
about
Ivona Martincic is a Croatian-born artist and interior designer based in London.
Her vibrant, playful paintings explore imagination, freedom, and the worlds we create within ourselves. Through bold colour, symbolism, and strong female figures, she creates worlds that balance confidence with curiosity, inviting viewers to reconnect with wonder, possibility, and self-expression.
Originally trained in interior design at KLC School of Design in London, Ivona brings a strong sense of space, composition, and storytelling to her artistic practice. Her paintings combine mixed media, acrylic, and oil paint, often blending realistic elements with expressive textures and unexpected details.
Before focusing primarily on painting, she became known for her crochet street art installations under the name Voona, including the iconic Broken Heart piece that became a symbol of hope in Zagreb following the earthquake and pandemic.
Today her work is collected by art lovers around the world who are drawn to colour, optimism, and meaningful storytelling. Whether creating a painting or designing a space, she is interested in the same question:
How can beauty, imagination, colour and playfulness make everyday life richer?
artist statement
My paintings celebrate imagination, joy of existence and the uniquenes of our individual experiences. They explore moments of leisure and idleness, times of happiness and fleeting pleasures. It is in these seemingly passive moments that we become most aware of the richness of our inner worlds, where memories, present experiences and dreams of the future come together to shape who we are.
While apparently doing nothing, the characters in my paintings inhabit a world of their own thoughts where their minds are anything but idle. They are creating their own reality, enjoying life as it is and imagining what it could be.
EXHIBITIONS
The Other Art Fair, London / October 2026
The Other Art Fair, London / March 2026
Art Space Fairs, Marbella / 2025
Art Space Fairs, London / 2025
The Sweetness of Doing Nothing /
solo exhibition, Brač / 2024
Azimut, Šibenik / Grupa ZID / group exhibition/2024
DREAMLAND, Charlotte, USA / / 2023
Zagreb Street Art Festival / 2023
Yarn Bombing Festival Trivento, Milano / Loading..., street art installation / 2021
Okolo / Around / Public Art Festival / Zagreb / 2020
Zagreb Design Week / Piece of Me, tapestry /2019
