MILA VELJAC’A

Mila Veljac’a is known for her figurative paintings and drawings depicting figures, interiors, and landscapes in an often surrealistic setting, unprecedentedly combining scenes of everyday life with the absurd. Mila Veljac’a is a visual artist originating from Croatia. She continues her education at art academies in Croatia, Vienna, Salzburg, and Stuttgart, and for several years shared her expertise as a lecturer in fine arts. The wide oeuvre of Mila Veljac’a includes oil painting on canvas and works on paper. Her focus is on painting that reveals a preference for figurative and abstract elements. Mila Veljac’a complex and mysterious pictorial worlds are located somewhere between reality and fiction, the possible and the impossible. In her works, the artist facilitates a dialogue about modern man, his environment, and human relationships. The results are scenes full of evocative power that emotionally involve the viewer. For several years, Mila has been working on natural linen as a painting ground. In many of her paintings, she allows the material to become visible and dissolves painterly surfaces again. The process of destruction is thus an elementary component of her work. As a result, the different levels that come to the surface become an extraordinary threedimensionality. Mila Veljac’a works are represented in public and private collections. She achieved success in renowned galleries, art houses, and art fairs. Around the globe private collectors, public institutions, and banks acquired her works.