Ivana Gagic Kicinbaci

Ivana Gagic Kicinbaci is a contemporary artist working within the field of emotional abstraction, where movement, restraint, and layered forms become a visual language for inner experience.

Her artworks function as quiet anchors — spaces for reflection rather than spectacle. Ivana’s compositions are intentionally restrained, allowing intensity and stillness to coexist and inviting a meditative encounter that unfolds over time. Her practice is rooted in an intuitive exploration of the relationship between soul and body, the spiritual and the material, space and time, and the search for inner freedom within the contemporary condition.

She holds a PhD in Art, and her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally, including across Europe, the United States, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, South America, and beyond. This strong academic and curatorial foundation informs a practice that is both conceptually rigorous and emotionally accessible.

Her recent recognitions include the El Greco – Premio de las Bellas Artes 2025, First Prize in Landscapes for the William Turner Award, and multiple international awards from New York to Venice, Milan, Cologne, and Lyon. She was selected for the Art Investment &...

Ivana Gagic Kicinbaci holds a PhD in Art. Her doctoral dissertation, Drawing in Contemporary Art as a Medium for Expressing the Transcendent, examines drawing as a contemporary artistic language capable of articulating spiritual and metaphysical experience within visual culture. She earned her doctorate from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Mostar.

She completed an MFA in Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, followed by postgraduate studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana.

Alongside her artistic practice, Ivana engages in theoretical reflection on art and transcendence. Selected publications include:

Gagić Kičinbači, I. (2025). The Quest for Inner Freedom: An Artist’s Perspective. Religions, 16(2), 169.

Gagić Kičinbači, I. (2023). Attempts to Communicate the Transcendent in Contemporary Art: An Artist’s Point of View. Religions, 14(10), 1279.

2025, Insights, solo video exhibition, 9-13 December | Espace Vision' Art Gallery, Paris, France

2025, Soglie/Thresholds, 7–21 November | Galleria Tilde, Palermo, Italy

2025, New York, I Love You, 8–14 October | Agora Gallery, New York, USA

2025, Rome International Art Fair 2025 – 16th Edition, 19 September – 2 October | Medina Art Gallery, Rome, Italy

2025, Visual Perspectives, 1–7 September | Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice, Italy

2025, La Sublime Ossessione, 24 July – 24 October | Spazio SV – San Vidal, Venice, Italy

2025, Borders Art Fair, Future Landscapes, 24 July – 7 August | Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy

2025, Art World Paris, 23–31 May | Espace Vision' Art Gallery, Paris, France

2025, 24th Lessedra World Art Print Annual | Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2025, The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak | Kazanlak Art Gallery, Kazanlak, Bulgaria

2025, Arteom Masterpieces 2 | Arteom Gallery, Times Square, New York, USA

2025, Artexpo New York, 3–6 April | The Effeto Arte Foundation, New York, USA

2025, Unveiling, 21 February – 10 March | Galleria Tilde, Palermo, Italy

2025, The 44th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | L’Étangd’Art, Bages, France

2024, Spazi Fluidi, 7 November – 15 Dec...