IVANA IVKOVIC

Dates of residency: November till December 2015
Born: 1979
Nationality: Serbian
Lives and works: Belgrade, Serbia
Education:  
2009 MFA Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, University of Arts
2005 BFA Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, University of Arts
Selected Shows:
2020 In Him We Trust, Bitef theatre, Belgrade
2019 Mother Tongue, Eugster Gallery, Belgrade
2019 I only want to love me, Hošek Contemporary, Berlin
2019 I did it for you, Eikon Gallery, MQ, Vienna

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THE ARTIST
Ivana Ivkovic’s practice explores the relation between personal history and transitory memories using a wide range of media through which she creates site-specific interventions. Since 2006, Ivana has had solo and group shows in several cities including New York, Montreal, Belgrade, Basel, to name a few. She is a three-time finalist of the prestigious Politika prize, Ivkovic also received full scholarships to attend KulturKontakt (Vienna) and Residency Unlimited (New York) as an artist artist-in-residence in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Ivkovic’s works are part of the Telenor Collection of Contemporary Serbian Art, Wiener Stadtische Collection of Contemporary Art,  the permanent collection of the City Museum of Belgrade and of several private collections worldwide.

THE RESIDENCY
Ivkovic’s project, Like there is no tomorrow expresses her personal reaction to the layers of historical and social changes Beirut has experienced. She translates her experience through a site-specific installation combining local carpets with old neon signs. In Ivkovic’s words “Beirut - a city with so many layers that it is impossible to describe - had a sudden impact on me and left me with a permanent trace. Trapped by all the sensitivities and tensions - historically, politically and socially colored- I realized that keeping a distance in the same manner as watching a movie in the cinema, is the most genuine way for me to accept the city and express my fascination with it. Like there is no tomorrow is about Beirut and my vision of how that city stands in this very moment of our history”.