Lucija Zaja

Lucija Zaja is a Sydney-based abstract painter. In her work, Lucija is dedicated to exploring her mental landscape, her history and upbringing, the chaos and constant change that is life. She is on the path of understanding herself and the world primarily through accepting all the experiences that shaped her life thus far. The analytical process is what she draws her inspiration from: analysing her own dualities and the duality of all life. It is the never-ending quest to understand the relationship between chaos and order, anger and accepting, frustration and peace, hurt and love, mind and body. On a more personal level, it is understanding the family we were born into and our chosen family, our upbringing and how we rebel against it, the cities that left us with scars and the ones that gave us hope. What does it mean to live in the moment, and not get overwhelmed by it all? All of these polarities transpire through Lucija’s work: delicate brushstrokes and gentle colours are opposed to tougher pencil and pastel lines, forming captivating visual representations of Lucija’s inner states. It shows the unpredictability of intense emotions and instincts juxtaposed to mundane requirements of everyday existence. The techniques Lucija use...