In search of emotion at the intersection of everyday life, fashion and art
Sara’s art features both quality and highly sophisticated aesthetics, especially visible through her analogue photography work. As a fashion photographer, she is commited to exploring the subtleties of female beauty. At the same time, her women are gentle, strong, confident, raw, passionate and melancholic, reflecting Sara’s emotions and her self recognition. She perceives her artistic process as an emotional exchange between herself and the model, resulting in mutual empowerment. As such, her work provokes the boundaries of commercial fashion photography and is intertwined with a more personal, documentary approach that is nurtured through self-initiated projects.
Her reflective series document Sara’s fixations, obsessions and personal emotional development. This section of her work extends from self-portraiture to still nature and portraits of loved and lost ones. Often times, she tackles the painful and unpleasant in our everyday existence, aiming to transform the ruptures and turmoil into building blocks for personal, as well as artistic growth.
Exhibitions
And who are you? / R3a Gallery, Zagreb, 2018
Exam 2021 / Husremović, Mokos, Pukanić, Smuk - Gallery f8, 2021
On that day, everyone in the house was happy / Solo exhibition - Galženica Gallery, 2022
No Tears Left To Cry / You Have Been Seen / Organ Vida exhibition - Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2022
Serija “Katarina” / Velikogorički salon - Galženica Gallery, 2022
Stalk online
Three acts of personal history staged in photography for Vizkultura.hr
By imitating the roles of mother and father through photographs, I create non-verbal communication between us for Nacional.hr
What does the experience of one "ghosting" look like through a series of photos? by Buro247.hr
Sara Pukanić: On nostalgia and childhood for Gloria.hr
Sara Pukanić about the exhibition, deceased parents and growing up for RTL.hr
Sara Pukanić: "I remember him as an extraordinary person." for Nova TV
The second solo exhibition of the young photographer Sara Pukanić by Journal.hr
Portrait of a fashion designer: Robert Sever for Journal.hr
Interview for Buro 24/7
Commisions
Mymonmon – Elle.hr
Mymonmon – Buro 24/7
Bling Zoo – Buro 24/7
Bling Zoo – Journal.hr
Tara Thaller - Story magazine
Andjela Ramljak – Gloria In
Buro 24/7- Doris Fatur
Fashion.hr – Ana Kraš
Buro 24/7 – Miami
Buro 24/7 – Nina i Ena
Buro 24/7 – Nina
Gloria IN – Ana Kraš
Gloria IN – Sara Duvnjak
Borovo Startas campaign
Borovo Startas Campaign – Gloria IN
Little fashion paradise – Croatian
Girls and their Cats
Shuz Wedding Campaign – Fashion.hr
Startas USA Campaign Fall 2017. – Buro 24/7
Startas USA Campaign Fall 2017. – Gloria
Collab with Barbara Repe – Fashion.hr
H&M Conscious Exclusive Collection- Elle.hr
Startas USA Campaign Spring/Summer 2017. - Fashion.hr
Collab with Sara Renar – Elle.hr
Nina Mia BlowUp – Elle.hr
Hana Jušić – Badland Magazine
The DAMAST - Journal
Mia Dimšić – Story Magazine
Interview for Reborn Macedonia
Shuz Campaign 2018 – Fashion.hr
Nina Mia Čikeš – Buro 24/7