MILENA POPOV-NENA
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Milena+Popov/78657.html
milena_popov@hotmail.com
Born in 1974, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
Lives and works in New York City, USA
Second year PhD student in Theory of Arts and Media at the University of Arts, Belgrade
Founder and host of the Milena’s Intellectual Salon in NYC
Co-founder and member of multimedia art-group Aufwiedersehen
Member of ULUVZ (Association of Artists in Vojvodina in Zrenjanin)
Member of Artist Association of Williamsburg Art & Historic Center
Teaches at the Brooklyn College
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
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Remembering the River, Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia, NYC
Chat with Paolina, Savremena galerija (Contemporary Gallery), Zrenjanin, Serbia
Side View, multimedia-installation, Kulturni centar (Cultural Center), Zrenjanin
Metamorphosis, photo-installation, Gallery MC, New York
Winter Time, photo installation, ULUVZ galerija, Zrenjanin, Serbia
Body, photo installation, O3on galerija, Belgrade, Serbia
Punk Portraits 2, mix media drawings, ULUVZ gallery, Zrenjanin, Serbia
The Day of The Dead festival, collages, Walker Stage, NYC
Punk Portraits, drawings, Art Land, NYC
Fragments of the Memories, installation,Youth Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Fragments of the Memories, installation, Kulturni centar (Cultural Center), Zrenjanin
Old Mapes of Beckerek, drawings, Cultural Center, Zrenjanin
Nena New Paintings, paintings, The Club gallery, Subotica
Magic Rituals, paintings/drawings installation, ULUVZ galerija, Zrenjanin
Masks, drawings, Academy of Arts, Novi Sad
Masks & Rituals, paintings, Academy of Arts, Novi Sad
Masks, drawings, The hall of Beobanka, Belgrade
Masks, drawings, Theatre Club, Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin's Vedute, watercolors, Beobanka, Belgrade
Nena, drawings/paintings, Beobanka, Zrenjanin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Update: Your Own Female Profile, photo-installation, O3on galerija, Belgrade, Novi
Sad, and Subotica, Serbia
2009 Dear Country Men and Country Women, video-installation, Gallery MC, NYC
2009 Art Residency in Plavne, paintings, Castle Dundjerski, Kulpin, Serbia
2009 Queens Sky, mail-art, Local Project gallery, NYC
2008 Museum Night, video, Savremena galerija (Contemporary Gallery), Zrenjanin, Serbia
2008 January Salon, photo-installation, Williamsburg Art & Historic Center, NYC
2007 The Night of 1000 drawings, drawings, Artists Space, NYC
2007 Secrets of Queens, Local Project gallery, NYC
2007 Lollipop, Body and Consumption, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi
Sad, Serbia
2007 Dokumenti, photo-installation, HDLU, Pula, Croatia
2007 namaTRE.ba, photo-installation, Modern Gallery, Trebinje, Bosnia
2006 The night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, NYC
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Not a postcard from Europe, mix media drawings, Local Projects , NYC
Expace#005/2004, mix media drawings, About Glamour Inc, NYC
The Night of 1000 Drawings, mix media drawings, Artists Space, NYC
Characterism, mix media drawings, Williamsburg Art Center, NYC
January Salon, mix media drawings, Williamsburg Art Center, NYC
The Night of 1000 Drawings, drawings, Artists Space, NYC
Visual Aids show, drawing, Sperone Westwater Gallery, NYC
January Salon, drawings, Williamsburg Art & Historic Center, NYC
Miniature Works, drawings, Williamsburg Art & Historic Center, NYC
Street art action, SU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Performance, Beating the Dead Horse II, Bioskop Rex, Belgrade
International Artist Show, drawings, Marine Giudecca,Venice, Italy
Exhibition of Watercolors, watercolors, National Museum, Sabac
International Young Artists, drawings, MSSI, Sofia, Bulgaria
Street performance, Beating the dead horse, Young Artists Festival, Vrsac
Zrenjanin's Young Artists, painting, ULUVZ gallery, Zrenjanin
SMS Celebration, paintings, Town Museum, Zrenjanin
Street performance, Maximal Useful Fashion, Novi Sad
Diploma Exhibition, paintings, Gallery of Cultural Center, Novi Sad
IX Drawing Exhibition, drawing, Gallery of Student Center, Belgrade
Exhibition of Comics, comic drawing, Break 21Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Exhibition of Theatre Comics, comic drawing, BELEF Theatre, Belgrade
Artist-Member Show, drawings, ULUVZ gallery, Zrenjanin
Exhibition of Zrenjanin’s painters, paintings, Sports Club, Zrenjanin
Young Artists Show, prints, Rupa Cafe-gallery, Novi Sad
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
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PhD student, University of Arts Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Dutch Culture course, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Internship, La Biennale, Anthony Caro’s show,Venice, Italy
Internship, Peggy Guggenheim Collection,Venice, Italy
Feldenkrais course, Academy for Performing Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
PR Officer, School For Public Relations, Novi Sad, Serbia
M.F.A. and M.F.A.Ed., Academy of Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia
Art College Preparation School, Zrenjanin
Art School at Cultural Center, Zrenjanin
Costume Design Internship, National Theatre, Zrenjanin
Private Art Classes with 5 different artists/teachers, Zrenjanin
Art & Design Workshop at Cultural Center, Zrenjanin
STUDY TRAVELS:
2010 Rome (Italy)
2009 London (UK), Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp (Belgium), Maastricht (The
Netherlands), Aachen, Dusseldorf (Germany)
2008 London, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Glastonbury, Bristol (UK), Rhodes (Greece)
2007 Entire province of Transylvania, Bucharest (Romania)
2006 Tunisia, Cartage, Sidi-bu-Said, Sus (Tunisia)
2004 Tokyo (Japan), Helsinborg, Malmo (Sweden)
2002 Gramado, Porto Alegre (Brazil)
2000 Amsterdam, Frisian province (the Netherlands), Budapest (Hungary)
1999 Venice, Murano, Padua, Mantua, Florence, Bologna, Verona, Vincenze (Italy)
1998 Sofia (Bulgaria)
1997 Gotteborg, Malmo, Helsinborg (Sweden), Copenhagen, Helsingor (Denmark)
1994 Athens (Greece)
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
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Soros Foundation grant for Feldenkreis course
Soros Foundation grant for Peggy Guggenheim internship
Town Zrenjanin grant for Peggy Guggenheim internship
The Best Student Award, Academy of Arts, Novi Sad
National scholarship for College Studies, Belgrade
The Best Painting, festival Dani Piva, Zrenjanin
National scholarship for College Studies, Belgrade
National scholarship for College Studies, Belgrade
The Best Young Painter, festival Dani Piva, Zrenjanin
National scholarship for College Studies, Belgrade
Vuk Karadzic (the highest national award for 4 continuing years
of student excellency), Belgrade
1989 Second place at The School Championship in History, Zrenjanin
1981- 1989 8 Student Excellency Awards, Zrenjanin
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2010 Gvozdenovic. N, Interview with Milena Popov, Radio Novi Sad, July 23 and August 3
2010 Janicic, C., Chat with Paolina, exhibition catalog, published by Savremena galerija,
Zrenjanin
2010 Interview for the Santos TV station, August 2
2010 LJ. B., How Contemporary Venus looks like?, Zrenjanin, August 6, str. 19
2010 Cultural calendar, Chat with Paolina, Yellow Cab, Politika, July 31, str. 35
2010 Cultural calendar, Chat with Paolina, Info Kult, Zrenjanin, July 27, str.
2010 L. S., Installation in Zrenjanin’s Gallery, Blic, August 2, str. V6
2010 Cultural calendar, Chat with Paolina, City Focus, July, str. 15
2010 Who are inspirations of Veneras Today, See Cult web site, July 26
2010 Update: Sopsteveni zenski lik, TV B 92, Jun 20
2010 Update: Sopsteveni zenski lik, TV Studio B, Jun 21
2010 Update: Sopsteveni zenski lik, See Cult web site, Jun 20
2009 V. R., Dear Contry Women and Country Men, Village Voice, November 3, str. 17
2008 Interview for the KTV station, August 29
2008 Interview for the Santos TV station, August 29
2008 Cultural calendar, Side View, Politika, August 30, str. 14
2008 Cultural calendar, Side View, Info kult, Zrenjanin, August 29, str. 18
2008 Surla, S., Museum Night, Zrenjaninske Novine, May 22, str. 17
2008 Prekajski, T., Museum Night, Dnevnik, May 17, str. 22
2008 Jajic, B., Program of the Museum Night, Zrenjanin, May 16, str. 19
2008 Cultural calendar, Info Kult, Zrenjanin, May 16, str. 18
2008 Prekajski, T., Museum Night in Zrenjanin, Dnevnik, May 9, str. 22
2008 D. A., January Salon at the WAH, Village Voice, January 30, str. 16
2007 Vukadinovic, M., Who are Veneras of Today, See Cult web site, March 19
2007 Vukadinovic, M., Paolina, Cult Art - Balkan Portal online, March 20
2007 Vukadinovic, M., Chat with Paolina, B92 online, March 21
2007 Cutillo, C., Secrets of Queens, Astoria Times, September 20, str. 12
2006 Jajic, B., Our Artist in New York, Zrenjanin, August 16, str. 18
2004 Merino, J., Escaping Juarez, El Diario La Prensa, November 28, str. 13
2003 M. N., January Salon at the WAH, South Asian Insider, January 24, str. 10
2002 B. M., January Salon at Williamsburg Art & Historic Center, Village Voice, str. 15
2000 Stojin, M., Town of Birth Through the Time, Zrenjanin, May, str. 19
1999 LJ.B., Young Painters, Kultura, November 15, str.19
1999
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Night with Milena Popov-Nena, Santos TV station, 16 June
Janicic. C, Beating the Dead Horse, exhibition catalog, Sombor
Jajic, B., Keys for Dreams of the Mankind, Kultura, February, str. 17
L.K., Golden Universary of SMS, Zrenjanin, November 28, str 18
BFA Graduates by Academy of Arts, published by DOO, Novi Sad
Grujic, M., Commendation to the Painting, Zrenjanin, May 7, str. 19
Grujic, M., Zrenjanin’s Vedute, Zrenjanin, February 23, str. 18
Painter’s Happening, exhibition catalog for Dani Piva festival, Zrenjanin
Grujic, M., From the Colorist's Eye, Zrenjanin, June 5, str. 18
PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, CONFERENCES:
2011 Hypertext: Text after text in the Freedom of a Labyrinth, essay and presentation,
University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2011 Neshat, Shirin, Tooba, short analysis and presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade,
published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2011 Bart, R. Retoric of the Image, short analysis and presentation, University of Arts,
Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2011 New Media and Technology in the Service of Biopolitics: Achieving Immortality, essay
and presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2011 Between Body and Image: On the “Newness” of New Media Art ed: Mark B. N. Hansen,
New Philosophy for New Media, short analysis and presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade,
published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2011 Relation Between Structuralistic and Poststructuralistic Text, essay and presentation,
University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2011 New Media and Art as Mass Production: Paradox of the Double Pleasure in Digital
“Religion”, essay and presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov,
Zrenjanin
2011 The Last Supper at the Greenaway: Digital Experiments of Serving Public in-scenary,
essay and presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Contemporary Art Scene in New York City, lecture, Savremena galerija, Zrenjanin,
Serbia
2010 Art, Pop Culture, and Identity: Gender Studies, essay and presentation, University of
Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Women Identity in the Art of Marina Abramovic: Inter-discipline Analysis in the
Relations of Art History and Theory of Identity, essay and presentation, University of Arts,
Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Marina Abramovic, Ritam 0: Inter-discipline Analysis, essay and presentation,
University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Douglas Kellner, Media Culture: Critic Review, essay and presentation, University of
Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Stuart Hall, Ethnicity: Identity and Difference-Critic Review, essay and presentation,
University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Case Study: Monument of King Petar I karadjordjevic in Zrenjanin, essay and
presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Guca Festival: National Identity or Not, essay and presentation, University of Arts,
Belgrade, published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2009 Mechanisms of Power with a View on Mass Medias and Its Culture, published by
Milena Popov and University of Arts, Belgrade
2009 Profit or Immortality, University of Arts, Belgrade, published by Milena Popov,
Zrenjanin
2009 Artist as a Shaman or Showman, essay and presentation, University of Arts, Belgrade,
published by Milena Popov, Zrenjanin
2010 Jean Baudrillard and Theory of Simulation, essay, published by Milena Popov and
University of Arts, Belgrade
2010 Roland Bart on Roland Bart: Short Review, published by Milena Popov and University
of Arts, Belgrade
2007 Media Phenomenon of Oprah Winfrey, lecture, The New School, university, New York
City, USA
2007 My Queens Secret, exhibition catalog Secrets of Queens, September, published by Local
Project gallery, New York City
2007 Chat with Paolina, exhibition catalog Lollipop, Body and Consumption, March,
published by Museum of Contemporary Arts of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
2006 Punk Portraits II, text for exhibition catalog, published by Art Graf, Zrenjanin, Serbia
2004 Your Emotions Make me a Monster, exhibition catalog Expace#005/2004, published by
About Glamour Inc, New York City
2001 Punk Portraits I, January Salon exhibit, published by Williamsburg Art and Historic
Center, New York City
2000 Fragments of the Memory, exhibition catalog, published by Cicko, Zrenjanin
2000 AEGEE Conference, Warsaw, Poland
2000 AEGEE Conference, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2000 Old Mapes of Beckerek, exhibition catalog, published by Kulturni centar and Milena
Popov-Nena, Zrenjanin
1999 Modern Art in Serbia, lecture, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
1999 Life and Legacy of Peggy Guggenheim, lecture, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice,
Italy
1998 Magic Rituals (with M. Nagorni and L. Srebotnjak-Prisic), exhibition catalog,
published by Art Graf, Zrenjanin
1996 Masks, exhibition catalog, published by Buducnost, Zrenjanin
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Milena Popov milena_popov@hotmail.com