ARTIST STATEMENT

Training ourselves to listen out for certain subtle tones amongst all is important to keep the rhythm alive, be it fast or slow. We need to learn to take control and work with time. Time is the root of the organization of society. By doing this we can pay attention to smaller details, things that actually really matter in order to persevere and nurture one’s own energy to be able to approach life and appreciate it in one’s own individual way.

As soon as we experience something, perhaps new or surprising to us, it is as though the experience is eager to be announced, as a result of the excitement of learning. The spirit of the experience lingers as a memory. The immediacy of the digital age can scare us into cataloguing as much detail as possible about our lives, as soon as we can, in the fear of forgetting where we are and who we are as time goes by, photography and film being one of the most immediate ways.

It is my aim in my work, as a storyteller, to heighten our individual experience of looking by creating enchanting signals in a sea of noise.

Ana Maria Lima Dimitrijevic

BIOGRAPHY

With all projects by Ana Maria Lima Dimitrijevic, there is a sense of excitement about the ways we can connect with our surroundings and each other. Drawing from memory, live recordings and found material, she works across drawing, sculpture, analogue photography and film, guided by process. She revisits and extends moments, in persistent search for more intuitive forms of translation beyond established language, creating opportunities for heightened connections through playful engagement.

Ana Maria Lima Dimitrijevic (b. 1992, London) is of Serbian/Brazilian descent and based in London. She received a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts (2011–2014), including an Erasmus exchange at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (2013). She has exhibited in Denmark, Finland, Serbia, the UK and online. Recent highlights include a 2023 solo show at Turf Projects (UK) and 2024 group exhibitions at MK Gallery (UK) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (Serbia), with coverage on Serbian television and news portals. She is a resident artist at ASC Art House in South London.