Marija ČOlić

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NOTE 1: Please have in mind that watercolors are very hard to represent throughout the photos, they always look different (mostly much better) in reality.

NOTE 2: If you buy one of my works, please, before framing, assure that they have a lining process (I don't know the word for it in English-professionals who frame paintings know: they use press to straighten artwork on paper and glue it to a harder surface- cardboard etc, if I made good explanation- and then the watercolor gets its FINEST QUALITY and looks at its BEST, wrinkles and waves are gone!).




My love for drawing and painting began in my early childhood, since when I was able to hold a crayon or a felt tip pen (which was my favorite medium)...I went to different private art classes during high school, but later decided to study philosophy in Belgrade University.. After several years I realised that I have to go back to my first love and in 2009 I applied in Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, a prestigious state faculty, which belongs to Belgrade University of Arts, and studied printmaking for BA degree and later MA studies in painting, which I finished and graduated MA degree in 2014. I never regretted coming back to painting and ar...

MFA in painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, 2014. On the same Faculty I graduated BA in printmaking in 2012 also with GPA above 9,5.

I have studied Philosophy previously, from 2002-2009 (actively 2002-2005) on University of Belgrade and almost got to BA degree but decided to change studies.

​awards:
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- 2020. the 1st prize of 6th International Watercolor Bienial in Belgrade, A Gallery (Belgrade) and Degen Gallery(Basel, Switzerland); SERBIA;
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- 2019.the 1st Prize for the ''Men's best friend- a dog, a horse'' collective art show and contest, Memorial Gallery ''Dušan Starčević'' in Smederevska Palanka, SERBIA;
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solo exibitions:
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2018. - Fluid Forms, Belgrade Fortress Gallery; Belgrade, SERBIA;
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2017. - Purple Horses of One Childhood, Serbian Heritage Academy Gallery, Toronto, CANADA.
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collective exibitions and festivals:
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-2021. A LOOK INTO THE UNEXPECTED / Exhibition organized by the painting section of ULUS, Belgrade, SERBIA, 2021.
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*in 2020. art shows are mostly delayed or represented online because of Covid19 pandemic
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- 2020. The Fine Artists Association of Serbia - New Year's sale exibition, ULUS Gallery, Belgrade , Serbia;
- 2020. ''Magnovenje'' Art Show, Atelier Divart, Belgrade, SERBIA;
- 2020. The 27th Autumn Art Salon. Cultural Center ''Masuka'', Velika Plana, Serbia;
- 2020. VI International Watercolor Biennial in Belgrade, Gallery A and Belgrade Waterfront Gallery (Progress Galery), Belgrade Serbia
- 2020. International Miniature Exibition IWS Bangladesh;
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