Born in Belgrade in 1979, Stanojević obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts in drawing in 2009. She is currently completing her Ph.D. dissertation at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade. Since 2008, Stanojević works as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Art and Design, John Naisbitt University of Belgrade.
She had exhibitions in Serbia, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Spain (Guasch Coranty International Painting Prize 2012), Greece (ArTower Agora 2006, Art Athina 2010), Germany (NordArt 2013, 2014 and 2015), Austria, Hungary, Italy, and received a number of painting awards (including: two Public Choice Awards at the Kunstwerk Carlshütte NordArt 2014 and 2013 in Büdelsdorf, First Prize for Drawing,Vladimir Velickovic Foundation, GrandPrix Milena 2007 at the 11th biennal In the light of Milena, Milena Pavlović-Barili Foundation, 2nd prize at the Exhibition of the Young 2011, Niš Art Foundation and Philip Morris Industry Art Foundation).
Stanojević had residencies at the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture in Montecastello, Italy (2004) and at the Outside Project in Florence (2007).
Art
Stanojević's art can be considered a realism not reduced to recognition, in the convintion that a painting is always an interpretation of the world determined by conventions, ideology and the spirit of the time. Realism becomes one of the possible ways of exploration of a new society and new perspectives on society and nature. Through her portraits, the Serbian artist allows us to perceive a subject as a significant image of our cultural environment, that offers something more than a nicely composed and a convincing interpretation of a person.
An artistic interest inclined toward less glorified aspects of eveyday life led Stanojević to depict subjects possessing greatness not related to social status or physical beauty, such as in hairstyles and enlarged female heads, submitted to the celebration of a woman in all her uniqueness. This is not a romantic escape into an idyllic world of beauty and grace, but a sign of fundamental isolation, exploration of the metaphysics of the outer and inner environment, microcosm of the body, vulnerability.
Face to face with Stanojević's large scale portraits, viewer is unable to see the painting in full, his eye is forced to scan it and his brain starts isolating elements and making connections between them. Looking at the painting, viewer can come closer to it or step farther away from it, turning himself into a zooming lense.
Stanojević's work, telling us about artist's own relationship with reality, tries to let the viewer see for a moment the world from another perspective, giving him the freedom to change perspectives. The viewer is pulled into a moment and forced to think about what he sees.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2017 – Faces, Drina Gallery, Belgrade
2016 – Municipal Gallery (Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη της Κέρκυρας), Corfu, Greece
2013 – The Exhibition of the Young 2013, Niš Art Foundation – Philip Morris International, Philip Morris Industry, Niš, Serbia
2013 – Project Old Age, Association Laundry (Belgrade), Art Encounters (Museum of Modern Art Subotica), Gallery Nadežda Petrović (Čačak) and Cultural Centre of Belgrade
2012 – Guasch Coranty International Painting Prize 2012 – Finalists, Centre d’Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
2012 – International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Swiss Art Space, Lausanne, Switzerland
2012 – December Exhibition, ULUS, Belgrade
2011 – The Exhibition of the Young 2011, Niš Art Foundation – Philip Morris International, Philip Morris Industry, Niš
2011 – XV Spring Annual, Art Gallery of Cultural Center of Čačak, Serbia
2010 – Art Athina 2010, Athens
2010 – Work in Progress – Art Collection Šumatovčka , Belgrade
2010 – The Exhibition of the Young 2010, Niš Art Foundation – Philip Morris International, Philip Morris Industry, Niš
