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EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2026          

Bucharest miniCOLLAGE Biennale (group exhibition). Celula de Artă and Paris14A, Bucharest, Romania.

2026          

Underneath: Krems Beyond the Visible (solo exhibition). Gallery STEIN*STEIN, Stein, Austria.

2025          

Around the World in Ten Drawings (solo exhibition). Gornja Lastva, Montenegro.

2025        

Works in Progress (two-artist exhibition). The Local AIR Gallery, Valencia, Spain.

2025          

Artists in Defense of Homolje [Umetnici za odbranu Homolja] (group exhibition). GRAD Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.

2025-26

Measured and Drawn: Documented buildings from Mänttä and Huhkojärvi (group exhibition). Serlachius Headquarters, Mänttä, Finland.

2025-26

Work in Progress – Synthesis: Aesthetics (by invitation as distinguished guest; group exhibition). On-line exhibition from 15.12.2025, gallery exhibition 28.04.2026 – 03.05.2026. Hosted by Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand.

2024-25

Folk buildings through international eyes / Kansanrakennuksia kansainvälisin silmin (group exhibition). Regional Ostrobothnian museum, Törnävän Kivinavetta, Seinäjoki, Finland; continued through fall 2025 in Alavus, Kauhajoki and Alajärvi, Finland.

2019        

CIAV VERNADOC 2019: Beauty of Vernacular Architecture (group exhibition). Pingyao, China

2018        

CIAV VERNADOC 2018 (group exhibition). Tabriz, Iran.

RESIDENCIES

2026          

AiR Niederösterreich, Krems, Austria (May 18 – August 2, 2026).

2025          

Local AIR Valencia, Valencia, Spain (November 2– 30, 2025). Supported by the UNESCO Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans Grant.

COLLECTIONS

Queen Sonja of Norway / art works acquired in 1999 when I was a student at UWC Red Cross Nordic          

VERNADOC collections of China, Finland, Iran, Serbia and Thailand

Artwork held in private collections in the United States, the Netherlands, Spain and Serbia.

DRAWINGS PUBLISHED IN (selection)

2026          

Pejković, Jelena. “Kumova vodenica (Kum’s watermill): Recording a traditional watermill in Markova Crkva, Serbia,” International Molinology, Vol. 112 (2026), 2-9.

2025          

Martin Cherry and Jane Grenville, editors. Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 56:1 (2025). Front cover.

2025          

Pejković, Jelena. “Harnessing the Elements: Vernacular Watermills in Serbia.” Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 56:1 (2025), 82–101, DOI:10.1080/03055477.2025.2572579.

2025          

Riita Jaakkola and Tuomas Klaus, editors. POHJALAISET TUULIMYLLYT / Finn VERNADOC 2024. Pohjalainen Rakennusperintö ry ja Suomen VERNADOC, [Helsinki] 2025.

2023          

Dizikes, Peter. “Architectural Heritage Like You Haven’t Seen It Before.” MIT News, 19 May 2023.

2023          

Riita Jaakkola and Markku Mattila, editors. KUORTANEEN KAKS’FOONINKISET / Finn VERNADOC 2022. Pohjalainen Rakennusperintö ry ja Suomen VERNADOC, Kuortane 2023.

2023          

Markku Mattila and Sudjit Svetachinta, editors. CORONA VERNADOC 2021: Gates. International VERNADOC Network, Länkipohja / Bangkok, 2023.

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
M.Arch.
Thesis: “Awakening Perast: Interconnecting Past and Present Architecture in a Baroque Town”       

Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
A.B. in Architecture and Urban Design (Special Concentration)
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Detur Book Prize, John Harvard Scholarship, David McCord Prize. Language citation in Swedish.