— born in 1986 in Titograd, she completed her undergraduate studies in printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cetinje (2010), followed by postgraduate studies in Brussels (Master in Arts, Luca – University College for Sciences & Arts, 2014) and Antwerp (Advanced Master’s in Art and Design Research, St. Lucas, 2015).
From 2017 to 2020, she was a researcher at a.pass (advanced performance and scenography studies in Brussels) and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, working on the project Archiving Artistic Anxieties, which researches artists’ motivations and ways of resisting (self-)imposed structures in art.
Through her artistic work, she develops rational approaches to question fixed notions of identity and subjectivity, presenting them in their complexity and contradiction. She views art as an expanded field of activity and a mode of knowledge production. Using feminist methodologies, she creates hybrid formats that often involve gatherings and (self-)education.
Her work has been presented at nGbK (Berlin), Kaaistudios (Brussels), tranzit (Bratislava), Whitechapel Gallery (London), ŠKUC Gallery (Ljubljana), SCHUNCK (Heerlen), Glasmoog (Cologne), GMK (Zagreb), CIAP (Hasselt), MuHKA (Antwerp), Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (Vaduz), and the 54th October Salon (Belgrade).
Her texts have been published in numerous books, journals, and publications such as Strange Attractors (Berlin Biennale), Archivoltage, The Artist Job Description, and others.
She lives and works in Berlin.
email: adrijana.gvozdenovic@gmail.com
— rođena 1986. u Titogradu. Završila osnovne umjetničke studije grafike na Fakultetu likovnih umjetnosti na Cetinju (2010), nastavila školovanje u Briselu (Master in Arts, Luca University College for Sciences & Arts, 2014) i u Antverpenu (advanced Master’s in Art and Design Research, St. Lukas, 2015).
Od 2017. do 2020. godine je bila saradnica u istraživačkom centru a.pass (napredne studije performansa i scenografije u Briselu) i na Kraljevskoj akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Antverpenu, sa projektom Arhiviranje umjetničkih anksioznosti koji se bavi motivacijom bavljenja umjetnošću i opiranju (samo)nametnutim strukturama djelovanja.
Kroz svoj umjetnički rad razvija relacione pristupe kojim se mogu preispitati postojeći fiksni pojmovi identiteta i subjektiviteta i predstaviti u svojoj kompleksnosti i kontradiktornosti. Umjetnički rad vidi kao prošireno polje djelovanja i način proizvodnje znanja. Koristeći se feminističkim metologijama, razvija hibridne formate koji često podrzumijevaju okupljanje i (samo)obrazovanje.
Njeni radovi predstavljeni su u nGbk (Berlin), kaaistudios (Brisel), tranzit (Bratislava), Whitechapel Gallery (London), Galerija ŠKUC (Ljubljana), SCHUNCK (Heerlen), Glasmoog (Köln), GMK (Zagreb), CIAP (Hasselt), MuHKA (Antwerp), Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (Vaduz), i na 54. oktobarskom salonu (Beograd).
Njeni tekstovi objavljeni su u brojnim knjigama i časopisima, kao i u publikacijama kao što su Strange Attractors (Berlinsko bijenale), Archivoltage i The Artist Job Description i mnogim drugim.
Živi i radi u Berlinu.
EDUCATION
2019–20 — researcher, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2017–20 — associated researcher, a.pass Research Center, Brussels
2014–15 — Advanced Master Research in Art & Design, Sint-Lucas Antwerpen
2012–14 — Master Vrije Kunsten, LUCA University College for Sciences & Arts, Brussels
2005–10 — Bachelor and Specialized Studies in Fine Art Printing, Faculty of Fine Arts Cetinje, University of Montenegro
TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2026 — coordinator of the educational program Between us: Work in Art, Podgorica
2025 — tutor and guide, Alternative Educational Program, Rupert, Vilnius
2023–24 — artistic researcher, project Anomaly, Kurziv (Kulturpunkt), Zagreb
2021 — co-curator and facilitator, Not in the Mood, three-month postgraduate program, a.pass, Brussels
2020 — coaching for research group Body and Material Reinvented, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp 2019–20 — artistic researcher, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2017–20 — artistic researcher, a.pass Research Center, Brussels
2015–20 — member and program developer, Institute of Contemporary Art, Montenegro: co-curating Evening School; exhibition project Unprofessional; Archive of Cetinje Biennials; organizing YVAA Milčik.
SELECTED PROJECTS AND WORKS
Long-term research frameworks:
Who is Adrian Lister? — Gastarbeiter 2.0, installation, gatherings, artist publication, nGbK, Berlin (2024) — Marginalije zajedničkog, installation, performance, reading sessions, Kuslevova kuća, Podgorica (2022) — Wo das Gras grüner ist, performance and booklet, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (2015) — residency, performance and booklet, Castle Bourglinster, Luxembourg Ministry of Culture (2017) — residency, performance and booklet, Bains Connective, Brussels (2015)
Archiving Artistic Anxieties — 7 anxieties and the world, card-reading publication (2019 — ongoing): performed at Glasmoog Cologne (2021), ŠKUC Ljubljana (2021), GMK Zagreb (2019), CIAP Hasselt (2019), and as mentoring practice at a.pass Brussels (2022–23) — Contingent Weirdness — turn your research into horror, workshop, installation, performance, with Sina Seifee (2022 — ongoing): nadine Brussels (2025), sign/CIAT Berlin (2024), kaai theatre Brussels (2024), wpzimmer Antwerp (2023), a.pass Brussels (2023) — Nail art affects theory, reading sessions, with Sara Manente (2021 — ongoing): a.pass Brussels (2021), wpzimmer Antwerp (2023), FAR° Nyon (2023) — Between anxiety and hope, micro-publishing platform and jam project, with Kristina Gvozdenović (2020 — ongoing): betweenanxietyandhope.me
Exhibiting Otherwise — Workers’ Club “Between Us”, solo exhibition, magazine and public program, with Nela Gligorović, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Podgorica (2025) — Amulet for cultural workers (2016 — ongoing): Museum Yet to Be, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro (2026), Festival of Future Nows, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin; and ongoing exchange network
Selected other projects:
Anthropomorphic Trouble, research project, book, video, performance, with Goda Palekaitė (2021–22) — Whitechapel Gallery, London (2021) — tranzit.sk, Bratislava (2022) — Nemuno 7, Kaunas (2022) — Art Catalyst, Sheffield (2021)
Water made to move, video, with Vijai Patchineelam (2020–21) — In Search of Sharawadgi, SCHUNCK Museum, Heerlen (2021) — The Broken Archive, online (Villa Romana and HKW, Berlin)
Referat na temu: Slijedimo se vašim sjajnim primjerom, text-based work, with Kristina Gvozdenović (2017–) — Drugarice, National Museum of Montenegro (2017) — Strange Attractors, X Berlin Biennale (2018) — The Broken Archive, online (Villa Romana and HKW, Berlin)
To and from Montenegro, video, book, performance, design pattern (2015) — The Silver Lining, 56th Venice Biennale (2015) — From diaspora to diversities, National Museum of Montenegro (2018) — Casa Tomada, Sao Paulo (2016)
Thanks for your visit and goodbye, artist book (2013) — No one belongs here more than you, 54th October Salon, Belgrade (collection)
WRITING AND PUBLISHING
Autotheoretical and essayistic texts: — To handle art — couple’s dynamic, in The Secretary, the Shaman, the Scholar, the Lobbyist, the Publicist and the Virtuoso, Rupert, Vilnius (2025) — Script for the lecture “Towards Otherwise Exhibiting,” in The Artist Job Description, Vijai Patchineelam (ed.), Track Report / OAZA BOOKS / a.pass (2022) — This Artist, with Pia Louwerens, in In these circumstances, Onomatopee (2022) — Autoproblema, Goda Palekaitė (ed.), artnews.lt (2023) — Nail art affects theory, ROT, Sara Manente (ed.), Varamo Press (2023) — 7 anxieties and the world, Archivoltage, Thomas Crombez & Nico Dockx (eds.), Track Report, Antwerp (2021)
Editing and publishing: — Magazine Between Us: Work in Art, co-editor with Nela Gligorović, Workers’ Club “Between Us” (2025) — betweenanxietyandhope.me, online writing platform, co-founded with Kristina Gvozdenović (2020 — ongoing) — archivingartisticanxieties.me, online research presentation, with a.pass and Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (2020)
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2023 — wpzimmer, Antwerp 2022 — WHW Akademija, Zagreb 2022 — Art Catalyst, Sheffield 2021 — CONA Foundation, Mumbai 2018 — Q21, MuseumsQuartier Wien 2017 — Castle Bourglinster, Luxembourg Ministry of Culture 2016 — FAAP residency, São Paulo 2015 — Bains Connective, Brussels 2010 — Austrian Federal Ministry residency, Vienna