Leonora Vekić
Artist
After graduating from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade 1995, Leonora Vekić engaged in new tendencies in tapestry, directed to discovering a new key and use of plastic, synthetic and metal, that made the concept of textile art fundamentally fluid. Conceptual thinking through material, space and form leads to the works of the last two years that are joining works of art and their light projections.
Leonora Vekić is a Professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. She’s active in textile art, fashion and other visual arts. Winner of awards and prizes such as Plate Award at the 22nd Tapestry Biennial by The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia (ULUPUDS) in 2016, Acquisition prize by the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 2010, Grand Prix of 46th May Exhibition of ULUPUDS in 2014, Plate awards by ULUPUDS Section of Textile and Fashion in 2009, 2010 and 2011, First prize by ULUPUDS at the Tapestry Biennial in 2010, Plate Award by ULUPUDS at the Tapestry Biennial in 2000.
Her works are included in public and private collections.
For the project WOMAN ABOUT WOMAN:
1. Portraits / 2020
Cotton, acrylic glass
Mixed media
Composition of two elements of same dimensions, diameter of 55 cm
2. On the other side 01... / 2020
Paper, foil for lamination
Mixed media
Height: 300 cm; length: 400 cm
The first works under this title were made in 2013 for the solo show at the Salon of the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade. All works for the exhibition Visible - Invisible were made from the perspective of the significance, function and architectural space of the Museum.
