Jasenka Kapitanovic
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Creating sacred art where sculpture, architecture, and spiritual contemplation meet. Monumental works and site-specific commissions shaped by material, light, and silence.
art.jassa@gmail.com
Jasenka Kapitanovic is a Croatian-born sculptor and visual artist based in Bavaria, Germany. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Restoration in Split (1996), she has nearly three decades of experience in sculpture, painting, and sacred art.
Her artistic practice encompasses monumental sculpture, architectural bronze portals, carved wooden reliefs, stained glass, and site-specific works conceived in dialogue with sacred architecture.
Her major completed commissions include the monumental bronze Pietà in Vinjani Gornji, architectural bronze portals for churches in Croatia, the fourteen Stations of the Cross in Trstenik, and the Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy in Žnjan, Split, featuring nine original carved and gilded wooden reliefs.
Working across traditional and contemporary materials, Kapitanovic combines figurative expression with a deeply contemplative approach to form, light, and space.
Her works have been exhibited internationally, and she welcomes collaborations with architects, liturgical designers, religious institutions, and patrons seeking original sacred artworks and architectural commissions.
APPROACH
Sculptor and visual artist specializing in monumental sacred sculpture, architectural reliefs, bronze portals, and site-specific liturgical art.
PHILOSOPHY
I do not create to tell the world what I already know. I create to open myself to what I have yet to discover.
For me, sacred art begins in silence — in attentive listening, contemplation, and a willingness to encounter something beyond my own understanding.
The creative process is not simply the execution of a predetermined image. It is a dialogue between the artist, the material, and the emerging form.
Through sculpture, light, texture, and space, I seek a quiet presence that invites contemplation rather than imposes interpretation.
I believe sacred art should not merely illustrate faith, but create a space in which the mystery of faith can be encountered.
My aspiration is to create works that belong naturally to their architectural surroundings while retaining their own spiritual and artistic presence.
TRADITIONS SERVED
Roman Catholic Church
EDUCATION
Faculty of Fine Arts and Restoration, Split, Croatia — Diploma, 1996.
Academic education in fine arts and restoration, providing a foundation in sculpture, painting, traditional artistic techniques, materials, and the conservation of cultural heritage.
Professional experience includes the creation of original monumental and architectural artworks, as well as stained-glass restoration in collaboration with specialized European workshops.
SERVICES
Original sacred art commissions for churches, chapels, religious institutions, and architectural spaces.
Specializations include:
* Monumental figurative sculpture in bronze and other traditional materials.
* Architectural reliefs and sculptural compositions in carved wood, bronze, and mixed media.
* Sculptural glass reliefs and original kiln-formed glass artworks, exploring the relationship between form, transparency, and light.
* Custom-designed bronze church portals and sculptural doors.
* Stations of the Cross, crucifixes, and original devotional artworks.
* Integrated artistic concepts for chapels and sacred interiors.
* Stained-glass artworks and restoration of historic stained glass.
* Site-specific sculpture and reliefs developed in collaboration with architects and liturgical design teams.
Each commission is conceived individually, respecting the architectural setting, spiritual purpose, and artistic integrity of the work.
Available for international commissions and collaborations.
SPECIALIZATION
Painting
Sculpture
Stained Glass
Woodwork
PROJECTS
