DRAGANA RADANOVIĆ IS A RESEARCHER AND VISUAL STORYTELLER.
Dragana Radanović is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of comics, storytelling, and social issues. She earned her Master’s in Graphic Storytelling and completed a PhD on how childhood is represented in times of war—both at LUCA School of Arts in Belgium. She’s currently a postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven and a teaching assistant in the Graphic Storytelling course at LUCA in Brussels.
Through her artistic practice, Dragana explores how comics can be used as a way of thinking, and creating knowledge—especially around difficult or overlooked topics. She’s particularly drawn to unconventional books and graphic narratives that give space to marginalized voices.
She’s also the co-founder of Comic-Aunties (Stripotetke), an initiative that supports young and emerging comic authors in Serbia, with a focus on improving visibility for women and underrepresented creators in the field.
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WHEN SHE IS NOT WORKING
She absolutely loves being in nature—cycling, hiking, camping, and becoming friends with animals. She is a coffee addict, and appreciates the company of curious people and deep conversations. She enjoys learning new things and mixing up the languages (currently simultaneously using Serbian, English, and Modern Greek and learning Dutch).
PUBLICATIONS
PICTURE BOOKS
2021. Sto lica stolica, Kreativni centar, Serbia.
2020. Moj Imaginarijum, Umetnička knjiga, Montenegro.
2015. Zdravlje je najveće bogatstvo, Crveni krst Novog Sada, Serbia.
WEBCOMICS
2020. Robert, Pulp de Luxe, Belgium.
2019. The First Day on Earth, Pulp de Luxe, Belgium.
COMICS
2023. At Home (Besna Kobila, Stripotetke, Serbia)
2023. Breaking The Silence (System Comics, Serbia)
2021. Drita’s story (Centre For Public History, Serbia)
2019. How to Escape the Loop?, collaborative comics (PFC#6 : ChiFouMi des étudiants, Angouleme, France)
2018. Orpheus and Eurydice (The Opera House, Brussels, Belgium)
SELF-PUBLICATIONS
2019. Socks lost in war (LUCA School of Arts, Belgium)
2019. Zwartezustersstraat 16 (LUCA School of Arts, Belgium)
2018. There is no more sugar (LUCA School of Arts, Belgium)
INTERVIEWS
N1 Television, Plezir Magazine, PulpDeLuxe, Destelheide Hanenbos
RESIDENCIES
2020. October and November, La maison des auteurs, Comics book residency, Angouleme, France.
2019. January, Experimental comics residency-laboratory (PFC#6: ChiFouMi des étudiants) Angouleme, France.
2018, June, ReLocation, Visual arts residency, Destelheide Hanenbos, Belgium.
EXHIBITIONS
2024. What Should We Tell Them?, solo exhibition, Sint Lucas Gallery Brussels, Belgium;
2023. Beyond Comics: A look into the artworks of comics authors from Serbia/ Izvan kvadrata: Pogled na umetničke radove stripskih autora iz Srbije, International Comics Festival of Belgrade’s Student Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia;
2023. At Home, a collective exhibition of the works from the anthology of comics, Galerija Bate Mihailovića, Pančevo, Serbia;
2023. The Island of Love, Nova Festival of Contemporary Comics, Pančevo, Serbia
2022. Horizons, the exhibition of authors in residence, House of Authors, Angouleme, France;
2021. 51st Golden Pen of Belgrade, the 16th International Biennial of Illustration, Konak kneginje Ljubice, Belgrade, Serbia;
2020. Nova Festival, the festival of contemporary comics, Galerija Bate Mihailovića, Pančevo, Srbija;
2019. “LUCAgrad19”, collective exhibition, LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium;
2019. “From HAUNTED to GHOSTED”, collective exhibition, EESI, Angouleme, France;
2019. “Socks lost in war”, pages, Balkan festival of young comics creators, Leskovac, Serbia;
2018. “LUCAgrad18”, collective exhibition, LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium;
2018. “ReLocation“, collective exhibition, Destelheide Hanenbos, Belgium;
2018. “Orpheus and Eurydice“, collective exhibition, graphic stories for the Community project Orpheo and Majnun, MUNTPUNT, Brussels, Belgium;
2017. “Vacation time” and “Freedom“, short comics, Balkan festival of young comics creators, Leskovac, Serbia;
2015, 2016 and 2018. Exhibited illustrations, Bookill Fest, Book illustration Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia;