BIOGRAPHY
Born on 3 September 1973 in Belgrade (Serbia), Sandra Vukelić graduated from the Design School of Belgrade. She studied painting in the school of Mr. Sergej Jovanovic.
Life and love took her to Piacenza, Italy, where she has lived since 2002.
As her love for painting and her need to tell her stories have never stopped, she follows her instinct and integrates both privacy and the inspirations surrounding her, while finding a personal way to communicate.
She mostly works with acrylic on canvas and plywood but also with mixed techniques.
CV
– solo exhibition “Realtà e illusioni”[ Reality and illusions ]– acrylics, “Beppe Arti” Piacenza 2011
– solo exhibition “Tracce” [Traces] – drawings, Officina dell’Arte 2014
– solo exhibition “Con il sorriso del mondo” [With the Smile of the World] – drawings and acrylic in Ogulin, Croatia 2014
– published an illustrated book for children “Amico cercasi” [Friend Wanted] in 2017
– solo exhibition “Imaginarium” – drawings, acrylic and engraving, Rosso Tiziano Gallery, Piacenza 2023
– many collective exhibitions
STATEMENT
The works are born as a spontaneous response to the stimuli of everyday life: what we experience, the people we meet, the situations we face. They are a way of giving shape and meaning to our experiences, an attempt to clarify and illustrate what we think, feel and imagine.
Each work begins with a spark, a provocation that triggers a creative process. The final result, however, is always unexpected, because it is shaped by emotions and continuous evolution.
The works are an expression of feelings and the need to communicate. The message, if there is one, emerges spontaneously from the work itself.
The freedom to express oneself is a fundamental right, an intrinsic necessity of human beings, not simply a privilege.
