Mag.a Jelena Micić, MA
Born 1986 in Knjaževac, Serbia.
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2020), Textual sculpture class (Heimo Zobernig).
MA in Philosophy (2012) and Graduated philologist of Scandinavian languages (2010) University of Belgrade.
Founder of the informal group UMETNIK*. Artistic director of WIENWOCHE.
Exhibitions
(S) - Solo Exhibition
(T) - Two-Person Exhibitions
(P) - Presentation/Performance
(C) - Catalogue
(U) - Upcoming
2025
Museum of Capitalism (working title) (with Irena Lagator Pejović). Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Belgrade (T) (C) (U)
Red Museum (working title). Wien Museum, MUSA Startgalerie. Vienna (U) (O)
Smelting Friendship (with mirko nikolić). Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Fine Arts Gallery. Belgrade (T) (C) (U)
Around the Clock: The Factory Effect (curator Anežka Jabůrková). Pragovka Gallery. Prague (U)
Imagine Climate Dignity. Künstlerhaus. Vienna (U)
2024
Basic Facts: Orange is red, heart is on the left (curator Martina Bábinová). Čepan Gallery. Tranava (S)
Hope is a Discipline (with Kathrin Böhm) (curators Lina Džuverović, Ana Knežević and Emilia Epštajn). FLU Gallery. Belgrade (60th October Salon) (U)
TerraTextl (curator Johanna M. Roa). WhiteBox, New York (U)
BROTLOS: Leben ohne Sicherheit (curators Anežka Jabůrková and Miljana Mirović). Wien Museum, MUSA Startgalerie. Vienna
Smelting Dignity in Smederevo (with mirko nikolić). Public space. Smederevo/Belgrade (U) (O)
XVII Internation Biennial of Miniature Art. Cultural Center Mija Aleksić. Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
2023
On the Road Again (curators Simon Mraz and Christian Helböck). Künstlerhaus. Vienna (C)
Vaje v zbirki/Excercises in a Collection (curator Bojana Piškur). +MSUM. Ljubljana (C)
Eko-poetike: prostor za druga bića i nas (curator Sonja Jankov). Galerija savremene umetnosti. Pančevo (XVIII Art, Architecture, Design) (C)
Radna žena (curators Ana Miljanić and Dejan Vasić). CZKD. Belgrade
A kako tvoja majka riba tepih?. CZKD. Belgrade (Radna žena) (P)
Living with Toxicity: A Show and Tell with Heather Davis and Jelena Micić (SHOW). 2023. Residency Unlimited. Brooklyn
BLITZBLANK! Vom Putzen – innen, außen, überall (curators Stefania Pitscheider Soraperra and Lisa Noggler-Gürtler). Frauenmuseum Hittisau (C)
Interlocked Systems (with Prescious Plastic). Kunsthalle Exnergasse Projektraum. Vienna (Versuchsanstalt) (T)
Sekundarna arhiva. CZKD. Belgrade
Akademie Auktion. Semperdepot. Vienna
2022
SALA UZORAKA. Stari Muzej/Museum of Yugoslavia. Belgrade (S)
CRVENA ANALIZA. ULUS. Belgrade (S)
Good as Hell: Voicing Resistance (Secondary Archive). National Gallery of Kosovo. Priština (Manifesta 14)
Rafinerijamanastir. Galerija savremene umetnosti. Pančevo (XX Pančevo Biennial) (C)
Likovna jesen 2022 Biennial. Galerija savremene umetnosti gradskog muzeja Sombor
Open Studio Days 2022. Challenging Orders (Vienna Art Week)
Navigating an All-Inclusive Vertigo (with Vera Klimentyeva). MONOLOG. Belgrade (T) (C)
Hilfslinien. Volkskundemuseum. Vienna
Kites & F*ckups. Kunstverein Kärnten. Klagenfurt
Crisis Gaia. Magazzino 26/Porto Vecchio. Trieste
Red Vienna. KMG Community Studio. Vienna
Prostori budućeg sećanja. Vojvodina Cinema. Pančevo
Don't leave False Illusions Behind. Kunstraum am Schauplatz. Vienna
Novi članovi ULUS-a. Cvijeta Zuzorić Pavilion. Belgrade (C)
Akademie Auktion. Semperdepot. Vienna
2021
Alles in Ordnung. Wien Museum, MUSA Startgalerie. Vienna (S)
Zone1. Alte Post. Vienna (Viennacontemporary) (S)
NOW OR NEVER. Galerie3. Velden (S)
I learned from the best. DKSG. Belgrade (S)
Recikletar: Plastika ide u raj. Šok Zadruga. Novi Sad (S)
HEIHO. Czech Center. Vienna
Isolation Room (with Uroš Zvizdić). Dom omladine Gallery. Belgrade (T)
Bečka škola: Istureno odeljenje (with Željka and Žarko Aleksić). Homeland Museum. Knjaževac
NEW WAVE 2.0. Sammlung Lenikus. Vienna
UOMO UNIVERSALE: la femme. Semperdepot. Vienna (C)
Dazzling Estrangements (with Benjamin Thiele). kollektiv kaorle. Vienna
Lowland 7: Reaktion Aktion. LLLLLLI. Vienna (C)
Trauma: Der Körper vergißt nicht. DG Kunstraum. Munich
Exhibition of the Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award Shortlist. Remont. Belgrade (C)
TRANZIT. Gallery FLU (with Žarko Aleksić, Marijana Ćurčić and Uroš Zvizdić). Belgrade
The Language in Common. Cvijeta Zuzorić Pavilion. Belgrade (Youth Biennial) (C)
Plastics-Fabrication (with Johannes Steininger). Galerie44. Leonding (T)
I KNOW I CARE: On Self-care and Resistance. VBKÖ. Vienna
The Independent Biennial 2021. Cankarjev dom, Small Gallery. Ljubljana
Letnja postavka. Gnezdo. Kruševac
Corona-Chronicles-Déjá vu (with Manuela Picallo Gil). Roter Stern/Kaeshmaesh. Vienna (T)
Most Wanted Female Art. Artcare. Vienna
Akademie Auktion. Semperdepot. Vienna
2020
was ich mache. Parcours Abschlussarbeiten 2020. Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture Studios. Vienna
MULTIPLE SINGULARITIES. xhibitE. Vienna (O) (C)
MULTIPLE SINGULARITIES. Not cancelled. Vienna
Performing the Treshold. Fabrikraum. Vienna (O)
Flux23 – Project Statement. Rudolf-Sallinger-Platz 1. Vienna (Parallel Vienna)
Utopia de una Transformación. 12-14 Contemporary. Vienna
Hortus Conclusus. Schloss.25, Sculpture garden. Vienna
The Window Show (with Sylvia Manfreda and Stefanie Wuschitz). Flux 23 in T/abor. Vienna
HILFSLINIEN. Pavelhaus. Graz
14th Young Art Auction. Artcare. Vienna
Die Geburt des Museums der Migration. Die Schöne. Vienna
Hi! Ich bin beim Karpfenkönig. Stadtlabor Floridsdorf. Vienna
bleischwer (with Lara Erel and Vasilena Gankovska). Fabrikraum Project Space. Vienna (O)
2019
MOLERAJ. Temporary Parapet. Bratislava (S)
kunstnah/kunstfern. Galerie IG Bildende Kunst. Vienna (S)
I KNOW I CARE. Waschhalle Wienerberg, George-Washington-Hof. Vienna (WIENWOCHE) (O) (C)
Jelena Ljubomir Micić. MG+MSUM. Ljubljana (The Big Shift: the 1990s. Avant-gardes in Eastern Europe and Their Legacy) (P)
Spezialschule für Bildhauerei. XhibitE. Vienna (O) (C)
α. Aquarium. Vienna (O)
publishing shit. University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (C)
Great, but late. Underground Gallery. Sofia (Sofia Art Week)
Doba obnove III. Gallery Reflektor. Užice
I AM SPOILED BY YOU (with Anthia Loizou and Anna Khodorkovskaya). periscope. Salzburg (O)
Design² = 100 x 100cm. Atrium VY7 Angewandte. Vienna
EXHIBIT.ON.RESOURCES. Public space. Vienna (C)
13th Young Art Auction. Kunstraum Nestroyhof. Vienna
AIR4. Ravnikar Gallery Space. Ljubljana
Radovi sa 41. JLK u Beogradu. Kuća Kralja Petra. Belgrade (C)
Praise the Laziness. 12-14 Contemporary. Vienna
Aquarium. Aquarium. Vienna (FOTO WIEN) (O)
2018
NO-YELLOW. Gallery Reflektor. Užice (S)
CONNECTION. Galeria WL4 Przestrzeń Sztuki/Oliwa Town Hall of Culture. Gdansk
Non-Aligned (with Mariama Diallo). Wolke. Vienna (T) (O)
Ö1 Talentestipendium Bildende Kunst (with Matthias Lindtner). Wiener Ringturm. Vienna (T) (C)
Sisters in Arms (with Vera Klimentyeva). Loft 8. Vienna (T) (O)
Woman, all too woman. Muzeul de Artă Timişoara
W+? (with Olesya Kleymenova). Zigutamve photography. Vienna (T) (O)
minus20degree: Art&Architecture Winter Biennale. Public space. Flachau
Delirious Islands. Public space. Belgrade (Belgrade Month of Photography)
41. Jalovik Art Colony. Dom kulture. Jalovik (C)
Reunion On The Grass – Sharing what can’t be solved! das weisse haus. Vienna
Pogledi 2018. Gallery 73. Belgrade (C)
Kunstasyl. Semperdepot. Vienna
AIR4. Ravnikar Gallery Space. Ljubljana
SIGN(AL)S. Dessous. Vienna (DREISECHSFUENF 03 Festival)
Andere Welten 2017. Photon Gallery. Vienna (C)
III International Biennial of Artistic Drawing. Dušan Starčević Memorial gallery. Smederevska Palanka
Road Show East part II. 12-14 Contemporary. Vienna
Road Show East part II. Chemical Institute. Ljubljana
Road Show East part II. Greta. Zagreb
Road Show East part II. Ostavinska galerija. Belgrade
Für die Fisch. Selch-Haus. Landgasthof Haidl. Thaya (Viertelfestival Niederösterreich)
2017
BOJNA POLJA. KCNS, Mali likovni salon. Novi Sad (C) (S)
I love Sol, but he loves Josef. Haus der Frau. Linz (S)
Tiefe Kirschen. Lisa Kandlhofer. Vienna
Different Worlds. Kino Šiška. Ljubljana (C)
Gradual Home. Aacollections. Vienna (O)
Molotovv Party. Aquarium. Vienna (S) (O)
Mladi 2017: Ovo menja sve. Niš Art Foundation. Ex-Eurosalon. Belgrade (C)
Mladi 2017: Ovo menja sve. Niš Art Foundation. Philip Morris Gallery. Niš (C)
A Marriott in Ritz Clothing. Alte Post. Vienna (TAKE Festival)
72 Publication Launch. A307. Vienna (P)
THE GRAND TOUR SHOW. Kvaka 22. Belgrade
Districta #23. CREAU. Stable X. Vienna
Tschau Ragazzi. Academy of Fine Arts. Vienna
Kunst Kebab. Museumsquartier Passage. Vienna (C)
Pseudoscienza Art-magazine #3: Surprise Edition. Jan Arnold Gallery. Vienna (P)
VI Exhibition of Young Artists. EGallery. Belgrade
25. ART-Market. Kuća kralja Petra. Belgrade (C)
#freezetheframe Vol.3. Mo.ë. Vienna
Shu! Burggasse. Vienna (P)
2016
ANEKUMENA. Dom omladine Gallery. Belgrade (C) (S)
Ohne Titel (Projektraum/Plattform). Austrian Sculpture Park. Graz (C)
BALKANIZATION. Friday Exit. Vienna (C) (O)
More Than A Sum. Mandelkern Project. Vienna (Eyes On - Month of Photography) (O)
I Am Sorry, This is Photography. Aquarium. Vienna (Eyes On - Month of Photography) (C) (O)
Putzmalerei der Frau Jelena (Performance). Academy of Fine Arts. Vienna (S) (O)
Maintaining the Pictures (Performance) @ How high can you bounce? Produzentengalerie. Vienna (P)
How high can you bounce? Produzenten Galerie. Vienna (C)
Young Photographers Exhibition. Fine Arts Galerie. Traismauer (C)
Outta Space. Friday Exit. Vienna
MILLENNIALS. Breite Gasse. Vienna
The Anatomy of Melancholy. Ateliertheater. Vienna
Going South. Galerie Marenzi. Leibnitz
Begegnung mit dem Anderen. Festsaal der Bezirksvorstehung Wieden. Vienna
IMPULS 3. Kafe-galerija Petak. Belgrade (C)
VISUAL disORDER. ŠTAB Gallery. Belgrade (C) (O)
2015
OTAC/FATHER. Inex Gallery. Belgrade (S)
PICTURE IN THE BOOK - THE BOOK IN THE PICTURE. University Library, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (S) (O)
ECUMENA. Atelier Suterena. Vienna (O)
TRANSFORM. Projektraum junge Kunst, Kunstfabrik. Groß Siegharts (S)
WHERE IS THE FISH. Rundgang 2015. Academy of Fine Arts, Aquarium. Vienna (O)
THE TITLE IS IN THE HEAD (with Žarko Aleksić). AU. Vienna (T) (O)
Vergessen. Conspect Curators. Brick5. Vienna (C)
Presek stanja svesti. Ulična galerija. Belgrade
PROFILE PICTURE. Ulična galerija. Belgrade
Galerie Überall. Public space. Vienna
Self-portrait (Refoto Magazine). Artget Gallery. Belgrade
ArtStreamShop@MQ Wien. Public space. Vienna
3 2 1 Test Show. OKAPI Studio. Vienna
WALK OF ART. Sujetserie IV. Kunstschaffen. Gallery HO + Public space. Vienna
ARTWALK. Kunst macht Beine. Vereinshaus. Groß Siegharts (C)
2014
FORMA.izam. Gallery SKC. Belgrade (S) (O)
Project Four: Fluid Mechanics. Altes Zollamt. Vienna (Parallel Vienna 2014)
Power/Control. Wals.gallery. Munich
Sources and Secrets. Denkfabrikat Werkschau 2014. Mo.ë. Vienna
POSTMortem. Ulična galerija. Belgrade (S)
Portraits of Death (with Žarko Aleksić). Einbaumöbel. Vienna (T) (O)
SAY IT.RS>. Old Knoll Gallery. Vienna
SAY IT.GR>. Old Knoll Gallery. Vienna
Young Photographers Exhibition. Fine Arts Galerie. Traismauer (C)
3+1. Aquarium. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (O)
Jedes Stück 1 Euro. Lust Gallery. Vienna
SELBSTPORTRÄT 2014. KMG Art Gallery. Vienna
AENEA. Operngasse. Vienna (P)
Lovely Day on Pasture. Painting studio/Schillerplatz, E11. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (P)
Portfolio Review@Wunderkammer. TUWien. Vienna
Edition of the Figurative Painting class. Rundgang 2014. Painting studio/Schillerplatz, E17. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
2013
IV International festival Š.U.N.D. Fabrica Braco de Prata. Lisboa
RE/8 DESIGN PARK. Cultural Center. Novi Sad
Nepokoreni grad. Na Gazi Youth center. Karlovac (Festival of independent culture)
100NAJ. Freedom. Belgrade (S)
PROJEKAT360. Circus Gallery SKC. Belgrade (C) (O)
REČ U PROSTORU. Happy Center SKC. Belgrade
Errors Allowed. Gallery Progress. Belgrade (16. BJCEM) (C)
Phodar Biennial. Ilia Beshkov Gallery. Pleven
POZIV NA SUDAR (with Žarko Aleksić). Eurocenter. Belgrade (Night of the Museums) (T) (O)
Sudari. Patosoffiranje. Cultural Center. Smederevo
Periscope. Podmornica. Belgrade (P)
Analogije. Virtual Cultural Center. Kraljevo (P)
Kriptografija grada. Muzej rudničko-takovskog kraja. Gornji Milanovac (Night of the museums)
Kultobran. Homeland Museum. Knjaževac
4 on 4. Public space. Knjaževac (O)
Dr. Karanka’s Print Stravaganza. CZKD. Belgrade
Inex Sales Show. Inex Gallery. Belgrade (C)
2012
Femix. Cultural Center REX. Belgrade
Monochrome (Refoto Magazine). Artget Gallery. Belgrade
XI International Biennial of Miniature Art. Cultural center Gornji Milanovac (C)
Days of photography in Serbia. Dom kulture. Čačak (C)
Prohibicija. Mixer festival. Kustosiranje. Belgrade
U ritmu sreće. Gallery of Fine art Rajko Mamuzić gift collection. Novi Sad (Night of the museums)
Profutura. Gallery of the Open Folk University. Poreč
III International Festival Š.U.N.D. Novi prostor SKC. Belgrade
VIDEOMEDEJA. Novi Sad (Made in Serbia Selection)
Čuvari trenutaka. Gallery of the railway station. Belgrade (C)
Čuvari trenutaka. Open University Gallery. Subotica (C)
Čuvari trenutaka. Fuji gallery. Novi Sad (C)
2011
Creative or Cloned. O3one. Belgrade (C)
II International Art Festival Š.U.N.D. ArtCENTAR. Belgrade
PDP Convention 4. University of Technology. Novi Sad (C)
ReKREAkCIJA. UK Parobrod. Belgrade
XVI International Salon for Miniature Photography. Gallery DKSG. Belgrade
Palilulska olimpijada kulture. DKC. Belgrade
2010
Nevidljivi grad. Artget. Belgrade (C)
PDP Convention 3. University of Technology. Novi Sad (C)
Prizes and Mentions
Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award. Belgrade/New York (2021)
Würdigungspreis der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien. Excellent Artistic Theses (2020)
Ö1 Talentestipendium Bildende Kunst. Vienna (2018)
kültür gemma! Fellowship. Vienna (2018)
5th International Photography Competition for Young Photographers from CEE. Ljubljana (Shortlisted) (2017)
Leopoldauerstraße 26 (Fassadengestaltung Wettbewerb). Vienna (Second Prize) (2015)
Refoto Magazine (Self-portrait) (Honorable Mention) (2015)
POK (First Prize for Photography) (2012)
Creative or Cloned (First Prize for photography) (2011)
POK (Special Prize for Photography) (2011)
Š.U.N.D International Art Festival (Competitor for the Festival Award) (2011)
XVI International Salon for Miniature Photography (Honorable Mention) (2011)
PDP Convention 3: III International Student Congress of Graphic Technologies (Second Prize for Photography) (2010)
Fotosofia5: International photography workshop (Prize for the Best Non-edited Photo) (2010)
Residencies
RU. New York (2023)
Digital Artist Residency. Fabrikraum Project Space. Vienna (2020)
Stadtlabor Floridsdorf. Vienna (2019/2020)
AIR Gallery Reflektor. Užice (2019)
41. Jalovik Art Colony. Jalovik (2018)
AIR Haus der Frau. Linz (2017)
Collections
Wienmuseum, Vienna
Collection of the City of Vienna
Artothek des Bundes (Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport, Republic of Austria)
Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
The Homeland Museum in Knjaževac, Republic of Serbia
Private collections (Austria, China, Croatia, Germany, Serbia, Spain, UK, US)
