Jovana Čavorović (1985) is a Serbian ceramic artist currently based in Belgrade, Serbia. Her recent large-scale sculptural style combines fine arts with a contemporary Japanese approach to ceramic object-making practices. Jovana graduated from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Applied Arts, the Ceramics Department with a Master's degree in 2010. In 2020 she finished two years of research at The Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Centre (Ishoken), Japan under the tutelage of Harumi Nakashima.
Jovana is the co-founder and co-owner of Blatobran gallery in Belgrade, Serbia.
Batobran is a ceramics centre established in 2015 as an artist cooperative.
In 2018 she was awarded funding from the Kanbe Foundation and in 2019 from Gendaibijyutsu Bunka Shinko Zaidan Scholarship to support her studio practice. In 2019 Jovana was selected as a finalist for exhibition at the 116th Arita International Ceramic Competition, where she won the Mayor’s Prize. The same year she was awarded the Outstanding Performance Award in Tobiten Tokyo.
Jovana’s works are held in various museums and private collections.
EDUCATION
2020
XVII Ceramic Lab program, Ishoken Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center, Japan
2019
XVI Ceramic Lab program, Ishoken Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center, Japan
2010
Graduate Ceramist, University of Belgrade, School of Applied Arts, Ceramics Department , under Professor Velimir Vukićević, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2004
Textile Design, Art School Nis, Serbia
ONE MAN SHOW
2021
Yama No Hana, Shinmachi Building 1F, Tajimi Shi, Gifu, Japan
2011
Museum of Modern Art, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2022
XV International Biennial of Miniature Art, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Modern Gallery, Serbia
Imagine! 54. exibition of The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia memebers. Fondation Saša Marčeta, Belgrade City Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
2021
The XIV International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro, Aveiro Museum/Santa Joana, Aveiro City, Portugal
THE 12th INTERNACIONAL CERAMICS COMPETION MINO, Ceramic Park Mino, Tajimi City, Gifu, Japan
100+ Selection of Mino Tea Bowls-2021-, Toshin Mino Ceramics Museum, Tajimi City, Gifu, Japan
KASAMA CERAMIC AWARD 2021, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Latvia Ceramics Bienale, MARTINSONS AWARD 2021, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
International KOGEI Award in TOYAMA 2020, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Japan
2020
61st Faenza Prize 2020, International Competition of Contemporary Ceramic Art, The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy
Chawan ni Idonda Kirinji Tachi, Voice Gallery, Tajimi City, NHK Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
2019
The Present Situation of Ceamics Art, Voice Gallery, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Asuten, Minoyaki Museum, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
116. Arita Iternational Ceramics Competition, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum of Saga Prefecture, Arita Town Hall Commerce, Industry & Tourism Division, Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Yoi no Katachi, Voice Gallary, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
25 NITOTEN, Daimaru Tokyo Store, Tokyo, Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Ibaraki Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, Ibaraki, West Japan General Exhibition Center Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
20 years Anniversary of Suki Gallary, Contemporary ceramics art by Ishoken’s graduated, students and staff, Konan City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
2018
6. Tobiten , TOBI the Ceramic Art Society of Japan, ART GALLERY Nihombashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan
KOGEI Art FairKanazawa 2018, Voice Gallary, Tajimi City, KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa Executive Committee, KUMU KANAZAWA THE SHARE HOTELS, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
XIII International Biennial of Miniature Art, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Modern Gallery, Serbia
2017
Dot,5th Group exhibition of small format art, Kulturforum OSCD (Organization for Sociocultural Development), Pro3or Gallery, Koče Popovića 9, Belgrade, Serbia
2016
VII International exhibition "Art in miniature MajdanArt 2015", Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
8th Talent Award of the Nassauische Sparkasse, Focus Vessel, KERAMIKMUSEUM WESTERWALD, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
XIII International Biennial of Miniature Art, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Modern Gallery, Serbia
2015
Exhibition of the BLATOBRAN Art Group, Art Gallery, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
18. Biennial Exhibition of Serbia Ceramics, Belgrade. Serbia-
VI International exhibition "Art in miniature MajdanArt 2015", Heritage Foundation, Nušićeva 4, Belgrade, Serbia
XVI INTERNACIONAL EX-TEMPORE CERAMICS, Coastal Galleries Piran, Slovenia
Exhibition of young ceramists, Terralha Festival, St Quentine la poterie, France
Parcours Céramique, Terralha Festival, St Quentine la poterie, France
Spring Exhibition, Modern Gallery of the Cultural Center, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
2014
Month of Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
XV INTERNACIONAL EX-TEMPORE CERAMICS, Coastal Galleries Piran, Slovenia
XII International Biennial of Miniature Art, Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Modern Gallery, Serbia
2012
Moderator and participant of symposium of the Applied Ceramics, Terra panonica, Mokrin, Serbia
XI International Biennial of Miniature Art Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Modern Gallery, Serbia
2011
I Sculpture Symposium - Recycling Material Art, Art Colony sculptures of waste tires, Novi Sad, Serbia
The art of pottery on the wheel, from traditional to contemporary, luminaires, Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, Serbia
Spring exhibition, Museum of Modern Art Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
2010
Ceramics World Symposium, within the 45th Arts Festival Marble and Sounds, Arandjelovac, Serbia
X International Biennial of Miniature Art Cultural Center Gornji Milanovac, Modern Gallery, Serbia
2008
Black-and-white cup, a small gallery ULUPUDUS, Belgrade, Serbia
Territorial Colony, organizer BELEF, Kakinada, Serbia
2007
˝Duri se˝ Group exhibition of HORKESKART members, Great Gallery of SCCC, Belgrade, Serbia
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022
Plaques of the 54th May exhibition IMAGINE! exibition of The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia memebers,
2021
Honorable Mention,THE 12th INTERNACIONAL CERAMICS COMPETION MINO, Ceramic Park Mino, Tajimi City, Gifu, Japan
2020
Satoko Award, Ishoken Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center Graduation Exhibition 2020, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Yasutaka Baba Award, Ishoken Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center Graduation Exhibition 2020, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
First Price, Mayors price, Voice Gallery, Tajimi City, NHK Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
2019
Gendaibijyutsu Bunka Shinko Zaidan Scholarship, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Arita Town Mayor’s Prize, 116 Arita International Ceramics Competition, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum of Saga Prefecture, Arita Town Hall Commerce, Industry & Tourism Division, Arita, Saga Prefecture Japan
Outstanding Performance Award, 6. Tobiten, Tobi the Ceramic Art Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2018
Kanbe Zaidan, Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
2015
First Prize,18 Biennial Exhibition of Ceramics, Belgrade. Serbia
2014
Honorable Mention, XV INTERNATIONAL EX-tempore ceramics, Coastal Galleries Piran, Slovenia
COLLECTIONS
Natioale Museum of Arandjelovac, Serbia
Terra Panonica, Mokrin, Serbia
KERAMIKMUSEUM WESTERWALD, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
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