Midday /Abstract oil painting, 2026

Ana Saut  

Ana Saut is an interdisciplinary artist and abstract painter with more than 20 years of professional experience in contemporary art. Her career includes over 50 solo exhibitions, international biennials, artist residencies and multidisciplinary projects across Europe, Asia and the United States. Her works are held in private collections internationally and in a museum collection, and her practice has been featured in art books, catalogues and publications.

With a background in Fine Art, design and psychology, Saut further developed her interdisciplinary practice through an educational programme at the Museum of Modern Art, bringing together artistic research and psychological approaches.

Her broader practice spans mixed-media installation, painting, collage, artist books, video and sound. On Artsper, she presents the painting-focused dimension of her work: abstract compositions in oil and acrylic on canvas, as well as collage.

Saut is a colorist whose visual language is built through refined color relationships, rhythm, texture and compositional balance. Her abstract works are emotionally charged yet open-ended, allowing color itself to become the central carrier of meaning.

Among the notable milestones of her international career are the Arte Laguna Prize in Venice, where she was selected as a finalist and exhibited at the Arsenale; the International Biennale of Young Contemporary Art “Stop! Who's There?"; and an exhibition at SOMArts in San Francisco.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Submarine, Nordistica Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2025 The Home I Always Carry with Me, Vagon Gallery, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 Second Childhood, Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016 Inside–Outside, Open Air Art Gallery, Budva, Montenegro
2015 The Gift of Motherhood, Gallery 2517, Perm, Russia
2012 Portrait of a Wardrobe, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2012 Lost Faces, Bulgakov House Museum-Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2011 Undiscovered, Alcorriente ARTE Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2026 TARGET Prize 2026 finalist, Timelessness
2025 The Alphabet of Nudity, Dr Robot Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2025 The Path, RADIONICA project, Street Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2024 The Gift to Inner Child, Arte Laguna Prize finalist exhibition, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2023 Stolen Childhood, Mixer Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2021 Sounds Like Home, SOMArts, San Francisco, USA
2020 Submarines, Park Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 Picturesque Russia, curated by Vitaly Patsyukov, Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017 On the Path of Life, Dukley Summer School, Kotor, Montenegro
2012 Lost Faces, International Biennial for Young Contemporary Art “Stop! Who's There?", ARTPLAY, Moscow, Russia
2010 Pavlov's Dog, International Biennial for Young Contemporary Art “Stop! Who's There?", Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia

SELECTED RESIDENCIES

2025 KC Grad Artist Residency, Belgrade, Serbia — research project Second Childhood
2018 Dukley Art Residency, Kotor, Montenegro
2016 Dukley Art Residency, Kotor, Montenegro

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

2026 Finalist, TARGET Prize, painting category
2024 Finalist, Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy — The Gift to Inner Child

ART FAIRS

2025 ART EXPO LISBON, International
Contemporary Art Fair, Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Eternal Eve fair, London, UK

COLLECTIONS

Artist book The Home I Always Carry with Me, collection of the Yekaterinburg Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia

SELECTED TALKS AND PUBLICATIONS

2025 Artist talk and book discussion, The Home I Always Carry with Me, The Book Embodiment Laboratory, Belgrade Photo Month, RADIONICA Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2020 Inside, performance included in CoronART, Berlin, Germany