Vanja Subotić

I was born in Vukovar, the former Yugoslavia. Currently, I live and work in Subotica, Serbia.
The starting point of my work is based on feelings of the inner self in different contexts and a desire for self-exploration through different media and artistic techniques.
My work commences as a translation process of personal experiences to find a place and meaning in a wider collective space.
As my artistic process evolves, it seems to push the boundaries of language and transcend reality, establishing a personal system of values and symbolic order while also reconsidering the relationship between drawing and painting as a non-symbolic spiritual discipline within existing systems.
My work was supported by the DOTS Foundation from December 2021 to May 2023.

I graduated from High School in Novi Sad at the Department of Fine Arts and conducted both Bachelor and Master Studies in Painting at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Selected еxhibitions:
2023 / An Introduction to the Corrective Unconscious / SULUV Gallery / Novi Sad / Serbia
2022 / Daisies / Courtyard Gallery / Subotica / Serbia
2021 / Identity Egg / Contemporary Art Gallery / Subotica / Serbia
2017 / Sonja and Vanja / drawings and illustrations, with Sonja Paunovic / youth center Skladiste / Danilo Kisa Foundation / Subotica / Serbia
2016 / Paintings / Klajn house gallery / Subotica
2015 / Hair / Izba Galery / Novi Sad /Serbia
2013 / Between the Word and Image / Multimedia Center of the Academy of Arts / Novi Sad /
Serbia
2012 / Drawings from the lost times / Studio 11 / Subotica / Serbia
Drawings, paintings and books / Modern Gallery of Fine Arts / Subotica / Serbia
2011 / A Brief Biomechanical Memory / Bash Kuca / Subotica / Serbia

Selected group exhibitions:
2023 / Connecting The future / DOTS Gallery / Belgrade / Serbia
2022 / 67. SULUV Annual Exhibition / Creative District, Studio 61 / Novi Sad / Serbia
2021 / New members of SULUV / Novi Sad / Serbia
2020 / Artists imprint / Gallery Beti Ford / Beograd
2018 / Education / Gallery Fontikus / Groznjan / Croatia
Osten Biennial of Drawing / Skopje / Macedonia
2017 / Reflections / multimedia project / Alternative scene Groznjan ...