Ja Paunkovic Art Studio Beijing Biennale
Ja Paunkovic Art Studio at the 10th Beijing International Art Biennale
Ja Paunkovic Art Studio proudly participated in the 10th Beijing Biennale. Founders Aleksandar and Jelena Paunković represented Serbia in the national exhibition Resilient Ecologies, showcasing contemporary Serbian art on an international stage. In addition, the Biennale brings together artists, curators, and institutions from over 110 countries, offering a platform for global cultural exchange.
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Serbia’s National Exhibition – Resilient Ecologies
The exhibition “Resilient Ecologies: Coexistence as Negotiation in Serbian Contemporary Art” highlights the works of Serbian artists. The Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS) organizes the exhibition in cooperation with the Chinese Artists Association, under the Ministry of Culture of Serbia.
Moreover, Serbia’s exhibition features a dedicated pavilion of 1,200 square meters, reserved exclusively for the national delegation. At the same time, the country hosted a professional roundtable conference, fostering direct international dialogue.
Dr. Vladan Jeremić curated the exhibition, with Ksenija Marinković serving as commissioner. As a result, the curatorial concept aligns with the Biennale’s sub-themes: Growth, Tempering, and Harmony.
Serbian Artists at the Beijing Biennale
The national exhibition includes works by 19 contemporary Serbian artists, such as Aleksandar Paunković, Jelena Paunković, Zoran Dimovski, Nataša Kokić, and Ana Marković. In addition, the exhibition showcases a wide spectrum of artistic approaches united through coexistence and resilience.
Conceptual Framework: Coexistence as a Dynamic Practice
The exhibition explores resilience as an ongoing, dynamic practice rather than a fixed state. Coexistence is seen as a process of negotiation between humans, nature, and technology. Furthermore, it considers historical continuity alongside contemporary social challenges.
Nature actively engages in dialogue with collective memory. For this reason, resilience is emphasized as a continuous and transformative process.
Our Works – Ja Paunkovic Art Studio
As Ja Paunkovic Art Studio, Aleksandar and Jelena Paunković present two works:
Close to the Heart, oil on canvas, 200 × 260 cm, 2025
No. 24, oil on canvas, 155 × 88 cm, 2023
Our collaborative practice emerges from a deeply rooted connection to nature and the land, shaped through childhood experiences of gardening and walking barefoot on soil. These formative encounters are translated into large-scale paintings that function simultaneously as personal expressions and as public dialogues with nature.
Our ongoing series “Life (Život)” transfers intimate fragments of the natural world onto expansive canvases, deliberately redirecting viewers’ attention toward the essence of nature. This conscious choice of scale and subject matter has consistently proven resonant, sparking reflection and conversation among audiences and reaffirming our belief in painting’s enduring capacity to foster meaningful dialogue about humanity’s relationship with the environment.
