The small exhibition hall of Banski dvor will tomorrow at 7 p.m. host the opening of Dream with me, an exhibition by painter Teodora Jurić Miljuš.
This surreal, minimalist study of the subconscious marks a stylistic turn in the work of the Belgrade-based artist.
“The exhibition Dream with me represents a transition from abstraction to minimalist surrealism, which best conveys the atmosphere of my dreams. For me, dreams are parallel lives, another reality. I have always had vivid dreams that I remember in detail, and they carry emotions difficult to express in words—nostalgia, sadness, fear, but also a strange beauty,” explained Jurić Miljuš.
She adds that she has transferred onto canvas the dream details that left the strongest emotional impact: monumental buildings, endless staircases, symbols and visions that hover between reality and fantasy.
Growing up in an artistic family also shaped her path:
“As a child I was surrounded by visual artists. My father was a professor and my mother worked at the Faculty of Fine Arts, so I grew up in that environment, watching renowned professors, young artists, and visiting museums and galleries. That colorful upbringing had the greatest impact on my artistic identity,” she said.
Art theorist Olivera Erić notes that the works evoke the ambivalence of dreams:
“Fear and sadness intertwine with beauty and nostalgia, shaping an atmosphere of intensified reality. The artist does not depict nightmares literally, but conveys their emotional depth, transformed into visual poetry.”
Born in Bern in 1985, Jurić Miljuš graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2008. A member of ULUS since 2010 as an independent artist, she began with abstract expressionism focused on the female body and emotional complexity, later expanding into assemblages and spatial installations.
In addition to painting, she is a trained costume designer, graphic designer, and jewelry maker.
“For me, painting is freedom and a break from reality. Graphic design is tied to practical needs, limited by objective reality. Looking ahead, I plan to expand this body of work into sculpture and installation, so the dream worlds I depict can become three-dimensional spaces the audience can literally step into,” announced Jurić Miljuš.
Source: Glas Srpske
