Marija Savija

Marija Šavija, born in Zemun in 1975, a painter, teacher, and scenographer. . She is a member of ULUS (The Association of Fine Artists of Serbia) and an independent artist.
Twenty years of experience working as a teacher, preparing students for art school admission exams.
I designed specialized workshops focused on the development of visual thinking, comics creation, illustration, and storyboarding. These workshops were organized in the facilities of the Student Cultural Center in Belgrade, the Belgrade Youth Center, and the Cultural Center of Novi Sad.
Currently running my own talent school at the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Stari Grad in Belgrade.

Graduated from the Painting department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Belgrade in 2003, and she got her magister degree in interdisciplinary studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade in 2006

Her works were displayed at six solo exhibitions: Touches (Gallery of the Belgrade Youth Center, 2003), Rose Garden (ART & ART Gallery, Student Cultural Center, 2004), Opus (April Meetings, Student Cultural Center, 2014), The Lack of Freedom (Student Cultural Center, 2018), The Lack of Freedom as a Form of Art (BLOK Gallery, 2018), and Libertas (Drina Gallery, Belgrade, 2018).
Her works have also been displayed in a number of group exhibitions since 1996. This includes exhibitions in: the NUBS Gallery (1996-1999), the Gallery of the Faculty of Fine Arts (2000, 2002), the "Beograd" Sales Gallery (2000), the Gallery of the Belgrade Youth Center (2001, 2002, 2004), the "Cvijeta Zuzorić" Art Pavillion (2002), the Residence of Princess Ljubica (2003), and the Gallery of the Student Cultural Center (2004). Her works are kept in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia.