Originally from Banjaluka in Bosnia, Amer Kobaslija (b. 1975) fled his war-ravaged homeland in 1993 to a refugee camp in Nuremberg, Germany. Later he traveled to Düsseldorf, where he attended the Kunst Akademie. In 1997, Kobaslija was offered asylum by the United States and immigrated to Florida. There in Sarasota he completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Ringling College of Art and Design. In 2003, he went on to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Montclair College of the Arts in New Jersey and has since established his base in New York City.
A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow for painting, Kobaslija has had numerous one-person exhibitions in Paris, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New Orleans. He is represented by George Adams Gallery in New York, where he has had seven solo shows in the last decade, including the 2015-16 traveling survey exhibition “Amer Kobaslija: Places, Spaces.” In conjunction with this exhibition, George Adams Gallery published a comprehensive monography on Kobaslija’s art and life.
Kobaslija’s paintings have been reviewed and reproduced in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, ARTNews, Art & Antiques, New York Magazine, New York Time Out, The Village Voice, The Florida Times Union, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Japan Times.
This exhibition was supported in part by the College of Arts and Sciences, the George Adams Gallery, and the SCU Presents Arts for Social Justice Partnership Program
Desolate Houses on Oisehama Beach
Amer, Kobaslija, Black Smoke
Amer, Kobaslija, Vacant Restroom
Opening Reception
