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Jelena Sofronijevic

Jelena Sofronijevic is a producer, curator, writer, and researcher, working at the intersections of cultural history, politics, and the arts. Their independent curatorial projects include Invasion Ecology (2024), SEEDLINGS: Diasporic Imaginaries, with Travelling Gallery (2025), and Seeds of Hate and Hope, at the Sainsbury Centre (2025). Jelena produces EMPIRE LINES, a podcast which uncovers the unexpected flows of empires through art, which is supported through their role as Curator with Radical Ecology (2026 2027). They are also pursuing a practice-based PhD with Gray’s School of Art, curating exhibitions with Balkan and Yugoslavian/diasporic artists in British art collections. Jelena’s full portfolio is available on their website and Instagram.

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A group of visitors stands around a large pile of dismantled wooden beams and boards installed on a lawn in an Alpine town, with yellow buildings and forested mountains rising behind them.

In Gherdëina, Curating a Biennale Around the Politics of the Garden

By Jelena Sofronijevic
A pair of dark, organic-shaped sculptures stand in a sunlit brick courtyard framed by arched walls adorned with blue woven forms.

The First Bukhara Biennial Reveals That the Most Expensive Ingredient Is Time

By Jelena Sofronijevic
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