Andrea Krnetić Grbić is a Serbian artist born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1987.
She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the field of printmaking in 2011.
She began taking her first artistic steps in elementary school, where she painted landscapes of the Krajina region. In high school, she started taking private painting lessons. Her early works predominantly featured landscapes and portraits, but through formal artistic education, she developed a great love for printmaking. In the beginning, she mostly worked in the aquatint technique, but later turned to linocut. In addition to printmaking, she is also actively engaged in painting. She has received several awards for her drawings and graphics
So far, she has realized 14 solo exhibitions and over 50 group exhibitions, both in her home country and worldwide – in Italy, Romania, Poland, Switzerland, and Serbia.
A large number of her works are found in private collections in Japan, America, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Serbia. She has participated in numerous art colonies and events related to visual arts and culture.
2023 – Her artwork ‘Herd and the Red Dog’ has become a part of the first collection of NFT FOR WOMEN BIH.
2022 – The motif of a bull graphic is featured on the cover of the book “How to stimulate creativity” by Milica Drobić Pavićević
_ Since 2015, she has been a member of the Art Council of the Kozara Museum in Prijedor.
_ She is a member of the Association of Visual Artists Prijedor.
AWARDS:
2022 – First Prize for Graphics at the XX International Exhibition “Women Painters” 2022, Majdanpek, Serbia.
2022 – Memorial Gallery “DUŠAN STARČEVIĆ” Award for Graphics, Smederevska Palanka, Serbia.
2010 – Award for Drawing, Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 – Exhibition of Graphics and Paintings, American Corner, Novi Sad, Serbia
2022 – Exhibition “Accidental Acquaintances,” Java Contemporary Art Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2022 – Graphics from the “Animals” cycle, Gallery of the Masuka Cultural Center, Velika Plana, Serbia.
2022 – Exhibition of Graphics and Paintings “About Animals,” Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2021 – Exhibition of Graphics and Drawings “Animals”, Atrium Gallery of the Belgrade City Library, Belgrade, Serbia.
– Drawing exhibition, Memorial Gallery “Dušan Starčević,” Smederevska Palanka, Serbia.
– Drawing exhibition, Foyer of the Cultural Center of Pančevo, Serbia.
2019 – Exhibition of Paintings on Paper, Gallery of the Cultural Center “Laza Kostić,” Sombor, Serbia.
2017 – Exhibition of Paintings on Paper, “Meander” Gallery, Apatin, Serbia.
– Painting Exhibition, UDAS Gallery, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2013 – Painting Exhibition, Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2011 – Exhibition of Paintings, Graphics, and Drawings, Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2009 – Graphic Exhibition, UDAS Gallery, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Painting Exhibition, Academy of Arts, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 – May Exhibition of Graphics, “Graphic Collective,” Belgrade, Serbia.
2021 – 30×30, “Đura Jakšić House,” Belgrade, Serbia.
_30x30, Center for Culture, Zrenjanin, Serbia.
_22nd Triennial of GRENCHEN, Switzerland.
_Second International Triennial of Graphics in Cieszyn, Poland.
_”Looking to the Future” Cultural Center Kikinda, Serbia.
_Exhibition of Small Graphics, “Graphic Collective,” Belgrade, Serbia.
2020 – Exhibition of Small Graphics, “Graphic Collective,” Belgrade, Serbia.
_International Exhibition Ex Libris Festival of Short Form “Signature,” Municipal Cultural Center Apatin, Serbia.
2018 – Third International Biennial of Artistic Drawing, Memorial Gallery “Dušan Starčević,” Smederevska Palanka, Serbia.
_Fifth Exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists Prijedor, Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2017 – May Exhibition of Graphics, “Graphic Collective,” Belgrade, Serbia.
_Fifth International Print Salon, Kraljevo, Serbia.
_Art Association CROART&KRUPART, Gallery “Dr Vinko Percić,” Subotica, Serbia.
2016 – “Art Expo Winter Rome”, Galleria “Domus Romana” in Via Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy
_XI International Ex Libris competition_Gliwice, Poland
_XIV International Exhibition “Women Painters”, Majdanpek, Serbia
_Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje, Macedonia
_VII International Exhibition “Art in Miniature – MAJDANART 2016”, Serbia
2015 – Exhibition of the art colony “Rakani”, Gallery, Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014 – Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje, Macedonia
_Exhibition of Small Graphics, “Graphic Collective Gallery”, Belgrade, Serbia
2013 – First International Biennial of Small Graphics, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nis, Serbia
2012 – Second Exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists Prijedor, Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
_Exhibition of participants of the Art Colony “Sreten Stojanovic”, Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
_30x30, Center for Culture, Zrenjanin, Serbia
2011 – International Print Exhibition, Timisoara, Romania
_First Exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists Prijedor, Kozara Museum, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
_Ninth International Exhibition “Women Painters 2011”, Gallery of the Center for Culture, Majdanpek, Serbia
2010 – Third International Biennial “Ex Libris”, Pancevo, Serbia
_30x30, Center for Culture, Zrenjanin, Serbia
2009 – International Print Exhibition, Timisoara, Romania
_October Art Salon in Kovin, Serbia
_Exhibition of Prints of Participants of the Art Colony, Center for Culture, Smederevo, Serbia
_Exhibition of Student Graphics, “Gallery 96”, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008 – Exhibition of Works of Participants of the Art Colony, “Gallery 96”, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
SELECTED ART COLONIES:
2012 – Art Colony “Sreten Stojanović”, Mrakovica, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2009 – Art Colony, Center for Culture, Smederevo, Serbia