An exhibition of works by young visual artist and singer-songwriter Filip Baloš has opened at Galerija na Štrafti, located at the corner of Mihajla Pupina Boulevard and Pionirska Street in Novi Sad, featuring the piece “The World is a Stage, the Stage is a World.”
Filip Baloš, born in 2001 in Novi Sad, comes from a music and drama-oriented family, where he developed a love for art from an early age. At just four years old, he began showing an interest in painting and music. As a child, he performed with his brother Boško at various music festivals and took part in numerous theatre productions. In 2016, he enrolled in the School of Design “Bogdan Šuput.” He participated in various group exhibitions and art colonies.
Since 2017, he has been writing songs and producing music, quickly developing a distinctive and recognizable style. In June 2024, Filip graduated from the Akademija umetnosti u Novom Sadu, Department of Painting, earning the title of graduate visual artist.
Through this work, Filip reflects on his early artistic influences and poses questions that shape his current approach, development, and creative path:Acting is transformation, a journey from one being into another, in which masks become the key to freedom. By blurring identity, the actor develops it and frees themselves from the judgment of critics – like a newborn persona assumed by a charlatan, illustrating the myth of death and rebirth whose scenes unfold repeatedly on the stage of the human subconscious. Each role brings new strength, while the power of art is reflected in the freedom it provides. Ultimately, it is the actor’s responsibility, once the performance ends, to remove the mask before the audience and reveal the fruits of that granted freedom – has he, in the end, remained himself, effortlessly fierce and passionate?
– Filip Baloš
