Nikola Sarić (painter)

Nikola Sarić (born 6 June 1985 in Bajina Bašta) is a German painter focussing on Christian sacral art.

Life

Sarić grew up in Bajina Bašta, Serbia and went to Belgrade in 2000 to study at the TehnoArt School, changed in 2005 to study at the University of Belgrade at the faculty of restoration and conservation, before, in 2006 starting to study at the Academy of the Serbian Orthodox Church for Art and Conservation, where he graduatied in 2014. Since 2011 he lives in Hannover, Germany.^[1]

Important works (selection)

• Akathistos to St. Demetrius. 2009, 12 paintings, each 130 × 160  cm, acrylic on canvas.
• Parables of Christ, 2014, cycle of 20 paintings, eachs 30 × 30  cm, water colours on paper, mounted on wood.
• Holy Martyrs of Libya. 2015, 100 × 70  cm, water colours on paper.^[2]
• St. Chrysogonus, St. Katharina, St. Konrad. (Hannover, Gartenkirche St. Marien), 2015, 120 × 90  cm, egg tempera and gold leave on wood^[3]

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions are marked S, exhibitions with catalogues are marked C.

2009

• Свет који се не да замислити, Galerie Otklon, Belgrade.

2012

• Separation, konnektor – Forum für Künste, Hannover (S)^[4]
• 3rd Yokogawa Charity Art Festival, Hiroshima^[5]

2014

• Demetrius – Begegnung mit dem Heiligen, Gartenkirche St. Marien, Hannover (S) (C)
• Laokoon, konnektor – Forum für Künste, Hannover (S)^[6]

2015

• 18. ZINNOBER Kunstvolkslauf, Hannover
• Wie durch einen Spiegel – Biblische Ikonographie heute, Religionspädagogisches Institut, Loccum (S)^[7]
• 87. Herbstausstellung, Kunstverein, Hannover (C)^[8]
• Coptic Orthodox Monastery Brenkhausen, Höxter (S)^[9]
• Савремени иконопис у Србији (Contemporary Serbian Icon Painting), Cultural Centre of Novi Sad

2016

• Ikonen und Chimera, Kunstsalon Villa Artista, Hannover (S)^[10]
• The Icon in the Context of the 21th Century, Museum of Herzegowina, Trebinje
• Satt mich sehen an deinem Bilde, Mariensee Abbey, Neustadt am Rübenberge (S) (C)^[11]
• Wildheit/Zähmung, Schloss Landestrost, Neustadt am Rübenberge
• Παραβολές και Μάρτυρες, Mount Athos Center, Thessaloniki (S) ^[12]

Literature

• Zeugen – Gedichte von Nikola Đolović mit einigen Bildern von Nikola Sarić. In: Der schmale Pfad. volume 56. Johannes A. Wolff Verlag, Apelern 2016, ISSN 1610-1146, p. 60–75.

External links

• Literature by and about Nikola Sarić (painter) in the German National Library catalogue
• Website of the artist
• Artist's biography at the Website of Hannoverschen Allgemeinen Zeitung
• Artist's talk with Nikola Sarić and Shige Fujishiro in the series Kunstfieber Hannover, recorded on 13 October 2015 at Cumberlandsche Galerie Hannover.

References

1. ↑ biography on his own Website, accessed 13 June 2016.
2. ↑ New LIturgical Movement: A New Image of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, by Nikola Sarić, accessed 4 September 2016.
3. ↑ description at the Website of the church community, accessed 13 June 2016 (German).
4. ↑ konnektor #11 “Separation”, accessed 13 June 2016
5. ↑ Website Yokagawa Art, accessed 13 June 2016
6. ↑ konnektor #34, accessed 13 June 2016
7. ↑ Website des RPI Loccum, zuletzt abgerufen am 13. Juni 2016.
8. ↑ Raumstationen – 87. Herbstausstellung niedersächsischer Künstlerinnen und Künstler. Hannover 2015, ISBN 978-3-934421-54-7.
9. ↑ Kunst im Kloster. in: Neue Westfälische. 3 October 2016, p. HT2
10. ↑ Website des Kunstsalons Villa Artista, accessed 13 June 2016.
11. ↑ Website des Klosters Mariensee, accessed 13 June 2016.
12. ↑ Website des Mount Athos Centers, accessed 18 October 2016.