After fleeing his birthplace to escape the civil war, Vedran Misic and his family relocated from Sarajevo, Bosnia to New York City in 1994. He was old enough to remember the horrors of grenade showers and shootings outside which kept him and his family inside of their apartment building, unable to go to school. Experiencing the terror of war made Misic particularly drawn to Gandhi’s non-violent teachings and through art he found a way to “express [his] emotions tied to the war memories and the culture shock of [his] new life and in America.” His latest series of illustrations are colorful portraits, done in marker, dedicated to admirable heroes who spent their lives uniting people, the first two being Gandhi and Bob Marley.…
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Madonna Portrait
Ink on paper
Gandhi Portrait
ink on paper
Bob Marley Portrait
ink on paper
Bill Murray as Steve Zissou
ink on paper
Jesus Portrait
ink on paper
Grimes Portrait
ink on paper
John Lennon Portrait
ink on paper
Krishnamurti Portrait
ink on paper