Tijana Petrovic is Croatian artist based in London and a Central Saint Martins MA Fine Art graduate working with the media of painting and sculpture. She explores the themes of inhibitions, vulnerabilities and complex emotional states such as nostalgia with an aim to cope with the anxieties related to everyday life. She wants to turn the negative or mundane into something positive, and break the boundaries of the uncomfortable by enabling discussion on difficult topics in light-hearted way.
Tijana's figurative and meticulous works are a contemporary response to the Surrealism. The scenes she depicts are both familiar and unfamiliar since she combines real-life motifs in uncommon ways. Therefore, she challenges the viewers' perceptions and encourages them to see things differently.
Tijana's works are a part of private collections in the UK, Republic of China, and Croatia.
Saatchi gallery, London Grads Now
EDUCATION
2018-2020 Central Saint Martins – MA Fine Art
2012-2014 Faculty of Graphic Arts – MA in Graphic Technology
2009-2012 Faculty of Graphic Arts – BA in Graphic Technology
EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Sky Is Low and the Ground Is High - Greatorex Street / London
2021 London Art Biennale – Chelsea Old Town Hall / London
2021 The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition – Mall Galleries / London
2020 London Grads Now – Saatchi Gallery / London
2020 New Futures Digital – Kovet.Art / London
2020 Sunny Art Prize– Sunny Art Centre / London
2020 Let the Grass Grow Beneath Your Feet – Trinity Art Gallery / London
2020 Introductions – Slash Arts Gallery / Harwich
2020 Forces – Art Number 23 gallery / London
2020 Becomings – APT Gallery / London
2020 Together Alone – Hampstead Heath / London
2020 Portal 1.0 – virtual exhibition
2019 Big Space – Central Saint Martins / London
2019 Auction – Lethaby gallery CSM / London
2019 Discovery Sessions – Trinity Art Gallery / London
2019 Carnival of Contemplation – Dalston / London
2019 We Are Here We Are – CSM Interim show, Apiary Studios / London
2018 Oblak – coffee shop / Prague
2017 Skin – Linus Galleries / USA
2017 Cityscapes – Light Space and Time online art gallery
2017 All Women – Light Space and Time online art gallery
AWARDS
2021 Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year Award in collaboration with the Saatchi Gallery – longlisted
2021 The Tim May Memorial Prize – awarded
2020 Visual Art Open – shortlisted
2020 Sunny Art Prize – shortlisted
2020 The Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize – finalist
2019 Mona Hatoum Bursary – awarded
2017 Special Merit Category Award – Light Space and Time online art gallery
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2021 Art Assistant at Sky Arts television channel / Landmark series
2020 BA Fine Art Group Crit Facilitator at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
2019 Tate Exchange workshop at Tate Modern / London
2019 Intern at Ryder Projects gallery / London