Exhibition “FIGURATION IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT” by Ana Delić, Jana Delić, and Ivana Marinković
- From February 3 to 20, 2026.
- DOB//Gallery
The exhibition “Figuration in contemporary context” originated from the shared experience, conversations, and intimacy that the artists developed during their studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. The common exploration and consideration of their artistic practices led to the idea of realizing this collaborative exhibition.
Although each author nurtures a different approach and poetics in artistic expression, figuration represents a common point of interest for them. Through it, they question the concepts of identity, memory, tradition, and contemporary life, applying various visual strategies. Within the exhibition, each artist develops their own relationship with the figure, using it as a means of personal and conceptual expression. The focus on figuration allows these different approaches to be read as part of the same visual and conceptual dialogue among the authors.
In Ana Delić's works, the motif of the cow occupies a central place and functions as a self-portrait. Through this symbol, Ana explores questions of identity, origin, and belonging, placing the cow in contemporary and intimate situations, often in relationships with close people. This substitution of the human figure with an animal opens up space for various interpretations, but also for a strong personal identification, where tradition and modernity intertwine.
Ana Delić – Encounter, oil on canvas, 120x90cm, 2025
Jana Delić starts from family photographs and motifs of traditional customs, especially wedding rituals. Through fragments of memory and scenes of everyday life, she translates documentary records into the language of painting, examining the boundary between the intimate and the universal. In her works, the figure becomes a carrier of cultural memory, but also a space for personal interpretation and transformation.
Jana Delić, -Memory, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 100x120cm, 2025
In Ivana Marinković's works, the figure is most often taken from photographs and represented through cutouts, details, and fragments of body parts, clothing, or objects from everyday surroundings. With this approach, the focus shifts from the whole to the peripheral, and the figure acquires a new, intimate meaning. Fragmentation becomes a way to only suggest the whole, leaving space for personal interpretation and experience.
Ivana Marinković -With Anči 3, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120cm, 2024-25
Although different in motives and visual language, these three poetics meet in a shared interest in the figure as a carrier of meaning and as a means of reflecting on the contemporary moment. Through the exhibition “Figuration in contemporary context,” the authors aim to present figuration as a lively, flexible, and current artistic language. For them, it is not a return to traditional forms, but a space of constant questioning between the past and present, personal experience, and broader social context, whole and fragment...
Ana Delić, Jana Delić, and Ivana Marinković
Ana Delić (2001, Belgrade)
She completed the social program at Zemun Gymnasium in 2020. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the Applied Arts study program, module Applied Painting. She graduated in 2024 in the class of regular professor Nikola Božović. Immediately after, she enrolled in master academic studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts, in the Applied Painting program under the same professor and completed her master's studies in October 2025, becoming a master applied artist. During her studies, she won an award for her study in the subject Painting in 2022, and at the graduation exhibition, she received the ULUPUDS diploma, module Applied Painting. She participated in numerous exhibitions as well as in the international exhibition of the Yunus Emre Institute in Istanbul in 2025.
Jana Delić (2001, Užice)
She graduated from the Art School Užice in the conservation of cultural goods department in 2020. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in the Applied Arts study program, module Applied Painting. She graduated in 2024 in the class of regular professor Nikola Božović, and in the same year, she enrolled in master academic studies at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, module Applied Painting, which she completed in 2025. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and also won the third prize at the “36th Užice Regional Art Salon” in 2024.
Ivana Marinković (2001, Kraljevo)
She completed her primary and secondary education in Kraljevo, where she graduated from the Gymnasium in 2020, in the socio-linguistic stream. In the same year, she enrolled at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, in the Applied Painting department, where she graduated in 2024 in the class of regular professor Nikola Božović. After completing her basic academic studies, she continued her education in master academic studies at the same faculty. In August 2024, she volunteered at the National Museum in Kraljevo, where she gained additional experience in museum practice and cultural activities. She has participated in several group exhibitions and artistic projects in Serbia.
Exhibition FIGURATION IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT – Catalog
Gallery of the Belgrade Youth Center
Opening Hours
Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00 to 21:00; Sundays from 12:00 to 18:00; the Gallery is closed on Mondays.