About the Artist

Mirjana Avramovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She initially completed her studies and postgraduate studies in landscape architecture, a field in which she also earned her doctoral degree at the University of Hanover. She taught at universities in Belgrade and Hanover, as well as at the Hochschule Luzern. Her return to painting occurred at the end of 2013.

The storing desire for artistic expression has been with the artist since her youth. Her first public presentation of her works took place in 1982 at the National Museum in Belgrade. During her studies in landscape architecture at the University of Belgrade, she received drawing and painting lessons from the Serbian painter and professor Milivoje Milo Dimitrijevic. She also received instruction from Hanover-based artists Ziad El Kilani and Nigel Packham. Later she engaged in more intensive artistic exchange with the renowned German painter and graphic artist Ernst Marow. She has been working as a full-time artist since 2015.

In 2016, she participated in the group exhibition „Photography and Painting Today“ at the prestigious Achtzig-Galerie for contemporary art in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. A year later, in 2017, her painting „The Enchanted Forest“ was selected for the cover illustration of a book published by Steiner-Verlag Stuttgart. In the same year, she was honored with an artist portrait by the Serbian newspaper „Vesti.“ In June 2017, her works were presented at the symposium „There is no such thing as a baby“ at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.

In the following year, 2018, she held a solo exhibition titled „The Invasion of Myths...Between the Worlds“ at the Raum für Kunst und Kommunikation in Hannover. Also in 2018, she was chosen as a finalist for the Herimann Prize for contemporary Bible illustration in Helmarshausen, leading to a concluding group exhibition of the finalists.

In 2019, she showcased her works in the solo exhibition „Gardens of Memories, Gardens of Knowledge“ at the Kunstkreis Laatzen. This exhibition received extensive coverage in the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung as well as in renowned Serbian newspapers such as „Danas“ and „Vesti“. In the subsequent year, 2020, her oil painting „Hope“ earned her the third prize in the „Kunstrpreis Laatzen 2020“ competition, and she participated in the group exhibition of the same name with this painting.

During the period just before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, she lost both of her parents, which had a profound impact on her life and artistic work. In this challenging time, she completed two new series of paintings, namely „In the Ninth Hour“ (2020) and „In the Fiftih Hour“ (2021/2022), as a tribute to her departed parents. She also created several new religious paintings in this context.

In 2023, she dedicated herself to new ideas and created several new paintings and drawings on various themes, including „New Old Landscapes“, „I am not an AI-Lion“ and „Cross-Hatch Annimals.“

Currently, she lives and works as a freelance artist in Hanover.

Artistic activities/Exhibitions with Links:


2023:

The creation of the new paintings and drawings on various themes: "Bible Stories", "New Old Landscapes," "I am not an AI-Lion," "Hatching Animals".

2021-2022:

Development of new artistic ideas on the topics "Melting pot in red", New old Landscapes", and Creation of the first artworks dedicated to these topics

Creation of the new painting cycle"In the fifth hour"

Creation of the further religious paintings

Creation of the further "garden paintings"


2020:

Award for the painting “Hope”: Third prize of the competition “Art Prize Laatzen 2020” on the subject of “City landscapes”

Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ): Appreciation for the third prize of the competition “Art Prize Laatzen 2020” for the oil painting “Hope”

Leine-Center Laatzen in collaboration with the Kunstkreis Laatzen: Participation in the group exhibition for the competition “Kunstpreis Laatzen 2020”

Creation of the painting cycle "In the ninth hour"


2019:

Art Circle Laatzen, Hanover region: Solo exhibition - “Gardens of Memories, Gardens of Knowledge”, oil paintings (Exhibition of the most important paintings from four cycle – a cross-section)

Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ), Serbian renowned daily newspapers “Danas” and “Vesti” : Appreciations for the solo exhibition “Gardens of Memories, Gardens of Knowledge”

Leine-Center Laatzen in collaboration with the Kunstkreis Laatzen e.V. (Art Circle Laatzen) (Hanover region): Participation in the group exhibition of the competition “Art Prize Laatzen 2019”


2018-2019:

Creation of the most important paintings of the painting cycle "Gardens of Memories, Gardens of Knowledge"


2018:

Hessian Association of Cities and Municipalities and the Hessen-Thuringia Cultural Foundation, Helmarshausen (Bad Karlshafen): Group exhibition of the finalists of the competition for the Herimann Prize for Contemporary Bible Illustrations and Works of Art with Biblical References

Hessian Association of Cities and Municipalities and the Hessen-Thuringia Cultural Foundation, Helmarshausen (Bad Karlshafen): Selection of the painting “Annunciation” among the twelve best artworks of the competition “Herimman Prize 2018” for contemporary Bible illustrations and works of art with biblical references

Serbian renowned daily newspapers “Danas”: Appreciation for the painting “Annunciation”

Space for art and communication r2k, Hanover: Solo Exhibition – “The Invasion of Myths ... Between the Worlds”, oil paintings (Selection)

“Vesti” and district magazines (Linden, Hanover) : Appreciations for the solo exhibition “The Invasition of Myths ... Between the Worlds”


2017-2018:

Creation of the painting cycle "Bible Stories"

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Music Department: Selection to Visiting Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in the Winter Term 2017/2018 for Elective Course Landscape Image and „Landscape Illustration“ in Musik and Painting from Impressionism to Expressionism


2017:

Auditorium of the Sprengel Museums Hannover: Multimedia presentation of nineteen (19) selected works accompanied by own literary texts as part of the 4th Winnicott Symposium ’There is no such a thing as a baby ' – Man comes to himself through the experience of the other'

Franz Steiner Verlag (Franz Steiner Publisher): Selection of the painting „Magic Forest“ for the design of the cover of the book The Jungle and the Temples, published in March 2017. Indian Constructions in British Music and Musical Writing of the Colonial Period 1784-1914

Serbian daily newspaper “Vesti”: Appreciation with the detailed article “Exceptional Synthesis of Science and Art”


2016-2017:

Creation of the painting cycle "The Invasion of Myhts " and the other "garden paintings"

Creation of the first grafik prints


2016:

Gallery Achtzig (Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin): Participation in the group exhibition “Photography and Painting Today” with four pictures from the series “Roots and Fruits”, created between 2013 and 2015. Paitings at the exhibition "Photography and Painting Today"


2015-2016:

Creation of the first "garden paintings"

Creation of the sereis of nude drawings

Creation of the further paintings of the cycle "Roots and Fruits"


2015:

Foundation of the studio – “Atelier MAP” – in Hanover

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Music Department: Visiting Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in the Summer Term 2015 for Elective Course Landscape Image and „Landscape Illustration“ in Musik and Painting from Impressionism to Expressionism.


2014-2015:

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Music Department: Visiting Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences in the Winter Term 2014/2015 for Elective Coursea Garden Music: Germanys Princely Courts and Gardens in the 18th Century.

Creation of the further paintings of the cycle "Roots and Fruits"


2013:

Creation of the first paintings of the cycle "Roots and Fruits"


2012:

Creation of the self-illustrated children picture book
“Down the Drain - In Search of Happiness”, inspired by by the presentation of the small-scale landscape-architectural-artistic installation of the title "Down the Drain" from 2010 (see below)


2010:

Gallery Herrenhausen, Hanover: Presentation of the small-scale landscape-architectural-artistic installation „Down the Drain“ in the context of the concert “Pisma iz Domovine – Letters from the Homeland” (“Spring Concerts in Herrenhausen”)