Born in Bosnia in 1978, she studied painting at the Novi Sad University of Art in Serbia and worked for several years in Göttingen, Germany and in Aalborg, Denmark, where she lives today.
In her paintings, Svjetlana manages to transform everyday reality into magical representations. Her knowledge and cosmopolitanism coupled with her technical skills transform the cold reality into a universe of lively beings. She masters the play of colours and forms like a magician.
At the centre of her work is the human being, sometimes dreamy, in love, sleepy, erotic, playful or confused, encountering the wonderful nature. The viewer can ask himself here whether her actors can change something in the world or are merely observers who analyse and perceive what they find.
Man and the universal questions about his existence (life and death, loneliness, passion, fears, love, transience, animus and anima) fire her imagination and guide her artistic hand. Monochrome, graphic elements are characteristic in her expression, contrasting with intense colours. The realistic, colourful images are reminiscent of the action in black-and-white films. These contrasts create the surreal atmosphere of her works.
Her brushstrokes in the oil technique are expressive, at the same time expansive and reduced.
Born in Bosnia in 1978, she studied painting at the Novi Sad University of Art in Serbia and worked for several years in Göttingen, Germany and in Aalborg, Denmark, where she lives today.
In her paintings, Svjetlana manages to transform everyday reality into magical representations. Her knowledge and cosmopolitanism coupled with her technical skills transform the cold reality into a universe of lively beings. She masters the play of colours and forms like a magician.
At the centre of her work is the human being, sometimes dreamy, in love, sleepy, erotic, playful or confused, encountering the wonderful nature. The viewer can ask himself here whether her actors can change something in the world or are merely observers who analyse and perceive what they find.
Man and the universal questions about his existence (life and death, loneliness, passion, fears, love, transience, animus and anima) fire her imagination and guide her artistic hand. Monochrome, graphic elements are characteristic in her expression, contrasting with intense colours. The realistic, colourful images are reminiscent of the action in black-and-white films. These contrasts create the surreal atmosphere of her works.
Her brushstrokes in the oil technique are expressive, at the same time expansive and reduced.
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