https://www.danatosic.com/new-index daily 0.75 2026-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1781063543107-21UPTWHRTMSL11TIJLE6/0012_3_4_Natural.jpg Solo Exhibitions & Public Art - Moments Between Moments Solo Installation, Nuit Blanche, 2014 401 Richmond St. W., Toronto, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1781640849948-H9DIEWTJQ0KYI9YBKD2L/IMG_3884_Retouched.jpg Solo Exhibitions & Public Art - Artifacts Solo Exhibition, January 2016 George Gilmour Members Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto, Canada The Artifacts series investigates possibilities of depicting the human body in motion using one reprographic technology (3D scan) to capture a moment in time, executed in another (screen print). The images depicted portray glimpses of activities and gestures captured using a continuous 360 degree, 3D scan of a single motion. The resulting images reveal bodies in a liminal state - neither in their original position, nor having completed their transformation into another, but caught between moments, revealing a 3 dimensional, virtual trace of the activity. The images reference early experiments in chrono‐photography by tracking the change in the body that occurs while engaged in a particular activity over a given length of time. Like a rolling shutter, the simultaneous movements of both scanner and body result in unexpected and unintended distortions. Created through an attempt to capture the passage of time through space, the resulting digital artifacts are lent sculptural form. 3D scans represent the most advanced phase of reprographic technology - photography and printmaking, too, form part of this history. Notions of materiality and embodiment become critical when considered in relation to the use of digital technology, as does the role of chance and its creative possibilities for the artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1411958991268-G26LA1NMJJTL7BZ4BOV0/IMG_0526.jpg Solo Exhibitions & Public Art - Dana Tosic: Elegy For Every Moment Solo Exhibition, August - September 2011 Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Canada Focusing on fleeting, yet intimate, moments that occur throughout the day, this installation explores notions of time and memory, and the body’s potential to imply narrative through movement. The images presented reveal moments where something is happening even though nothing appears to be. In them, the body is engaged in quotidian motions such as getting dressed/ undressed, tying shoes, peeling fruit, sewing, stretching; motions which we engage in regularly and often in solitude. They are learned movements which our body performs automatically, without thinking. Because conscious thought is not required, and because we tend to engage in them in solitude, they offer a time for reflection and introspection. In this sense, the mind is both absorbed and disengaged (disengaged from the activity but absorbed in thought). Although the intimacy in the moment portrayed is not meant to be shared, it nevertheless invites the viewer to dwell upon it and to wonder what is really taking place. These activities are not portrayed as a single snapshot in time but rather, they portray the time elapsed during the activity and the change in the body (from position, weight, direction) that occurs while engaged in a particular activity over a given duration of time. Thus the duration of time that is being presented is not defined by a start and end point, but rather time which is continuous. The body, as presented in these works is therefore also in continuous motion, so that in the instant presented, the body has already moved on from the activity and is absent. The images presented are composites of both digital photographs and 360 degree, 3D scans of my body engaged in various tasks. Each activity was broken down into stages of motion, each stage documented separately and later combined into a single image. As digital recordings of the stages of motion, plotting the passage of time through human locomotion, the images function as a digital trace of something that took place during an unspecified moment past. What is left is a momentary glimpse of where the body was and a suggestion of the activity it was engaged i­n. In this way, the memory of the body, and the motions it employed in a specific task leave their vestige on the paper. In these images I contrast the reality of the actual experience of movement with the apparent gap between the desire (and reason) for completing an action, and the mechanics of the movement itself. Thoughts and emotions experienced at the time necessarily affect the way that the movement is executed; small, intimate measures of movement imply a narrative even if the body doesn’t intend it. I am interested in the dichotomy of movement within stillness – although the moment portrayed may appear motionless, there is still movement, whether it is breath, subtle changes in the shift in position, weight, direction that occurs while being engaged in a particular activity over a given duration of time, or the implied continuous movement, from the moment before the instant portrayed to that which follows after that moment has passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1781065172943-IJVR88NPYVWJMELKUFSU/DWA_Conversation+Pieces_Photo+006.jpg Solo Exhibitions & Public Art - Conversation Pieces Temporary Art Installation in collaboration with Design Workshop Architects Design TO, 2019, The Globe and Mail Centre, Toronto, Canada Across the vast space of the new Globe and Mail Centre’s elegant lobby, two unoccupied chairs face each other; a record of a conversation concluded. As visitors walk down the length of the lobby, the actual difference in scale and location be­tween the chairs is revealed: one is small (3ft high), the other enormous (12ft high). While this is metaphor for our differences from one anoth­er, it is also a poignant reminder that the way in which we inhabit architectural space inherently changes our experience of it. The change of scale also forces a confrontation between art, form, and function; between people and buildings, and public and private space. The Globe and Mail has been one of Canada’s prominent voices for generations, front and centre in the battle to keep the chasm of polarizing politics from becoming uncrossable. This is the conversation we are all engaged in: trying to find com­mon ground between our social, political, economic, spatial and geographic differences. Will we abandon it, or will we stay in the conversation? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1781064649498-XL67FOFPCMWR1FB8XJNG/DWA_How+Bright+Is+Our+Future_Photo+001.jpg Solo Exhibitions & Public Art - How Bright is Our Future? Feature Installation for IDS18’s Digital Installation Lab, conceived and designed with Design Workshop Architects. Interior Design Show, 2018, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada How Bright is Our Future? asks the public how they feel about emerging technologies, where their fears and hopes lie, and what our place in this new world will be. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is already here. Technologies formerly found only in the realm of science fiction are now part of our daily lives or wait just over the horizon of the very near future. Each of these new technologies has the potential for great good or unintended negative consequences. This installation was conceived in collaboration with Michael Donaldson of DWA for the 2018 Interior Design Show in Toronto; one of four feature installations to support the future-forward theme of their 20th anniversary show. Visitors entered a dark space and encountered five tall, blade-shaped structures, each glowing to light the space. Printed on each of these ‘blades’ are ten statements, each from a category of technology or study that will be critical in the formation of the future of our society. The statements are different on each blade, but the categories are the same. We invited visitors to react to each statement with a touch to the triangular buttons on either side of the text. Does the statement inspire fear, or does it inspire hope? Awards: Winner, Excellent Architecture: Fair & Exhibition, German Design Awards 2020 Honorable Mention, Interior Design: Exhibits, Pavilions and Exhibitions, 12th International Design Awards 2019 Best Exhibit: 21st Annual Best Of Canada Design Competition, Canadian Interiors, 2018 Special Mention: Architecture+Art, Architizer Award, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1781641869824-0T85OIMF3QXQIGVOYTM0/IMG_5097_Retouched.jpg Solo Exhibitions & Public Art - Dana Tosic: Everyday Ephemera Solo Exhibition, 2011 Open Studio Main Gallery, Toronto, Canada Focusing on fleeting, yet intimate, moments that occur throughout the day, this series explores notions of time and memory, and the body’s potential to infer a narrative through movement. The images presented reveal moments where something is happening even though nothing appears to be. In them, the body is engaged in quotidian motions such as getting dressed/ undressed, tying shoes, peeling fruit, sewing, knitting, eating; motions which we engage in regularly and often in solitude. They are learned movements which, once learned, our body performs automatically, without thinking. Because conscious thought is not required, and because we tend to engage in them in solitude, they offer a time for reflection and introspection. In this sense, the mind is both absorbed and disengaged (disengaged from the activity but absorbed in thought). Although the intimacy in the moment portrayed is not meant to be shared, it nevertheless invites the viewer to dwell upon it and to wonder what is really taking place. These activities are not portrayed as a single snapshot in time but rather, they portray the time elapsed during the activity and the change in the body (from position, weight, direction) that occurs while engaged in a particular activity over a given duration of time. Thus the duration of time that is being presented is not defined by a start and end point, but rather time which is continuous. The body, as presented in these works is therefore also in continuous motion, so that in the instant presented, the body has already moved on from the activity and is absent. The images presented are composites of a series of 360 degree, 3D scans of my body engaged in various tasks. Each activity was broken down into stages of motion and each stage scanned individually and later combined into a single image using 3D modelling software. As digital recordings of the stages of motion, plotting the passage of time through human locomotion, the images function as a digital trace of something that took place during an unspecified moment past. What is left is a momentary glimpse of where the body was and a suggestion of the activity it was engaged i­n at an unspecified moment in the past. In this way, the memory of the body, and the motions it employed in a specific task leave their vestige on the paper. In these images I contrast the reality of the actual experience of movement with the apparent gap between the desire (and reason) for completing an action, and the mechanics of the movement itself. Thoughts and emotions experienced at the time necessarily affect the way that the movement is executed; small, intimate measures of movement tell a story even if the body doesn’t intend it. I am interested in the dichotomy of movement within stillness – although the moment portrayed may appear motionless, there is still movement, whether it is breath, subtle changes in the shift in position, weight, direction that occurs while being engaged in a particular activity over a given duration of time, or the implied continuous movement, from the moment before the instant portrayed to that which follows after that moment has passed. https://www.danatosic.com/work daily 1.0 2026-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1781062935221-5N94A2CIY1RK9C0VQZSB/artifact1.jpg Artwork - Artifact #1 Screen print, 2016 28” x 20” (paper size) Edition of 6 prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1411955956256-VK48SMLN9ZKT39DX0USW/IMG_0524.jpg Artwork - Forgetful Gestures #1 Archival Digital Print, 2011 Image 44" x 29"; Paper 44" x 66" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1411954265324-OM3GEGJFQF4G5SRHVMY2/Everyday+Ephemera+1.jpg Artwork - Everyday Ephemera #1 Screenprint on Stonehenge Paper, 2011 38.5" x 50" (Paper Size) Edition of 4 Prints   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5428b153e4b0e1ecd7f520c9/1411957304226-P07GYGCQ5HCJMMOH9QS2/IMG_0671.jpg Artwork - Moments Between Moments #3 (Detail) Installation - Screenprint on Plexiglas, 2011 48" (W) x 72" (H) x 24" (D)   https://www.danatosic.com/blog-forte daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://www.danatosic.com/blog-forte/2013/9/20/txj2xx0v8z4pvfqifnkoy769mmbn42-2p93e monthly 0.5 2013-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1380134615402-CFVY7DVKTKAMMEUVAFO1/matthias-9.jpg Blog - Summer in Berlin https://www.danatosic.com/blog-forte/2013/9/20/new-pictures-from-ost-7epl7 monthly 0.5 2013-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1380134654074-6RTKOL9KFWBAWGH3VPE7/matthias-37.jpg Blog - New pictures from OST https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1380134646426-64MT50GT4WHEMZO7KWS7/matthias-32.jpg Blog - New pictures from OST https://www.danatosic.com/blog-forte/2013/9/20/spektrum-eins-eymbb monthly 0.5 2013-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1379716817226-TY7FDC8KWGYC9G4GHIZT/b01f9e30717d1d163677777ab34ab1dc.jpg Blog - Spektrum Eins Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1379717056328-V2KWLVQHSC7P88IH3ONL/2b7eb3dfa76e21de1166f115214b7f0f.jpg Blog - Spektrum Eins https://www.danatosic.com/blog-forte/category/Exploring monthly 0.5 https://www.danatosic.com/publications daily 0.75 2014-09-29 https://www.danatosic.com/contact daily 0.75 2014-09-29 https://www.danatosic.com/about daily 0.75 2026-06-10 https://www.danatosic.com/read-me-forte daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1377616053602-SMX7MP0YBIW91I0BIW2R/MECO+%2820130827%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51e6b9c9e4b050adffbe392c/1377616058866-XDBA3BE26TPEK3SCRT9J/Screen+Shot+2013-08-27+at+11.06.39+AM.jpg Read Me