Biography

I was born in Niš, Yugoslavia, nowadays Serbia, and has been living and working in Vienna since 2012. I completed my architecture studies in Serbia and am currently studing photography at Die Graphische in Vienna. Prior to that, I worked as a youth worker with girls* and young women* for six years.
My upbringing in Yugoslavia was marked by wars, the economic crisis and the general decline of humanity, which is why I have been looking for a way out since my youth and finally found it in the anti-war, feminist, and queer movements. A long period of activism, from 1996 in Yugoslavia to the present day in Vienna, has shaped me personally, but it has also shaped my approach to art and photography. My current artistic practice is mostly focused on photography combined with the narrative. The topics Ia am working on are body, identities, mental health, society, and socially conditioned behaviours.

Artist Statement

My photography work is focused on bodies, identities, and people’s narratives. It is strongly influenced by intersectional feminist thought and many years of queer activism. My tool is mostly a digital camera, and portraiture is the medium through which I approach my subjects. The motivation to take a portrait – whether of myself or other people – stems, not only from my fascination with bodies but includes everything that surrounds and interacts with them: colors, light, objects; for that reason, I often use 35 mm lens. Portraiture is my way of confronting social norms and their effects on our mental and physical wellbeing – it´s a method that allows for the expression of struggle, as much as pride and rebellion. For me, the act of taking a portrait is a process of connecting empathetically to the person I photograph. This connection is the basis for what is encaptured in the portrait.

Group Shows

2023
what else should they be / kas kito jie turėtų būti, TSEKH Art Gallery, Vilnius, LTU
Häusliche Gewalt, Die Graphische
re_ass_ess_me!, FotoWien, Wirr) im Raum, Wien
What Is Real What Is Not, MASC Foundation, Wien
Über das Neue – Wiener Szenen und darüber hinaus, Belvedere 21, Wien
Skin Festival, Tschungel Wien

2022
Approximating, AG18 Gallery, Wien
SOUVENIRS DE L’AVENIR, Geen Doors, Wien

2020
Space20, Schloss25
Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival, GR

2019
Double-Sided Sticky Tape, Turner Contemporary, Margate, EN

2017
Photo: Vienna, MAK – Austrian Museum for Applied Arts

2016
Rundgang, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

Solo Shows

2022
Exhibition At Home, Foto Wien

2019
Peace and Quiet, Lazy Life, Vienna
At Home, Fett+Zucker, Vienna (within EuroPride)

Residencies

2022
QM&A Collective
New Friendships, St. Pölten

Collaborations

2022
LOOP, with Apple Yi Jiang
Toilet installation „Isolation“ by Zoe Gudović, Brut Wien

Featuring

2021
The Gap, No. 190
Female Photographers Vienna (online)

2016
kwerfeldein.de

Education

Currently
Photography College, Die Graphische

2016/2017
Friedl Kubelka, School for Artistic Photography, Vienna

2008
M. Sc. in Architecture, Faculty for Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Niš, SR