{"id":13,"date":"2025-08-27T22:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/art\/wordpress\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:35:52","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/danijelaartgallery.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13\" class=\"elementor elementor-13\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf3ab3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf3ab3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2464991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2464991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>DANIJELA RADO\u010cAJ<\/strong><\/h1><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">I was born into an environment where life\u2019s circumstances brought many challenges, teaching people to cultivate strength,perseverance, and faith. Keeping a positive spirit in the face of great trials has never been easy. From an early age, I dreamed of studying art. After attending a drawing school, I enrolled in the School of Byzantine Art, where, through painting icons, I have discovered how art can bring a person closer to God. Although I graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, my heart belonged to art and it guided me further\u2014first to the Academy of Fine Arts in Terni (Italy), and later to Florence, at LABA \u2013 Libera Accademia di Belle Arti.<\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem;\">There,<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem;\">\u00a0I completed my studies in Visual Arts, specializing in Painting. I then continued my education with a Master\u2019s degree in Art Therapy. For me, painting is an eternal mystery. Just when I believe I have reached a deeper understanding of that world, it surprises me again, revealing hidden\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5rem;\">dimensions and challenging me to confront my own doubts and fears.<\/span><\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">I perceive painting as a portal between two realms\u2014it unites the visible and the invisible, the material and the spiritual. Within that invisible world of energy lie all the secrets of the Universe, accessible only to those who sincerely seek the deeper meaning of existence and life itself.<br \/>I am especially inspired by numerology and esotericism, as they carry within them the mysteries of human existence. Through the interplay of colors and forms, I strive to illuminate the mysticism of the Universe and to discover the purpose and meaning of a higher reality. Today, I live and create in Belgrade.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bff0b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bff0b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1924\" src=\"https:\/\/danijelaartgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20250910-WA0000.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-361\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d9230 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35d9230\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bee08e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bee08e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Education<\/h5><h5>2003 \u2013 2004: Byzantine Icon Painting School Saint John of Shanghai,<span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem;\">Novi Sad, Serbia<\/span><\/h5><h5>2008 \u2013 2009: Academy of Fine Arts, Terni, Italy\u00a0<\/h5><h5><br \/>2009 \u2013 2012: LABA Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy<\/h5><h5><br \/>2017 \u2013 2018\u00a0<\/h5><h5><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem;\">Art Therapy MA Program \u2013 Florence, Italy<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANIJELA RADO\u010cAJ \u00a0 I was born into an environment where life\u2019s circumstances brought many challenges, teaching people to cultivate strength,perseverance, and faith. 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