Tina Orsolic Dalessio is a figurative painter born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia. She graduated from Florence Academy of Art in June 2018. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Zagreb Law School, LL.M. degree from the University of Michigan Law School and a PhD degree from the University of Maastricht, Faculty of Law. Before becoming a painter, she worked as a lecturer and researcher in law, specializing in philosophy of law and European Union law.
Alongside her husband Marc Dalessio, she discovered her passion for fine arts, which lead her to a life changing decision to leave academia and devote herself fully to painting.
After being accepted into the presitigious BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, The Poet by Tina Orsolic Dalessio won the Visitor's Choice Award.
Artist Statement:
In my opinion, art, perhaps more than any other social phenomenon, best reflects the shifting tides of human consciousness. So, being involved in arts, and more particularly, being a part of the artistic movement that, at its core entails a careful observation, admiration and respect of the natural world around us, gives me a strong sense of purpose and hope. This reemerging naturalistic movement that I consider myself a part of, rests on humility and acknowledgement of how precious, beautiful and fragile our world is.
As an artist who considers it her mission to inhale the beauty that surrounds her, and exhale it as art, I hope to gently remind others of that same truth regarding the miracle and delicacy of human condition. And in doing that, I hope to become a small drop in the river of thought pointing to the more general shift of human consciousness towards a deep respect for our Mother Nature. For we all are, in every aspect of our existence, intrinsically tied to it.
EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS
FLORENCE ACADEMY OF ART (2016 – 2018) - Completed Painting Program; Meritorious Scholarship
UNIVERSITY OF MAASTRICHT, FACULTY OF LAW (2010 – 2013) - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.); Huygens Scholarship, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL (2007 – 2008) - Master of Laws (LL.M.); Michigan Grotius Fellowship from the University of Michigan Law School; Certificate of Merit Award in Jurisprudence by the University of Michigan Law School
UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, FACULTY OF LAW (2001 – 2006) - Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Magna Cum Laude; Scholarship from the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports; Scholarship from the City of Zagreb; Scholarship from Zlatko Crnić Foundation; University of Zagreb Chancellor’s Award; Dean of the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law Award
WORK EXPERIENCE
PAINTER (2016 – Present) - Portraits, Still life and Landscapes
UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, FACULTY OF LAW (2007 – 2016) - Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Department of General Theory of Law and State
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (2008) - Stagiaire in the Cabinet of Advocate General M.P. Maduro; ‘Visitor-in-the-Cabinet’ of Advocate General E. Sharpston
2024 – ‘Flora’, Solo Exhibition, La Manufacture Royale de Lectoure (FR)
2024, ‘Greenhouse’, Group Exhibition, Grenning Gallery (USA)
2024 - ‘Plein Air Paintings of Mustique’, ", Two Person Exhibition, The Cotton HouseMustique (Saint-Vincent-and-the-Grenadines)
2023, "Dordogne Bergeracoise", Two Person Exhibition, La Chartreuse du Bignac and V&A Galerie (FR)
2023 - ArtEast Gallery, Suffolk (UK),
2023, ‘Gers Landscapes’, Two Person Exhibition Art in Roques (FR),
2022 - ‘Across Borders’, Solo Exhibition European Court of Justice, Luxembourg (BR)
2022 - ArtEast Gallery, Suffolk (UK)
2022 - Group Show, Indian Summer - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY, USA
2022 - Group Show, Bounty of Beauty - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY, USA
2022 - Vanessa Rothe Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California (USA),
2021 - ‘Dordogne Lotoise’, Two Person Exhibition, Château de la Treyneand V&A Galerie (FR)
2021 - ‘Bringing in the May’ Collins Galleries, Cape Cod, MA (USA)
2021 - ‘Letting us in’ Florence Academy of Art, Florence (Italy)
2021 - Group Show, GEMS: The Crown Jewels - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY, USA
2021 - Group Show, Taking Root - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY, USA
2021 - AucArt, ‘True to Life’, London (UK)
2021 - Group Show, Painting, Beloved - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY, USA
2020 - Group Show, California Dreaming - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY
2020 - ‘For Christmas’ Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2020, ‘Small Works, Holiday Exhibition’ Collins Galleries, Cape Cod, MA
2020 - Images du Périgord Noir, V&A Galerie,Sarlat (FR)
2020 - ArtEast Group Exhibition, Suffolk (UK)
2020 - Group Show, Fenske & Friends - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY USA
2019 - BP Portrait Award Exhibition - The National Portrait Gallery in London, UK
2019 - Group Show, School's Out! - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY USA
2019 - Group Show, Broad Impressions - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY USA
2018: Group Show, Neptune in Pisces - Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, N.Y. USA
