explore the art world of Natasa Rajkovic – Bienen Nat

About

Natasa Rajkovic (Bienen Nat) is an award-winning artist born (1996) in Belgrade, Serbia. She pursued her artistic path from an early childhood with great dedication and graduated from the Faculty of the Applied Arts in Belgrade, MA department: painting (2020). In that time she also enrolled in the Haller Akademie der Künste in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (2018).

Since 2019 she is a member of the Assosiation of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS), participated in many group exhibitions and 4 Solo Exhibitions (in Serbia and Montenegro, Germany and Croatia) so far. Her artworks are part of many Art Collections in Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Angola (Africa), USA, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia&Herzegovina.

Currently working and living in Belgrade, Serbia.

Latest work

In my latest work, by following the example of manuscripts from the early Middle Ages, I combine the formal discipline of geometry with organic forms and freedom of imagination, inviting the viewer to discover a new, enigmatic world. This mysterious balance of seemingly incompatible animal shapes and geometric motifs on a gilded base attracted me to show in a similar way all the beauty of the spiritual meaning of the bee and its connection with the human being. Among other things, bees on my paintings represent the hope of salvation.

Bees first caught my attention when I was making a collage named “Disappeariance of a Man” (2020). I noticed then that bees are as aesthetically interesting as they are in terms of meaning, for the survival of life on Earth.

Since ancient times, human civilizations were organised in hierarchical structures in which power was held by kings. This structure survives to this day, in the way corporations function and finds it’s counterpart in the hierarchies built into the bee instinct. Humans strive to bring order to their chaotic everyday life, but despite all efforts, they can´t find enough time for spiritual growth, freed from the basic necessities from the bottom of Maslow’s pyramid. In this sense, what makes human a Homo Sapiens is lost and he is slowly becoming a completely reduced human-like phenomenon deprived of previously acquired traits by Evolution.

In other words, human being is slowly disappearing, just like bees are threatened with extinction. Man has the potential to save the planet, but also to destroy it, while the bees retain only this noble potential for its salvation.

Contact

natasa.rajkovic996@gmail.com

Paintings

_{“River of Gold”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 48×34 cm}

_{“The Beauty of Spring”}
_{Oil on canvas, 50×40 cm}

_{“Late Summer Veil”}
_{Oil on canvas, 50×40 cm}

_{“Harmony of an Autumn Dream”}
_{Oil on canvas, 50×40 cm}

_{“Guardian of a Winter Dream”}
_{Oil on canvas, 50×40 cm}

_{“To the Source”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 50×36 cm / Private collection}

_{“The Source”
Oil an Gold Leaf on canvas, 50×30 cm / Private collection}

_{“Daydeam”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 50×40 cm / Private collection}

_“Return”
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 120×90 cm}

_{“Digital Desert”
Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 38”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×40 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 40”
Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×40 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 37”
Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×40 cm}

_{“Dandelion”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 48”
Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 49”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 46”
Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 47”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 27”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm} _{/ Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 28”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 19”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 20”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 45”}
_{Oil an Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Creator of the World”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×30 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 22”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 21”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 13”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 12”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“The Crown”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Descending”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 16”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 10×10 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 29”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 10×10 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 30”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 18×13 cm}

_“Spring”
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Spring II”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Queen Bee”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 60×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Queen Nr. 4”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 60×20 cm}

_“Faded”
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 30×25 cm / Private collection}

_{“Faded II”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 30×25 cm / Private collection}

_{“Faded III”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 30×25 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 11”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 9”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 10”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 4”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 3”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 6”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 8”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 1”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 17”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Bee Nr. 34”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm}

_{“Bee Nr. 18”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm / Private collection}

_{“Sunflower”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 70×50 cm}

_“Army”
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 100×80 cm}

_“Ascent”
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 20×20 cm}

_“Fruits”
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 30×25 cm / Private collection}

_{“Fruits II”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 30×25 cm / Private collection}

_{“Fruits III”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 30×25 cm}

_Untitled
_{Oil on canvas, 40×30 cm / Private collection}

_Untitled
_{Oil on canvas, 40×30 cm / Private collection}

_{“Disappearing III”}
_{Oil on canvas, 40×40 cm / Private collection}

_{“Disappearing II”}
_{Oil and Gold Leaf on canvas, 40×40 cm / Private collection}

_{“Disappearing”}
_{Oil on canvas, 40×40 cm / Private collection}

_{“Desappearance of a Man”}
_{Oil on canvas, diptych, 140×100 cm}

_{“Desappearance of a Man”}
_{Mixed media on paper, 25×19 cm / Private collection}

_“Hive”
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm / Private collection}

_{“Hive II”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive III”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive IV”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive V”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive VI”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm / Private collection}

_{“Hive VII”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive VIII”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive IX”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}

_{“Hive X”}
_{Watercolor on 300g/m2 paper, 24×18 cm}