ich & ICH
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Abstract |
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 180 cm |
| Width | 135 cm |
| Length/Depth | 5 cm |
TITLE
ich & ICH
me & ME
In my painting, I explore dream worlds, emotions and memories from past and present moments of everyday life, allowing my inner self to heal in the process. I experiment with many things, set myself no limits and recognise no right or wrong. This work began with two bodies dancing together in a kind of dance. As the process unfolded, more and more motifs and elements emerged, which I added intuitively. In hindsight, they brought a great deal of insight and made sense in relation to real events from my past, as well as current occurrences.
I often paint everything spontaneously, drawing from within, and afterwards I feel the after-effects – whether pain, peace or longing – depending on the situation that has been processed. It can be different every time.
Even the nail in the right-hand figure’s foot has a meaning. When the time came to present this work to the public for the first time, I stepped on a nail whilst setting up the exhibition, just a few hours before the opening of the vernissage. Whilst rearranging the room, the leg of an old piece of furniture came loose. This leg consisted of an old nail that was 5 cm long. The nail pierced my shoe and pricked the sole of my foot. I felt an intense pain. What I had once intuitively painted on canvas in a figure representing myself was now happening to me in reality – an event I had already painted before.
In my painting, I process dreamscapes, emotions and memories from both past and present everyday moments, allowing my inner self to heal. I experiment freely, setting no boundaries and recognising no right or wrong. This work initially began with two bodies dancing together, but as I continued, more motifs and elements emerged intuitively. In hindsight, these additions brought significant realisations and made sense in relation to true events from my past and even my current experiences.
I often paint impulsively, pouring everything out of myself. Afterwards, I feel the after-effects of pain, peace or longing, depending on the situation I have been processing. These feelings vary greatly depending on what is being worked through.
Even the nail in the foot of the figure on the right has its meaning. Just as this work was about to be presented to the public for the first time, I stepped on a nail whilst setting up the exhibition, mere hours before the opening. Whilst rearranging the pieces, the leg of an old piece of furniture came loose—a 5 cm long nail pierced through my shoe and into the sole of my foot. The intense pain mirrored something I had already intuitively painted—a figure, representing myself, was now living through an experience that I had previously captured on canvas.
TECHNIQUE
Painting
painting
MATERIAL
Watercolour liquid, acrylic, drawing ink, acrylic marker on canvas
watercolour liquid, acrylic, drawing ink, acrylic marker on canvas
DIMENSIONS
135 cm x 180 cm x 5 cm
YEAR CREATED
2024
UNIQUE
This work was previously exhibited on 3 August 2024 at a vernissage at the Ohana Atelier in Osnabrück.
This work was already exhibited on 3 August 2024 at a vernissage at the Ohana Atelier in Osnabrück.
It was also part of the VENUSSPIEGEL exhibition from 16 August 2024 to 14 September 2024 at the Bund Bildender Künstler*innen (BBK), Kunst Quartier Osnabrück.
Additionally, it was part of the VENUSSPIEGEL exhibition from 16 August 2024 to 14 September 2024 at the Bund Bildender Künstler*innen (BBK), Kunst Quartier Osnabrück.
Žana Vojvodić
Artist: Painting (large-scale, colour-intensive canvases) and performance art (a physical exploration of pain, memory and society).
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Born in 1992 in Cloppenburg, Germany
Lives and works in Osnabrück, Germany
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Secondary occupation:
M.A. student in Art and Communication, University of Osnabrück
Life drawing model at art academies
Theatre educator, Theatrepädagogische Werkstatt Osnabrück, Germany
Café waiter
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For as long as I can remember, art has been a part of me, like a second heartbeat.
From a young age, I sensed that this was where I truly belonged, long before I understood what that meant. The path towards it was not always easy, yet one thing became clear to me early on: not working, not painting, feels like a quiet disappearance. Art is not a choice in my life, but a necessity.
My work emerges from both memory and the present at the same time.
Family images, fragments of everyday life, traces of consumption, fleeting gestures – I gather what remains. On the canvas, these fragments coalesce into pictorial spaces in which time, loss and intimacy coexist.
Nostalgia is a central driving force in my practice.
Not as a sentimental look back, but as an ambivalent space: it carries pain because it makes what is lost tangible, and it slows time. Within it, the fast pace of the present softens. An inner space opens up in which time becomes almost imperceptible.
My painting moves between intimacy and public space, between personal history and collective experience. It holds on whilst letting go. It arises from the desire to preserve and from the awareness that everything is in flux.
In a world of constant acceleration, these works aim to create images that endure—
images that may be quiet or loud, yet carry their own sense of time.
Images that are not only seen, but remembered.
For as long as I can remember, art has accompanied me like a second pulse.
I knew from an early age that this was where I truly belonged, long before I understood what it meant. The path to getting there was not always easy, but one thing became clear to me early on: for me, not working, not painting, means a quiet disappearance. Art is not a choice in my life, but a necessity.
My works emerge from both memory and the present.
Family photographs, fragments of everyday life, traces of consumerism, fleeting gestures – I collect what remains. On the canvas, these fragments coalesce into pictorial spaces in which time, loss and intimacy coexist.
Nostalgia is a central driving force behind my work.
Not as a sentimental look back, but as an ambivalent space: it carries pain because it makes what is lost tangible, and it slows things down. Within it, the rapid pace of the present grows quieter. An inner space emerges in which time is barely perceptible.
My painting moves between intimacy and the public sphere, between personal history and collective experience. It holds on and lets go at the same time. It arises from the desire to preserve something, and from the knowledge that everything is in a state of flux.
In a world of constant acceleration, images are created here that endure.
Images that may be loud or quiet, but which carry a time of their own.
Images that are not merely seen, but remembered.
Artist CV (Selected CV)
- 2025 Invitation to the group exhibition “FATA MORGANA”, an open-air exhibition by the Vanished.pop.up Group, Herrmannplatz, Osnabrück, Germany
- 2025 Nomination for the Art Award of the Ingeborg Siebert Foundation for Art and Music
- 2025 Second Prize, Ingeborg Siebert Foundation for Art and Music, University of Osnabrück, Department of Art and Social Sciences, Seminarstraße 33, Osnabrück, Germany
- 2024 “The Woman in the Mirror of Society”, solo art performance, Augustenburgerstraße 2, Osnabrück
- 2024 “KNOW HER NAME”, group exhibition, Augustenburgerstraße 2, Osnabrück
- 2024 “VENUSSPIEGEL ♀”, group exhibition, BBK Gallery, Osnabrück
- 2024 “BLACKBIRDS SINGING IN THE DARK”, group exhibition, EMAF No. 37 European Media Art Festival, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus Museum Quarter, Osnabrück
- 2024 “Chaos im Kopf”, solo art performance, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus Museum Quarter, Osnabrück
- 2024 “POLYCHROM Jazz Festival”, three artists painting live on their own canvases, Hase29, Osnabrück
- 2024 “Long Night of the Studios”, as a guest artist in a group exhibition organised by the Alte Post Studio, Osnabrück
- 2024 ‘Making Art Visible’, art project: painting a Litfaß pillar, Kulturbüro, Osnabrück
- 2023/2024 “behind me”, solo window display, Skulpturengalerie, Dielingerstraße, Osnabrück
- 2022 “FORMINE”, group exhibition, Student Centre, Osnabrück
- 2022 “plava magla u stomaku i mozagu”, solo art performance, Studio Stage, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück
- 2016 “Piepenbrock Art Promotion Prize”, single room in a group exhibition, University of Art and Art Education, Osnabrück
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