Contemplation Painting

Marija Maša Jovanović (1983) graduated and specialized at the Departemenet for painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade (2007; 2011). She obtained M.A. degree at the IUAV University (Venice, Italy, Dpt. Progettazione e produzione delle arti visive: 2011). Awarded with full scholarships she attended Idyllwild Arts Academy (USA, California, 1999–2002), M.A. studies (Venice, Italy 2008–2011) and International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (scholarship of Kultur Kontakt, Salzburg, Austria, 2010). In 2007. she was awarded by “Rista and Beta Vukanović, painters” prize for painting. In 2012, she exhibited in Selection of 12 most promising artist of the IUAV University curator Cornelia Lauf, Bevilacqua la masa, Venice, Italy. As resident artist, she worked in the atelier of prestigious International City of Arts (Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, 2011)..In parallel with eight solo exhibitions, she exhibited in numerous juried group exhibitions in Serbia and abroad (USA, Italy, Japan, Austria, Finland). Member of the Associations of Visual Artists of Serbia from 2007, and member of the Association of Applied Arts Artists and Designers from 2012, she acts as free-lanced artist.