Aleksandar Oklobdžija
Belgrade, Serbia — painter

I am a Belgrade-based painter. My practice explores abstraction through rhythm, contrast, and layered gestures, allowing forms to emerge and transform within the painting process. I work primarily with oil and acrylic, supported by an ongoing drawing practice.

Artist Statement

My work grows out of the traditions of European abstract expressionism, post‑Cubist figuration, and biomorphic modernism. I build layered, interlocking forms that hover between figure, landscape, and architecture, using color and rhythm as my main structure. While these roots connect me to mid‑20th‑century abstraction, I treat the canvas as a living map of relationships—between bodies, spaces, and emotional states—where each shape feels like a presence rather than a purely formal device.

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|Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 — Visual Chronicle, Turtle Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2022 — Art Apologia Cnesapiens, Gallery Dobo Tihamer CNESA, Kanjiža, Serbia
2018 — Cnesapiens, Gallery Dobo Tihamer CNESA, Kanjiža, Serbia
2016 — Space Interpreter, Gallery Dobo Tihamer CNESA, Kanjiža, Serbia

|Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 — ARRIVAL Gallery x Dalston, The Factory, London, UK
2025 — The Shape of Now: A Dialogue in Color and Form, Gallery Steiner, Vienna, Austria
2025 — 7th International Exhibition “Art Abstract”, Belgrade, Serbia

2013 — Art Area, Fine Arts Association Exhibition
2005/2006 — Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
1999 — Spring Exhibition (ULUS), Zemun / Belgrade, Serbia
1998 — Europe Youth Festival, Timișoara, Romania