Marina Abramović, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: born November 30, 1946 in Belgrade, Serbia is
a New York-based Serbian artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active
for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the
"grandmother of performance art." Abramović's work explores the
relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the
possibilities of the mind.
Marina Abramović purchased a theater two hours north of
Manhattan in Hudson, NY, intending to establish a nonprofit organization,
Marina Abramović Foundation for the Preservation of Performance Art. She will
use the space to work and develop ideas with video and post-production
equipment and there will be a second property to house resident artists
Prizes
- Golden Lion, XLVII Venice Biennale, 1997
- Niedersächsischer Kunstpreis, 2003
- International Association of Art Critics, Best Show in a Commercial Gallery Award, 2003
- New York Dance and Performance Awards (The Bessies), 2003
- Honorary Doctorate of Arts, University of Plymouth UK, 25 September 2009
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (2008)[25]
- Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Instituto Superior de Arte, Cuba, 14 May 2012
- Cultural Leadership Award, American Federation of Arts, 26 October 2011
- Berliner Bear (2012; not to be confused with the Silver and Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival; a cultural award of the German tabloid BZ)
- '13 July' Lifetime Achievement Awards, Podgorica, Montenegro, 1 October 2012
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