Nevena
Aleksovski (b. 1984) earned her degree in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts and
Design in Novi Sad (RS), in 2008, and furthered her academic journey with a
Master's degree in Cultural Studies from the University of Ljubljana (SI), in
2014. She has showcased her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions, among
others at ŠKUC (SI), RAVNIKAR (SI), Britta Rettberg (DE), MGLC (SI), Cukrarna
(SI), P74 Gallery (SI), PrivatePrint (MK), NADA Villa Warsaw (PL), ECHORAUM (AT)
as well as at various international art fairs including viennacontemporary, Artissima,
ARCOmadrid, Art Rotterdam, Berlin Art Week, and others. In 2022 she published
the book Melancholy of the Abandoned Lands, in collaboration
with PrivatePrint Publishing, that tells the migration history of her family
during Yugoslavia and after its dissolvement.
Her work investigates how subjectivity
is shaped by land, displacement and historical transformation, situating
individual experience within broader political and social contexts. Working
from a feminist perspective, she addresses transgenerational memory, absence
and erasure, foregrounding the often invisible structures and forms of labour
embedded in familial and cultural narratives. Her practice reflects on the
relationship between the intimate and the political, the private and the
public, as well as on systems of dominance and subordination. Through painting,
drawing, installation and the use of found objects, she develops a minimalist
and fragmented visual language that emphasizes reduction, subtlety and
conceptual clarity.
She is based in Ljubljana (SI) and is represented by RAVNIKAR Gallery.