ARTIST STATEMENT
Since moving from Serbia to US 17 years ago, my practice has focused on painting–canvases, murals, and commissions united by gesture and purpose. My abstractions tell stories through mixed media like acrylic and spray paint, bold colors focused on climax and culmination. Stories inspire me, but their perspective springs from my own. Tales of overcoming are my favorite, yet I recognize survivorship is just part of the human experience. Once a story pours into my soul it’s alchemized into possibilities like color palettes and arrangements of texture. The paintings that result honor every complexity, from rising action to denouement…more
Celebrating Women's Resilience Through Art
In my latest work,I draw inspiration from the remarkable women’s resilience. “All The Hats We Wear” series is my response to how we, as women are wearing all the different hats throughout life situations without even pausing to question. It is in out nature, no matter of the momental state of mind-we are all resiliant and stronger that we think. I use photography as a starting point in my creation where i capture face expretions of my subjects. Later, in my paintings i give them life and embrice their emotional intensity with color and abstract movement. And I am looking forward to experiment with a diverse range of mediums in to creating sight specific instalations that will inspire conversation. As I embark on this journey, my work fervent desire to pay homage to the multifaceted nature of womanhood.
BIOGRAPHY
Bojana Ilic- BOJITT is Serbian-born and raised, US based artist. Following a successful career in the fashion design industry in Serbia, she moved to the United States in 2007. Leveraging more than 25 years of combined experience, her passion for art and design ignites her work mission to develop and deliver client’s brands by deepening consumer’s visceral connection.
BOJITT’s work is internationally present-and ranges from public and private collections, art on screen in contemporary productions and television to public art focused on women’s rights, community empowerment, social justice and equality. From Willis Tower Chicago, Kohl's Children’s Museum Glenview, Art In Embassies program, FX+ TV show Justify, Apple+ Dark Matter to her personal donation mural to small town Pirot in Serbia where she grew up.
Most recently she has been represented by Art in Embassies-US Government's International Art Program, and was in mural artist residency in Sicily where she created a 3 story mural celebrating traditions and craft.
BOJITT’s next international artist residency will take place in France where she plans to create for a month of April. “My plan is to dive into culture and the way people communicate about their feelings and what traditions they carry through generations to express LOVE”.
Her work speaks from her heart to others who find a deep connection with Bojana’s way of communicating BOLDLY through her work while simply celebrating life and inspiring conversation. As she likes to say “Spreading LOVE’’
To learn more about BOJITT’s life and work visit her Press Page and enjoy the selected interviews and publications.
Mural project E PLURIBUS UNUM
Commissioned “personal Story” painting delivery-testimonial