I was born in Niš, Yugoslavia, where I earned a master’s degree in architecture. In 2012, I moved to Vienna and worked as a youth worker with girls* and young women* before fully dedicating myself to photography and art. I began learning photography as a teenager, but it was in Vienna that I continued developing my skills, first at the Friedl Kubelka School for Artistic Photography and later at Die Graphische, a photography college. Since April 2024, I have been one of the residents of the art studios at Das Weisse Haus in Vienna.

Growing up in Yugoslavia during the 1990s, my life was profoundly shaped by economic crises, wars, and a widespread erosion of humanity—fueled by patriarchy and one of its strongest tools: divisions. These experiences led me to seek solace and purpose in anti-war, feminist, and queer movements. Years of activism not only shaped me personally but also deeply influenced my approach to art and photography.

Artist Statement

Starting from photography as my primary medium, I explore in my artistic practice the themes of body, identity, social norms, and the aesthetics of social classes – often in interplay with narrative approaches. Documentary strategies form a central element of this process: less out of an interest in truth or objectivity, and more as a means to intensify and convey experiences.

For me, documentation becomes a space of lived experience – a place where social realities are not merely depicted but embodied. At the same time, I regard documentary practice as a form of resistance against dominant perspectives that render marginalized histories and lived realities invisible or erase them altogether.

At the core of my work lies a subjective gaze on social structures and their representations. My practice is increasingly evolving into hybrid forms: through the deliberate expansion or disruption of documentary techniques and the integration of other media, I create works that transport my personal experience – between reference and subjectivity.