Maya Simic

My artistic creations manifest the nuanced tension that permeates the junctures between life's unyielding realities and the impulsive stirrings of creativity, often materializing as ambivalent projections oscillating between the tangible and the fantastical.

Central to my inquiry are fundamental questions probing the essence of my existence – why does my life unfold as it does, what emotions stir within me, what propels me forward, and how does it manifest visually?

I craft introspective dialogues that traverse the realms of the internal and the external, the ethereal and the corporeal. The body, in my oeuvre, serves as a medium, transmitting profound meanings across the diverse stages of life – navigating the complexities of growth, maturity, motherhood, and the inexorable march of time.

While my works stem from the autobiographical, constituting imprints of the soul and windows into self-awareness and revelation, they transcend individual narratives. They metamorphose into metaphors encapsulating the universal struggles and challenges faced by women at large.

These creations, seemingly a resonant voice of feminist consciousness, extend beyond, resonating as a desperate plea for sustenance in the arid expanse of contemporary s...

2020 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade, PhD
2005 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade, Magistra of Arts Degree (Printmaking)
2002 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Belgrade (Printmaking)
1997 Academy for Fine and Applied Arts, University of Belgrade (Visual Arts Teacher)

Solo Exhibitions
2019 Retrospective, Gallery of the National Museum, Kikinda, Serbia; Virtual exhibition, Sales Art Gallery Belgrade, Serbia;
2016 The Art Gallery, Cultural Centre of Belgrade; Sales Art Gallery Belgrade, Serbia;
2013 Graphic Collective Gallery, Belgrade; Gallery S, Kikinda, Serbia
2008 Graphic Collective Gallery, Belgrade;
2005 Culture House, Cacak, Serbia; Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Nordens Ljus-Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden; Gallery 77, Nis, Serbia
2003 Graphic Collective Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia; Gallery Terra, Kikinda, Serbia

Selected Group Exhibitions

Maya has exhibited internationally since 2001 at more than 150 group exhibitions.

2022 Monochromies, HDLU, Rijeka, Croatia;
2021 Digital Agora 3rd Triennial, Szekszárd, Hungary;
2020 - 2021 Among Women, BRAC, New York and Gallery 937, Pittsburgh, USA;
2019 10th Douro Biennial, Porto, Portugal;
2018 Tribuna Graphic, Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
2017 Biennale Internationale da la Gravure da Sarcelles, France;
2015 International Biennial of Drawing and Printmaking, INTERBIFEP, International Portrait Gallery, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
2014 1st International Triennial of Digital Prints, Gallery Contrast, Swit...