Biography

Miljana Nikolić graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia in 2017, and completed her MA in Drawing at the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, Serbia in 2024. She has had several solo exhibitions including "Silent Territories" (2024-2025) and "It Doesn't Really Matter" (2018), and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. She has won the First Prize for Mosaic at the 4th International Exhibition Stone in Architecture and Art in 2016. From 2013 to 2024, she participated in the realization of monumental painting projects in sacred and public spaces, working on significant projects including mosaics for the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Podgorica, Montenegro, and the Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro.

Education

  • Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, Serbia – MA in Drawing (2022–2024)
  • Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia – BA in Applied Painting (2013–2017)
  • Art High School, Užice, Serbia (2009–2012)

Solo Exhibitions

2025.

  • "Silent Territories" – Cultural Center Despotovac, Despotovac, Serbia
  • "Silent Territories" – National Museum Užice, Užice, Serbia
  • "Silent Territories" – Cultural Center Trebinje, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2024.

  • "Alliterations of Silence" – Alternative Cultural Center Reflektor, Sevojno, Serbia
  • "Silent Territories" – Cultural Center Inđija, Inđija, Serbia

2018.

  • "It Doesn't Really Matter" – Ostavinska Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

Group Exhibitions

2025.

  • "New Members of SULUV" – KC Distrikt, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • "The Age of Renewal" – Alternative Cultural Center Reflektor, Sevojno, Serbia

2024.

  • "Perspectives 24" – Štab Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

2023.

  • "MA Graduates Exhibition" – New Gallery of the Academy of Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia

2021.

  • "New Members of ULUS" – Cvijeta Zuzorić Pavilion, Belgrade, Serbia

2017.

  • "Searchings" – Large Gallery of Kvaka 22, Belgrade, Serbia
  • "Devet Art Festival" – Belgrade, Serbia
  • "Exhibition on Water" – Štab Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

2016.

  • "4th International Exhibition Stone in Architecture and Art" – Gallery of the Art Center of the Svetozar Marković University Library, Belgrade, Serbia
  • "Student Works Exhibition" – SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

Awards

  • First Prize for Mosaic, 4th International Exhibition Stone in Architecture and Art – Gallery of the Art Center of the Svetozar Marković University Library, Belgrade, Serbia 2016.

Art Residencies

  • Alternative Cultural Center Reflektor, Sevojno, Serbia – June 2025

Professional Experience

Participation in the realization of monumental painting projects in sacred and public spaces, under the mentorship of professor Miroslav Lazović and Vladimir Skerlić (2013–2024).

Selected projects include:

  • Mosaic for the Chapel of St. George of Kratovac, Serbian Orthodox Church, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Portal mosaic for the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Podgorica, Montenegro
  • Mosaic of the Holy Trinity, Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro
  • Relief mosaics in the interior and exterior of the archaeological site Viminacium
  • Exterior mosaics of Tumane Monastery
Miljana Nikolić