As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me

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As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me

Nina Ćeranić

19th February - 18th April 2026
A plus A, Venice

"As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me" is Nina Ćeranić's first solo exhibition, on view at A plus A from 19 February to 18 April 2026. The exhibition presents an environmental installation poised between a place of worship and a computer desktop, in which small paintings are enclosed within wooden and brass casings. Conceived and crafted by the artist, these architectural elements simultaneously evoke devotional and digital devices, altarpiece polyptychs and the structures of contemporary operating systems alike. Windows, frames, folders, and icons transform the gallery into an intimate, personal space.

Across the three different bodies of work on view, Nina Ćeranić investigates the specular relationship between subject and object, between affect and corporeality. In "Objects" (2018 - ongoing), the objects that make up the artist's everyday life emanate a truth that we sometimes pause to contemplate and at other times are forced to endure. "Skin and Nails" (2025 – ongoing) marks a new phase in Ćeranić's research, introducing a more explicit interest in the body: worn fingers and hands that knot, wear, grip, weave, and shape. Finally, in the "Qualia/Memories" cycle (2015–2018), the artist retraces her own history, where fragments of life, dreams, desires, and fears lie at the center of pictorial representations combining collage and archival photographs.

"As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me" offers an unprecedented emotional compendium, inviting visitors to navigate a short circuit of devotional practices, digital archiving, and consumption.

Nina Ćeranić (Belgrade, 1992) lives and works in Venice, where she graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts. Her work was recently presented during Singapore Art Week (2026) with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute. She has participated in group exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, and France. Since 2015, she has been an active member of the Fondazione Malutta collective, with which she has collaborated and exhibited in institutions such as the Albanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the Museo di Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, pursuing a collaborative and collective practice. "As I Shape the Object, the Object Shapes Me" is her first solo exhibition.