I was born in Belgrade, Serbia鈥攁 city layered with history, rhythm, and contradiction. It was there that I first fell in love with the language of visual expression, studying at the High School of Design and later at the College of Textile Design. Art was my first home, my quiet rebellion, my way of making sense of the world. And then, life took me elsewhere.
For years, I traded brushstrokes for deadlines, stepping into the fast-paced world of media, where I eventually became the Editor-in-Chief of digital edition of Elle Serbia. It was a thrilling chapter鈥攂ut art waited silently in the background, never quite letting go. When I moved to Australia, something shifted. Surrounded by the vast skies and coastal stillness of Queensland, I felt a longing to return to what I had once left behind. I picked up my brushes again, uncertain but hopeful. What I found was not only the talent I had tucked away, but the deep, enduring love that still lived within it.
My work is mostly mixed media鈥攍ayers of acrylic and graphic pen, or sometimes the slow, meditative richness of oil paint on its own. The touch of fabric and the rhythm of pattern are never far away. My background in textile and fashion design runs like a current through everything I create, particularly in my fearless embrace of colour. My style is eclectic and intuitive鈥攁 kaleidoscope of movement, texture, and mood. I鈥檓 endlessly inspired by the energy of cities, the surreal dreamscapes of Salvador Dal铆, and the unpredictable ways in which emotion translates into form. Each piece is a rediscovery, a conversation between memory and imagination, past lives and present truths.
Art, for me, is not just a practice鈥攊t is a return. A homecoming.
You can find my work at Old SchoolHouse Gallery at Cleveland, QLD.