Andrea Solaja / Venus

Andrea Solaja / VenusAndrea Solaja is a Serbian artist working across various disciplines. When Andrea was ten years old, she lived in a bunker for several months while her country, Serbia, was being bombed. Her sole source of relief was using her imagination to craft stories using the only candle light she had. The shadows projects on the walls would serve as shapes and characters in the stories she would create in her mind. Her artistic practice now unfolds around the

recycled paper bags

was being bombed

or any major focal point spot within your space

Drawing inspiration from her personal travels and childhood in the California desert

After publishing several short stories in literary journals

It's these minute details that made us fall in love with this photograph

yet realistic style of this piece

Like a refined depiction of primary colours — this piece features firetruck red and a saturated yellow

She is currently based in Cape Town

and often fleetingly

The combination of waves crashing and seagulls chirping gives ASMR videos a run for their money (no

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