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Marina Abramovic    (Serbian, 1946)

 Marina Abramovic - Happy Christmas (Photographs) h: 137 x w: 137 cm / h: 53.9 x w: 53.9 in
Marina Abramovic
Happy Christmas 2008
 
 Marina Abramovic - The Biography - Hannover (Video/Film)
Marina Abramovic
The Biography - Hannover 1999
 
 Marina Abramovic - The Family I (Photographs)
Marina Abramovic
The Family I 2008
 
 Marina Abramovic - The Family III (Photographs) h: 180 x w: 225 cm / h: 70.9 x w: 88.6 in
Marina Abramovic
The Family III 2008
 
 Marina Abramovic - The Family IX (Photographs) h: 225 x w: 180 cm / h: 88.6 x w: 70.9 in
Marina Abramovic
The Family IX 2008
 
 Marina Abramovic - The Pin-up Dance No. 1 (The Biography Remix-Rome) (Photographs)
Marina Abramovic
The Pin-up Dance No. 1 (The Biography Remix-Rome) 2004
 

Biography
1960 - 1968 Paintings and drawings.
1965 - 1970 Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1968 - 1970 Projects,texts and drawings.
1970 - 1972 Post-graduate studies, Radionica Krsta Hegedusic, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.
1970 - 1973 Sound environments, exhibitions at the Studenski Kultuni Centar, Belgrade. Yugoslavia with Rasa Todosijevic, Zoran Popovic, Gergeliji Urkom, Slobodan Milivojevic and Nesa Paripovic.
1973 Wins ¡°7 Sekretar Skoja¡± Prize for Rhythm5, Galleria Nova, Zagreb, Croatia.
1973 - 1975 Teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.
1975 Meets Ulay in Amsterdam.
1973 - 1976 Performances, video, films.
1976 Starts relation worksWith Ulay. Decides to make permanent movements and detours.
1980 - 1983 Travels in Central Australian Sahara, Thar And Gobi Deserts.
1985 First visit to China.
1986 Second visit to China.
1987 Third visit to China.
1988 The Great Wall Walk (30 April-27 June). Afterwards begins to work and exhibit individually.
1990 - 1991 Visiting professor at the Hochschule der Kunst,
1992 - 1996 Professor at the Hochschule f¨¹r Bildende K¨¹nste, Hamburg. Completes two major theater performances:Biography and Delusional.
1997 Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Artist, XLVII Biennale di Venezia, Venice.
1998 Board Member of the Contemporary Art Center, Kitakyushu, Japan.
2001 Artist in residence at the Atelier Calder, Sach¨¦, France.
2003 Niedersachsischer Kunstpreis 2003, Germany. New York Dance and Performance Award (The Bessies), U.S.A.
1997 - 2004 Professor at the Hochschule f¨¹r Bildende K¨¹nste, Braunschweig, Germany.
2004 American Art Critic Association Award. Honorary Doctorate Degrees from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A.
Lives in Amsterdam and New York.

Exhibitions
2008 Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican, London (England)
2008 WACK: Art and the Fiminist Revolution, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island
2007 Gehen bleiben, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
2007 Not Closed, beaumontpublic, Luxembourg
2006 Renegades 25 Years of Performance at Exit Art, Exit Art, New York City, NY
2006 Primitivism Revisited: After the End of an Idea, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York City, NY
2005 The Biography Remix [Performances], Avignon Theatre Festival, Avignon, France (solo)
2005 Photographies et Objets/Count On Us, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
2005 (Re)Presenting Performance [Symposium], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
2005 Self Portrait with Skeleton [Performance], Art Basel, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2005 Seven Easy Pieces [Performances], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
2005 Another Expo: Beyond the Nation-State, White Box, New York
2005 The Artist’s Body. Then and Now, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
2005 CCA Kitakyushu Artist’s Books, Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris
2005 Donna Donner, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2005 DreamingNow, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.
2005 Art in Eastern Europe, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany
2005 Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
2005 Fragments of Time, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, New York
2005 The Gesture, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; Quarter, Center for Contemporary Arts, Florence, Italy
2005 etting Emotional, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MASS.
2004 Biography Remix, Fondazione Roma Europa, Rome, Italy (solo)
2004 Performing Body: Video Works By Marina Abramovic, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (solo)
2004 Loop Performance, (IPG) P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY (solo)
2004 The Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
2004 Student Body, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (solo)

Literature
2005 Abramovic, Marina et. al. “ MoMA: How to Look at Modern Art,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 2005, pp. 20-21.
2005 Amy, Michaël. “You talkin’ to me?,” DITS: Violence, Vol. III, No. 5, Winter-Spring 2005, pp. 18-31.
2005 Bellet, Harry, “Le marché de l’art en spectacle à la Foire de Bâle,” Le Monde, June 18th, 2005, p. 29.
2005 Bergeron, Chris, “Waking Dreams,” The Daily News, Sunday, March 6th, 2005, C1, C10.
2005 Bishop, Claire. “Fairer Fare,” ArtForum Online, June 15, 2005.
2005 Boyce, David B., “Brandeis gallery hosts provocative ‘Dreaming’ exhibit,” Sunday Standard-Times, March 13th, 2005.
2005 Breerette, Geneviève, “L’insoutenable Marina Abramovic,” Le Monde 59e Edition du Festival d’Avignon, Tuesday, July 5th, 2005, p. 10.
2005 Castle, Terry. “Desperately Seeking Susan,” London Review of Books, March 17,2005.
2005 Cesare, Nikki T., “(Re)Performing the Score,” NY Arts, Vol. 10, No. 7.8, July/August 2005, pp. 22-23.
2005 Dailey, Meghan. “Feel Like Italian,” Art + Auction, Volume XXVII, No. 9, May 2005, p. 179.
2005 “Death and the maiden,” The Art Newspaper: Art Basel Edition, June 14, 2005, p. 1.
2005 De Baecque, Antoine, “Une vie de performances,” Libération Online, Wednesday, July 13, 2005.
2005 “Dreaming Now,” Sculpture, April 2005.
2005 Edgers, Geoff, “Trying out sleep sculpture gives him pause,” The Boston Globe,Friday, February 4th, 2005, C1, C16.
2005 Edgers, Geoff, “Perchance To Dream,” The Boston Globe, Friday, February4th, 2005, C1, C16.
2005 “Everybody at Art 36 Basel,” Artnet, June 20, 2005.
2005 Hopkins, Randi, “I know what girls like,” The Boston Phoenix, Wednesday, January 12th, 2005.
2005 “Le Guide Culturelle: Vidéo du Corps à l’Ouvrage,” Elle, June 27 2005, p. 24.
2005 Maddocks, Phil, “Make it a date in the Dream Bed,” Natick Bulletin & TAB, February 25th, 2005.
2005 “Marina Abramovic: Autoportrait au Squelette,” Beaux Arts Magazine, June 2005, p. 112.
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