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Simonida Rajcevic ist am 2. April 1974 in Belgrad geboren. 1997 diplomierte sie an der Fakultaet fuer bildende Kuenste in Belgrad, wo sie 1999 ebenfalls ihr Magisterium bestand. Sie bekam das DAAD-Stipendium fuer den ersten Jahrgang der Postdiplom-studien in Deutschland. Sie ist Mitglied des ULUS (Verein der bildenden Kuenstler Serbiens) seit 1998. Seit 2000 arbeitet sie als Assistentin an der Fakultaet fuer bildende Kuenste in Belgrad. Seit Januar 2008 ist sie Dozentin an der selben Fakultaet. Sie stellte an mehreren Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen im In- und Ausland aus.
EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN:
• Installation “DIE LETZTEN UEBERLEBENDEN VON NOSTROM”, Galerie SKC, Belgrad
• 1997. Gemaeldeausstellung “EXPRESS old masters NON-STOP”, Galerie Zvono, Belgrad
• 1997. Ausstellung von Gemaelden, Zeichnungen und Graphiken. Die Ausstellung wurde im Rahmen des Festivals der Jugend Serbiens in
Knjazevac veranstaltet
• 1998. Gemaeldeausstellung “BERLINMAINSTREAM 98”, Galerie Zvono, Belgrad
• 2002. Ausstellung von Gemaelden und Objekten “NEUES”, Galerie Zvono, Belgrad
• 2004. Ausstellung von Gemaelden (Digitalcollagen + komb. Technik) und Zeichnungen “WAHRHEIT FUER WAHRHEIT”, Galerie Zvono,
Belgrad
• 2007. “BELGRADE DOUBLE”, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt, Deutschland
• 2008. “SNAKEWALL”, Galerie Zvono, Belgrad
• 2008. “BELGRADE QUARTET PROJECT”, Galerie Arte Reale, Mailand / in Zusam-menarbeit mit Slavna Martinovic, Modeschoepferin und
Manja Ristic und Ivana Grahovac, Gruppe Eruption
• DARK STAR, Galerie Zvono, Belgrad
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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.
