Jelena Krstic - Multidisciplinary Artist, Poet and Pianist
Graduated from the University of the Arts, University of Music Arts, Classical Piano, Belgrade (1989–1993), BM, MM; Royal Conservatory of Music, Postgraduate Studies, Classical Piano, class of Antonin Kubalek (1994–1995); Expressive Arts Therapy, The CREATE Institute, Toronto (2006–2009), Diploma, EXA Therapist.
Published poetry books: Kvintet [Quintet], long poem, 2021; Gudala [Bows], long poem, KOV, Petru Krdu, Vršac, 2009; Sonata za klavir sa jednom dirkom [Sonata for Piano with One Key], poetry and prose, with paintings, Slobodan Masic, 2006; Ad Libitum, long poem, with drawings, Slobodan Masic, Magzine Continent2002; Intimacy with Death, poems from the Ad Libitum book, Magazine PorFemina, number 21/22, 2000.
Selected solo exhibitions: Grapheme, Graphic Collective Gallery, Belgrade, 2020; The Sound of a Silence, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, 2008; Lost City, Zvono Gallery, Belgrade, 2007; Ad Libitum, Chaos Gallery, Belgrade, 2002.
Exhibiting and publishing since 2002. Member of the Association of Visual Artists of ULUS) and the Association of Writers of Serbia (UKS).
Multidisciplinary project at First Nuit Blanche: Tous les Sens, The Colonnade, art installation in collaboration with Nurhan Arman, Sinfonia Toronto, curator Marie Nazard, Toronto, 2006. Grand Diploma for Drawing, 2008, XIII INTERBIFEP, International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait Drawings and Graphics, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Selected group exhibitions: Belgrade’s ULUS Spring and Autumn exhibitions; Exhibitions of Small Format Graphics; May Exhibitions of Graphics and Smalls Format Graphics,Graphic Collective Gallery; Belgrade TRIENNIAL(s) Exhibition of Drawing and Sculpture, C. Zuzoric Pavilion; XI BIENNIAL of Aquarelle: Behind the Border, Zrenjanin; Niš Salon 20/2: Better and Highly Sensitive, Niš; International Salon(s) of Graphics, Kraljevo; International Biennial(s) of Miniature Art, Sremska Mitrovica; IX Biennale BIECTR: Ferme ta boîte, Quebec; INTERBIFEP, International BIENNIAL(s) of Portraits, Drawings, and Graphics, Tuzla; V International Mini Print Cantabria, Spain; OSTEN BIENNIAL(s) of Drawing, Macedonia; Coop Gallery, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.