Vanja Subotić

Central to my artistic practice is the process by which visual representations of certain phenomena acquire meaning. I am interested in the moments when individual experience transforms into a symbol, metaphor, or a collectively recognizable image, as well as the role of the body and language in that process.

The DOTS Foundation supported my work from December 2021 to May 2023.

I graduated from the High School of Design in Novi Sad and earned both my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Painting from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Solo Exhibitions
• 2025 – Direct Light, Hardwired Gallery, Subotica
• 2024 – Phenomena, Processes and States, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Smederevska Palanka; Atelier 61, Novi Sad
• 2023 – Bare Water / Introduction to the Corrective Unconscious, SULUV Gallery, Novi Sad
• 2022 – Daisies, Courtyard Gallery, Subotica
• 2021 – Identity Egg, Contemporary Gallery Subotica
• 2017 – Sonja and Vanja, Skladište Youth Center, Subotica
• 2016 – Between Four Images, Klajn House Gallery, Subotica; As in a Dream, Kunst Cafe, Subotica
• 2015 – Hair, Izba Gallery, Novi Sad; Drawings and Books, Tattoo Spot Chicken Leg, Novi Sad
• 2013 – Between Words and Images, Multimedia Center, Academy of Arts, Novi Sad
• 2012 – Gallery Likovni Susret, Subotica
• 2011 – Short Biomechanical Memories, Baš Kuća Gallery, Subotica; Works from Lost Time, Studio 11, Subotica


Group Exhibitions (selected)
• 2025/26 – Winter Stories 3, DOTS Gallery, Belgrade
• 2023 – Winter Stories, Summertime, Connecting the Future, DOTS Gallery, Belgrade; Amsterdam
• 2022 – 67th Annual Exhibition, SULUV, Novi Sad
• 2021 – New Members Exhibition, SULUV Gallery, Novi Sad
• 2020 – Artist’s Imprint, Beti Ford Gallery, Belgrade
• 2018 – Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje; Fo...