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Nikola Sarić (born 6 June 1985 in Bajina Bašta) is a Serbian German graded artist focussing on painting and sculpting.

Life

Sarić grew up in Bajina Bašta, Serbia and went to Belgrade in 2000 to study at the TehnoArt School, changed in 2005 to study at the University of Belgrade at the faculty of restoration and conservation, before, in 2006 starting to study at the Academy of the Serbian Orthodox Church for Art and Conservation, where he graduated in 2014. Since 2011 he lives in Hannover, Germany.

Important works (selection)

• Les Martyrs de Libye (Paris, Petit Palais), 2018, 100 × 70 cm, water colours on paper.
• Akathistos to St. Demetrius. 2009, 12 paintings, each 130 × 160  cm, acrylic on canvas.
• Parables of Christ, 2014, cycle of 20 paintings, each 30 × 30  cm, water colours on paper, mounted on wood.
• Holy Martyrs of Libya. 2015 (Eichstätt, Collegium Orientale), 100 × 70  cm, water colours on paper.
• St Chrysogonus, St Katharina, St Konrad. (Hannover, Gartenkirche St. Marien), 2015, 120 × 90  cm, egg tempera and gold leave on wood

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions are marked S, exhibitions with catalogues are marked C.

2009

• Свет који се не да замислити, Galerie Otklon, Belgrade (S)

2012

• Separation, konnektor – Forum für Künste, Hannover (S)
• 3rd Yokogawa Charity Art Festival, Hiroshima

2014

• Demetrius – Begegnung mit dem Heiligen, Gartenkirche St. Marien, Hannover (S) (C)
• Laokoon, konnektor – Forum für Künste, Hannover (S)

2015

• 18. ZINNOBER Kunstvolkslauf, Hannover
• Wie durch einen Spiegel – Biblische Ikonographie heute, Religionspädagogisches Institut, Loccum (S)
• 87. Herbstausstellung, Kunstverein, Hannover (C)
• Coptic Orthodox Monastery Brenkhausen, Höxter (S)
• Савремени иконопис у Србији (Contemporary Serbian Icon Painting), Cultural Centre of Novi Sad

2016

• Ikonen und Chimera, Kunstsalon Villa Artista, Hannover (S)
• The Icon in the Context of the 21st Century, Museum of Herzegowina, Trebinje
• Satt mich sehen an deinem Bilde, Mariensee Abbey, Neustadt am Rübenberge (S) (C)
• Wildheit/Zähmung, Schloss Landestrost, Neustadt am Rübenberge
• Παραβολές και Μάρτυρες, Mount Athos Center, Thessaloniki (S)

2017

• Zyklus des Lebens, Fonis Gallery, Düsseldorf (S)
• Zeugen, Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Wiesbaden (S)
• Und das Wort ward Bild, Gartenkirche St. Marien, Hannover (S)
• Apărători ai ortodoxiei și Sfinți Martiri din vremea comunismului, Centrul Cultural Ion Manu, Otopeni/Bucharest
• Das fliegende Jackett, Fonis Gallery, Düsseldorf

2018

• 88. Herbstausstellung, Kunstverein, Hannover (C)

• Du spirituel dans la peinture…, Galerie Tokonoma, Paris (S)

2019

• Quantum Music: Decoding Reality, Sprengel Museum Hannover
• Nikola Sarić: Malerei, Great St. Martin Church, Köln (S)
• Der dritte Raum, Sigwardskirche Idensen, Wunstorf (S)
• Nikola Sarić: Malerei, Eisfabrik, Hannover (S)

2020

• Nikola Sarić: Reflexionen, Eichstätt Cathedral Treasury and Diocesan Museum, Eichstätt (S)
• Nikola Sarić: An Artistic and Spiritual Journey, Christopher Boïcos, Paris (S)

2021

• YES? YES!. Zukunftswerkstatt Ihme-Zentrum (S) (C)
• 89. Herbstausstellung, Kunstverein Hannover (C)

2022

• Nikola Sarić: Images of Revelation, Old School of Loggos, Paxos (Greece) (S)

2023

• Nikola Sarić: PowerLESS, Himmelsfahrtskirche, München
• Nikola Sarić: Kreis - unvollendet, Hildesheim Cathedral Museum
• Nikola Sarić: Εικόνες Αποκαλύψεως/Images of Revelation, Old Fortress of Corfu and Antivouniotissa Museum, Corfu
• 90. Herbstausstellung, Kunstverein Hannover (C)

  

Awards

• 2021 Special Prize (Sonderpreis) awarded by Hanns-Lilje-Stiftung, Hannover

TV appearances

• 2018 Interview by Thomas Wollut with Nikola Sarić as part of the broadcast series Les chemins de la foi on TV France 2
• 2023 Television service with the participation of Nikola Sarić, the regional bishop Christian Kopp of Munich and pastor Stephanie Höhner on 6 March, broadcast live from church Himmelfahrtskirche München-Sendling by BR Fernsehen

Literature

• François Bœspflug e Emanuela Fogliadini: Il battesimo di Cristo nell’arte, Milano 2021: Jaca Book, ISBN 9788816606562, p. 208-211.
• François Bœspflug e Emanuela Fogliadini: La risurrezione di Cristo nell’arte d’Oriente e d’Occidente, Milano 2019: Jaca Book, ISBN 9788816605916, p. 209-212.
• François Bœspflug avec la participation de Emanuela Fogliadini: Cruxifixion - la crucifixion dans l'art, un sujet planétaire, Montrouge: Bayard 2019, ISBN 9782227495029, p. 380–383.
• Zeugen – Gedichte von Nikola Đolović mit einigen Bildern von Nikola Sarić. In: Der schmale Pfad. volume 56. Johannes A. Wolff Verlag, Apelern 2016, ISSN 1610-1146, p. 60–75.
• Jean-Marc Nemer: Nikola Saric, un iconographe transgressif?, master thesis at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Art History at UFR04 - Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2016.

External links

• Literature by and about Nikola Sarić (artist) in the German National Library catalogue
• Literature by and about Nikola Sarić (painter) in the Royal Library of the Netherlands catalogue
• Website of the artist
• Artist's talk with Nikola Sarić and Shige Fujishiro in the series Kunstfieber Hannover, recorded on 13 October 2015 at Cumberlandsche Galerie Hannover.

References

1. biography on his own Website, accessed 13 June 2016.
2. "Les Martyrs de Libye". Petit Palais (in French). 8 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
3. Wallut, Thomas (15 August 2019). "Les Chemins de la foi: L'art de l'Icône au Petit Palais". France 2 (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
4. New Liturgical Movement: A New Image of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, by Nikola Sarić, accessed 4 September 2016.
5. description at the Website of the church community, accessed 13 June 2016 (German).
6. konnektor #11 "Separation", accessed 13 June 2016
7. Website Yokagawa Art, accessed 13 June 2016
8. konnektor #34, accessed 13 June 2016
9. Website of RPI Loccum, accessed 13 June 2016.
10. Raumstationen – 87. Herbstausstellung niedersächsischer Künstlerinnen und Künstler. Hannover 2015, ISBN 978-3-934421-54-7.
11. Kunst im Kloster. in: Neue Westfälische. 3 October 2016, p. HT2
12. Website of Kunstsalon Villa Artista, accessed 13 June 2016.
13. Website of the abbey, accessed 13 June 2016.
14. Website of Mount Athos Center, accessed 18 October 2016.
15. gallery website Archived 3 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 30 July 2017.
16. "Night of the Churches". Retrieved 6 January 2017.
17. "Iconi in Otopeni". Retrieved 11 November 2017.
18. "Ausstellungen". Fonis Galerie. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
19. "Nikola Sarić (Hanovra, Germania)". Iconi in Otopeni. 2018: 26–27. ISSN 2601-6656.
20. 88. Herbstausstellung des Kunstvereins Hannover. Hannover: Kunstverein. 2018. ISBN 978-3-934421-27-1.
21. "Expositions d'icones contemporaines de Nikola Sarić à Paris". Retrieved 25 November 2018.
22. "Website of organizing association URWERK e.V." Retrieved 15 June 2019.
23. "Interview (German language) on domradio.de". Retrieved 15 June 2019.
24. "Event note at local magazine Schädelspalter". Retrieved 15 June 2019.
25. Wilfried, Köpcke. "Introduction speech". Retrieved 15 June 2019.
26. "Domschatz- und Diözesanmuseum Eichstätt: Nikola Sarić". www.dioezesanmuseum-eichstaett.de (in German). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
27. "Nikola Sarić : An Artistic and Spiritual Journey - Chris Boïcos Fine Arts". boicosfinearts.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
28. "YES? YES! – URWERK e.V." (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
29. "89. Herbstausstellung / Kunstverein Hannover". www.kunstverein-hannover.de. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
30. "Nikola Sarić - Images of Revelation - Chris Boïcos Fine Arts". boicosfinearts.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
31. "Website of Himmelfahrtskirche". himmelfahrtskirche.de. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
32. "Website of Cathedral Museum Hildesheim". dommuseum-hildesheim.de. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
33. "Website of culturenow.gr". Retrieved 7 July 2023.
34. "90. Herbstausstellung - Ausstellungen - Kunstverein Hannover". www.kunstverein-hannover.de (in German). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
35. "Hanns-Lilje-Stiftungspreis 2021 vergeben". www.hanns-lilje-stiftung.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
36. "Media library of France Television". Retrieved 18 August 2019.
37. "Media Library of ARD". Retrieved 11 March 2023.

• 1985 births
• Living people
• 20th-century German painters
• 20th-century German male artists
• German male painters
• German people of Serbian descent
• Serbian painters
• Serbian sculptors
• 21st-century German painters
• 21st-century German sculptors
• 21st-century German male artists