painter. curator. loves to write
2024
18th January – June: Vienna (Austria), Gallery “Terra Hominibus”, solo exhibition “Color Therapy”
22nd May – 28th June: Kikinda, Gallery “Terra”, solo exhibition “Dear Diary: Awareness Year”
2023
13th October – 5th November: Novi Sad, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, MSUV, Solo exhibition “Dear Diary 2006-2023”
10th – 30th November: Madrid (Spain), Facultad de Bellas Artes, curating group exhibition “Rock – paper – scissors”
… International awareness days mark particular events and issues to promote them, raise awareness, and call to action. Every date is important to someone, and every topic is worth considering: endangered species, diseases, underappreciated professions, natural disasters, dangerous phenomena… This long list proves that there are no ordinary days. There are only personal expectations…
… The need to share your privacy, including both trivial and important things, is as strong as the need to peek at someone else’s life. I think this cycle has become my analog profile…
Maja Erdeljanin began her Dear Diary cycle in 2006. Today it has more than 480 paintings, 50 short stories and 30 videos. She had created the first 418 works by 2020. By then, every calendar date got at least one of her artworks – 24 x 30 cm, symbolizing 24 hours x 30 days in a month. The rest of them were bigger… READ MORE
Ciklus Dragi dnevniče Maja Erdeljanin je započela 2006. godine i do danas broji preko 480 slika, 50 kratkih priča i 30 video radova. Prvih 418 radova nastali su do 2020. godine, do kada je svaki kalendarski datum u godini dobio barem po jedan rad – dimenzija 24 x 30 cm, simbolično 24 sata x 30 dana u mesecu… READ MORE
Link na emisiju “Vizuelne frekvencije” RTV Vojvodine (31.10.2023) posvećenu izložbi “Dragi dnevniče”. Autorka emisije je Staša Jamušakov.
Link na intervju u okviru radio emisije “Spektar” RTV Vojvodine (27.10.2023). Razgovor vodila Aleksandra Rajić.
Link to the catalog of the exhibition
(selected stories, translated by Igor Cvijanović)
INSTANT MAJA
I often travel by bus, train, airplane, minibus, I don’t bribe customs officers, I manage somehow in awkward situations, I turn their disadvantages into advantages, I paint, I like writing, I live in Novi Sad, I love to read and think about the universe, I’m a patriot without a cause, I’ve been to Norway, Poland, Romania, Austria, Montenegro, Germany and other countries, I have my friends Nataša, Marija, Sidsel, I like airplanes, I’m superstitious, I’m of delicate health, I’m romantic, I like jewelry, I like daydreaming, I can speak English and a bit of German, I often take part in art colonies, I don’t smoke, I dream spectacular dreams, I like summer showers, I like swimming, I like beauty, astronomy, and adventures, I’m more inclined to argue than to forgive, I can’t sing, I don’t like modern folk music, I don’t like noise, I design things, I make ceramic art sculptures and video projects, I don’t like to work under pressure, I have lunch at my parents’ on Sunday, I read when I eat, I’m afraid of lunatics, I don’t like pointed shoes or cotton buds, I detest bones, I believe in reincarnation, I like crime films, I like to show off, I like to be seen, I like red wine, green tea, and to sleep in; but I have never introduced myself like this. Maybe it’s because I prefer to remain as quiet as a mouse, to interpret the picture of others with what I know about myself, and to compose that picture by watching others.
The first sentence might be enough to get to know me, dear Diary. Maybe there isn’t more important information about me. I know you crave exciting events, descriptions, important revelations, big ideas, and actions, but your days are only as spectacular as mine, and there are only five of them. And they’re always tiring. It wouldn’t be nice to ignore all those other days, the ones without markers, flags, spectacles, plots, or breaking points. Because that’s what days are like mostly.
… Dear Diary, I know you crave exciting events, descriptions, important revelations, big ideas, and actions, but your days are only as spectacular as mine, and there are only five of them. And they’re always tiring. It wouldn’t be nice to ignore all those other days, the ones without markers, flags, spectacles, plots, or breaking points. Because that’s what days are like mostly…
MAJA ERDELJANIN (Novi Sad, 1971) is a visual artist, writer and curator. Her work deals with different topics such as the human connection to nature, memory process and value systems. Her interest in the notion of beauty and her affinity for harmony are expressed through her relationship with color. Maja does not treat color only as an art element or matter but as an important segment of our inner life.