Biljana Jančić is an artist living on Country of the Wangal people of the Eora Nation (Inner West Sydney). She works primarily with site-specific installations. This process is underpinned by an analysis of forces, structures and atmospheres that come to shape experiences of particular spaces. The resulting works operate as punctures that highlight, amplify or distort existing spatial dynamics. Jančić’s projects have been regularly commissioned and exhibited in a wide range of independent and institutional contemporary art spaces. She studied at the Sydney College of Arts, USYD where she completed a PhD in 2013. Alongside her work as an artist, Jančić has been working as an educator in higher education, teaching in a range of programs across art, design and architecture since 2011.
Selected exhibition History 2010 - 2020
2020
an informal act, (In collaboration with Consuelo Cavaniglia and MP Hopkins), Knulp, Camperdown, Sydney.
2019
Green Screen, Peacock Gallery, Auburn, Sydney. (Solo exhibition)
IN-Formalism, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula. Curated by Ruark Lewis and Andrew Leslie.
Pillar to Post, SCA Gallery, Rozelle. Curated by Alex Gawronski.
Memory Betrays Everybody, The Cube, UNSW Art & Design. Curated by Anthony Bautovich.
2018
Suburbia, Cement Fondu, Sydney. Curated by Megan Monte and Josephine Skinner.
Finalists Exhibition Arts NSW Visual Art Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace, Sydney.
The night before, Episode 1. Shirlow St, Marrickville, Sydney. Curated by Jonny Niesche, Consuelo Cavaniglia and Brendan Van Hek.
2017
Surface Tension, UTS Gallery, Sydney. (Solo Exhibition)
Watching Windows, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, West Auckland, New
Zealand, 2017. Curated by André Hemer and Andrew Clifford. Darklands, Alaska Projects, Sydney. Curated by Sebastian Goldspink
Nice One Picasso, curated by Liam Garstang, 2017 St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, SCA Galleries, Sydney.
2016
Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Curated by Emily Cormack.
TarraWarra Biennial 2016: Endless Circulation, TarraWarra Museum of Art. Curated by Helen Hughes and Victoria Lynn.
The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Award Finalists’ Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, 2016.
Monumentalism, Kudos Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Anthony Bautovich.
2015
The Cloud, (In collaboration with Alex Munt) Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney.
Script, Underbelly Arts Festival, Cockatoo Island, Sydney.
An Imprecise Science, Artspace, Sydney. Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor with Talia Linz.
_____, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Melbourne.
Writing Art, Ideas Platform, Artspace, Sydney. Curated by Scott Donovan.
Kaleidorama, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Josephine Skinner.
Finalists’ Exhibition, John Fries Award 2015, UNSW Galleries. Curated by Oliver Watts and Tristan Chant.
Finalists’ Exhibition, NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), Artspace, Sydney. Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor with Talia Linz.
2014
Through Space, Artist Space 55 Sydenham Rd Marrickville NSW 2204. (Solo exhibition)
Contra, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney (Solo exhibition)
I Want to Change the World, GAFA Art Museum, Guangzhou. Curated by Nicholas Tsoutas and Fan Lin.
Television, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Matthys Gerber.
Conquest of Space, COFA Galleries, Sydney. Curated by Andrew Frost.
2cubed, St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Sydney. Curated by Liam Garstang.
TEXiT, Institute of Contemporary Art, Newtown [ICAN], Sydney. Curated by Scott Donovan and Carla Cescon.
‘Decoy’, The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Finalists Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, USYD.
2013
Trap, Institute of Contemporary Art, Newtown [ICAN], Sydney (Solo exhibition)
Opposed, The Lock-Up Cultural Centre, Newcastle (Solo Exhibition)
Intra-sections, Verge Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Sarah Newall.
Full Court Press, Artereal Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Sebastian Goldspink.
Black Square: 100 Years, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide. Curated by Alex Gawronski and Iakovos Amperidis.
Look This Way, UTS Gallery, University of Technology Sydney.
2012
Thera, Peloton Project Space, Sydney (Solo Exhibition)
As Above, So Below, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans. Curated by Sebastian Goldspink.
I’ll be your mirror. Alaska Projects, Sydney. In conjunction with Andy Warhol "Underground Films", curated by Alex Munt and Sebastian Goldspink.
Future Spaces, The Paper Plane Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Lucy Ainsworth.
2011
Shadowgraphy, Eastern Bloc Gallery, Sydney (Solo exhibition)
Skyline, Underbelly Arts Festival, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Lorem Ipsum, Alaska Projects, Sydney. Curated by Sebastian Goldspink.
Versus, SNO, Sydney. Curated by Adrian McDonald.
Feedback, 55 Sydenham Rd Marrickville NSW 2204 AU
2010
Light Incisions, INFLIGHT, Hobart (Solo exhibition)
‘Reaching Green’, SafARI, Locksmith Projects, Sydney. Curated by Lisa Corsi and Danielle Hairs.
is not, Institute of Contemporary Art, Newtown [ICAN], Sydney (Solo exhibition)
Light_Wait, w/ Bonita Bub, MOP Projects, Sydney