Portfolio
George Hamilton, 2022
This is a story about George Hamilton who was a prisoner at Idaho State Penitentiary. He designed and built the Dining Hall building at the penitentiary in exchange for his freedom. This film was done as a part of “13 stories/2022” at the Idaho Penitentiary.
World, What’s Made of?, 2021
This is a collaborative project with another artist who provided the poem and narration voice to my sequential drawings.
Balkanized Conversations, 2019
This is an installation series of sequential drawings projected on three-dimensional surfaces.
Fragments, 2018-Ongoing
This animation is an ongoing project. They are a collection of sketches from my sketchbook which are set in motion through “draw and erase” process.
The Last Astronaut, 2018
This short film is a commentary on being a refugee and living inside a capsule.
Medieval Tale; Story of a Young King, 2017
This is an absurd short tale about the great flood.
Creation of a Nation, 2017
This movie is a commentary on the abstract idea of a nation. Creation of Nation is explored through four parts; migration, rituals, leaders and their speeches, and eventual destruction.
Knjiga Skica, 2016
This sketchbook project animation was done while being outside the studio, taking images with my first iphone.
Balkanization Series, 2015
I explored the idea of fragmenting various vases and sculptures and assembling them again as a whole. I was thinking about the idea of history, trying to assemble a whole out of fragments.
Views from Underground Series, 2014
In this series I imagined what is underground. Laying claim on land is what I reflected upon as I was drawing these large scale drawings.
Hegelian Construct Series, Mixed Media, 2013
This series revolved around building pyramidal structures which feel unstable. They stand as a metaphor to Yugoslavia and the seeking of the ultimate geist or spirit.
Leaders, 2013
In this series I used silhouettes of various world leaders such as Che Guevara, Tito, Mao…On top of their silhouettes I have transferred images of other leaders that might be on opposite sides or reflect different values.
Ruins, 2009
This series are digital photographs of ruins created out of clay. The prints were manipulated through various processes such as coffee washes.
Memories, 2009
This series of drawings was drawn on top of various different religious books.
Revealing Series, 2008
In this series of mixed media work I used toys that idealize war. I have burned them with the intent of revealing the violence that they idealize. I have created sculptural objects and frames for dark landscape paintings.
Goran Fazil 