Today we’d like to introduce you to Noor Blazekovic.
A graduate from the University of Central Venezuela with a B.S. in Communications, Noor Blazekovic served for ten years as a TV studio and field producer for Venevision TV Channel, Venezuela Latin America. She moved to the United States in 1998 expanding her production skills into the visual arts industry, having worked for Art Basel Miami Beach Show Management from 2002-2006. And in 2006, she founded Irreversible Magazine and Projects, developing an extensive international platform for nontraditional exhibitions and cultural exchanges.
In addition, since 2008 Blazekovic is the Executive Director of GIANTS IN THE CITY, a monumental inflatable traveling public art exhibition where she oversees the projects and exhibitions related to the Arts in Public Places Program; confers with artists, and consults with Art Commissions, City and County departments, as well as community groups and developers regarding projects, art events and workshops.
As the Magazine Publisher of Irreversible and Chief Editor, she manages the editorial and commercial success of an award-winning contemporary art publication; defining the editorial position and managing business operations to provide readers with high-quality content while maximizing revenue and profit for ten+ years.
Blazekovic is a respected art curator and project developer within the South Florida art community, and beyond, her projects have taken her worldwide where she has mentored numerous emerging and mid-career artists, helping them to develop their careers and strengthen their work while building a collector base and following.
Blazekovic has received numerous awards within the industry for her leadership role and continued developments within the local community.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
Money + small minds (you won’t believe it what people used to tell me about my dream, people mentality towards a nontraditional format art magazine, but I am a tough cookie I don’t do my work to please others my commitment is to excellence and to achieving freedom. I am big breaking the rules of the establishment.
I was very tough on how I ran content on the magazine and the art direction (I did everything myself even design because I never had enough money to go to print ($20K) I always reached my goals, many tears in between. I want it to reach a message without compromising my identity. Very tough call.
What do you do?
I create equal opportunities. IRREVERSIBLE is a multidisciplinary collective for emerging, mid-career and established artists. Our exhibitions make buying and collecting art accessible and affordable. Irreversible offer arts programming built-in collaboration with galleries and art fairs, succeeding outside of the traditional format. Our Projects and limited Editions have become breeding grounds for cutting-edge exhibitions.
Our goal is to create a platform for emerging and mid-career artists, giving them the opportunity to showcase their ideas presenting the freshest contemporary art from across the globe, as well as offering more established artists the freedom to play and produce experimental exhibitions.
What do you specialize in, what are you known for?
Working with Noor Blazekovic founder publisher/Editor of IRREVERSIBLE has been a wonderful journey. She clearly reveals a fascinating approach to the industry, where not only striving to find the best of the best in the contemporary art realm becomes the main aspiration; but also the way you do it, the spirit with how you seek for it, analyze and listen, is as much as important. She really digs deeper into the artists and their artworks, bringing out the best in everybody when she makes you discover qualities you didn’t even know about. That, to us, is a gift.
On the other hand, she embodies the word “teamwork” itself. Noor openly admits through her actions how pivotal is to trust and be trusted, to respect, learn and to join forces to amplify an overall vision; bringing a diversity of thought and accuracy, praising the humane and building the necessary bridges between the arts and the people.
-Elaine Minionis & Rodolfo Vanmarcke
-Gallerists/Owners of
-The Lunch Box Gallery
What are you most proud of as a brand?
I teach the artists to dream big, to execute big. I am very proud of my international reach, We are known in many countries. I have produced exhibitions, coordinate shipping (without an agent due lack of funds) traveled and connected artist with galleries overseas (with group of artists from 1 up 30) to represent Miami, USA in Basel Switzerland (Ping-Pong art fair) four years in a row, Art Monaco- Monte Carlo, (four years) Nice -France, (two years) Mexico (DF), Aruba, Dominican Republic, Slovakia- Bratislava.
-In the USA
-Art Miami
-Scope New York
-Art Palm Beach
-Art Wynwood
-Spectrum
-AQUA
I do many site-specific projects + art in public places with WWW.GIANTSINTHECIY.ORG. GIANTS my husband is the- founder/Curator of the project. GIANTS is a large scale monumental inflatable traveling exhibition.
+ Galleries
+ Museum talks
+ Cultural exchanges
+ Limited editions
It is tough to compile -if you need more details- we talk on the phone.
Tell us about your favorite and least favorites things about our city.
Best:
It is very young culturally so is an open book, the sky is the limit.
Least:
Lack of support for the emerging artist, unless you come from money or belong to a tide powerful group it is literally impossible to make it big.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.irreversibleprojects.com
- Phone: 7864442790
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: irreversibleprojects
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Irreversibleprojects/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/IRREVERSIBLEmag
Image Credit:
Irreversible Projects featuring Adrienne Chadwick, @l_mercado_studio
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