Milena Ivić

Education

2025 -Master of Painting and Multimedia Art Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka (B&H)
2019Bachelor of Graphic Design Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka (B&H)

Biography

Milena Ivić (b. 1995, Novi Sad) graduated from the AUBL, department of graphic design, and is pursuing a master's degree in intermedial arts. Her practice interrogates the paradox of freedom in a post-war divided country within political, economic, religious, ethno-national, and cultural contexts. Employing conceptual, performative, and feminist strategies through provocative and socially engaged approach, she explores whether art can disrupt dominant paradigms, and intervene in reality, going beyond institutional confines.

Ivić was awarded a solo exhibition (2019), from the MSURS for her graduate work. Her critical engagement with the museum's Gallery Plus during the same project, earned her the status of a dissident (2020), with censorship experiences influencing her practice to occupy public spaces. Since 2020, she has exhibited across BiH and the region. Her work was included in Secondary Archive, web platform for women artists, Central and Eastern Europe.

Milena participated in residencies (Nona Residency, Sarajevo, 2022; Atelijeri Žitnjak, Zagreb, 2024), and contributed to panels, workshops, and symposiums (Art of Peace, Sarajevo and Perth, 2024). Ivić is a member and has worked on cultural projects at the Association for Culture and Art Crvena and co-founder of SOBA, an initiative for horizontal collaboration among artists, activists, theorists, and performers.

Solo Exhibitions

2020What do we do with all this freedom?, Gallery Plus, Banja Luka (B&H)

Works

Letters to Irena

Letters to Irena

2024-
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Ruin series

Ruin series

2024
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Metal

Metal

2024-
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Dear comrade,

Dear comrade,

2022
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Obstacle

Obstacle

2021
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What do we do with all this freedom?

What do we do with all this freedom?

2021
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Tits, cunt, cross

Tits, cunt, cross

2022
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she dreamt a deep dream

she dreamt a deep dream

2021
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Criminal milieu

Criminal milieu

2019
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Buy one get one free

Buy one get one free

2018
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ART = RAT

ART = RAT

2018
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Bosnian beauty

Bosnian beauty

2017
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