There have been few artists in the past and the present who have the ability and talent to reach a level whereby their work is recognized without their signature. Blagojce is one of those elite few who has achieved such recognition.
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Born in the city of Bitola, Macedonia, founded by King Philip, the father of Alexander the Great, the city the cradle of European civilization and culture, and exposed to the greatest Thinkers, Philosophers, and Artists - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Pindar, Pericles, Sophocles, Lysippos, Nikola Tesla, and the greatest Intellectuals of our world - from antiquity to present, Blagojce from a young age experienced a taste of the freedom of expression, speech, values, and critical thinking that followed him through his life journey.
At the age of twelve, his inherent talent was publicly recognized by leading art critics at the International Children’s Exhibition for Fine Art. In his city he acquired his formal education in Art, Architecture, and Aviation.
After serving in the Yugoslavian Army, Blagojce was given charge of leading a construction company whose architectural projects included conservation and restoration work on ancient buildings and artifacts in Macedonia. Continuing to Croatia on the island of Krk, he was appointed Technical Director of a construction company whose work also included conservation and restoration work on the antique buildings and architectural artifacts.
In 1988, Blagojce traveled to the United States. On the East Coast he established himself in the Fine Art world. In 1995, he relocated to the West Coast in Monterey, California, continuing his education and attending various colleges, universities, and art schools, including anatomy at Stanford University in California, and establishing himself as a Master Artist with international recognition.
In Monterey, Blagojce became the official Cannery Row Sketch Artist from 1995 to 1998 in the historic Cannery Row, the Playground of John Steinbeck and Doc Ricketts. At the same time, Blagojce was the official Sketch Artist of Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf and Santa Cruz Boardwalk. As such, Blagojce has become a timeless character of Cannery Row and a part of its vibrant history.
In 2001, Blagojce supervised the execution of the John Steinbeck Mural in Salinas, California, one of the largest murals in the state.
That same year, he completed the final work on the 40-foot Totem Pole, permanently installed at the Bronx Zoo in New York, a gift from the People of Monterey County to the People of New York.
Over the years, various highly acclaimed non-profit organizations in the United States and abroad called upon Blagojce to design posters, and through them, he entered another chapter in American history. His art posters celebrate organizations such as Toys-for-Tots, Boys & Girls Clubs, Art for Native American Spirits, The Women’s International Perspective (WIP), Meals-on-Wheels, Make-a-Wish Foundation, San Francisco Youth Arts, The New York Firefighters Widows and Children’s Fund, AIM (research for youths with mental disorders), Carmel Bach Festival, Children’s Theater of Sun Valley in Idaho, and many more. In 2011, he published his first book American Art Posters, a book representing 25 years of his humanitarian work. Blagojce is also co-founder of the non-profit organization for Native American youth at risk “Art for Native American Spirits.” In 2012, Blagojce designed a Masters program for Painting, Drawing, and Sculptures for Woodbury University and Mendocino Art Center.
Blagojce is founder of Carmel Valley Art Center and Carmel Valley Art Academy. Since 1995 to present, Blagojce maintained studios and galleries throughout Monterey Peninsula, Idaho, Michigan, and New York, and in November 2017, Blagojce founded Yosemite Fine Art Gallery near Yosemite National Park. He published his second book Memories of Seattle in 2018.
Blagojce recently completed the second Series of large paintings of “Vivaldi’s Four Seasons” and “The Harvest.” His current projects include illustrations and paintings of Yosemite National Park and Historical Village of Coarsegold. In addition, Blagojce’s Bronze Sculpture Series, “The Family Tree” and “Metamorfoza” are in their final phases of completion. His latest work involves the costume and scene designs and sketches for the movie Cawdor, a film based on the work by Robertson Jeffers and edited by Aidan Stone.
Blagojce’s humanitarian spirit continues to present itself through his art, as seen in his ongoing ten-year project “Progress and Humanity,” near completion, a Series that portrays our human history as a dialectic of opposing destructive and generative impulses, with an eye of hope for humanity.
In 2020 Blagojce published his third book Mannequin, an artist’s presentation of the twenty-first century through the image of the Mannequin. In 2021, his fourth book was published, Urban Elements, focusing on contemporary urban abstracts. And in 2022, Blagojce published American Art Posters II.
In 2020, he also completed the blueprint drawings and design of the future project for the Museum of Humanity, “Progress and Humanity,” a museum to present exclusively those Artists who devoted their Art and life for the benefit of Humanity.
A Master in both sculpture and painting, Blagojce embodies all that is meant by the term, mastering a wide variety of mediums including bronze, marble, wood, glass, painting, drawing, printmaking, graphic art, murals, and original frescoes. His drawings, paintings, and sculpture reveal his excellence as an artist capable of expressing his intellectual, spiritual, and philosophical views through any medium.
Blagojce’s art integrates the styles of the ancient world and the modern with contemporary sensibilities. Through his elegant art style, he captures all aspects of the human spirit, infused with power, energy, and movement. He shows particular insight into the emotional connections between humanity’s spiritual and anthropological relationship with the values and principles of the universe.
Blagojce’s work can be found in various corporate, private, and public collections, including museums.
Blagojce © 2003