Ivana Milosevic

Manhattan Spirit

2020

Ivana Milosevic was born in Serbia in 1972. In 1998, she graduated from Belgrade University with a Master’s degree in Architecture. Since 2000, she has been practicing architecture in the Municipality of Trstenik specializing in urban design and city planning. As a deputy Mayor of Trstenik, Ivana transformed the city into a modern and contemporary living environment. Ivana started painting in 2010. Since then she has exhibited her artworks in group and solo shows in Serbia and internationally. She uses an impasto technique with palette knife and brushes to create her multi-layered textural artworks. “Through my professional practice cityscapes are the main theme of my artworks, I explore the structure of the city, explore the construction, visual impressions, through various problems in the city. I put layers and layers of oil paint on canvas, trying to rebuild the parts and pieces, life and its beauty!” Ivana pays special attention in her artworks to the city’s building structures and facades. She adds soothing silhouettes of people to emphasize a meaning of perspective, flow of time and speed of life. By combining architecture and urbanism with figures and crowds, Ivana strives to make the viewer feel in the present moment and not in the past.