Tamara Pavlovic is a Serbian born, Sydney based multidisciplinary artist. Her work often depicts inner minds, memories and female identity. In the video performance ’Dream/San’ through language and a ritual act Pavlovic mourns and talks to her ancestors and hopes to connect again. Spiritual connection with one’s ancestors is a key element of Pavlovic’s culture, especially having a strong bond with her grandmother who was the important influence in her upbringing, a tough and an independent woman with a kind and sensitive soul in love with poetry. Whilst performing a ritual act, Pavlovic recites the poem ’Dream/San’, that is both personal and intimate, written for her by her grandmother after the departure from Europe to Australia many years ago.
Completing the Master of Art at UNSW Art & Design, Sydney in 2019, Tamara has won Works on Paper Prize 2020, Blackstone Gallery Newcastle and been a finalist of many Art Awards, Fisher’s Ghost, Lethbridge 20000 Small Works Art Prize, Blacktown Art Prize and Hunter’s Hill Art Award amongst others. Pavlovic has exhibited in many group exhibitions and is preparing for her solo exhibition in July 2021