ABOUT
SAND and SNOW
Internally, I dwell in uninhabited residual landscapes of urban decay and gray facades of soc-realist architecture of Eastern Europe. I remember my previous life as a wintery silence of an empty city, ashes of the burnt home, and snow. General theme of my work is industrial landscape, my recurrent interest in manmade structures and objects defined by the quiet void of human presence. My approach is an amalgam of extracting visual shapes from their logical setting (electric power plants, wiring systems, factory interiors) taken out of the context, yet realistically rendered; and juxtaposing them against flat or sub-spatial backgrounds. The underlying grid system references industrial spaces with a rich history of human activity, alluded to through architectural forms. Multilayered veils of thin glazed surfaces reduce industrial structures to a residual patina that recalls space and time. This creates the idea of traces of human presence felt in the residue of the space’s emptiness. These traces are revealed in the subtle implications of representational imagery like wire, electrical equipment, and wooden beams, and yet they are abstracted so that their presence borders on the surreal. Subtle linear system ties my entire oeuvre together: the structure remains intact beneath the curtain that the viewer navigates, recalling their own experiences and nostalgic inference associated with these now unoccupied industrial spaces and landscapes.
NATALIJA MIJATOVIĆ
PAINTINGS
Dark mirror, acrylic on wood, 16” x 16” x 2”, 2020
Black woods, acrylic on wood, 16” x 16” x 2”, 2020
Black lake, acrylic on wood, 16” x 16” x 2”, 2020
Delaware Valley, acrylic on wood, 24” x 30” x 2”, 2020
Beograd, acrylic on wood, 60” x 48”, 2020
Charred, acrylic on wood, 56” x 72", 2020
Cuttings I, acrylic and conté on wood, 16” x 16” x 2”, 2018
Cuttings II, acrylic and conté on wood, 16” x 16” x 2”, 2018
Web, acrylic and conté on wood, 12” x 16” x 2”, 2018
Mend, acrylic on wood, 30” x 30”, 2017
Deliquescence, acrylic on wood, 30” x 40”, 2017
Droplets, acrylic on wood, 40” x 30”, 2017
Hideout 1/2, acrylic on wood, 36” x 36”, 2017
Hideout 2/2, acrylic on wood, 36” x 36”, 2017
Hangar, acrylic on linen, 56” x 72”, 2017
Nives, acrylic on wood, 30” x 3”, 2017
Closure, acrylic on wood, 30” x 24”, 2015
Sneyg, acrylic and conté on wood, 30” x 24”, 2015
Bodig, acrylic, graphite and conté on wood, 30” x 24”, 2014
Weave, acrylic, graphite and conté on wood, 30” x 24”, 2014
Black Roots, acrylic on wood, 14” x 11”, 2014
Boreal, acrylic, graphite and conté on wood, 20” x 16”, 2014
Dormant, acrylic on wood, 11” x 14”, 2014
Sprouts, acrylic, graphite and conté on Wood, 16” x 16”, 2014
Monastery, oil on canvas, 54” x 66”, 2011
Frost, oil on canvas, 58” x 46”, 2011
Gray Day, oil on canvas, 46” x 56”, 2010
Mist, acrylic on canvas, 48” x 60”, 2010
Aix, oil on linen, 43” x 24”, 2010
TYB, acrylic on canvas, 36” x 36”, 2010
Winter in Belgrade, oil on canvas, 72” x 48”, 2010
Solitaire, oil on canvas, 60” x 48”, 2010
Haze, oil on wood, 20” x 16”, 2009
Formally Speaking III, oil on canvas, 30” x 48”, 2009
WORKS ON PAPER
Untitled I, acrylic and conté on paper, 24” x 19”, 2020
Untitled II, acrylic and conté on paper, 19” x 24”, 2020
Untitled III, acrylic and conté on paper, 24” x 19”, 2020
Untitled IV, acrylic and conté on paper, 24” x 19”, 2020
Untitled V, acrylic and conté on paper, 30 ½ ” x 22 ½ ”, 2020
Icicles, acrylic and conté on paper, 14” x 17”, 2020
Spring, acrylic on Yupo paper, 16” x 20”, 2020
Frozen Soil, acrylic on Yupo paper, 18” x 20”, 2020
Northern Woods, acrylic on Yupo paper, 11” x 14”, 2019
Ice Roots, acrylic on Yupo paper and Duralar film, 11” x 14”, 2018
Frosted Thread, acrylic on Yupo paper, 18” x 20”, 2018
Black Veil, acrylic on cotton, 16” x 16”, 2017
Morning Field, acrylic and conté on paper, 12” x 10”, 2016
Window, acrylic and conté on paper, 12"x 10", 2016
Snow Mountain I, acrylic on paper, 17” x 16”, 2012
Snow Mountain II, acrylic on paper, 17” x 16”, 2012
Arras, acrylic and conté on paper, 22” x 30”, 2012
November Swatch, acrylic and graphite on paper, 10” x 13”, 2011
November Grass, acrylic and conté on paper, 22” x 30”, 2011
December Grass, acrylic on paper, 22” x 30”, 2011
Cartesian, acrylic and plastic mesh on paper, 11” x 15”, 2011
Fine Field, acrylic and mesh on paper, 11” x 15”, 2011
Warmth, acrylic on paper, 6” x 7”, 2011
Yarn, acrylic and conté on paper, 12” x 14”, 2011
Dune Barrier, acrylic and conté on paper, 24” x 15”, 2011
Tybee VII, acrylic on paper, 15” x 20”, 2011
Snow Grass, acrylic on paper, 22” x 30”, 2011
Northern Field, acrylic on paper, 11” x 11”, 2010
Patch, acrylic and graphite on paper, 11” x 13”, 2010
March Field, acrylic and conté on paper, 13” x 20”, 2010
Eastern Field, acrylic on paper, 8” x 7”, 2010
Ruptured, acrylic on paper, 12” x 12”, 2010
Corn Field I, acrylic on paper, 11” x 15”, 2010
Cornstarch, acrylic on paper, 22” x 30”, 2010
Tracks, acrylic on paper, 20” x 15”, 2010
Snow, acrylic on wood, 6” x 12”, 2010
Fine Loom, acrylic on paper, 15" x 22", 2010
Snow Field, acrylic on paper, 15” x 18”, 2009
Bio
Natalija Mijatovic (b. Belgrade, Serbia 1974) received a B.F.A. from the University of Montenegro, and a M.F.A. in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts. Mijatovic has exhibited internationally in many solo and invitational exhibits: CUE Art Foundation in New York; Museum of American Art, Philadelphia; Moderne Kunst Aus Montenegro - Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria; Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts Gallery, Binghamton, U.S.A.; International Festival of Alternative Cultural Exchange (F.A.C.E.) - Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia; Cluj and Bucharest, Romania; Plovdiv and Sofia, Bulgaria; Sarajevo, Bosnia; Strasbourg, France; Eindhoven, The Netherlands; and Utopia Station at the 50th Venice Biennial, Italy. Mijatovic is a recipient of many international awards including the Joan Mitchell Foundation M.F.A. Grant, New York; Faculty Excellence Award at the Savannah College of Art and Design, GA; Center For Contemporary Art Award in Podgorica, Montenegro; and residencies such is Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France. She is currently a professor and chair of Department of Art and Design, Binghamton University.
