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    Julija Zaharijević’s Symmetry depicts young women at a prom in Belgrade in the 2000s, their clothes recalling the distinctive codes of that era. Among them stands a member of the Swiss Guard, his uniform unchanged since the 16th century and borrowed from Raphael’s frescoes (visually comical, yet protected by the institution it represents). The painting contrasts the image of youth with the persistence of institutional image, leaving the role of the guard ambiguous among the girls.

 

    Behin Roozbeh shows a group of small oil paintings on cotton canvas. They shift between figuration and abstraction, drawing on her interest in how the feminine tropes and stereotypes function within the context of their own creation of meaning. The works show fashionable objects and details whose character instills feelings of both care and fear.

 

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Julija Zaharijević (b. 1991 in Belgrade, based in Berlin and Vienna) is interested in the symbolic value of objects, and how their appearance informs their canonization. She investigates what constitutes reality and the conditions for its collapse into abstraction. She often refers to hand-picked elements from art history, and their effect on the conditions in which art is created today. Julija works across various media, with a focus on painting and printmaking, and occasional use of sculpture-as-image. Until 2020, her practice was rooted predominantly in text, spoken word and performance.  She is currently part of BPA// Berlin program for artists and her recent shows include Soggiorno (2025, Noah Klink with Tanya Leighton, Berlin), Inversion-Conversion (2024, BPA//Raum, Berlin), Über das Neue, part 2 (2023, Belvedere 21, Vienna), hyper (hyper)

(2022, Callirrhoë, Athens). Her upcoming exhibitions are at  KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin) in 2025 and Medium P (Berlin) in 2026. Her work is part of Artothek der Zentral- und Landesbiblithek Berlin, Artothek des n.b.k. Berlin, Artothek of the Austrian federal government at Belvedere 21 and City of Vienna Collection.

 

 

Behin Roozbeh (b. 1992, based in Stockholm) is a visual artist, working primarily around text, drawing and painting. She holds an MFA from Konstfack and is experienced in the field of fashion and visual communication. Her works take the subject of the feminine image, communicated through ambiguity of what that image truly is. Her recent shows include ‘Housesitter’ Zurich organized by Marta Perovic and Matheus Vo-Ngoc, Abby World curated by HUD SPACE/ Siri von Bothmer (2025) and New Girl in Town curated by HUD SPACE (Stockholm, 2024), ‘Half Hearted, Whole Hearted’, Heerztoya, Veliko Tarnovo (2023), among others. She also works as a consulting art director in fashion.

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