Jovana Tomanovic was born in Belgrade in 1982. She lives in Milano for last 23 years, where she have graduated at the Fine Arts Academy of Brera in 2005 for the main painting section and also have taken a master degree in 2008 in Visual Arts with a specialisation in sculpture. For 6 years she have been working at Flash Art International as head of marketing and ade-vrtising and for 7 years she was a proud and successfull founder of a Charitable Foundation named SAVREMENA DECA - Art Education for Unprivilaged Children in Serbia. Within last two years Jovana took a decision to focus full time on her own life and art production and find a gallery to rapresent her work and lounch it to the international market.

This serial of works have been painted between two studios, one in Milan and the other one in Julian Alps. A Slovenian village named Bovec is a place where the meditation and inspira-tion cames from and developes in two main themes of growing grass and giant butterflies. The tehnique is oil on canvas and the usual dimension is a landscape format 150 x 240 cm. It have been presented to the public for the first time during ArtePadova art fair, Nov.2016.

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VAT n. 05195690960email: jovana.enterprise@gmail.com

GPS: +39 349 5517171skype: chi.ama.mi

Education: • Childhood and high school education in Serbian, Russian and Italian schools. • Fine arts practises at Rubinov’s atelier in Moscow 1989-1994• Fine arts practises at Etela Merk’s atelier in Belgrade• High Art School degree at Liceo Artistico Statale Primo, Milan, Italy (83/100). - 2000• Erasmus exchange at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. - 2003• Degree at Fine Art Academy Brera, Milan, Italy, specialized in painting - 2005• Member of ULUS (United Painters of Serbia) 2005.• Visual Arts maser degree at Fine Art Academy Brera, specialized in sculpture - 2007• Master in Landscape Design at Fine Art Academy Brera, Milan, Italy - 2008• Wildlife Photography workshop - London UK - 2014

Spoken languages:• Serbian, Russian, English, Italian.

Occupation: • Art Consultant at UniCredit & Art project, Milano 2007-2008.• Head of Marketing and Advertising at Flash Art International - Giancarlo Politi Editore srl. Oct. 2008 - Dec. 2014.• Charitable foundation’s founder at “Savremena Deca” - Art Education for Children without Parental Care in Serbia, 2008 - 2015. • Freelance artist since 2003

Painting awards: • “FIOM” 5-10 July 2001, corso di Porta Vittoria 43, Milano• “ANGELO TENCHIO”, 11-30 May 2002,Corpo a shed-ex Ticosa, via Grandi, Como• FONDAZIONE GAETANO MORGESE, IV concorso nazionale di pittura, 26 aprile-2 May 2003, Sala Ferula,Terlizzi – Bari• PREMIO AGAZZI 2003, XIX concorso nazionale di pittura, acquarello e grafica, Mapello• III Biennale di pittura “PREMIO FELICE CASORATI 2002”, 26 May- 14 July 2003, Pavaro-lo-Torino• “HELIOS ARTS AWARD 2003”, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leo-nardo da Vinci, Milano• “RASSEGNA NAZIONALE D’ARTE PITTORICA”, 9-16 November 2003, via Oberdan ,Giussano• INTERPRETARTI, “il particolare”, galleria d’arte contemporanea Cascina Roma, 17-27 November 2005, San Donato Milanese

Art colonies:• Visegrad - International Art Colony, August 2005, Visegrad, Bosnia• Smederevo - art colony, November 2005, Smederevo, Serbia• Workshop by Paolo Gallerani, two weeks in May 2006, Ioannina, Greece

Other Art Experiences:• Art Auctions at Ta Matete Gallery, Milano and at Art’e` Bologna. 2004. • Assistant for the exhibition Arte, religione e politica, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin at PAC, July 2005, working with Benoît Mangin and Marion Laval-Jeantet, Josè Bedia, Charo Oquet and Cyprien Tokoudagba.• Painting “Omnia” 150 x 170 cm, sold to the collection of the National Museum of Vise-grad, Bosnia 2005.

contactJOVANA TOMANOVIC

VAT n. 05195690960email: jovana.enterprise@gmail.com

GPS: +39 349 5517171skype: chi.ama.mi

Collectove exhibitions: • EXPOART, Palazzo di Brera, Milano 2002• “SUPERMERCADO DE ARTE”, gallery American Prints, 2-24 December 2003, via Bigli 11, Milano “IN PRIMIS”, 8-17 May 2004, curated by Renato Galbusera, galeria PostArt, via Giannone, Milano• “SALONPRIMO 2005”, 11-24 July 2005, Museo della Permanente, via Turati 34, Milano• “ALTRE VOCI ALTRE STANZE”, curated by Alessandro Riva, 22-25 September 2005, Catania Arte Fiera, Le Ciminiere, Catania• “Novi Clanovi”, Cvijeta Zuzuric, Kalemegdan, 19.01.2006-12.02.2006, Belgrade “Salon I 2006” Museo della Permanente, via Turati 34, Milano 2006.

Teaching experiences: • Workshops for students from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade 2008, 2009. • Workshops and art classes for children age 2 to 22. Belgrade 2008- 2010.• Children’s Art Colony - Tara, Serbia. 8 days workshops. December 2010.• Children’s Art Colony - Kopaonik, Serbia. 6 days. August 2011. • Children’s Art Colony - Divcibare, Serbia. 10 days in MArch 2012.• Children’s Art Colony, Silver Lake, Serbia. 11 days in June and July 2012• Children’s Art Colony - Tara, Serbia. 3 weeks workshop. Summer 2013.• Children’s Art Colony, Rudnik, Serbia. 14 days in July 2014.• Workshops and art classes for children age 7 - 15. Belgrade. 2010 - 2015.

Solo shows: • UN ARTE solo show, Bolzen- Bolzano, 4-18 aprile 2003.• Paintings - solo show, Brera Botanic Garden, Milano 2005. • Walking throw New York buildings in Milano, Castello Sforzesco and different squares in Milan, May/September 2006.• New York 5 years after, installation inside San Carpoforo Church, June 2006, Milano• “Chinatevi per vedere”, Milan Aquarium, sponsored by fuoriSalone ’08, may 2008.• B.Fish - BeoFish - Be the Fish, October 2008, Magazin u Kraljevica Marka, sponsored by Knjaz Milos, Belgrade-Serbia• The Artist Is Present, March 2010, Villa Revoltella, Trieste

Art Fairs: • Solo booth at ArtePadova, November 2016.