About Gallery Sonja Bikic

   Sonja Bikic is artist who found inspiration in nature. One of her favorite topic  are birds . Birds as a symbol of freedom like birds of peace and birds of wisdom like owls . She also found inspiration in cultural heritage . Motifs of rugs and embroidery  she transform in 3D construction of unusual forms of ceramics.  She is also cat lovers so cats are her inspiration too . All these motifs like birds, owls, cats and ornaments of  embroidery she also use in her modern  jewelry forms . She express herself by stoneware technique and porcelain . So far she had 10 solo exhibitions . She participated in over 30  international exhibitions in her country and abroad. She received several awards and honors. The most important publication where its works was published is “Traditional Arts and Crafts in Bosnia and Herzegovina  “issued by the UNESCO organization. From 2014 she is a owner of Gallery Sonja Bikić where she is permanently  employed .

After finishing her studies at Belgrade University of Applied Arts and Design, department of Ceramics, she came back to her native city Banja Luka, where she started to work as professional ceramist . So far she  have had 9 solo exhibitions in her home country and she also took part in many collective and international exhibitions all around the world. Her most important international exhibition was in Taipei, Taiwan 1994 where she received repurchase award. Her last big project was 2012. In cooperation with the Aquarius agency, she designed the statue of a Hippopotamus, for Hypo bank , Klagenfurt, Austria.