Marko Tubic

My paintings are kind of notes of special moments in which I was able to be sufficiently open to a deeper understanding of myself and the people close to me, our actions and feelings. It's an attempt of an inner man portraiture. Therefore, it seems to me, occurred a need for simplified figuration, deformation, omitting parts of the face and body, as opposed to how we humans are accustomed to perceive each other in our physical environment.
Is it actually possible to express abstractness of emotions and ideas about man by painting the human figure? In what way and how much these ideas are, concerning growing up in the community, education and cultural heritage, visually formed in our minds? As god is depicted in human form, because that is what our minds can comprehend and feel familiar to, I spontaneously choose to describe the spirit as something equally human too, but also strive to get out of these boxes. The picture that balances on the imaginary boundary of physical and spiritual, for me, is a form of connection and communication with other people.

Graduated from the University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting department, in 2009. Enrolled in PhD studies at the same faculty.

Selected group exhibitions:
2013. “Young”, Niš Art Foundation, Niš, Serbia
2012. “TEASER”, FLU gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2012. “2nd International Watercolor Biennial”, A gallery/RTS gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2012. “XI International Miniature Biennial”, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
2012. “Spring exhibition”, Pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzorić”, Belgrade, Serbia
2012. “Libro d’artista”, KAUS (Urbino, Italy) project, FLU gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2011. “Čukarica art salon”, Gallery ’73, Belgrade, Serbia
2011. “Autoskopija II”, University library, Belgrade, Serbia
2010. “Graf 1”, NOVA gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2009. “Perspektive”, Art klinika, Novi Sad, Serbia
2008. “GRAZifikation”, KunstvereinGraz, Regensburg, Germany
2008. “Art salon 30X30”, Culture center, Zrenjanin, Serbia
2008. “Students’ exhibition”, Teloglion, Thessaloniki, Greece
2007. “Drawings”, Nagoya, Japan
2007. “FLU students”, National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005. “FLU students”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece