"Only through creating I can reach my full potential."
Jovana Maletić, MALETICCKA
Inside the Box
The wild whirlwind of her twenties — years of exploration, trial, and learning — led Jovana to realize she was living inside an invisible box. The next revelation came when she understood that the world itself had moved into an even larger one — a box much bigger than the Balkans where she grew up.
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By observing the world around her — not merely as a spectator, but as a survivor — she came to understand that:
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“In the past, the portrayal of women’s bodies was deemed wrong; later, during the era of nudity, it paradoxically became a taboo. Today, we live in a time where the freedom to express and show oneself often leads to objectification. Either way, something is always denied to us.”
Becoming the Voice
In her late twenties, “the creative force within me,” as she calls it, began to scream — desperate to emerge, to paint, to create.
She began exploring the influence of globalization, media, and social networks on women across generations and centuries. ​Everything started from a need to give form to her identity and to express who she truly was.
The Language of Form
She explores the concept of objectifying the body we call female — a body granted at birth the ability to bring new life into this world, built to endure immense pain, to transform, and even to evoke fear. The geometry of sharp lines and deliberately structured forms becomes a visual assertion of power — a reclamation of the body through clarity, discipline, and strength. Within this tension, she often reflects on the fragile balance that defines womanhood:
“Strength and fragility coexist as absolute opposites, yet remain entirely dependent on one another.”
Each woman in her paintings reflects an inner journey that embraces both. The faceless figure is an open invitation for the viewer to see themselves within her.
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The message is simple and universal: whoever you are, we share the same experience.
A Quiet Act of Resistance
As a human being — a woman within her own time and space — she recognizes how the female body constantly shifts its position and meaning under external forces.
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Her art stands as a quiet act of resistance, a reminder to women not to let those forces define their worth or dictate their form.
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