About the Artist
Mirjana Avramovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She initially completed her studies and
postgraduate studies in landscape architecture, a field in which she also earned her doctoral
degree at the University of Hanover. She taught at universities in Belgrade and Hanover, as well as
at the Hochschule Luzern. Her return to painting occurred at the end of 2013.
The storing desire for artistic expression has been with the artist since her youth. Her first
public presentation of her works took place in 1982 at the National Museum in Belgrade. During her
studies in landscape architecture at the University of Belgrade, she received drawing and painting
lessons from the Serbian painter and professor Milivoje Milo Dimitrijevic. She also received
instruction from Hanover-based artists Ziad El Kilani and Nigel Packham. Later she engaged in more
intensive artistic exchange with the renowned German painter and graphic artist Ernst Marow.
She has been working as a full-time artist since 2015.
In 2016, she participated in the group exhibition „Photography and Painting Today“
at the prestigious Achtzig-Galerie for contemporary art in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. A year later, in
2017, her painting „The Enchanted Forest“ was selected for the cover illustration
of a book published by Steiner-Verlag Stuttgart. In the same year, she was honored with an artist
portrait by the Serbian newspaper „Vesti.“ In June 2017, her works were presented
at the symposium „There is no such thing as a baby“ at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.
In the following year, 2018, she held a solo exhibition titled „The Invasion of
Myths...Between the Worlds“ at the Raum für Kunst und Kommunikation in Hannover.
Also in 2018, she was chosen as a finalist for the Herimann Prize for contemporary
Bible illustration in Helmarshausen, leading to a concluding group exhibition of the finalists.
In 2019, she showcased her works in the solo exhibition „Gardens of Memories,
Gardens of Knowledge“ at the Kunstkreis Laatzen. This exhibition received extensive coverage in the
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung as well as in renowned Serbian newspapers such as „Danas“ and
„Vesti“. In the subsequent year, 2020, her oil painting „Hope“ earned her the
third prize in the „Kunstrpreis Laatzen 2020“ competition, and she participated in the group
exhibition of the same name with this painting.
During the period just before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, she lost both of her parents, which
had a profound impact on her life and artistic work. In this challenging time, she completed two
new series of paintings, namely „In the Ninth Hour“ (2020) and „In the Fiftih
Hour“ (2021/2022), as a tribute to her departed parents. She also created several
new religious paintings in this context.
In 2023, she dedicated herself to new ideas and created several new paintings and
drawings on various themes, including „New Old Landscapes“, „I am not an AI-Lion“ and „Cross-Hatch
Annimals.“
In 2024, she took part in the group exhibition "Alle gegen Alle" in the White Hall of the Eisfabrik Hannover with new works. This was followed in 2025 by the solo exhibition "Perpetuum Mobile of Nostalgia" at the Kunstkreis Laatzen gallery.
In May 2026, a new solo exhibition entitled "In the Shadow of Paradise" will take place in the gallery space of the Stöcken district center.
Currently, she lives and works as a freelance artist in Hanover.