Katarina Rasic
Belgrade, Serbia/Mumbai, India
Katarina performance reel from Anne Murray on Vimeo.
The Mask that Uncovers Us from Anne Murray on Vimeo.
Katarina Rasic CV
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Katarina Rasic (27.11.1987) is an artist from Belgrade, Serbia, working and living in Bangalore, India. Through travelling and experiencing new places, her art is constantly changing and developing new levels, exploring different ways of expression, through painting, installation and performance work. She graduated with a Masters in painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. Katarina is a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia.
Katarina has exhibited her work internationally. She was part of the project Art Adda ( in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher and Bhuvanesh Kumar) , performance art intervention in broken spaces, supported by The Indian Foundation for Art, through a Project 560, in 2014. In 2015 she started Dream Box, an ongoing performance art series in Sri Lanka and then continued in Belgrade. Currently she is working on a project Melting Pot – a traveling exhibition of 4 women artists.
In her artistic practice Katarina is exploring the ideas of belonging, tradition, female identity (different parts of her identity). Hailing form a country with a turbulent history and living on a different continent (India) Katarina’s cultural identity was formed as a blend of many different influences. She was born in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which fall apart in 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed, in 2003 it became Serbia and Montenegro, and in 2006 just Serbia, so without changing the location she lived in 4 countries. Therefore she never formed strong national identity, rather she feels as a melting pot of different cultures, costumes and ways of thinking and understanding, blending together in one personality. She finds concept of “home” and national identity particularly interesting topics to explore.
As the visual artist and the performance artist she is trying to mingle these two mediums, using her body to express concepts and then using canvas to bring out what the performance had brought to her.
Using symbols Katarina is telling her story, feelings, and memories; trying to mingle all these elements together in the complex configuration of her identity; assembled from bits and pieces of memories traced on her skin.
Katarina has exhibited her work internationally. She was part of the project Art Adda ( in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher and Bhuvanesh Kumar) , performance art intervention in broken spaces, supported by The Indian Foundation for Art, through a Project 560, in 2014. In 2015 she started Dream Box, an ongoing performance art series in Sri Lanka and then continued in Belgrade. Currently she is working on a project Melting Pot – a traveling exhibition of 4 women artists.
In her artistic practice Katarina is exploring the ideas of belonging, tradition, female identity (different parts of her identity). Hailing form a country with a turbulent history and living on a different continent (India) Katarina’s cultural identity was formed as a blend of many different influences. She was born in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which fall apart in 1992 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed, in 2003 it became Serbia and Montenegro, and in 2006 just Serbia, so without changing the location she lived in 4 countries. Therefore she never formed strong national identity, rather she feels as a melting pot of different cultures, costumes and ways of thinking and understanding, blending together in one personality. She finds concept of “home” and national identity particularly interesting topics to explore.
As the visual artist and the performance artist she is trying to mingle these two mediums, using her body to express concepts and then using canvas to bring out what the performance had brought to her.
Using symbols Katarina is telling her story, feelings, and memories; trying to mingle all these elements together in the complex configuration of her identity; assembled from bits and pieces of memories traced on her skin.
CURRICULUM VITAE -KATARINA RAŠIĆ
Date of Birth: 27.11.1987.
E-mail: kaconki@gmail.com
Website: http://www.katarinarasic.rs/
http://meltingpotontour.blogspot.co.uk/
https://m.facebook.com/katarinarasicart/
EDUCATION
2009 -2011- MA in Fine Art, University of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Painting Department in the class of the professor Mr. Slobodan Roksandic with average mark 9.83/10.00.
2006 - 2009 - BA degree in Fine Art, University of Fine Arts, Belgrade,
Painting Department in the class of the professor Mr. Slobodan Roksandić with average mark 9.56/10.00.
2002 - 2006 - High school for Design, Belgrade, Serbia.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 August- August 2016 - Bangalore International School, Art teacher, Bangalore, India.
2015 - KalaRasa Art House, Gallery curator, Bangalore, India.
2014 - Organization of the project Art Adda in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher and Bhuvanesh Kumar supported by India Foundation for Arts under project 560, Bangalore, India.
2014 - Workshop on recycled art in Creative school in Bangalore, India.
2013 - Elementary School, Skadarlija“, Art teacher, Belgrade, Serbia.
2013 - Workshop with recycled material organized for The Day of planet Earth with Hayatt Hotel, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Workshop painting murals in NGO school Sakti in Bangalore, India.
2012 - Remake Festival – lecture on inspiration found in waste - Junk Art.
2012 -Present - Member of ULUS (Fine Artists Association of Serbia).
2011 - Teaching art in High school for Design in Belgrade during methodical practice during studies at Faculty of Fine Arts.
2010 - Lecture on Recycled Art and Junk art at First Belgrade Gymnasium- methodical practice during studies at Faculty of Fine Arts.
2010 – Teaching in elementary school Skadarlija/methodical practice during studies at Faculty of Fine Arts
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2015 - HeArt Beats, Belgrade,Serbia.
2014 - Art Adda project in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher supported by Indian Foundation for Art, Bangalore,
2012 - Sumukha Gallery- presentation of artworks and performance in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher, Bangalore,India.
2012 - 11 International Youth Art Festival, Fashion show Recycled Fashion, Bitola, Macedonia.
2011 - Exhibition- Recycled fashion in Gallery house of Vojnovici, Inđija, Serbia.
2011 - RRR ( reduce, reuse, recycle) festival, Recycled fashion – fashion show and exhibition on Ada Huja, Belgrade, Serbia.
2011 - Fashion week – Recycled fashion, Nis, Serbia.
2010 - Recycled fashion – fashion show in Club of students of Technology,
Belgrade, Serbia.
2010 - Recycled fashion – fashion show in Tasmajdanski park, Belgrade,Serbia.
2010 - Kutievo Fashion Selection, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2016 - Melting Pot-organizing-participating in travelling exhibition of 4 women artists:
Barbara Ash (UK), Gayatri Gamuz (Spain), Pritam Bhatty (India)
Venues:
April - Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India.
May - Sublime Gallery, Bangalore, India.
July - Kombank Art Hall, Belgrade, Serbia.
July - Nehru Center, London, UK.
July – Serbian Embassy, London,UK.
January 2017 – Gallery Beyond, Mumbai, India.
2016 – Cocoon performance, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India.
2016 – Performance on the topic, Body and vulnerability, Goethe Institute, Bangalore, India.
2015 - Mixer Art Festival-Project Black Box, Belgrade, Serbia.
2015 - Matheran Green World Art Festival, Matheran, India.
2015 - Theertha performance platform - Borders and lines temporality of the landscape, performance festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2014 - Swasti Gallery- group exhibition Trans, Bangalore, India.
2014 - Birla Academy of Art and Culture, group exhibition Expressions 11, Kolkata, India
2014 - Lokayota Gallery Group exhibition Expressions 10, New Delhi, India.
2014 - Only love group exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia.
2013 ¬¬- Performance in Trust in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher in NGMA, during the performance project led by Seema Kohli, curated by Lina Vincent Sunish
2013 - Art Market house of King Peter I, Belgrade, Serbia.
2013 - Festival of Open Studios, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Recycled design – Gallery Singidunum, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Show the road – Fashion show in Supermarket concept store, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Remake Festival- lecture / Junk Art and exhibition of Recycled Fashion.
2012 - Exhibition of new members of Fine Artist Association of Serbia.
2011 - Exhibition in Gallery "Kuća Djure Jakšića", Belgarde, Serbia.
2011 - Mixer festival – Visual art zone, Belgarde,Serbia.
2010 - Exhibition “Boarder line“, Gallery of The Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.
2010 - Festum –exhibition of students of The Art university in Belgrade, Cultural center of students, Belgrade, Serbia
2009 - Exhibition-happening “Progressive hopes 4”, Belgrade, Serbia.
2008 - 37th exhibition of small drawings and sculpture (students of Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade) in Dom Omladine.
2008 - Exhibition “Art in Goethe institute”, Belgrade, Serbia.
2008 - “Real presence 08 “- International workshop of students of Fine Arts.
2008 - Exhibition of small drawings (students of Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade)
in “Kuća Đure Jakšića”, Belgrade, Serbia.
2007 - ”Outside project” Florence, Italy.
GRANTS/AWARDS
2010 -11 - Awarded with a scholarship from The Fund for young talents of The Republic of Serbia (1000 scholarships per year).
2008 - 2009 - Awarded with a scholarship from The Fund for young talents of The Republic of Serbia (1000 scholarships per year).
2008 - Complimented for the reconstruction of the character of the princess Olivera from Fund of H.M. ”Princess Olivera”.
WORKSHOPS
2014 - Gram Art Residency programme –Eco-Irri-Sanni, supported by KHOJ international
2014 – Kala Samannaya Art Festival – Guwahati, Assam.
2013 - Alvas Vishawa Varnasiri Foundation International Painting Camp – Moodbidri.
2013 – Wool Felt Landscape workshop - Elizabeth Carr (USA) www.elizfineart.com.
2013- Viewpoints – workshop with Lori Boldvin (USA) in collaboration with Third Belgrade.
2012 - Green World Art Festival - Bangalore, India.
2009 - Workshop led by artist Mark Jenkins durin BELEF (Belgrade summer festival) in Belgrade, Serbia.
2007 - Outside Project “workshops in Outside Experimental studio of Art centre in Florence, Italy
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English - high level
Italian – basic level
French - basic level (learned in elementary school for five years)
PUBLICATIONS OF ARTWORKS
Katarina Rasic's artworks were have been published in media and newspapers many times. She was a guest in shows Fusnota on Avala chanel, the morning program on Studio B channel and guest in the show Mira Adanja Polak an You.
Some newspaper publications I have been featured in:
23.04.2010 – Politika Newspapers and Magazines: Recycled Fashion
23.04.2010 - Blic Newspapers: Dedicated to ecology
16.05. 2010 - Politika Magazines: Nothing to waste
17.05. 2010 –Sports Journal: Katarina dressed Ceca
2010 - Lice ulice newspapers: Recycled Art
25.12.2011- Politika Magazines: Funky Fashion
24.05.2012 - Politika Newspapers and Magazines: The representation of local fashion scene in The Supermarket concept store
30.11.2012 – The Hindu – Awareness through art
2014 - During project Art Adda there were many articles following it in different newspapers including The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Art and Deal, etc.
2015 - Good design-Eco and sustainable design ( Dobar dizajn I odrzivi razvoj) -Tijana Popovic Pjescic – publication REKA,Pap Pavla 14,21000 Novi Sad, Serbia- part 8 Eco design in Serbia – page 342
2016 – Project Melting Pot was featured in The Hindu, Indian Express, etc.
Date of Birth: 27.11.1987.
E-mail: kaconki@gmail.com
Website: http://www.katarinarasic.rs/
http://meltingpotontour.blogspot.co.uk/
https://m.facebook.com/katarinarasicart/
EDUCATION
2009 -2011- MA in Fine Art, University of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Painting Department in the class of the professor Mr. Slobodan Roksandic with average mark 9.83/10.00.
2006 - 2009 - BA degree in Fine Art, University of Fine Arts, Belgrade,
Painting Department in the class of the professor Mr. Slobodan Roksandić with average mark 9.56/10.00.
2002 - 2006 - High school for Design, Belgrade, Serbia.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 August- August 2016 - Bangalore International School, Art teacher, Bangalore, India.
2015 - KalaRasa Art House, Gallery curator, Bangalore, India.
2014 - Organization of the project Art Adda in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher and Bhuvanesh Kumar supported by India Foundation for Arts under project 560, Bangalore, India.
2014 - Workshop on recycled art in Creative school in Bangalore, India.
2013 - Elementary School, Skadarlija“, Art teacher, Belgrade, Serbia.
2013 - Workshop with recycled material organized for The Day of planet Earth with Hayatt Hotel, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Workshop painting murals in NGO school Sakti in Bangalore, India.
2012 - Remake Festival – lecture on inspiration found in waste - Junk Art.
2012 -Present - Member of ULUS (Fine Artists Association of Serbia).
2011 - Teaching art in High school for Design in Belgrade during methodical practice during studies at Faculty of Fine Arts.
2010 - Lecture on Recycled Art and Junk art at First Belgrade Gymnasium- methodical practice during studies at Faculty of Fine Arts.
2010 – Teaching in elementary school Skadarlija/methodical practice during studies at Faculty of Fine Arts
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2015 - HeArt Beats, Belgrade,Serbia.
2014 - Art Adda project in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher supported by Indian Foundation for Art, Bangalore,
2012 - Sumukha Gallery- presentation of artworks and performance in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher, Bangalore,India.
2012 - 11 International Youth Art Festival, Fashion show Recycled Fashion, Bitola, Macedonia.
2011 - Exhibition- Recycled fashion in Gallery house of Vojnovici, Inđija, Serbia.
2011 - RRR ( reduce, reuse, recycle) festival, Recycled fashion – fashion show and exhibition on Ada Huja, Belgrade, Serbia.
2011 - Fashion week – Recycled fashion, Nis, Serbia.
2010 - Recycled fashion – fashion show in Club of students of Technology,
Belgrade, Serbia.
2010 - Recycled fashion – fashion show in Tasmajdanski park, Belgrade,Serbia.
2010 - Kutievo Fashion Selection, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2016 - Melting Pot-organizing-participating in travelling exhibition of 4 women artists:
Barbara Ash (UK), Gayatri Gamuz (Spain), Pritam Bhatty (India)
Venues:
April - Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India.
May - Sublime Gallery, Bangalore, India.
July - Kombank Art Hall, Belgrade, Serbia.
July - Nehru Center, London, UK.
July – Serbian Embassy, London,UK.
January 2017 – Gallery Beyond, Mumbai, India.
2016 – Cocoon performance, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India.
2016 – Performance on the topic, Body and vulnerability, Goethe Institute, Bangalore, India.
2015 - Mixer Art Festival-Project Black Box, Belgrade, Serbia.
2015 - Matheran Green World Art Festival, Matheran, India.
2015 - Theertha performance platform - Borders and lines temporality of the landscape, performance festival, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2014 - Swasti Gallery- group exhibition Trans, Bangalore, India.
2014 - Birla Academy of Art and Culture, group exhibition Expressions 11, Kolkata, India
2014 - Lokayota Gallery Group exhibition Expressions 10, New Delhi, India.
2014 - Only love group exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia.
2013 ¬¬- Performance in Trust in collaboration with Jeetin Rangher in NGMA, during the performance project led by Seema Kohli, curated by Lina Vincent Sunish
2013 - Art Market house of King Peter I, Belgrade, Serbia.
2013 - Festival of Open Studios, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Recycled design – Gallery Singidunum, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Show the road – Fashion show in Supermarket concept store, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012 - Remake Festival- lecture / Junk Art and exhibition of Recycled Fashion.
2012 - Exhibition of new members of Fine Artist Association of Serbia.
2011 - Exhibition in Gallery "Kuća Djure Jakšića", Belgarde, Serbia.
2011 - Mixer festival – Visual art zone, Belgarde,Serbia.
2010 - Exhibition “Boarder line“, Gallery of The Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.
2010 - Festum –exhibition of students of The Art university in Belgrade, Cultural center of students, Belgrade, Serbia
2009 - Exhibition-happening “Progressive hopes 4”, Belgrade, Serbia.
2008 - 37th exhibition of small drawings and sculpture (students of Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade) in Dom Omladine.
2008 - Exhibition “Art in Goethe institute”, Belgrade, Serbia.
2008 - “Real presence 08 “- International workshop of students of Fine Arts.
2008 - Exhibition of small drawings (students of Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade)
in “Kuća Đure Jakšića”, Belgrade, Serbia.
2007 - ”Outside project” Florence, Italy.
GRANTS/AWARDS
2010 -11 - Awarded with a scholarship from The Fund for young talents of The Republic of Serbia (1000 scholarships per year).
2008 - 2009 - Awarded with a scholarship from The Fund for young talents of The Republic of Serbia (1000 scholarships per year).
2008 - Complimented for the reconstruction of the character of the princess Olivera from Fund of H.M. ”Princess Olivera”.
WORKSHOPS
2014 - Gram Art Residency programme –Eco-Irri-Sanni, supported by KHOJ international
2014 – Kala Samannaya Art Festival – Guwahati, Assam.
2013 - Alvas Vishawa Varnasiri Foundation International Painting Camp – Moodbidri.
2013 – Wool Felt Landscape workshop - Elizabeth Carr (USA) www.elizfineart.com.
2013- Viewpoints – workshop with Lori Boldvin (USA) in collaboration with Third Belgrade.
2012 - Green World Art Festival - Bangalore, India.
2009 - Workshop led by artist Mark Jenkins durin BELEF (Belgrade summer festival) in Belgrade, Serbia.
2007 - Outside Project “workshops in Outside Experimental studio of Art centre in Florence, Italy
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English - high level
Italian – basic level
French - basic level (learned in elementary school for five years)
PUBLICATIONS OF ARTWORKS
Katarina Rasic's artworks were have been published in media and newspapers many times. She was a guest in shows Fusnota on Avala chanel, the morning program on Studio B channel and guest in the show Mira Adanja Polak an You.
Some newspaper publications I have been featured in:
23.04.2010 – Politika Newspapers and Magazines: Recycled Fashion
23.04.2010 - Blic Newspapers: Dedicated to ecology
16.05. 2010 - Politika Magazines: Nothing to waste
17.05. 2010 –Sports Journal: Katarina dressed Ceca
2010 - Lice ulice newspapers: Recycled Art
25.12.2011- Politika Magazines: Funky Fashion
24.05.2012 - Politika Newspapers and Magazines: The representation of local fashion scene in The Supermarket concept store
30.11.2012 – The Hindu – Awareness through art
2014 - During project Art Adda there were many articles following it in different newspapers including The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Art and Deal, etc.
2015 - Good design-Eco and sustainable design ( Dobar dizajn I odrzivi razvoj) -Tijana Popovic Pjescic – publication REKA,Pap Pavla 14,21000 Novi Sad, Serbia- part 8 Eco design in Serbia – page 342
2016 – Project Melting Pot was featured in The Hindu, Indian Express, etc.
