Born in Cetinje, Montenegro, 1976

Works at  Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, University of Montenegro

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EDUCATION

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2012     PhD in Fine Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia​

2008    MFA in the Academy of Fine Arts, Cetinje, Montenegro​

2004-2005  Postgraduate studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux- Arts, Paris, France​

2004    Graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux- Arts, Paris, France​

1999-2000   Specialization Ecole Supérieure des Beaux- Arts, Le Mans, France​

1999    Graduated at Academy of Fine Arts, Cetinje, Montenegro

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RESIDENCIES,  SYMPOSIUMS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES

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2025    Lectures, The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland

  

2023    Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

  

2022    Culture as a platform for challenging patriarchal norms and establishing new values, Ministry of Culture, Cetinje, Montenegro

               Culture and media as allies in eradicating gender stereotypes, Gallery Art, Museum and galleries Podgorica, Montenegro

               Lectures, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

               Lectures, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Málaga, Spain

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2019     Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

               Lectures, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Málaga, Spain

 

2017      Lectures, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux- Arts, Metz, France

                Lectures, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

    

2016     Conference- Methods and challenges in contemporary didactics of visual arts: Contexts of imaging tradition,

               Faculty of media art, University of arts Warsaw, Poland

               Lectures, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

   

2015     Interacademia conference, Croatian Lodge Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

               Small States Symposium, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

   

2013     iaab/ Internationales Austauch- und Atelierprogramm Basel, Switzerland

               Institut für Alles Mögliche, art residence, Zentrale, Wedding, Berlin, Germany

               Institut für Alles Mögliche, art residence, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

   

2004    Cité internationale des arts, art residence, Paris, France

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2023     SORRË, site specific project, ARKIV Institute of Contemporary Art, Pejë, Kosova

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2022     Pjevaj Maro, Pjevaj Zlato, Gallery Art, Museum and Galleries of Podgorica, Montenegro

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2016      Don't be afraid, ART & GLOBAL INSECURITY, Festival Danube Dialogues 2016, Cultural Center of Novi Sad, Serbia

 

2015      207899/121577, two artists show, with artist Željko Reljić, Zeta Art Center, Tirana, Albania

   

2014     Don't be afraid, two part exhibition, Re Tramp gallery and DasGift Raum, Berlin, Germany

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2013     iGenesis iDisappearance, Institut für Alles Mögliche  Zentrale, Berlin, Germany​

               PAY & P(L)AY, Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany

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2012     iAdam iEve, Nova galerija, Belgrade, Serbia

   

2011       Free Sugar, Arte gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

  

2009     ON LANGUAGE, Next art gallery, Bergamo, Italy

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2008     Sugar free,  National Museum of Montenegro, Atelje Dado, Cetinje, Montenegro​

                CUT COPY PASTE,  Art gallery 100, Antwerpen, Belgium

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2007     UNDERGROUND,  Next art gallery, Arezzo, Italy​

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2006    Milena Jovićević, Galeria zero, Barcelona, Spain​

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2005     SMOKE, Center of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Castle Petrović, Podgorica, Montenegro​

 

2004     Milena Jovićević, Galerie gauche, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris, France​

                FRAGILE, Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France

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2001     Sans titre, Centre culturel de Yougoslavie, Paris, France​

               Milena Jovićević, Centre Aragon Triolet, Orly, France

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COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

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2024   Montenegro today,  contemporary artistic practices, Museum of contemporary art Podgorica, Montenegro

              Positions, Movements, Borders, Academy of Fine arts, Gdansk, Poland

              I Regret To Inform You That..., The Transformation Gallery, London, UK 

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2023   OSTRALE Biennale O23, Robotron-Kantine, Dresden, Germany

              Axis Mediterranean, Ö gallery Espacio de Creación Contemporánea, Lucena, Córdoba, Spain

              Re-imagining The Mediterranean, Gallery 42º, Cetinje, Montenegro

              Axis Mediterranean, laboratorio de experimentation de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Malaga, University of Malaga, Spain

              Arte Laguna Prize Finalist 22/23, Arsenale Nord di Venezia, Venice, Italy

              Re-imagining The Mediterranean, Cistern, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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2022   Awakening/ Buđenje, Ministry of culture and media, Cetinje, Montenegro

              Montenegrin contemporary art, Gallery Officers Club, Niš, Serbia

              Awakening/ Buđenje, Gallery Centar, Center of Contemporary art, Podgorica, Montenegro 

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2021    And What About Tomorrow? 43. Montenegrin art salon 13. November, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje, Montenegro

              Bad Video Art Festival, Khodynka Gallery, Moscow, Russia

              Finalists of COCA/ international online competition Associazione Culturale C.O.C.A | Center Of Contemporary Artists, Roma, Italy

              What has our struggle given us?, National Museum of Montenegro, Montenegrin gallery Miodrag Dado Đurić, Cetinje, Montenegro

              Woman About Woman, National gallery and multimedia center Male Stanica,  Skopje, Macedonia

              Sphere Digital 2021, World Cinema Carnival, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

              Woman About Woman, Lokarjeva gallery, Ajdovščina, Slovenia

              Mnemosphere Project, research project promoted by the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, Italy

              Woman About Woman, Gallery Prica, Samobor, Croatia

              Woman About Woman, Modern gallery and online space, Podgorica, Montenegro

              Herceg Novi Winter Salon, gallery Josip Bepo Benkovic, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

              Woman About Woman, NGVU gallery and online space Belgrade, Serbia

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2020   Exhibition of works from the permanent collection of Center of Contemporary art, Podgorica, Montenegro 

              Nuo juoda iki balta/ Crno i bijelo, Gallery 42º, Cetinje, Montenegro

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2019     Nuo juoda iki balta/ black and white, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania

               Exhibition of works from the permanent collection of Center of Contemporary art, Podgorica, Montenegro

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2018   Exhibition of professors and assistens of the Faculty of Fine Arts-Cetinje, National Academy of art, Sofia, Bulgaria

             Eine Feministische Intervention, Online exhibition, Galerie Asterisk, Berlin, Germany

             GRRL HAUS CINEMA, short films by women filmmakers, Loophole Berlin,  Berlin, Germany

             Street photography, Blank Wall gallery, Athens, Greece

 

2017   TO DIE OUT LAUGHING, Biennial of Humour and Satire, Museum House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria 

             Time and Space, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea  

             Lisbon international Film Festival, official selection, winter selection 2016/2017​

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2016    Sketchorama, The New Bohemian Gallery, Franklin Arts Center, Brainerd, Minnesota, USA

              Iside and the Wunderkammer of Fertility, curated by Dores Sacquegna, Vernazza Palace, Lecce, Italy

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2015    Montenegrin art salon 13. November, National Museum of Montenegro, Montenegrin gallery Miodrag Dado Đurić, Cetinje, Montenegro
              Interacademia, Croatian Lodge Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
              The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side, curated by Kunstverein Schichtwechsel, Kunstmuseum Vaduz,  Liechtenstein

              Eco days, EU Comission, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo

              BalCAM Montenegro, Cultural center of Ulcinj, with CAM Museum Naples, Ulcinj, Podgorica

              Eco days, Info Centar Eu, Podgorica, Montenegro

              DAF - Deviant Art Festival, Geneva, Switzerland​

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2014    Luxury: a red collection of contemporary art, curated by Dores Sacquegna, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

              Informal Mind, curated by MAM fondation, Former Metallurgical Complex of Elbasan, Albania

              Pixels of Identities, International experimental video-art festival, Museo de Almeria, Spain

              25 years of Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, Gallery Nikola I, Nikšić, Montenegro

              25 years of Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, Center of Contemporary art, Castle Petrović, Podgorica, Montenegro          

              Ego Sum, Center of Contemporary Art, Castle Petrović, Podgorica, Montenegro

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2013   ART PROTECTS, Gallery Yvon Lambert in collaboration with association AIDES against aids, Paris, France

             Object Abuse, Spinach Research Agency, London, Great Britain

             BALKANS?, CULTURESCAPES Festival, iaab-Projektraum/ Basement, Basel, Switzerland

             Video Art Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece 

             SUPERSTAR- VIII International edition of video art & pop culture, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

             HYBRIDS - International Art Festival of Photography, Video Art and Painting, ART HUB ApPAC, Bucarest, Romania

             USB- SHUFFLE- SHOW, Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany

 

2012   IMAGINARIUM: Myths, Fables, Allegories and Legends in the Internet Age, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy 

             Montenegrin salon 13. November, Ministry of culture, Cetinje, Montenegro

             Crossings - Montenegrin Contemporary Art in the XXI Century, "Erarta" Museum of Contemporary art, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

             Crossings - Montenegrin Contemporary Art in the XXI Century, NCCA, National Centre for Contemporary  art, Ekaterinburg, Russia

             Les Enfants Terrible, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

             Festival Internationalle Ausstellung Zeitgenosicher Kunste Ostrale, Dresden, Germany

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2011     Ici et ailleurs, Gallery 42º, Cetinje, Montenegro

              Possible choice, Professors and assistants of Faculty of Fine arts Cetinje, King Nikola Castle, BAR, Montenegro

              Natura Selvaggia- Wild Nature, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

              Exhibition of assistants of FLU, Gallery 42º, Cetinje, Montenegro

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2010    Bergamo Arte Fiera, (presented by Next art gallery) Bergamo, Italy

              Arte Verona, (presented by Next art gallery) Bergamo, Italy​

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2009   Politics, Practices and Emotions, curated by Basak Malone, Broadway gallery NYC, New York, USA

              Group exhibition, Art gallery 100, Antwerpen, Belgium

              Bergamo Arte Fiera, (presented by Next art gallery) Bergamo, Italy

              Exhibition of professors and assistants of FLU Cetinje, Dvorac Petrovića, Podgorica, Montenegro

              Herceg Novi Winter Salon, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

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2008   Immagina, Arte Fiera, (Reggio Emilia), Italy

              ARTOUR-O FIRENZE Arte Fiera, presented by NAG12contemporary, Italy

              Contemporary art from Montenegro, Gallery Karas, Zagreb, Croatia

              Works of assistants of Academy of fine arts Montenegro, Art pavilion, Podgorica, Montenegro

              The dream of beauty,  Santa Maria in Punta, Budva, Montenegro

              XIII Biennial of young artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Puglia 2008, Italy

              Balkans- cultural region without borders, The cultural center, Laza Kostic, Sombor, Serbia

              1908-2008, The Woman's Century, Chiesa di Saint' Ignazio, Arezzo, Italy 

              Territory di confine: texture e lumiere, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

              Balkans- cultural region without borders, Gallery Podrum, Novi Sad, Serbia

              Bergamo Arte Fiera, presented by Next art gallery-Arezzo, Italy 

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2007    Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, presented by NY Arts Beijing gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

               Balkans- cultural region without borders, National Museum Požarevac, Serbia

               Uncomfortable landscapes, Primo Piano Living gallery, Lecce, Italy

               Professors and assistants of Faculty of Fine arts Cetinje, Gallery Velimir Leković, Bar, Montenegro

               Next- Kosmoplolita, rapporti di identita, with Next Art gallery, Crotona, Italy

               Art process, Trapani, Sicily, Italy

               Scopriamo le carte, Next Art gallery, Arezzo, Italy

               Group exhibition, Galeria Zero, Barcelona, Spain

               Apple II, Broadway gallery, New York, USA

               Apple II, NY Arts Beijing gallery, Peking, Chine

               Secret garden, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

               ARTOUR-O FIRENZE Arte Fiera, presented by NAG12 contemporary, Italy

               Apple II, Color Elefante galleria Valencia, Spain

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2006    Next year, Next art gallery, Arezzo, Italy

               Espace 13, Waldorf Astoria, New York, USA

               Genius & Madness, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy

               Woman artists in Montenegro, Contemporary Art Centre of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

               Contemporary art from Montenegro, Foundation of Ilija Kolarac, Belgrade, Serbia

               Video art, AVI FEST, Pogorica, Montenegro

                Exhibition of awarded works of the Association of Fine Artists of Montenegro, Sarajevo, Bosnia

               Herceg Novi Winter Salon, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

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2005     Exhibition of awarded works of the Association of Fine Artists of Montenegro, Paris, France

                Biennale internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza da basso, Florence, Italy

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2004     Project Orchid, 5th Cetinje Biennial, Montenegro

                Project Web Art, Podgorica, Montenegro

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2003     La centenaire du Salon d’automne, Paris, France

                A.C.A.M. Brecey, Mont Saint Michel, France

                Mai des créateurs, Paris, France

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2002     Figuration critique, Carolles, France

                Figuration critique, Regneville sur mer, France

                Figuration critique, Gouville sur Mer, France

                Salon d’automne, Paris, France

                A.C.A.M. Brecey, Mont Saint Michel, France

                Salon de printemps, Bussy Saint Martin, France

 

2001      Salon d’automne, Paris, France

                A.C.A.M. Brecey, Mont Saint Michel, France

                Mai des créateurs, Orly, France

                Salon de printemps, Bussy Saint Martin, France

                Toit de la Grande Arche, La Défense, Paris, France

 

​2000     In Situ, In Situ - Château d´Oiron, Oiron, France​

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AWARDS

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2021    University of Montenegro- Award for the achieved results in artistic and professional work at the Faculty of Fine arts

               GRAND PRIX, 43th Montenegrin art salon 13th November, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje, Montenegro​

2012     Award for installation “Man games”, Montenegrin salon 13. November, Ministry of culture, Cetinje, Montenegro​

2007    Velibor Bucko Radonjić, award of National Theatre of Montenegro​

2005    Milunović, Stijović, Lubarda - Award for painting, Traditional exhibition of the Association of Fine artist of Montenegro​

2003    A.C.A.M. Brecey, First award for painting, Mont Saint Michel, France​

2002    A.C.A.M. Brecey, Special award for painting, Mont Saint Michel, France            ​

2001     Salon de Printemps, First award for paintings, Bussy Saint Martin, France                    

               Mai des créateurs,  Award for painting, Orly, France​​​​​​​​​​