Art Education
Studied Art at University of Utah ( Painting and Drawing Emphasis )
( Studied Art technique and Art Process under professors John O'Connell, John Erickson, Tom Hoffman at University of Utah )
AAS in Graphic Design from Salt Lake Community College 2001 - 2005
ART SHOWS Honors & AWARDS
NY Elite Magazine Feature 2021
NY Glamour Feature 2019
Rave VIP Artist 2019
Artist Portfolio Magazine Feature 2018
Painter of Power Sundance 2015 Infinity Lounge
Painter of Power Sundance 2014 Park City Visitor's Center
RAW ARTIST of SALT LAKE CITY 2014 & 2013
Directors Cut RAW ARTIST 2014
Top 10 Artist's of Salt Lake City RAW ARTIST Showcase 2014
photo by Adnan Bubalo
\\ Mythical // EXPRESSIONIST
PAINTER OF POWER
Vedran V Pasalic b. 1984 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Artist studied Graphic Design at Salt Lake Community College 2001 in Salt Lake City UT – 2005 and studied Fine Art at University of Utah from 2006 - 2014. His Professors noticed " power " and " energy " coming from his work during his early years at University of Utah. Artist had several local shows in Salt Lake City, was a RAW Artist Directors Cut December 2013. Was top 10 Artists of Salt Lake City Showcase for RAW Artists Dec 2013. The artist had 2 shows at Sundance one in the Infinity Lounge Jan 2015 and the other was for Paralyzed Olympic Athletes. First solo show premiered at Gallery Mestizo in Salt Lake City, UT August 2015.
In 2019 the artist was featured in New York Glamour Magazine and in 2021 New York Elite Magazine. The Artist is currently in the process of developing " NEW BODY OF WORK " which he will be revealing in the next several months, the Artist currently resides in Salt Lake City UT.
"I don’t paint to please the eye — I paint to ignite the soul."
Vedran V Pasalic is a contemporary Abstract Expressionist Power Painter whose work channels raw emotion, physical energy, and unfiltered instinct. Working primarily in large-scale formats, they create immersive, visceral experiences that demand to be felt—not just viewed. Each painting is a direct transmission of inner intensity, captured through bold color, violent brushwork, and unapologetic motion. Based in Salt Lake City, Vedran V Pasalic invites viewers into a world where chaos becomes clarity through paint.
My art is a call to remember your own fire. A mirror of the strength you’ve forgotten. A rebellion against numbness. This is not decoration. This is declaration.
A myth-forged force in contemporary art — Born of ancient vision and modern fire, his work bridges the primal and the prophetic. Each canvas becomes a battlefield where myth bleeds into paint, and the soul is summoned to feel what history tried to forget.
Drawing from the mythic wells of Norse prophecy, Greek chaos, Roman might, and Slavic spirit, Pasalic creates bold, emotionally raw paintings that thunder with archetype and presence. His art doesn’t whisper — it roars with the voice of Odin’s sacrifice, Prometheus’ rebellion, Mars’ fury, and Perun’s storm.
Guided by the belief that paint can resurrect lost gods and reawaken inner power, Vedran’s work speaks directly to the mythic memory buried in us all.
His style is fearless. His vision, untamed. His purpose — to conjure emotion, ignite memory, and awaken the sacred within the viewer.
Myth is his medium. Power is his path.
This is not art for the wall — it is art for the soul.
"I was not taught to paint—I was chosen to reveal."
