Alla Bogdanovic is a London-based multidisciplinary artist working across painting and photography.
Her practice draws on documentary observation, transforming everyday moments into works that balance humour and philosophical reflection.
Her current project, Toilet Diaries, began with photographs taken in toilets and bathrooms. What started as a curiosity about one of the few places where people momentarily escape social expectations has evolved into an ongoing commentary on contemporary life.
Through painting, Bogdanovic transforms these observations into scenes that are playful, voyeuristic, erotic, absurd and, at times, deeply philosophical. Rather than offering fixed narratives, Toilet Diaries invites multiple interpretations. The bathroom becomes an unexpected stage where everyday rituals, private moments and public performances collide, revealing the humour, contradictions and absurdities of contemporary life. Each painting encourages viewers to pause, look again and find their own meaning.
Education:
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2012–2015: BA Fine Arts, Middlesex University, London
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2003–2006: Multimedia Design and Animation, VTDK, Vilnius, Lithuania
Selected Exhibitions & Residencies:
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2025: Portable Frictions, Annex Koppel Project, London
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2023: This isn’t a sex pic, Aspex, Portsmouth
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2019: Club Culture, Fabric night club, London
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2015: Thirty for Thirty, Buro Four, Royal Academy of Arts, National Theatre, London
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2015: LGBT History Month, University of Kent
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2015: Watch this SPACE, Beaconsfield Contemporary, London
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2014: Green and Brown Residency, Ouessant, France (Academia Belle Arti di Macerata)
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2013: Food4Good, Barbican Art Centre, London