Sara Lerota

Biography:

Sara Lerota was born in 1989, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is currently studying finance and accounting at the Faculty of Economics at Mostar University.
Sara represented her country by participating in a world art project "PLUS YOU" which brought together artists from all over the world and which was organized by Brigitte Williams and exhibited at Woburn Studios (Slade-UCL) in London, United Kingdom.
She was selected by the Broadway Artists Group (BAG) as one of the Winners of the Art On Call (AOC) Awards and received the most votes from AOC Popular Choice Poll Awards for her pencil work. Her works were published in the Cut-Click art and design magazine (UK), the Catapult art magazine (USA), Artists Gone Global book (USA), etc. Sara exhibited her work on „Open call for artists“, „Frieze projects“(Brina Thurston), London, UK. She also participated in the "Potpourri" exhibition in ASA Art Gallery in Sarajevo, and in group exhibitions in Brighton, Majdanpek, Nottingham, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Hastings, St. Leonards, Swindon, New Hampshire (USA), London etc.
Sara´s favourite mediums are pencils and pastels, but she´s still discovering all the benefits of acrylics and is open to using other mediums in a search for a perfect tool for expressing her ideas.
She is a member of "Art on Call" art organisation from L.A., California (USA), and a member of the association of visual artists "Format" which is based in Mostar (BiH).
She is currently living, painting and studying in Mostar, BIH.

Group exhibitions:

-"Artwalk" as a part of the international street art festival "Cest is d best" in Zagreb, Croatia
-"Women painters 2012" annual international exhibition in Majdanpek, Serbia
-"Swindon Magnetizer" international exhibition of modern magnetic art in Swindon, United Kingdom
-"Annual Open Exhibition" at "The Crocus Gallery" in Nottingham, United Kingdom
-"Rarities 2011" international art exhibition in Hastings and St. Leonards, United Kingdom
-"Magnet Open Art Project" international exhibition in Concord, New Hampshire (USA)
-"Brighton Open" - an exhibition of modern magnetic art in Brighton, United Kingdom
-"Here Is My World" international exhibition in "The Crocus Gallery" in Nottingham, United Kingdom
-"Women painters 2011" annual international exhibition in Majdanpek, Serbia
-"Unblank" exhibition of mini magnetic canvases in Golden Square, London, United Kingdom
-"The Light Bite" exhibition as a part of the "Light Night 2011" festival in Nottingham, United Kingdom
-"The Full Circle" exhibition at "The Crocus Gallery" in Nottingham, United Kingdom
-"Potpourri-the spice of life“ exhibition in ASA Art Gallery in Sarajevo, BIH
-"Universal language“ mail art exhibition in CEH Sarajevo
-"Imagination School“ as a part of "Individual Utopias“ in O.K.C. Abrasevic, Mostar
-"Open call for artists“, "Frieze Projects“ (Brina Thurston), London, UK
-"Plus You“ project and exhibition at Woburn Studios (Slade-UCL), London, United Kingdom

Awards:

-1st award on Art On Call (AOC) Awards competition from the jury of Broadway Artist Group (California, USA)
-1st award on AOC Popular Choice Poll Awards for pencil work (CA, USA)

Publications:

- works published in the "Catapult Magazine" (USA)
-"The Pomegranate" and "The Orchid" in "Artists Gone Global 2011" Second Annual Edition (LA, California, USA)
-"The Mirror of Someone´s Soul“ in Cut-Click art and design magazine (London, UK)
- works published in „Artists Gone Global 2010“ book (LA, California,USA)