Svetlana Popovic - Lana S

My practice explores the tension between surface and depth. I am interested in forms that seem to emerge from beneath a luminous exterior — shapes that are sensed before they are fully defined.

Working primarily with layered acrylic and structural paste, I build textured surfaces where light interacts with density. What may initially appear calm or atmospheric often contains a quieter inner tension. I see beauty not as decoration, but as a surface condition that conceals more complex, sometimes unsettling undercurrents.

The series Passages reflects states of transition — suspension, unfolding, drift, movement. These works do not depict literal subjects; instead, they suggest archetypal processes of becoming. Each painting invites the viewer to slow down and engage with what operates below immediate perception.

I approach painting as an exploration of inner architecture — a space where transformation occurs gradually, often invisibly, before taking form.

University of Arts (ISI Denpasar), Bali, Indonesia
– Fine Arts, Batik & Textile Techniques (7-year study)

Belgrade, Serbia
– MA Culture & Media Management — Belgrade

Lana S (Svetlana Popović) holds a Master’s degree in Culture and Media Management from Belgrade, Serbia.
She later continued her artistic education at the University of Arts (ISI) Denpasar in Bali, Indonesia, where she spent seven years studying painting, Batik techniques, traditional textile arts, and visual expression.
This cross-cultural academic background strongly influences her contemporary practice, combining Eastern craft traditions with Western abstract painting approaches.

International Group Exhibition Into the Fold — The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK, May 2026
Work exhibited: Suspension, acrylic on canvas, 30 × 30 cm

Group Painting Exhibition — Gallery Ikar, Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia, May 2026
Work exhibited: Winter Landscape, acrylic on canvas, 80 × 100 cm

Group Painting Exhibition — Gallery Ikar, Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia, April 2025
Work exhibited: Sunflower, acrylic on canvas, 50 × 50 cm

Art Photography Batik Exhibition, Pond Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia — October 2017

Student Final Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia — September 2017

Widya Batik Studio Exhibitions, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia — Multiple group exhibitions (2018–2020)



Creative Artwork Group Exhibition, Sava Promenada Mall (organized by Komuna Market), Belgrade, Serbia — October 8, 2022

Creative Artwork Exhibition, Dorćol Platz, Belgrade, Serbia — October 30, 2022


Creative Artwork Group Exhibition, Dorćol Platz, Belgrade, Serbia — October 8, 2023