Emilia Jagica

My work deals with the on-going psychological and moral battles that take place within the physical body as in, a priory boundary between the public and the private/intimate. I am exploring a state of isolation, which is never the same for two individuals or for two bodies. This continuous battle with one’s self is a very particular state of solitude and that is why my figures are portrayed on a blank backdrop of nothingness in order to focus solely on their bodily experience; whereby a nuanced gesture becomes all telling. My figures are in a mobile state of inertia, which is a paradox, however they are trying to break free from natures forced upon boundaries, the body. In my work, my ultimate aim is to portray the physical appearance of a psychological or moral battle within a person. In many cases these figures allude to a roentgen like depiction of the body with an emphasis on the spinal cord and on the male and female sexual organs. These particular segments of the body play a crucial symbolic aspect in my work, due to the fact that the spinal cord along with the brain make up the central nervous system. The spinal cord is our transmitter to the brain, in regards to what we see, hear, feel, smell, taste and think about. Also, f...

Received the "Meisterschüler" Degree at Universität Der
Künste Berlin, in Fine Arts- Painting, in the class of Robert Lucander.

Attained a Bachelor's Degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia in the class of Milan Blanusa.