Marija Markovic

We know the artist: 

She was born in 1982 in Serbia and has lived in Italy since 2002.

In 2000 she obtained the High School Diploma of Visual Merchandiser in Belgrade, Serbia.

In 2008/2009 she gets the Erasmus scholarship for 6 months in Quimper, France.

She moved to Venice, after obtaining, in 2008, the Diploma in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice of the Old Ordinamento, in 2012 she obtained the Master’s Degree in Visual Arts and Performing Arts address sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts from Venice.

From 2009 to 2012 she carries out tutoring service at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice for the sculpture course.

From 2010 to 2012 she collaborates with Geomodel, Italy

In 2013 she obtains the Woodcarver Diploma Level 1 c / ol ‘Instituto Professional Artisan Artistic For wood in Ortisei, Südtirol

In 2014 she then obtained the Level 2 Wood Sculptor Diploma at the Institute of Professional Artistic Craftsmanship for Wood in Ortisei, Südtirol

In 2015 she – she (still active) – she founded the International Cultural Association “ATELIER 3 + 10”

From 2016 she becomes a Sculpture Teacher at the International Cultural Association “ATELIER 3 + 10”-Venice.

Since 2017 she has been a Teacher of Sculpture, Drawing and Painting at the Cultural Association “Paolina Paulon”-Vicenza

From 2016 to 2020 she collaborates with Becaro Pierangelo in the creation of sculptures for the Mareno di Piave (TV) rides

In 2019 she graduated from the Liceo Artistico Marco Polo, evening school-Venice

In the years 2020/2022 she is a teacher at the Marco Polo art school in Venice and in the years 2022/2023 she is a teacher at the “Misticoni – Bellisario” art school in Pescara.

Over the years you have participated in various international symposiums of sculpture on wood, snow and ice and held numerous group exhibitions in Italy, France, Finland, China, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia.

Proposal for the Predaia Symposium 2023:

The sculpture proposed by Marija is entitled “The Heartbeat”.

The sculpture will represent a human heart set in an iron cage, wrapped in tongues of fire.

Fire melts iron and frees the heart, giving it light and warming it.

The heart represents nature and humanity, the world in which we live.

The iron pipes represent the world and the chaos around us, which takes our breath away and the ability to manipulate and use nature for one’s purpose.

The fire and the light give warmth and protection, melting the iron and freeing the heart, saving us from evil.