SONJA RADAKOVIĆ (1989 Belgrade, Serbia) is a visual artist who actively exhibited since 2007. She has participated in several independent, and a large number of group exhibitions and projects in Serbia and abroad. She earned Bachelor’s (2012) and Master’s (2014) degrees in painting at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia. Additionally, she is currently enrolled as PhD candidate at the Fine Arts department where she works as a Professor's Assistant on subjects Painting and Wall Paintig.
She was awarded several scholarships from the Fund for Young Talents of the Republic of Serbia, (the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia) and received awards for painting.
2017 Sonja spent one semester in Spain as PhD Erasmus & researcher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Granada.
Since 2013 she is actively engaged in performance and classical ballet routine.
2020 Sonja enrolled Classical Ballet High School Lujo Davičo in Belgrade.
In her artwork Sonja uses her own and other people's body as manipulative tool, takes a socially desirable role and examines its social and artistic position on the border of morality, taste and decency.
Besides arts she is involved in sports and humanitarian artist activities and fundraising that helped rebuilding the house in local Roma settlement in Belgrade.
2021 she has joined the course of the Mountain Rescue Service of Serbia, in order to become a professional rescuer in all mountain conditions.