Maia Damianovic

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Maia Damianovic born in 1976 is a British American writer of art critical texts, magazine articles, exhibition catalogs, artist monograms and art reviews.

Early life and education[edit]

Damianovic was born in southern England, but grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended the University of Toronto and studied art and culture at the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris-Sorbonne University.[1]

Career[edit]

Damianovic has worked as an independent curator of large-scale projects for institutions such as the Smithsonian (1996),[2] Kunstraum Innsbruck (2000, 2006),[3][4][5] Frame Programme of the 49th Venice Biennale (2001),[6][7] the AR/GE Kunst Galerie Museum in Bolzano, Italy (2002),[8][9] Steirischer Herbst Festival, Austria (2002),[10][6][11] Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark (2006),[12] and the Lentos Museum of Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria.[13]

Her projects are usually presented in public and off-site locations. She specializes in situational and performative interactions, and enactments.

She co-founded Future Systems Projects with Andy Robinson in 2007, and currently works in the company as an architectural designer.[14]

In March and April 2015, she curated "Radical Busts", 36 busts of significant women from antiquity through modern times. The collection was featured in the Gender Equality section of the 650th Jubilee at the University of Vienna.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Maia Damianovic". 2015-02-08. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. ^ "Transformal : Lillian Ball, Paolo Canevari, Franklin Cassaro ... : 22.3.-25.4.1996, Wiener Secession / curated by Maia Damianovic ; Redaktion, Kathrin Rhomberg". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  3. ^ "THE INVISIBLE TOUCH. UNSICHTBAR WAHRNEHMBAR". www.kunstraum-innsbruck.at. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  4. ^ "Innsbruck.HTML". Archived from the original on 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  5. ^ "SUNLEY SMITH: EXHIBITIONS". sunleysmith.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  6. ^ a b "Steirischer herbst /". Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  7. ^ "PLEXUS / REVIEW: Maia Damianovic - Sorry, we didn't mean to offend". Plexus.org. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ^ Artdaily. ""To Actuality" Opens in Bolzano, Italy". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  9. ^ "To Actuality, curated by Maia Damianovic - Announcements - e-flux". E-flux.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Barry Schwabsky on "Latente Utopien" / "Enactments of the Self"". www.artforum.com. February 2003. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  11. ^ "Enactments of the Self, a project by Maia Damianovic - Announcements - e-flux". E-flux.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Homage to the scooter @Brandts Klædefabrik". Brage & Co. 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  13. ^ "Christoph Schmidberger - Other Resources - The Saatchi Gallery". Saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  14. ^ [1] Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Radical Busts: Gold schimmernde Frauengeschichten". Medienportal.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2 November 2017.