Country: Macedonia
About me
Biography
m-r MARIJA SVETIEVA
Marija Svetieva, M.A. in Fine Arts, was born in Skopje (North Macedonia), in 1960. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphics and Graphic Design in 1987. The same year she became a member of the Macedonian Painters Association. Obtaining a scholarship, in 1990 she specialized graphics in Bologna, Italy. In 1991, she become a member of the International Graphic Artists Association in Rome and the International Journalist Association in Rome. In the period 1992 -1996, she managed the film production company Gold Film and Farfara Anstalt in Rome. She has visited many film centers in Europe, America and Africa and has written for the Czech film magazine Premiera, as well as for the Macedonian magazines: Zhena, Puls, Mlad Borec, Forum, Utrinski Vesnik, Horoskop and Portal. In 2000, she used the art studio of the International City of Arts in Paris. In 2004 she graduated from the Faculty of Education in Skopje, teaching department.
In the period 1987 – 2023, Marija Svetieva has participated in 54 solo exhibitions and over 339 group exhibitions all over the world and has won 18 prizes for graphics and drawing in Macedonia, Sweden, France,Italy and Japan.
