Gordana Zikic
Interdisciplinary Artist · Residency Director · Community Builder
Based in Barcelona · Working internationally
Education
2018
Ph.D. in Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
2011
Semester abroad, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Postgraduate studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
2005
Diploma in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Solo Exhibitions
2026
El Mar Hirviendo, The Local AIR, Valencia, Spain
2025
Unbound, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
2024
Latidos, Can Deu, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Eternal Fire, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2021
La Sombra, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2018
Red Deer, FLU Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2015
Black Box, KC Grad, Belgrade, Serbia
2015
Black Box, Remont Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2014
Shamanism, UK Palilula, Belgrade, Serbia
2014
Photographs Barcelona, Casa Eslava, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Only Sky is the Limit, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia
2010
Blow Up Glow, Dom omladine, Belgrade, Serbia
2009
Fragments of Reality, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2009
Harajuku Drawings, Christianshavns Beboerhus, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Inner Red, Ikar Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2005
Red, Madame Gallery, Pancevo, Serbia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
El agua nos llama, The Local AIR, Valencia, Spain
2025
Juxtapose, Aarhus, Denmark
2025
Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
2024
Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
2024
El galerista que bajo de la montana, Araucaria Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
2023
Juxtapose, Aarhus, Denmark
2023
Relligare, La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2023
Entresuelos, Albareda, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Among Women: Contemporary Art from Serbia, Bronx River Art Center, New York, USA
2021
Among Women: Contemporary Art from Serbia, 937 Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
2017
Back to Now, Gallery U10, Belgrade, Serbia
2016
Drawings – Five Answers, Centar424, Belgrade, Serbia
2014
Drawings, UK Palilula, Belgrade, Serbia
2013
There Will Be No Miracles Here, Luis Leu, Karlsruhe, Germany
2011
HJEM.DOM.HOME, Kulturstationen Vanlose, Copenhagen / GRAD, Belgrade / Cultural Center Pancevo
2011
Mientras quepa en la maleta, No automatico, Monterrey, Mexico
2011
LAKKA Studio Art, Mexico City, Mexico
2011
Museo del Ambar, San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
2010
Mladi 2010, Nis Art Foundation (Nis, Novi Sad, Belgrade), Serbia
2009
Ny Serbsk Kunst, Vanlöse Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
Remake, Contemporary Art Gallery of Smederevo, Serbia
2008
New Members of ULUS, Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia
2007
Mixed Worlds, City of Tampere Cultural Center Gallery, Tampere, Finland
2007
10th International Istanbul Biennial, Project Nightcomers, Istanbul, Turkey
2007
12th International Media Art Biennial WRO07, Wroclaw, Poland
2006
Videomedeja, International Video Festival, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
2005
Nobody Like Me, Culture Center Studentski grad, Belgrade, Serbia
2004
Perspectives, Yugoslav Gallery of Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Performance
2025
Black Rabbit is Taming the Time, Brano, Gothenburg and Grangarde, Sweden
2024
Empty Head, Araucaria Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2024
Dark Cloud and Gold Wind, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
2024
Pulse, The Local AIR, Valencia, Spain
2024
Dodole, Entresuelos, Barcelona, Spain
2023
Home / Let it be, Entresuelos, Tres Chimeneas, Barcelona, Spain
2021–23
Thank You and Good Bye, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
Gold Wings, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
La Sombra – The Shadow, Barcelona, Spain
2019
Voice of the Rain, Magacin, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
Summer Solstice / Shaman's Heart / Lagrimas Negras, Belgrade, Serbia
2018
Cutting Off the Bonds, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017
Rabbit, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015
Rewriting History, KC Grad, Belgrade (with Teresa Paiva and Bosko Begovic)
2013
Viewpoints Improvisations (with Katarina Rasic and Jennifer Van Exel)
2012
Seagulls, Barcelona, Spain
Curatorial Projects
2027
Urge Me in a Whisper, curated with Donald Fodness, Tobias Finke, Carl Baratta, and Mirjam C. Wendt
2026
El agua nos llama, VSG at The Local AIR, Valencia, Spain
2025
Dreams, VSG, Juxtapose, Aarhus, Denmark
2025
VSG, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2023
Spanish Artists, Center424, Belgrade, Serbia
2017
Back to Now, Gallery U10, Belgrade, Serbia (with Isidora Ficovic)
2016
Drawings – group exhibition, Centar424, Belgrade, Serbia
2014
Drawings – group exhibition, UK Palilula, Belgrade, Serbia
Awards and Residencies
2025
Artist in Residence, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2024
Artist in Residence, The Local AIR, Valencia, Spain
2024
Beca Territoris, Centre Civic Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain
2022
Artist in Residence, Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol, UK
2019
Artist in Residence, La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2019
I-Portunus Grant, international collaboration Belgrade AIR and La Escocesa
2017
Artist in Residence, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2004
Award for Painting Ljubica Sokic, Belgrade, Serbia
2004
Award Perspectives, Yugoslav Gallery of Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Teaching
2017
Guest Lecturer, Domen Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015
Guest Lecturer, Domen Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015–16
Drawing Teacher, Stranac Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
2009
Guest Lecturer, Vanlöse Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Founding and Organizational Roles
2021–
Co-founder and Co-director, Virtual Studio Groups (VSG) and VSG Magazine, international
2021–
Co-founder, AIR Exchange Network, peer structure for residency organizers
2017–
Co-founder, Center424, NGO, Belgrade, Serbia
2012–
Co-founder and Co-director, Belgrade Artist in Residence (BAIR), Belgrade, Serbia
2023–
Member, La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
2008–
Member, ULUS – Association of Fine Artists of Serbia
In dev.
Co-founder, Whatzart Lab – decentralized art valuation ecosystem
Collections and Public Works
2009
Mural painting, Vanlöse Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark (permanent collection)
Works held in private collections in Canada, the United States, Denmark, Spain, and Serbia
Selected Publications and Press
2025
Tarantula – authors and art
2019
Artemis Projects Podcast, Ira Ferris
2018
Oslobodjenje KUN
2017
Yale Radio, interview with Brainard Carey
2017
Interview by Julie Diebold
2016
Polaroid of the Day (English/Spanish)
2016
Uppsala Universitet – Jill Lindstrom, Artistic Consequences of the War
2015
Inspirishi Me online magazine
2015
GRAD – European Center for Culture and Debate website
2015
Radio Beograd 2, Kulturni krugovi
2011
RTV Pancevo / The Man magazine
2009
Information (Danish newspaper)
2007
Radio Beograd
2004
Novosti newspaper