Nikolina Petolas

Joined Artfinder: March 2015

Artworks for sale: 133

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Croatia

About Nikolina Petolas

 
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  • Biography

    Inspired by nature, societal observation, and the world of fantasy, Croatian artist Nikolina Petolas opens the door to secret places where memories, desires, and the subconscious converge, existing somewhere between real life and imagination.

    Through allegory as a means of expression, she discovers a parallel world woven into dreams and disrupts our perception of reality. In her symbolic visual stories, Nikolina creates a deep narrative with profound compositions in her unique style by blending contemporary digital techniques with photography or through traditional painting.

    Nikolina's distinctive artistic style has captured the attention of prestigious clients such as Ferragamo and Marriot, with whom she has collaborated closely. Her signature Blue Pear series has gained worldwide recognition, earning numerous international art awards. Her impressive portfolio has been widely acclaimed and exhibited in galleries and museums across Europe, the United States, and Asia.


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  • Awards

    2023

    London Photography Awards

    London Photography Awards, In the Shadows, Special - Gold winner

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    2019

    FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards

    Bronze winner

    2018

    PSA bronze medal

    38th Zagreb Salon International Photography

    2017

    "Bookill fest"

    Award for series of book cover photo-illustrations

    2017

    Reality we live in

    First award - art contest, Serbia
  • Upcoming Events

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    Event: International Surrealism Now

    Dates: 17 Nov 2018 - 5 Dec 2018

    Venue: Chiado Museum, Coimbra, Portugal

    International Surrealism Now is the largest international surrealist exhibition in the World, presenting 107 of the world’s leading surrealism artists from 45 countries. This ground breaking project is presented by Santiago Ribeiro, Portuguese surrealist painter, dedicated to promoting Surrealism of the 21st century, through exhibitions presented over the last 8 years in various parts of the world: Berlin, Moscow, Dallas, Los Angeles, Mississippi, Warsaw, Nantes, Paris, Florence, Madrid, Granada, Barcelona, Lisbon, Belgrade, MonteNegro, Romania, Japan, Taiwan and Brazil.

    Event: Through art - resist and recover

    Dates: 25 May 2018 - 1 Jul 2018

    Venue: Kyo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

    Through art - resist and recover

    Event: International Surrealism Now

    Dates: 23 Dec 2017 - 5 Jan 2018

    Venue: Poros Museum, Portugal

    The "International Surrealism Now" began in 2010 in Coimbra, when Santiago Ribeiro conceived a major exhibition organized by Bissaya Barreto Foundation. This event has been in Conímbriga celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Monographic Museum.

    The exhibition consists of a variety of artworks including drawing, painting, photography, digital art and sculpture.

    Event: Pamart at Pamali Festival

    Dates: 10 Aug 2017 - 15 Aug 2017

    Venue: Pamali Festival, Passo San Boldo

    Since its first edition, the Pamali Festival has aimed at combining music with other forms of culture and art; This year, "Pamarte - 706 Arte in quota", a collective of contemporary art, returns with works and installations of selected artists among the most significant of the national and international landscape. The exhibition, entitled "A-MORS revolutio-ONIS" , will unfold from the town center to the festival area, and will include an outdoor section, an indoor pavilion "The Slaughterhouse" and is enriched by the "Pamarte live" section that will see The presence of some resident artists who will develop their projects in the six days of the festival. "Amor's Revolution-onis" tends to trace a new but ancient fiction of love: Pure, natural, invisible and powerful love, cosmic energy, impersonal and incomprehensible constant vibrations. It is born of pure hearts, floods the earth and penetrates all that lives, from the deepest of us wants to shine, joy and happiness that come out of u

    Event: Circle Seven

    Dates: 1 Jul 2017 - 5 Aug 2017

    Venue: Callas, Bremen, Germany

    Group exhibition of 'Circle Seven' - traditional and digital visionary artist

    Event: Kombinart, exhibition of awarded artists

    Dates: 20 May 2017 - 20 Jun 2017

    Venue: Square of Sabac victims, Sabac, Serbia

    Square of Sabac victims
    Exhibition opening 20th May 2017
    Outdoors exhibition of awarded artist

    Event: Surrealism Moscow, Zagreb, Lisbon, Coimbra

    Dates: 19 May 2017 - 19 Jun 2017

    Venue: Museum House Fernando Namora, Portugal

    Museum House of Fernando Namora, Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal / exhibition opening May 19th / 17:30h 

    Event: Real - Surreal - Unreal

    Dates: 13 May 2017 - 11 Jun 2017

    Venue: Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen, Germany

    Parkstrasse 1,D 79713, Bad Säckingen / Switzerland

    Event: Münchner Science & Fiction Festival

    Dates: 28 Apr 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

    Venue: Einstein Culture, Munich

    Einstein Culture Einsteinstraße 42,  81675 Munich, Germany

    Event: FERIA INTERNACIONAL DEL ARTE DE GRANADA

    Dates: 31 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

    Venue: Centro Municipal de Cultura, Granada

    FERIA INTERNACIONAL DEL ARTE DE GRANADA
    /  Centro Municipal de Cultura  /  C/ San Ramon, No 13, Churriana de la Vega, Granada 18194 (España), Spain

    Event: Reality we live in, Kombinart

    Dates: 25 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

    Venue: Square of Sabac victims, Sabac

    Square of Sabac victims, Sabac, Serbia / exhibition opening 25th March, 17h

    Event: 33st INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ESBJERG 2016

    Dates: 24 Sep 2016 - 20 Nov 2016

    Venue: Phototek, Nørregade 19, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

    International photographic exhibition Esbjerg 2016

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Awards

2023

London Photography Awards

London Photography Awards, In the Shadows, Special - Gold winner

Show more awards Hide

2019

FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards

Bronze winner

2018

PSA bronze medal

38th Zagreb Salon International Photography

2017

"Bookill fest"

Award for series of book cover photo-illustrations

2017

Reality we live in

First award - art contest, Serbia

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: International Surrealism Now

Dates: 17 Nov 2018 - 5 Dec 2018

Venue: Chiado Museum, Coimbra, Portugal

International Surrealism Now is the largest international surrealist exhibition in the World, presenting 107 of the world’s leading surrealism artists from 45 countries. This ground breaking project is presented by Santiago Ribeiro, Portuguese surrealist painter, dedicated to promoting Surrealism of the 21st century, through exhibitions presented over the last 8 years in various parts of the world: Berlin, Moscow, Dallas, Los Angeles, Mississippi, Warsaw, Nantes, Paris, Florence, Madrid, Granada, Barcelona, Lisbon, Belgrade, MonteNegro, Romania, Japan, Taiwan and Brazil.

Event: Through art - resist and recover

Dates: 25 May 2018 - 1 Jul 2018

Venue: Kyo Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Through art - resist and recover

Event: International Surrealism Now

Dates: 23 Dec 2017 - 5 Jan 2018

Venue: Poros Museum, Portugal

The "International Surrealism Now" began in 2010 in Coimbra, when Santiago Ribeiro conceived a major exhibition organized by Bissaya Barreto Foundation. This event has been in Conímbriga celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Monographic Museum.

The exhibition consists of a variety of artworks including drawing, painting, photography, digital art and sculpture.

Event: Pamart at Pamali Festival

Dates: 10 Aug 2017 - 15 Aug 2017

Venue: Pamali Festival, Passo San Boldo

Since its first edition, the Pamali Festival has aimed at combining music with other forms of culture and art; This year, "Pamarte - 706 Arte in quota", a collective of contemporary art, returns with works and installations of selected artists among the most significant of the national and international landscape. The exhibition, entitled "A-MORS revolutio-ONIS" , will unfold from the town center to the festival area, and will include an outdoor section, an indoor pavilion "The Slaughterhouse" and is enriched by the "Pamarte live" section that will see The presence of some resident artists who will develop their projects in the six days of the festival. "Amor's Revolution-onis" tends to trace a new but ancient fiction of love: Pure, natural, invisible and powerful love, cosmic energy, impersonal and incomprehensible constant vibrations. It is born of pure hearts, floods the earth and penetrates all that lives, from the deepest of us wants to shine, joy and happiness that come out of u

Event: Circle Seven

Dates: 1 Jul 2017 - 5 Aug 2017

Venue: Callas, Bremen, Germany

Group exhibition of 'Circle Seven' - traditional and digital visionary artist

Event: Kombinart, exhibition of awarded artists

Dates: 20 May 2017 - 20 Jun 2017

Venue: Square of Sabac victims, Sabac, Serbia

Square of Sabac victims
Exhibition opening 20th May 2017
Outdoors exhibition of awarded artist

Event: Surrealism Moscow, Zagreb, Lisbon, Coimbra

Dates: 19 May 2017 - 19 Jun 2017

Venue: Museum House Fernando Namora, Portugal

Museum House of Fernando Namora, Condeixa-a-Nova, Portugal / exhibition opening May 19th / 17:30h 

Event: Real - Surreal - Unreal

Dates: 13 May 2017 - 11 Jun 2017

Venue: Villa Berberich, Bad Säckingen, Germany

Parkstrasse 1,D 79713, Bad Säckingen / Switzerland

Event: Münchner Science & Fiction Festival

Dates: 28 Apr 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

Venue: Einstein Culture, Munich

Einstein Culture Einsteinstraße 42,  81675 Munich, Germany

Event: FERIA INTERNACIONAL DEL ARTE DE GRANADA

Dates: 31 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

Venue: Centro Municipal de Cultura, Granada

FERIA INTERNACIONAL DEL ARTE DE GRANADA
/  Centro Municipal de Cultura  /  C/ San Ramon, No 13, Churriana de la Vega, Granada 18194 (España), Spain

Event: Reality we live in, Kombinart

Dates: 25 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017

Venue: Square of Sabac victims, Sabac

Square of Sabac victims, Sabac, Serbia / exhibition opening 25th March, 17h

Event: 33st INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION ESBJERG 2016

Dates: 24 Sep 2016 - 20 Nov 2016

Venue: Phototek, Nørregade 19, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

International photographic exhibition Esbjerg 2016


 

Biography

Inspired by nature, societal observation, and the world of fantasy, Croatian artist Nikolina Petolas opens the door to secret places where memories, desires, and the subconscious converge, existing somewhere between real life and imagination.

Through allegory as a means of expression, she discovers a parallel world woven into dreams and disrupts our perception of reality. In her symbolic visual stories, Nikolina creates a deep narrative with profound compositions in her unique style by blending contemporary digital techniques with photography or through traditional painting.

Nikolina's distinctive artistic style has captured the attention of prestigious clients such as Ferragamo and Marriot, with whom she has collaborated closely. Her signature Blue Pear series has gained worldwide recognition, earning numerous international art awards. Her impressive portfolio has been widely acclaimed and exhibited in galleries and museums across Europe, the United States, and Asia.