Dijana
Engelmann

I am a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sculpture, installation, performance, and participatory processes. I was born in Croatia and spent part of my childhood as a refugee in Germany during the war in Croatia, an experience that has deeply shaped my perspective on displacement, memory, and collective belonging. I graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Split, and I currently live and work in Luxembourg.

In my practice, I work within a non-linear framework, grounded in listening, dialogue, and interaction. I often work with site-specific materials, including elements from natural and urban environments, traces of memory, and found objects. Through these, I create works that explore the relationships between identity, space, body, and memory, while opening spaces for empathy, connection, and collective healing. Working with materials and people, stories intertwine into a living, participatory narrative — my form of storytelling. For me, art is an element of everyday life, inviting doubt, dialogue, and self-awareness through interaction with people, materials, and the environment.