Ljubica Scepovic Art

STATEMENT

When I was a little girl I was sure I was born a writer. Then I painted a butterfly and saw an image of my adult life as a painter flashing before my eyes. I went to the living room and told my parents: "I am an artist now." I am a child of many places. I have learned that the world can fall apart, and that sometimes it is precisely then that you find yourself.

What I am interested in is observing the world and how we experience it. Cryptic messages from the subconscious, subtle states of mind and soul that are hard to understand and decipher, a perceptive and phenomenological encounter with a world we constantly try to make sense of. Whether we want it or not, we are all immersed in a human experience that is confusing, fragile, vulnerable, scary and unpredictable. We live through our emotions, constantly trying to understand, grasp, and decipher them. That fragility of human existence, the encounter between the world outside and our inner, private life, connected by one thin thread, that is what I paint.

My aim is to evoke states of reflection and initiation, to embody in my paintings growth as paradox: at once painful and transformational. My intention is to open spaces for reflection, both for myself and for others, by confronting the seen, the felt, and the confusing, like life itself.

In the end, how does one feel one thing without, at the same time, feeling the exact opposite?

ABOUT

Ljubica Šcepović was born in 1999 in Kraljevo, Serbia. From a young age, she was involved in literature, painting, and poetry. She represented her hometown in a national poetry competition for young talents and later represented her graduating class in the final exhibition of the local High School of Arts.

She received a scholarship to study Fine Arts in Milan, where she enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. She is currently completing her Master's degree in Painting.

Early in her studies, she won the Premio Pittori e Scultori di Viggiù, one of Italy's longest-running painting and sculpture awards, which led to her first solo exhibition at the Museo Civico d'Arte Moderna Enrico Butti in Viggiù. During her Master's studies, she participated in curated exhibitions organised by the Accademia di Brera and has since exhibited in numerous international group exhibitions across Italy, Germany, and the United States, including Palazzo Pucci in Florence, Frankfurt Westend Galerie, New York, and Miami.

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EDUCATION

2027

2021

Master's Degree in Fine Arts - Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, IT

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts - Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, IT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

Premio Pittori e Scultori nei Cortili - Museum Enrico Butti, Viggiù, IT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

2025

2024

2023

2021

2018

Sguardi IV - Marco Casentini and Dany Vescovi, Villa Giulia, Verbania, IT

A Great Job, curated by Andrea Daffra & Cristina Moregola, Fondazione Bandiera, Milano, ITIntermediazioni Cromatiche, curated by Marta Ballara, Museum of Broletto, Novara, IT

Canal Street Show, curated by Efdot studio, Lume studios Broadway Street, New York, USA

Giovanarte, curated by Chiara Canali, Complesso monumentale di Ricci Oddi, Piacenza, IT

Digital Enlightenment, by Wait and Hope Foundation, Palazzo Pucci, Florence, IT

Libertà, by Wait and Hope Foundation, Rifugio Digitale, Florence, IT

Beyond Basel, Trippy Labs Miami, USA

Rinascimento, curated by Andrea Barbara Romita, Impact Hub Torino, Torino, IT

Eclissi dell'Arte, Hotel Mediterraneo, Pescara, IT

ETH Milano, curated by Virginia Gazzoni, Teatro Franco Parenti, Milano, IT

SGUARDI II, curated by M. Casentini & D. Vescovy, Frankfurt Westend Galerie, Frankfurt, DE

Brera Open Day, Accademia di Brera, Milano, IT

Giovanarte, curated by Chiara Canali, Galleria Ricci Oddi, Piacenza, IT

Amica Art Issue, Sala Napoleonica di Brera, Milano, IT

La Cultura della Legalità, curated by M. Casentini & D. Vescovy, Palace Pirelli, Milano, IT

Premio Equita, Studio Equita, Milano, IT

Summer Storm, curated by M. Casentini & D. Vescovy, Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milano, IT

Artists for Peace, Palazzo Trivulzio, Milano, IT

*Be *pART, Atelier Montez, Rome, IT

Initiatives, Gallery Culture Center of Kraljevo, Serbia