inbound

ARTIST Ana Stjelja

Two doves as a symbol of love and caring for other people; looking over a huge hospital building, their comforting soft voice fills people with serenity. Also, as harmless birds, they present hope for people who have to endure the hardest times spent in hospitals in the recovering and healing process. Some believe that these doves are the spirits of the loved ones who appear to convey us a message or to give us comfort

Ana Stjelja (1982, Belgrade, Serbia) In 2012 she obtained her PhD (on the life and work of the Serbian woman writer Jelena J Dimitrijević) She is a poet, writer, translator, journalist, researcher and editor She published more than 30 books of different literary genres She is also a graphic designer and digital artist In 2018, she established the Association Alia Mundi for promoting cultural diversity. She is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Association of Literary Translators of Serbia, the Association of Journalists of Serbia and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Nicola Kelly is a self taught realist artist from Co Dublin and living in Wexford Her ethereal style of visual storytelling has been strongly influenced by her background in contemporary dance training, creating a sense of rhythm with an innate understanding of form and movement Nicola felt compelled to begin painting in 2007, she describes painting as a cathartic process of releasing past trauma’s which cannot always be articulated or easily conveyed with words Primarily painting in oils theres an element of delicate translucency in her work achieved using small repetitive brushstrokes gradually and thinly built up. Nicola’s work has been exhibited in the Signal Arts Center Bray, public architect offices among other local venues She was also selected as one of one hundred Irish artists asked to design a ‘What On Earth’ globe sculpture which was exhibited at CHQ buildings Dublin Private commission work also undertaken