Jovana Mitić, born in 1984 in Leskovac. She graduated in 2008 at the painting department of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Nis, in the class of Professor Zoran Kostic. During studies, besides painting, she also engages in graphics with Prof. PhD Franc Curk. She is into creative photography since high school. She is a member of Serbian Photographs Association.
In her paintings, Jovana returns to the archetype, the deepest part of the human soul. It is a weight directed towards reinvention of knowledge. “No man exists for himself... but each man is as old as the humanity.” (E. Hemingway) Part of history is always inside us... creation of first symbols, aspiring towards the archetypical, magical. It is descent into human’s soul, past, collective unconsciousness... to draw archetypical symbols on the canvas.
This approach to visual expression implies a path from the mine of soul to the whiteness of the canvas and we find it right here, in works of Jovana Mitic.
“What do I do as an artist? – I destroy form, deal in abstract art. Yet isolation from the outer world is not complete but there is always an association and connection with the outer world. This is less obvious in some paintings but in some connection with reality is obvious. Although I create a new world, it is, still, in a way, inspired by the existing one. Today we cannot renounce the world we leave in...” (Jovana Mitić)

Independent shows:
“Drawings and paintings”, Resource Center, Leskovac, Serbia

Group (more important) shows:
2002: “Art Salon”, Culture Center, Leskovac, Serbia
2006: “VIII Biennale of Student Graphics SCG”, Culture Hall students’ city, Belgrade, Serbia
2007: “Monumental painting in modern architecture”, Gallery of Architects’ Association, Nis, Serbia
2007: “Art Salon”, Culture Center, Leskovac, Serbia
2007: “First International Show of University Culture Center of International University in Novi Pazar”, Sopoćanska Vidjenja Gallery, Novi Pazar, Serbia
2008: “XIV Biennale of student graphics SR”, Culture Hall students’ city, Belgrade, Serbia
2008: “Art Salon”, Culture Center, Leskovac, Serbia
2009: “May Salon”, Culture Center, Leskovac, Serbia
2009: “October Salon”, Culture Center, Leskovac, Serbia
2009. "The first Summit Photographers Ex Yugoslavia", Cultural Center, Leskovac, Serbia

Awards:
2007: Awarded graphics at the First International Show of University Culture Center of International University in Novi Pazar.
2009: 3rd award at the May Salon of the Leskovac’s Cutlure Center