Viktor Mitic

Viktor Mitic, a University of Toronto and Sheridan College graduate artist, classically trained in art schools in Europe, has produced a major body of work that spans a career of over two decades. First active in Belgrade in the 1980′s, he moved to Toronto in 1990 and fell in love with the city. For a number of years, Viktor was painting non-representational paintings using natural elements such as rain and hail to render surfaces of the paintings in oils on canvas. Viktor has recently developed a distinctive, some would say provocative, subject matter. As a figurative painter, he chooses both Canadian heroes such as Lord Beaverbrook and Robert McMichael, as well as international iconic images, and incorporates them into a flat, chromatic background. He later shoots the outline of the figures using various weapons and live ammunition. Strong colour, gold halos, figures well composed within the painting, gun powder burn, bullet holes—all accentuate the direct response of the artist to the contemporary world. Viktor has successfully integrated various materials into his recent body of work: charcoal, graphite, oil, acrylic, watercolour, pen and ink, and Japanese traditional natural pigment. He has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions in both private and public galleries; including the Toronto International Art Fair, Armory NYC, Art Chicago, Gallery Moos, Odon Wagner Contemporary, and most recently at the provincial museum of New Brunswick, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in an exhibition entitled, Re-imaging of Lord Beaverbrook.

Noteable Collections & Collectors:
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada National Gallery of Grenada, Georgetown , Grenada
Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister Of Grenada
Hon. Jean Chrétien, Former Prime Minister of Canada
Hon. Gary Filmon, Former Premier of Manitoba
Hon. Preston Manning, Former Leader of Opposition
Hon. Stockwell Day, Former Leader of Opposition
Hon. Bob Rae, Former Premier of Ontario
Hon. Jean Augustine, M.P. Etobicoke-Lakeshore
Hon. John Manley
Hon. Pierre Pettigrew
Hon. Ken Dryden
Odon Wagner, Odon Wagner Gallery
Phillip Gevik, Gallery Gevik
Walter Moos, Gallery Moos
Scarborough Arts Council

Recent Media & Critical Review:
Globe and Mail,David Balzer, 2011, Toronto,
ET Canada, 2010,
Canadian Press, 2010
MTV, 2010
Rogers Daytime TV, 2010
Newstalk 1010, Toronto, 2010
Daily Mail, London, UK, 2010
Sleek Magazine, Berlin, Germany, 2011
Art Newspaper, NYC, USA 2011
M&C, NYC, USA 2011
Global National, 2010
Torontoist, 2010
BlogTO, 2010
BBC Radio, London, UK, 2009
National Post, Mark Medley, 2009
Canadian Art, Minna Lee, 2009
Torontoist, Erin Balser, 2009
Globe and Mail, Jennifer Yang,
2009 Toronto Star, Peter Goddard, 2008
Toronto Sun, Mike Strobel,
2009 Telegraph-Journal, Fredericton, NB.
2009 Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, NB
2009 Press Enterprise, California, USA,
2008 ArtDaily.org, 2009
Biggs Museum of American Art, 2008