SELMA POPOVIC
I am an excellent textile artist and passionate secondary school teacher for TVDSB. I was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Upon my graduation from the Faculty of Fine Arts, I earned a degree in teaching; however, I pursued the employment in Sarajevo Textile industry as a fashion designer. The fashion world is fascinating, challenging, and intriguing. Being one of the youngest fashion designers, I worked hard to prove myself and promote my fashion designs. I had a very active and successful fashion designer career for 14 years. During that time I have won 11 international first place awards for my fashion collections. I designed costumes for TV and theatre, as well my private shows. I was awarded a yearlong scholarship in Paris, France.
The highlight of my career was when I was chosen to design uniforms for all the employees for Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games in 1984. This was the biggest honour and recognition that one designer can accomplish.
About Silk Painting
My passion and greatest hobby, one first discovered during my scholarship in Paris. Silk is an unsurpassed art medium. Painting on silk has a long history, dating back to the Han dynasty in China, however it is considered a new art medium. Silk has specific characteristics, the most remarkable being the quality of colour which can be achieved. I personally enjoy painting lampshades, scarves, fashion sketches, and capturing the movement and gaze of women in large colourful portraits.
My Inspirations/ This exhibit - Girls with attitude
I am inspired by everyday life and my lifelong memories. For this specific exhibition, my main inspiration was to capture the expressions of young women’s attitudes . The social media has huge influence on today’s society, especially “millennial” girls , it looks no matter how educated, smart and beautiful they are, nothing is enough to bring them to the top of the world. These selfies include the duck face, the raised eyebrows, the smolder, and the puppy eyes, to name a few...
Teaching, tutoring and workshops
I currently offer silk painting and fashion illustration workshops and classes at all levels during weekends and evenings with the supplies included. I teach group classes as well as individual where lessons are customized to your own level.
Contact: [email protected]
The highlight of my career was when I was chosen to design uniforms for all the employees for Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games in 1984. This was the biggest honour and recognition that one designer can accomplish.
About Silk Painting
My passion and greatest hobby, one first discovered during my scholarship in Paris. Silk is an unsurpassed art medium. Painting on silk has a long history, dating back to the Han dynasty in China, however it is considered a new art medium. Silk has specific characteristics, the most remarkable being the quality of colour which can be achieved. I personally enjoy painting lampshades, scarves, fashion sketches, and capturing the movement and gaze of women in large colourful portraits.
My Inspirations/ This exhibit - Girls with attitude
I am inspired by everyday life and my lifelong memories. For this specific exhibition, my main inspiration was to capture the expressions of young women’s attitudes . The social media has huge influence on today’s society, especially “millennial” girls , it looks no matter how educated, smart and beautiful they are, nothing is enough to bring them to the top of the world. These selfies include the duck face, the raised eyebrows, the smolder, and the puppy eyes, to name a few...
Teaching, tutoring and workshops
I currently offer silk painting and fashion illustration workshops and classes at all levels during weekends and evenings with the supplies included. I teach group classes as well as individual where lessons are customized to your own level.
Contact: [email protected]
