Meet Vanja
Vanja Vukelic is a Bosnian-born Canadian artist whose work merges abstraction and figuration to explore themes of identity, memory, and transformation. Informed by her personal experiences of the Bosnian War, Slavic folklore, plant medicine, Jungian psychoanalysis, and practices like dream-tending, her art delves into concepts of mysticism and spirituality. Through a deeply reflective process, Vukelic creates works that bridge the personal and the universal.
Vanja’s practice is rooted in her ancestral connection to the land, shaping her perspective and values.
Vukelic explores intuition, myths, folklore, and past traumas through large-scale abstract and figurative works. Her practice incorporates a diverse range of mediums, including ink, gouache, acrylics, pastels, oils, and earth pigments.
Her art has been expressed on the skin of women around the world and is commissioned by private collectors, businesses, and brands for its emotional depth and symbolic composition.
MOTHER // ARTIST
Mother // Artist, founded by Vanja, is a community space that offers local workshops, meetups, and one-on-one Zoom sessions. It challenges the patriarchal norms affecting mothers and artists, often undermining culture, creativity, and caretaking.
Mother // Artist provides an intuitive space for participants to engage in meaningful dialogue and creative practice, highlighting the unseen, unspoken, and undervalued contributions of both motherhood and art.
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