Born in Alsace in 1982, Marianne Marić studied at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design in Nancy, then at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, from which she graduated with a Master's degree in 2009. She now lives and works in Mulhouse and Paris. She developed her technique by assisting Martine Barrat and perfected her printing skills in the mythical Parisian Imaginoir lab, without ceasing to look at paintings, particularly the paintings of Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905). Thereafter, she spent some time in a series of countries throughout Europe. Rainer Oldendorf invited her to Les Arques in the Lot department in France. She then moved to Sarajevo to learn about her family history. The following year, she continued her research in Serbia. The fruit of this decisive journey in the Balkans was shown by the gallery owner Pierre Courtin at the Parisian fairs NoFound Photo Fair in 2012 and Art Paris in 2014 and continued to travel to the Duplex100m2 Gallery in Sarajevo, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Serbia, the Art Centre of Maribor in Slovenia and the National Museum of Montenegro in Cetinje.
Since 2007, she has been developing a transdisciplinary body of work, in which she deconstructs the boundaries between various mediums by using the body as a sculptural tool. In her creations, art, fashion, design, photography, music, and video merge through the use of women's bodies as ‘an extraordinary and fascinating architecture’. She deconstructs stereotypes to better re-use them, has fun playing with symbols to give them another twist. In 2017 she had a solo exhibition at la filature in Mulhouse (by Emmanuelle Walter) and 2018, she had a solo exhibition in Sweden (by Christian Caujolle), then she represented France at the Athens Biennale (Poka-Yio) and in 2019 she was guest of honour at the largest photography festival in Latin America: the FIFV in Chile. In 2020, she was invited by Joël Riff to stay regularly at Moly-Sabata in order to draw up a portrait of the artists' residence. This resulted in the publication "Sabata Cash" and a collection of glazed ceramics.
Education
2009
Master’s degree, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland
2007
Master’s degree in Fine Arts with distinction, École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design, Nancy, France
Selected solo exhibitions
2018
‘Filles de l’Est', Landskrona Foto Festival, Landskrona, Sweden
'Les Statues Meurent Aussi', Librairie Petite Egypte, Paris, France
2017
‘Filles de l’Est', La Filature, Mulhouse, France
2014
‘Silence, œuvres ouvertes’, CAC Brétigny (Centre d’ Art Contemporain de Brétigny-sur-Orge), France
‘Rose Sarajevo’, Duplex 100m2 gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Selected group exhibitions
2021
‘Botanica’, Fondation François Schneider, Wattwiller, France
'Prix Photoforum 2021', Photoforum Pasquart, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
‘I GOT UP’, gb agency, Paris, France
2020
'Aux Foyers', Moly-Sabata, Fondation Albert Gleizes, Sablons, France
‘Le Petit Programme’, Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
2019
'MO.CO. Live #3' La Panacée, Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Montpellier, France
2018
'Athens Biennale', Athens, Greece
‘SARAJEVO STORAGE’, National Gallery of BIH, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017
'L’ECART ABSOLU', Centre d’Art LE QUADRILATERE, Beauvais, France
2015
'Memory of the Violence - Dreams of the Future', National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje, Montenegro and KIBLA (Art Multimedia Center), Maribor, Slovenia
2014
'Memory of the Violence - Dreams of the Future', MSUV (Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina ), Novi Sad, Serbia
‘Soleil Politique’, Museion (Museum of Contemporary Art), Bolzano, Italy
‘29e Festival de Mode et de Photographie’, Villa Noailles, Hyères, France
2013
‘FOUTRE’, Düo Galerie, Paris, France
2009
‘Reversibility, a theather of De-Creation’, CAC Brétigny (Centre d’ Art Contemporain de Brétigny-sur-Orge), France
‘Là ou je suis n’existe pas’, Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
2008
‘Under My Skin’, Magda Danysz gallery, Paris, France
2003
‘Coup de cœur / a sentimental choice’, CRAC Alsace (Contemporary Art Center), Alsace, France
2001
‘Place de la Réunion’, La Filature, Mulhouse, France and Fait & Cause galerie, Paris, France
Art Fairs
2022
‘Photo London’, Christophe Guye Galerie, London, UK
2021
‘Paris Photo’, Christophe Guye Galerie, Paris, France
2016
‘Art Market Budapest’, Duplex 100m2 gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2014
‘Supermarket / Stockholm Independant Art Fair’, Duplex 100m2 gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
‘Art Paris Art Fair’, Duplex 100m2 gallery, Paris, France
2012
‘Belgrade Art Fair’, Duplex 100m2 gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
‘NoFound PhotoFair’, Reporters sans Frontières & Duplex 100m2 gallery, Paris, France
2008
‘SHOW OFF Contemporary Art Fair’, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris, France
Collections
Public
Artothèque de la Ville de Strasbourg, France
Artothèque du Lot, France
Private
USA, Shangaï, France
Showstudio galerie, London, UK
Duplex 100m2 galerie, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
