PRESIDENCY

Members of the Presidency (2026-2030)
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Aleksandar Stanojević

Member, PRESIDENT

Aleksandar Stanojević Kempa (1992, Paraćin) je umetnik koji kroz skulpturu, sliku i trodimenzionalne objekte istražuje ljudski lik. Diplomirao je na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, odsek – slikarstvo, na klasi profesorke Bosiljke Zirojević Lečić. Trenutno je
na master studijama na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu. Boravio je u rezidencijalnom projektu Summer Academy of Fine Arts u Salzburgu 2015, na razmeni studenata (ERASMUS PROGRAM) na Faculdad de Bellas Artes, Alonso Cano, Universidad de Granada, u Španiji 2017, prekARTe ‘24 rezidenciji u Gracu 2024. godine, kao na rezidencije Fondacije Saša Marčeta u Majamiju 2025. godine. Do sada je imao 24 samostalnih izložbi u zemlji i inostranstvu. Dobitnik je prve nagrade 44. “PALETA MLADIH” Likovna galerija Kulturnog centra Vrbas i prve nagrade “Matiću u čast” muzeja “Horeum Margi Ravno”, Ćuprija. Član je SULUV-a od 2021. godine. 2025. godine stiče status samostalnog umetnika.


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Adrienn Újházi

Member

Adrienn Újházi (1995, Novi Sad) completed her BA in 2018 and her MA in 2020 at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Department of painting. As of 2021, she is an independent artist. She explores the interdisciplinary territory between art, science and technology (ASTS), shedding light on the relationship between man and nature. In her work, Újhazi uses a range of artistic media including photography, installation, video, audio, painting and sculpture with living cultural forms, in order to explore concepts concerning society’s relationship with the natural environment. She is a member of Šok ZaDruga in Novi Sad, ReAktor Citizens’ Association and Union of Associations of Fine Artists of Vojvodina.


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Ana Vrtačnik

Member

Ana Vrtačnik (1991, Sarajevo) she graduated in Painting from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, going on to earn her Master’s Degree. She is currently a final year PhD student at the same Academy, where she is researching the use of biomimetic forms and natural soft materials through the forms of painting, sculpture and installation. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, collaborations and publications with various artists, curators, institutions and galleries around the world (China, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, the United States, Canada, Spain…).


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Jelena Vladušić

Member

Jelena Vladušić (1984, Novi Sad) završila je osnovne i master studije fotografije na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu. Doktorski umetnički rad odbranila je 2017. godine na Univerzitetu umetnosti u Beogradu, na studijskom programu Višemedijska umetnost. Izlagački je aktivna od 2005. godine i svoje radove predstavila je na osam samostalnih izložbi, kao i na brojnim grupnim izložbama u zemlji i inostranstvu. Od 2010. godine zaposlena je na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, gde učestvuje u realizaciji nastave na Departmanu za grafičko inženjerstvo i dizajn, kao i na studijskom programu Scenska arhitektura, tehnika i dizajn. Fotografiju koristi kao glavno sredstvo istraživanja različitih psiholoških, socijalnih i političkih prostora.


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Bojan Novaković

Member

Born in 1979 in Šabac. He graduated in painting in 2002 at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Master’s degree in painting in 2005 at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Doctorate in Fine Arts at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in 2018. He is employed as an assistant professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He is a member of SULUV and ULUS. Participated in over 100 collective exhibitions in Serbia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Taiwan, Slovenia. So far, he has realized 35 independent exhibitions in Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Šabac, Vranje, Apatin, Paraćin, Kragujevac, Užice, Smederevska Palanka, Pančevo). Participant in several international art colonies and art projects in Serbia and the region. He is the winner of several awards for painting and drawing.


ARTISTIC COUNCIL

Members of the Presidency (2026-2030)
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Andrea Palašti

Member

Andrea Palašti (1984), she is a visual artist and lecturer from Novi Sad. Her work transcends artistic, curatorial and pedagogical boundaries, focusing on the issues of cultural geography, history and everyday life, experimenting with photography, videos and illustrated lectures. Her practice is often based on collaboration with other artists (collectives, students, curators, journalists, scientists) and/or historians. She is a member of the Shock Gallery Artistic Council. She is currently working as an associate professor of Art Elements at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, linking her collaborative art research projects with educational strategies.


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Alena Klaćikova

Member

Alena Klaćikova (1991, Novi Sad) She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Department of Printmaking, in the class of Anica Radošević, earning her Master’s Degree in Printmaking. In addition to printmaking, she is engaged in painting and drawing. She is a multi-year scholarship holder of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, as well as a scholarship holder of “Dositeja”—a” fund for young talents. She has been a member of SULUV since January 2015. She organized eleven solo exhibitions and participated in around eighty collective exhibitions in the country and abroad. She is the winner of several awards for success in her studies, the “Roots” award, as well as the third Senfelder Award for outstanding achievements in the field of lithography in Germany. From 2019 to 2022, she worked as an assistant at the Bel Art gallery.


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Irena Kovač

Member

Irena Kovač (1992, Kikinda) je vizuelna umetnica čija se likovna praksa zasniva na istraživanju odnosa između ličnog iskustva, kolektivne memorije i savremenog društvenog ambijenta. Diplomirala je slikarstvo na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu 2015. godine. Dobitnica je više priznanja i nagrada za svoj umetnički rad. U praksi koristi slikarstvo, kolaž, fotografiju, video i prostorne instalacije, kombinujući intuitivan, često narativan pristup sa promišljenom analizom svakodnevnih pojava, simbola i vizuelnih fragmenata. Njenu umetnost karakterišu suptilna ironija, izražena koloristička senzibilnost i interesovanje za teme identiteta, intime, ženskog iskustva i prostora između privatnog i javnog. Aktivno izlaže u zemlji i inostranstvu i učestvuje u savremenim umetničkim i kulturnim projektima. Članica je SULUV-a od 2020. godine, kao i Umetničkog saveta Centra za likovnu i primenjenu umetnost Terra od 2023. godine. Status slobodnog umetnika stekla je 2022. godine.


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Vladimir Janić

Member

Vladimir Janić (1998, Subotica) je vizuelni umetnik. Osnovne (OAS, 2017–2021) i master studije (MAS, 2021–2022) završio je na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu. Dobitnik je Godišnje nagrade departmana likovnih umetnosti za studijski program Novi likovni mediji (2021) i specijalne nagrade na 9. Svetskom bijenalu fotografije (2023). Od 2022. godine član je organizacionog tima umetničkog udruženja Projekat EXP, a od 2025. član Umetničkog saveta Galerije SULUV. Vladimirovi fotografski radovi objavljeni su u štampanim i digitalnim publikacijama, među kojima su Fotografiska (Stokholm), Fisheye Magazine (Pariz), Zone Magazine (Turska), časopis Elementi, BBC Serbia, Elle Serbia i Plezir. Njegov umetnički fokus usmeren je na dinamiku komunikacije, istražujući odnos između autoritarnih formi — bilo da se one manifestuju kao figure, mesta, strukture ili sistemi — i drugog, koji na njihovu restriktivnu prirodu reaguje na različite načine. Kroz medije fotografije, videa i slikarstva razvija vizuelni jezik kojim ispituje nagoveštaj, reakciju i posledicu takvih susreta.


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Rade Tepavčević

Member

Rade Tepavčević (1994, Vrbas) završio je osnovne i master studije slikarstva na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, gde trenutno pohađa doktorske akademske studije. Njegova umetnička praksa primarno je usmerena na slikarstvo, uz proširenje ka crtežu,
ilustraciji i dizajnu, kroz koje istražuje odnos forme, naracije i vizuelne strukture. Aktivno izlaže od 2017. godine na brojnim grupnim i samostalnim izložbama u zemlji i inostranstvu. Dobitnik je više nagrada iz oblasti likovnih i primenjenih umetnosti, među kojima se izdvajaju: Godišnja nagrada Departmana likovnih umetnosti za najuspešniji umetnički rad iz discipline slikanje (Akademija umetnosti u Novom Sadu, 2017), nagrada Fonda Milivoj Nikolajević za crtež/studiju (2014), kao i nagrada za crtež na Međunarodnom bijenalu umetnosti minijature u Gornjem Milanovcu (2024). Zaposlen je kao viši stručni saradnik na Katedri za crtanje na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu od 2018. godine.


COMMISSION FOR RECOGNITION OF THE STATUS OF INDEPENDENT ARTIST

Members (2026-2030)
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Jelena Sredanović

Member

Jelena Sredanović (1982, Novi Sad), she graduated in 2005 from the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, class of Prof. Zoran Todović, where she also received her Master’s Degree in 2009. She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2016, where she was mentored by Prof. Biljana Vuković. She has had a number of solo and group exhibitions in the country and abroad, winning several awards for her artistic work, including the “Iskra kulture” Award of the Institute of Culture of Vojvodina in 2015. She works at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad at the Department of Print-making as an assistant professor. She is a member of SULUV (since 2006) and the Graphic Collective (since 2008).


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Goran Despotovski

member

Goran Despotovski (1972, Vršac) He graduated from the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Belgrade (1995); he received his bachelor (1999) and master degrees (2003) in painting from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, and acquired the title of the Doctor of Arts – Fine Arts (2018). He has been employed at the same academy since 2004. He was elected a full professor, for the narrower artistic field of Painting in 2019. He has exhibited at sixty-eight only and several collective exhibitions in the country and abroad. He has received numerous awards in the field of fine arts and authored several projects under the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad: Differences (2005–), Image (2011–), Book (2016), The Space of the Digital Image (2016) and projects within SULUV: SMIC. moving form (2019–), Move in code (2021–), Body Relations (2024–), Fragments of history (2019–2025),  etc. President of the Union of Fine Artists’ Associations of Vojvodina (2017–2025).


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Tatjana Marticki Cvejin

Member

Tatjana Marticki Cvejin (1996, Novi Sad). Osnovne (2019) i master (2021) akademske studije, modul Grafika, završila je na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, gde je trenutno student doktorskih akademskih studija. Aktivna je članica nezavisnih umetničkih kolektiva Šok ZaDruge, SKUP-a (Savez kolektivne umetničke prakse) i Grafičke mreže. Bila je angažovana na brojnim projektima i radionicama u oblasti vizuelnih umetnosti, edukacije, art terapije, kustoskog i uredničkog rada. Dobitnica je nekoliko nagrada među kojima su: The 2025 SEED Award fondacije Princ Klaus (2025, Holandija), Otkupna nagrada iz oblasti vizuelnih umetnosti – kolekcija Slika grada (2024, Novi Sad) i Druga nagrada Srebrna igla 15. Međunarodnog grafičkog bijenala – Suva igla (2021, Užice). U svom radu istražuje fenomene ruralne, agrarne sredine svog lokalnog konteksta u kojem je prostor (industrijskog) pejzaža mesto kolektivnog rada i pamćenja.


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Sanja Žigić

Member

Sanja Žigić (1985, Kikinda). Diplomirala je 2009. godine na Akademiji umetnosti Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, u klasi profesora Zvonka Tilića i stekla zvanje diplomirani grafičar i profesor likovne kulture. Master studije završila 2011. godine u klasi profesora Zvonka Tilića i stekla zvanje Master likovni umetnik. Trenutno je doktorand na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu. Priredila je više samostalnih i izlagala na brojinim kolektivnim izložbama. Dobitnica ne nekoliko nagrada za umetnički rad. Zaposlena je u Novom Sadu na Akademiji umetnosti, u zvanju docenta na Katedri za grafiku. Član je SULUV-a,  ULUS-a, član udruženja građana grafička radionica „Sofija“  Bogdanci- Makedonija. 2011. i 2021. bila je mentor na IV  i XIV Grafičkoj radionici „Sofija“ u Bogdancima – R. Severna Makedonija.


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Jelena Tišma

Member

Jelena Tišma (1962, Novi Sad) Završila srednju umetničku školu „Đorđe Krstić“ u Nišu. Diplomirala na Akademiji umetnosti u Novom Sadu, odsek grafika. Od 1987. Do 2008. godine radila kao likovni pedagog u OŠ „Jovan Jovanović Zmaj“ u Sremskoj Kamenici. Od 2008. godine radi kao stručni saradnik, likovni pedagog u Predškolskoj Ustanovi „Radosno detinjstvo“ Novi Sad. Od 2005. član ULUS-a i SULUV-a. Priredila je više samostalnih izložbi (Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Sokobanja, Novi Sad, Niš, Leskovac, Loznica, Sremska Mitrovica, Ruma, Inđija) i izlagala na brojnim kolektivnim izložbama u zemlјi i inostranstvu. Tokom svog dugogodišnjeg rada sa decom u oblasti likovne pedagogije dobitnica je brojnih nagrada i priznanja u zemlјi i inostranstvu, među kojima je Priznanje Saveza likovnih pedagoga Jugoslavije za dugogodišnje unapređivanje likovne kulture u Jugoslaviji, kao i više nagrada koje dodelјuje Centar za likovno vaspitanje dece i omladine Vojvodine. 2024.godine osvojila SREBRNI EX TEMPORE za likovni rad na međunarodnom likovnom događaju „7.EX TEMPORE“ u organizaciji Društva za afirmaciju i reafirmaciju umetnika DARUMA.


ENGAGED ASSOCIATES

Associates of the Association

Adrienn Ujhazi

Associate of the programme and administrative activities / PR
Administrator of entrusted tasks (independent artists)
Person for the protection of personal data (processor)
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+381(0)653888212
suluvkontakt@gmail.com

Danijel Babić

Technical Associate
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PHOTO DOCUMENTATION

Photographs of the events and activities of the Association

Aleksandar Danguzov, Danijel Babić, Goran Despotovski

WEB

Admin: site maintenance, design
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Goran Despotovski

+381(0)648491260

REVIEW PROGRAMME

Associates engaged in the Review Programme activities

Slavica Popov, senior curator of the Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin
Sunčica Lambić Fenjčev, senior curator of the Contemporary Gallery Zrenjanin
Lidija Marinkov, professor, Academy of Arts Novi Sad
Sava Stepanov, art critic
Nela Tonković, curator of the Contemporary Gallery Subotica
Svetlana Mladenov, art critic
Vladimir Mitrović, art historian, curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina
Bosiljka Zirojević Lečić, professor, Academy of Arts Novi Sad
Gordana Nonin, journalist and editor, BA in Media Management
Igor Fridrih Petković, conceptual artist, visual artist, author, manager and cultural researcher, Graz, Austria
Verica Nemet, art historian
Milja Vuković, art historian and environmental activist
Biljana Grković, art historian
Irma Mikeš, curator of the Gallery of Fine Arts, gift collection of Rajko Mamuzić
dr um. Lidija Marinkov Pavlović, PhD in Art, Academy of Arts Novi Sad
Teodora Perović, art historian and theorist
Sonja Jankov, art critic

INFO

CONTACT

+381.21.524.991

The bodies of the Association are composed following the electoral principle and operate on the principles of equality of their members.
The mandates of the Presidency, the Artistic Council and the Commission for the Recognition of the Status of Independent Artists last for four years.