Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić //

I am a writer, researcher in culture, and artist deeply connected with Scandinavia and Northern Europe. My work has taken me to places like Norway (USF Verftet, Frida Hansen Hus, KH Messen, The Spitsbergen Artists Center, Svalbard), Iceland (Gunnar Gunarson residency), Sweden (Konstepidemin), Finland (Erro Nelimarkka Museum), and Greenland (Upernavik Museum).

Throughout my career, I have taken on various roles as a writer-in-residence, artist, and researcher in countries such as Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Japan, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Austria, and Latvia. I have actively participated in artist-in-residence and research projects across Japan, Russia, Austria, France, Portugal, Latvia, Estonia, the United States, and Spain.

My writings cover a range of subjects, including contemporary visual art, (post)feminist and women’s art, gender studies, Scandinavian studies, intercultural dialogue, and art books. Among my literary works are novels like Skrik, Those Who Eat Raw Meat, Dwarves and Hyperborea, and In Exile, as well as non-fiction narratives such as Farsickness/Homesickness/Homelessness. I have also written essays like A Woman Artist’s Room of One’s Own, How to Understand Contemporary Art Practice, How to Understand New Art Practice, Norway from Bjørnson to Knausgaard, Image of Sweden in Serbian Culture, Finland – Land of Kalevala, Lakes, and Saunas, and Norwegian Story.

Additionally, I have published photo books and conceptual art books.

Education:

Magistra der Philosophie (Serbo-Croatian Language and Literature) Department of Literature, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (GPA: 9.36/10.00)

 Artist-in-residence, mobility, literary grants, scholarships, and programs:

• How to Understand Contemporary Art Practice, City of Novi Sad support grant, Novi Sad, 2024
• The Spitsbergen Artists Center, Svalbard, 2024
• Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2024
• How to Understand New Art Practice, Novi Sad ECoC 2022 support grant, Novi Sad, 2021
• A Woman Artists Studio at One’s Own, City of Novi Sad support grant, Novi Sad, 2023
• USF Verftet, Berfen, Norway, 2023/24
• Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2023, Serbian Ministry of Culture support Grant, 2023
• USF Verftet, Bergen, Norvay, 2022/2023
• Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden, Serbian Ministry of Culture support Grant, 2022
• Vlasina, Sebia, Novi Sad
• Air Writers House, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2022
• Meaning of Home, Novi Sad ECoC 2022 support grant, Novi Sad, 2022
• How to Understand New Art Practice, Novi Sad ECoC 2022 support grant, Novi Sad, 2021
• New York research trip, USA, 2021
• TYPA Museum, Tartu, Estonia, Serbian Ministry of Culture support Grant, 2020
• Artists. Now. ECoC 2022 project suport grant, Novi Sad, 2020
• Gunnarshús, Writers’ Union of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2020
• Research trip in Japan, Tokyo, EU Japan Fest Comeetee & Novi Sad ECoC 2022 Kizuna mobility grant, Japan, 2019
• Gunnarshús, Writers’ Union of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2019
• Q21, Museum Quarter, Vienna, Austria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria support grant, 2018

• The National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), St. Petersburg, Russia, Russian Ministry of Culture Residency grant, 2018
• Research trip in Japan, Tokyo, EU Japan Fest grant, Japan, 2018
• NORLA grant, book support grant, 2017
• Erro Nelimarkka Museum, Finland, 2016
• Frida Hansens Hus, Stavanger, Norway, 2015
• USF, Verftet, Bergen, Norway, 2013, 2014/2015
• Konstepidemin, Göteborg, 2014
• Art-House Messen, Alvik, Norway, 2013
• Norwegian Embassy in Serbia support grant, 2013
• USF, Verftet, Bergen, Norway, 2012
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland & Embassy of Finland support grant, 2011
• Upernavik Museum, Upernavik, Greenland, 2010
• Ventspils Writers House, Ventspils, Latvia, residency support grant, 2009

Publications:

• A Woman Artists Studio at One’s Own, Novi Sad, 2023

• How to Understand Contemporary Art Practice, Novi Sad, 2023

• Evrovizion.Crossing Stories, magazine (Novi Sad edition), ifa, 2023 (coeditor with Sanja Kojić Mladenov)
• #Meaning of Home (Farsickness, Homesickness, Homelessness), Novi Sad, 2022
• How to Understand New Art Practice (with Dragana V. Todoreskov), Novi Sad, 2021

• Skrik, Novi Sad, 2020

• ‘Post Nora’ art(ist)?, Novi Sad, 2020 

• Image of Sweden in Serbian culture, Novi Sad, 2017
• Proust’s ‘madeleine at the supermarket (together with #action by visual artist Dragan Vojvodic), Novi Sad, 2016
• Those who eat raw meat, Artprint, 2016
• Vanishing Homes, Novi sad, 2016
• Dwarves and Hyperborea, Kindle Amazon, 2014
• Eaters of Raw Meat, Novi Sad, 2013
• Norwegian story, Novi Sad, 2013. (Norwegian Embassy grant)
• In Exile, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2011
• Suomi, land of Kalevala, lakes, and saunas, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2011 
• Karlovci Grammer School, co-author, (Novi Sad, Prometej, 2010
• Icelandic guide: Dwarfs and Hyperborea, Mala Velika knjiga, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2008

Art Books (handmade, limited edition) and collages:

• Instruction readings, TYPA, Estonia, 2020

• Instruction as writings, Novi Sad, 2016
• Vanishing Home, First edition, Novi Sad, 2016
• Instruction as writings, Bergen, Norway, 2015

• Fabrikken, Bergen, Norway, 2015
• “who?” makE Künst?, Bergen, Norway, 2014
• Gothenburg Art Book, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2014

Represented in Anthologies:

• Novi Sad Literature Baedeker, Bulevar Books, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2022

• ERKLÄRUNG FÜR ALLES, Neue Texte aus Mitteleuropa, Osteuropa, Südosteuropa und dem Schwarzmeerraum, Graz, Austria, 2021

• Ulaznica, Zrenjanin, Serbia, 2021
•  Artist’s Book Yearbook 2018–2019, Impact Press, UK, 2019
• Pichweis, Sarajevo, BiH, 2012
• Medjaj, Uzice, Serbia, 2009
• Najkrace priče, Alma, Serbia, Beograd, 2005
• Otisci srca planete, Serbia, Beografiti, Beograd, 1999

My artistic achievements extend beyond literature, with my work being exhibited in various exhibitions, including:

• Carbon Footprint (with Dragan Vojvodić), The Spitsbergen Artists Center, Svalbard, 2024
• Art Colony Vlasina (2018–2023), Dom kulture Studentski grad, Beograd, 2024

• Mobility, Home and Belonging, The Politics of Postmigration curated by Hélène Ducros for EuropeNow, Council for European Studies (CES) at Columbia University, USA, 2023

• 49. Art Colony Vlasina, Likovna kolonija Vlasina, Leskovački kulturni center, curated by Jelena Matić, Leskovac, Serbia, 2023
•  #Meaning of Home in Today’s World (Farsickness/Homesickness/Homelessness), Creative District, Novi Sad, curated by Dragan Vojvodić, supported by ECoC 2022, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2022

• Meaning of Home #Goteborg, Konstepidemin, AiR, open studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2022
• Meaning of Home in Today’s World, Typa Museum, Tartu, Estonia, 2020

• Art Conceptual Photography, Magacin Kraljevića Marka, Belgrade, curated by Svetlana Mladenov, Belgrade, 2018
• Museum Night, Museum of Contemporary Art Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2008, 2011
  Men in Women’s Eyes, Gallery “Jefimija”, (special prize), Belgrade, 2008 7 KEF, Rex Center, Belgrade, Serbia, Art-Tech Belgrade, Serbia, Cafe Moscow, Berlin, Germany, Mobil Eye 2, Night of the Museum, British Council & Gallery “Žad”, Belgrade, Serbia, and Femfest, Zagreb, Croatia, 2006

Collaborations (performances, visual art, coediting):

• From 2006 to 2020, I collaborated with multimedia artist Dragan Vojvodić on performances in Croatia (ARL Dubrovnik, Poola Gallery, Pula) and Bosnia (Zvono Gallery). I also worked on art projects and exhibitions in Serbia during Novi Sad ECoC 2022 (Meaning of Home 2022), as well as in Estonia (TYPA, Tartu, 2020), the Czech Republic (DEPO 2015, Pilsen), France (Cité des Arts, Paris), Finland (Sumu Residency, Turku; Koli Residency, Koli), and Iceland (SIM House, Writers’ House).

• I was a co-editor (with Sanja Kojić Mladenov) of the EVROVIZION: CROSSING STORIES (Novi Sad edition) magazine (2023), published by ifa in Germany. Additionally, I was the newsletter editor for the International Festival for Contemporary Art, Danube Dialogues (2019–2021). 

Membership:

• Serbian Literary Society
• Association of Writers of Vojvodina

Contact:

ljiljanamv@artboxportal.com

www.ljiljanamaletin.wordpress.vom

Novi Sad, Serbia