/20090821125332/http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_rorschach_paintings Seed Magazine] and various other publications. She has been awarded several grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the City of Chicago, as well as artist residency awards from the Santa Fe Art Institute,[https://sfai.org/residents/vesnajovanovic/ Vesna Jovanovic] sfai.org {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} Chanorth,{{Cite web|url=https://vesnajovanovic.com/2012/12/11/interspecific-pareidolia/|title=Interspecific Pareidolia|date=11 December 2012}} Virginia Center for the Creative Arts[https://vcca.com/main/sites/default/files/ar_fy16_0.pdf Virginia Center for the Creative Arts] {{dead link|date=March 2024}} and VCCA France,{{Cite web|url=https://vesnajovanovic.com/2018/10/18/vcca-france-residency/|title=VCCA France Residency|date=18 October 2018}} among others.

She currently lives and works in Chicago.{{Cite web|url=https://vesnajovanovic.com/biography/|title = Biography|date = 9 March 2020}}