Dragana Đorđević

Freitag, 18. März 1960

Dragana Đorđevic (born in 1960) is a Serbian painter who was trained in this traditional craft under the guidance of orthodox nun Porfirija. This Greek nun introduced her to the beauty of byzantine art toward which Dragana inclined ever since. During her over 30 years long career she has researched style of the great late byzantine masters whose monumental frescoes influenced and refined her own work. Her admiration toward Michael Astrapas and Eutychios or Panselinos encouraged her to mimic their styles in order to improve her own skill and only through that acquire particular trait of her art. Today she is praised as someone whose icons are of exceptional quality. Since 1988 Dragana has presented her icons on numerous exhibitions in Serbia and abroad and has participated in a number of ar