Artist Biography / Artist Statement:

Karina Savina (Dilan) is a contemporary artist working with painting, digital graphics, and experimental techniques. Her work explores the deep connection between human feelings, nature, and abstract forms, creating compositions filled with movement, light, and sensory interaction. For Karina, art is the most alive and natural form of expression — a universal language that unites people and inspires shared creation.

Each painting is a whole world, a space, and a lived experience of feelings with subtle shades embodied in images. Her practice aims to awaken our creative essence and highlight unity — between people, nature, and within ourselves. Through international exhibitions, she creates environments for connection, inner exploration, and transformation. Karina’s style blends natural forms, visions of the future, and abstraction, offering a sensory approach to visual storytelling and the beauty of inner worlds.

List of previous exhibitions:

Belgrade Biennale
June 2025
A multi-venue Biennale in Belgrade featuring media coverage and a diplomatic opening.
Seven works were presented.
Opening – Gallery Nikola Radošević, Belgrade
Diplomatic Opening – Vračar Municipality Gallery, Belgrade
Media Presentation – Gallery of the Cultural Center Vlada Divljan, Belgrade

Recipient – International Prize “Leonardo da Vinci – The Universal Artist”
Award Ceremony: June 7th, 2025 – National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan
A prestigious international prize awarded to artists recognized for their artistic merit, with the ceremony attended by collectors, journalists, diplomats, and art professionals.

8th International Biennial of Fine and Different ART – “Turbulent World”
June 2025
An online exhibition organized by the International Association of Visual, Performing and Other Arts (IAVPOA ART).

International Exhibition “Decor” – Artemida Experience
Spazio Arte Tolomeo, Milan – May 6–17, 2025
Two mixed media works shown in this exhibition exploring how art inhabits and enriches space.
Work published in the official exhibition catalogue.
Event featured in Milan Today, highlighting participating artists.

Photo Project “Post-Conflict”
Belgrade Photo Month, international photo festival – May 2025
A photographic project selected for the film evening, presented as a video piece. It explores emerging from inner and outer conflict through analog images of Belgrade.

International Exhibition – The Holy Art Gallery
Brooklyn, New York – March 2025
Presented a digital version of two mixed media works as part of this international group exhibition.

International Exhibition “The Language of the Body”
Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice – February 2025
Organized by ITSLIQUID Group
Presented two mixed media works reflecting the body's language in contemporary art.

Published Interview – Visual Art Journal, Issue 21
March 2025
A two-page feature discussing creative techniques, materials, unity in art, and how painting connects people on an emotional level.

“What is Art” Exhibition
Boomer Gallery, London – January 2025
Invited expert: Anthony Faucet
Showcased three works exploring how art and painting engage the viewer through deep emotional and sensory states.
Work included in the official printed exhibition catalogue.

Online Exhibition “Abstraction!”
Project Gallery Informal (Meta Space Gallery) – February 2025
Participated in the group show with an interview exploring abstraction as a sensory language and a means of expressing human states.

“Living” Exhibition
Belgrade – December 2024
A solo exhibition connecting photography and graphic art to explore sensory communication and urban spaces. The project embodied interaction with Belgrade not only through images and illustrations but also through narrative storytelling, with each piece carrying its own emotional world.

“Art Marathon” Exhibition
Moscow – 2017–2018
Participated with a series of oil paintings exploring expressive states of being through form, texture, and composition, emphasizing how emotions shape perception.