Jelena Telecki Biography

Jelena Telecki’s paintings often depict people tripping, slipping, doing something pointless or simply just giving up. Painted in dark sombre tones, her subjects are frozen in their moment of thought and sometimes horror. Although Telecki’s paintings define an uncomfortable moment, there is a sense that perhaps something better might happen in the next moment to justify their feeling of inadequacy. Telecki explains: “It is difficult to define failure for various reasons as failure in one system may not be failure in another. Similarly in my work, the depiction of foolishness or pointlessness may not be all that it seems to be”.

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Telecki was born in Split (Former Yugoslavia) and currently lives and works in Sydney. After initially studying at the National Art School she attained a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours 1 Class) and later a Master of Visual Arts from from Sydney College of the Arts (USyd). In Telecki’s relatively short yet successful career prior to joining the Gallery 9 stable in 2012 she held 12 solo shows in artist run spaces across Sydney and Melbourne. She has been a finalist in the  Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition and featured in ‘Critics Choice’ in the Australian Art Collector magazine. 

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Night Pills by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki Night Pills, 2024 Oil on canvas
140 x 84 cm
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Rendezvous 2 by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki Rendezvous 2, 2024 Oil on canvas
146 x 190 cm
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Rendezvous 3 by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki Rendezvous 3, 2024 Oil on canvas
116 x 140 cm
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Rendezvous by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki Rendezvous, 2024 Oil on canvas
83 x 107 cm
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Anxiety by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki Anxiety, 2024 Oil on canvas on board
85 x 105 cm
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Boomers' Bed by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki Boomers' Bed, 2023 Oil on canvas
112 x 140 cm
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After Chinard by Jelena Telecki contemporary artwork painting
Jelena Telecki After Chinard, 2021 Oil on linen
51 x 61 cm
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