Simonida Rajčević rođena je u Beogradu 2. aprila 1974. godine. Diplomirala 1997, a 1999. godine magistrirala na Fakultetu likovnih umetnosti u Beogradu u klasi prof. Momčila Antonovića. Dobila je DAAD stipendiju za prvu godinu postdiplomskih
studija u Nemačkoj. Od 2000. godine radi na Fakultetu Likovnih Umetnosti u Beogradu. Izlagala je na više samostalnih i grupnih
izložbi u zemlji i inostranstvu.
• 1995. instalacija „POSLEDNJI PREŽIVELI SA NOSTROMA“, Galerija SKC, Beograd
• 1997. izložba slika „EXPRESS old masters NON-STOP“, Galerija Zvono, Beograd
• 1997. izložba slika, crteža i grafika. Izložba je priređena u okviru Festivala mladih Srbije, Knjaževac
• 1998. izložba slika „BERLINMAINSTREAM 98“, Galerija Zvono, Beograd
• 2002. izložba slika i objekata „NOVO“ Galerija Zvono, Beograd
• 2004. izložba slika (digitalni kolaži+komb.tehnika) i crteža „ISTINA ZA ISTINU“, Galerija Zvono, Beograd
• 2007. “BELGRADE DOUBLE”, Rothamel Galerija, Erfurt, Nemačka
• 2008. „SNAKEWALL”, Galerija Zvono, Beograd
• 2008. “BELGRADE QUARTET PROJECT”, Galerija Arte Reale, Milano/ U saradnji sa Slavnom Martinović, modnom kreatorkom i Manjom
Ristić i Ivanom Grahovac, grupa Eruption
• 2010. DARK STAR, instalacija, Galerija Zvono, Beograd
Manja Ristic was born in Belgrade on 17th of January 1979.
She graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy as a violinist and then gained her postgraduate diploma at the Royal College of Music in London, working with professor Dona Lee Croft. Manja is an active member of several ensembles, ranging from a classical piano
trio, classical string duo, an international free jazz quintet to the experimental electro-acoustic trio ERUPTION. As a solo and
chamber musician Manja has performed in concert venues all throughout the UK, France, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Italy,
Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and all over Serbia. Apart from being a professional violin player she is an electronic
music producer, short story writer, published poet, radio host, cultural manager and cultural activist. In 2004 she was Founder of
the Association of Multimedia Artists AUROPOLIS in Belgrade, which produces a wide range of multimedia projects, performances and
workshops. This association of young people is a non-governmental organization gathered around the idea of supporting and producing arts as well as making regional artistic networks. At the moment she is a project manager of over 20 projects generated from
AUROPOLIS’s activity (one of the most frequent is SUPERNOVA – Platform for integration of poetry, music and visuals). She also
works as a fund raiser and project manager of NOVI RADIO BEOGRAD, newly established urban Internet based radio station in
Belgrade...
As a host of the Soundbridging live performing radio show on www.nrbg.rs she organized, performed and produced (by now!) around 55 live poetry
and music jam sessions and one third of them were further performed live in the public spaces in Belgrade.
Her first book “The Book of Silence” was published in 2008 by Cultural Centre DEVE.
She wrote articles and organized conferences as a cultural activists lobbying for better cultural and social policies throughout wider-European region, also, she is active member of A Soul for Europe E.E.I.G.