Tijana Bjelajac

Tijana Bjelajac is a multifaceted visual artist and set designer. Her work includes paintings, installations, set designs for theater and opera. Her work has been exhibited in, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Prague and Belgrade.
Tijana is the recipient of several major awards, including the prestigious Kahn Award for extraordinary talents (2007).


Artist statement

Being present means immersing yourself into your surroundings both consciously and unconsciously. In my artistic practice, I explore that concept by deconstructing reality and capturing the essence of the moment. Through my work, I engage viewers with artistic expressions of my meaningful experiences and observations. I experiment with worlds both abstract and figurative and my paintings are open to an array of possible interpretations. I use oil and acrylic on canvas, collage, oil markers, watercolor and I often combine these techniques.

M.F.A. Boston University
B.F.A. Belgrade University

SOLO SHOWS
2013 “Burden of the City”, The Gene Frankel Theatre
gallery, NYC

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2023. "Isolation" New York Academy of Science, NYC
2023. "Full Bloom" Irwin House Gallery on Artsy
2022. "Inspired" Huntington Beach Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "Centered on The Center" Huntington Beach Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2021 The Other Art Fair Los Angeles
2020 Murals for a “Confidential Global Software
Company”
2017 "Diminutives" Paul Calendrillo Galery, NYC
2017 The Historical Reconstructions and Replicas,
collaboration with Designer Neil Patel, Palazzo
Zattere, VAC Foundation Venice, Italy
2013 “10x10 ways of looking at the world” LeRoy
Neiman Art Center, NY
2012 “Nature’s return” The Arsenal Gallery, NYC
2010 “100 Artists exhibition” Ouchi Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY
2008 “Night of 1000 drawings” Artists space gallery,
NYC, NY
2003 “Paintings”- Gallery “Pogon”, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 “King Lear at Prague Quadrenial”, Prague,
Check Republic
2001 “101 Umbrella of Eric Satie”, Student Cultural
Center, Belgrade, Serbia
2001 “Portrait Through Time” Gallery “ Zvono”
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