BIO

Dajana (née Perić) Douglas was born in Serbia in 1995 and grew up in the Republic Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She completed her Master of Fine Arts studies Magna Cum Laude at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University in Washington D.C. in 2023, where the school presented her with the Outstanding MFA Studio Arts Award Certificate. She earned her B.A. from the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka in her native country in 2020, majoring in Painting. She earned the professional title of an Iconographer at the Iconography School Odigitria in 2016 in Bijeljina, RS, B&H, specializing in Byzantine Painting. Her art practice is based on performance, conceptual art, and experimental painting deeply rooted in religion and cultural contex of her country. Her work has been shown internationally in solo and group shows through Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, and the USA. Dajana is the founder of the Iconography School Saint George in Washington, D.C., where she teaches foundation of drawing, Byzantine Painting and the theology of the icon.

Certifications/Honors

Outstanding MFA Studio Art Award Certificate (2023), Graduation Ceremony at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GWU, Washington D.C.
Commendation for outstanding results in the field of Graphics Techniques (2018), Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, RS, B&H

Scholarships/Awards

Artist Grant (2023) | Maryland Arts Council, MD, USA
Winifred Todd Farah Scholarship (2022 - 2023) | Corcoran Studio Art at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
Government of Republic Srpska Scholarship (2015 - 2018), Banja Luka, RS, B&H
Academy of Arts Scholarship (2015 - 2018) | University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, RS, B&H

Membership/Participations

Editorial Board for ODIGITRIJA Monograph 2006 - 2026
The Association Balkan Roots LLC for the preservation of Balkan tradition and culture in the USA (2023 - Present)
Visiting Artist & Scholars Committee at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University, Washington D.C., August 2022 - May 2023
Montgomery Art Association, Maryland, USA, November, 2023
The Association of Fine Artists "Sveti Luka" (Saint Luke), Bijeljina, RS, B&H, August 2020
Art Association "ZARS", Brčko, Brčko District, B&H, 2019

Artist Talks

Gallery Talk | Igor Simić and Dajana Douglas about #SerbiaInRealLife Exhibition led by curator Vesela Sretenović at the Katzen Arts Center at the American University in Washington D.C., USA, May 2025
Artist Talk about Solo Show Dress Code | BlackRock Center for the Arts, Gallery II, Germantown, MD, USA, October 2024
Pop-Up Talk | National Gallery of Art Nights, Washington, D.C., USA, May 2023
Online Artist Talk about Thesis Show Nine Stitches | New Media Art Department at the Academy of Arts University of Banja Luka, April 2023
Crux Talk | Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at GWU, Smith Hall of Art, Washington D.C., USA, September 2022
PechaKucha | The American University, Washington, D.C., USA, November 2021

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

Dress Code (2024), BlackRock Center for the Arts, Gallery II, Germantown, MD, USA, Oct - Nov
Nine Stitches (2023), Gallery 102, Smith Hall of Arts at George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, March
Isolation (2020), Gallery of the Cultural Center and Information, Lopare, RS, B&H, June
Individualism (2020), Gallery of the Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, March
Solo Exhibition (2013), Theater of Republic of Srpska, Public Institution Center for Culture, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, February

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

International Icon Juried Exhibition "ODIGITRIJA" 2025 | Art Gallery of the Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers "Odigitrija" in Bijeljina, RS, B&H, August
#SerbiaInRealLife | Katzen Arts Center at the American University in Washington D.C., curated by Jack Rasmussen and Marija Milošević (Gallery Art for All in Belgrade, Serbia), Feb - May

2024

Building a Caring Community Through Art - Curated by Ariana Kaye and Yuri Stone, Priddy Library at the Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, MD, USA, April - May

2023

“The European Artlover’s Wildest Dream | BečBijeljina”, Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria, September - curated by Pavle Golijanin and
BečBijeljina, Gallery of the Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, May
Exhibition of the Odigitria Art School, Gallery of the Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, September
Focal Critique, Critique Room, Smith Hall of Arts, Washington D.C., April

2021

6 Degrees | MFA Group Show at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at the George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA, November
Art Photography Exhibition | Youth Association "Vision of Youth", Small Salon of Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, April

2020

Exhibition of the Association of Fine Artists "Sveti Luka" | Center for Culture, Bijeljina, December
Bijeljina Art Salon, “35 years of the Milenko Atanacković” | Main Gallery and the Gallery of the Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, September
Project Isolation, Virtual Exhibition “TheGallery Concept” |Artsteps Platform, Croatia, June

2019

International Art Colony "Brčko in Color" | Brčko, RS, B&H, September
Exhibition of Icons in the Gallery of the Patriarchate, Belgrade, Serbia

2018

Paintings by students of years III and IV, Department of Painting of the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, Exhibition Salon of the Public Institution Children's Theater of the Republic Srpska, Banja Luka, RS, B&H, April
Let's Preserve what we are Through the Centuries |Iconography School Odigitria, Gallery of the Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H, February

2017

Exhibition of works by students of Intermedia Art | Architectural Building on Campus, Banja Luka, RS, B&H, June
Exhibition of works by students of the third year of painting | Large Salon of Banski Dvor, Banja Luka, RS, B&H, May
Exhibition of Graphics students of years III and IV | Exhibition Salon of the Public Institution Children's Theater of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, RS, B&H, April
Exhibition of Icons | School of Icon Painting "Odigitria", Vladičanski Dvor, Tuzla, FB&H, B&H, January

2016

Exhibition of works by graduate students of the school of Icon Painting "Odigitria", Public Institution Center for Culture Bijeljina, RS, B&H, November
Exhibition of Graphics, SKC Banja Luka, Campus, RS, B&H, June

Recurring Exhibitions

Bijeljina's Art Salon (2022 - 2025) | Gallery of the Cultural Center, Bijeljina, RS, B&H
Works by students of the Academy of Arts University of Banja Luka | Banja Luka, RS, B&H (2014 - 2018)

Education

[2021] - [2023]

MFA Fine Arts | Corcorn School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington Univeristy, Washington D.C., USA

[2014] - [2020]

Academy of Arts University of Banja Luka, Department of Painting | Banja Luka, RS, B&H

[2012] - [2016]

Art School Odigitria - ICONOGRAPHER, Byzantine Painting

Volunteer Work

2024 - Present

Visiting Artist and Contact for International Cooperation at the Art School Odigitrija, Bijeljina, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2022 - Present

Art Teacher and Assistant at the Serbian School Nikola Tesla, Ministry of St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church, Washington, D.C.

2022 - Present

Choir Member of the Serbian Singing Society Lira

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