{"id":1909,"date":"2024-01-30T08:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T08:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondacijasasamarceta.org\/?post_type=tim&#038;p=1909"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:35:01","slug":"ksenija-samardzija","status":"publish","type":"tim","link":"https:\/\/fondacijasasamarceta.org\/en\/tim\/ksenija-samardzija\/","title":{"rendered":"KSENIJA SAMARD\u017dIJA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After completing her art history studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, and passing the curatorial exam at the National Museum in Belgrade, she began a rich career in the field of contemporary art and museology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, she founded the art association PODR.UM, which actively participates in organizing exhibitions, art residency programs, presentations, and various forms of connecting artists with wider audiences. 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Ran Ze\u010devi\u0107 Gallery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solo exhibitions and curatorial projects (selection)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Veljko Petrovi\u0107 \u2013 Memories and Oblivion<\/em> (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Petar Lubarda \u2013 Kragujevac 1941<\/em> (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Between the Lines \u2013 Letters from Ivo Andri\u0107 to Veljko Petrovi\u0107<\/em> (2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Portraits from the Legacy<\/em> (2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Best of Stijovi\u0107<\/em>, RTS Gallery (2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Legacy of Ljubica Cuca Soki\u0107<\/em> (2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Opening of Petar Lubarda\u2019s Legacy<\/em> \u2013 exhibition awarded with the ICOM recognition for Museum of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selection from exhibitions at Ze\u010devi\u0107 Gallery (2013\u20132014):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>In the Presence of the Artist<\/em> \u2013 Tijana Petrovi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>STOP-AND-DROP<\/em> \u2013 Terri Jo Ross and Tamara Jeremi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mapping Gallery Space<\/em> \u2013 TKV<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Indecent Notebook<\/em> \u2013 Mihael Milunovi\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Please Kill the Main Stream<\/em> \u2013 in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Boy Who Exploded from Happiness<\/em> \u2013 Bojan Radoj\u010di\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other notable projects and collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Looking Back<\/em> (2007) \u2013 50th anniversary of the oldest mountaineering society, under the patronage of Telekom Serbia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Staying Here With You<\/em> \u2013 group exhibition, Embassy of Switzerland (2007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Equilibrium<\/em> \u2013 group exhibition, Belgrade Port (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Slavimir Futro \u2013 Imperfect<\/em> (2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Homo Interior<\/em> \u2013 Radenko Milak, Nicola Samor\u00ec, Dragan Zdravkovi\u0107; Italian Institute for Culture (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curator of the exhibition Exposition Coloniale \u2013 Aleksandar Deni\u0107 (2024), Serbian Pavilion, Giardini \u2013 60th Venice Biennale<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2144,"template":"","class_list":["post-1909","tim","type-tim","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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