Maja Medić - born in 1979 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Qualifications and diplomas
2009/ Attending Transmedia, master program at the Sint-Lukas Hogeschool, Brussels, Belgium
2007/ Graduated at the Academy of Drama Arts (camera department), Belgrade, Serbia
2000/ Certificate in advanced english, University of Cambridge (international diploma), Belgrade, Serbia
1998/ Philological grammar school, Belgrade, Serbia
Professional experience
2009/ Published photos on the CD cover for the Croatian band Hi Fju /single – Sto komada srece/
2008/ Cinematographer for a short film shown as the finale of the opera Don Giovanni at the International Theatre Festival, Belgrade
Author of four book covers for the the publishing house Geopoetika, Belgrade
Author of the book of photographs WAITING FOR THE TRAP (will be published at the end of 2009)
2007/ Author of two book covers for the the publishing house Geopoetika, Belgrade
2006/ Still photographer for the film The Trap
International multi-medial project Mirage Intro, presentations in Belgrade (Serbia), La Hameau de la
Brousse & La Rochelle (France) – photographer & cinematographer
2005/ Shooting a documentary film about Manu Katché in Belgrade
In collaboration with NGO Felicitas travelled to India in March 2005, as a photographer.
Photographs from India were published in magazine VREME, in March 2005 in Belgrade
Photographs from India were published in a calendar for 2006 by Homeworkers Worldwide, UK
2004/ Cinematographer for a short feature film Maybe one day
Photographer for the film The Rockets
2003/ Cinematographer for a short feature film I’ll be there
Cinematographer for a short feature film Chèry
2002/ TV series The Foxes, first cameraman
Author of the documentary film Making off Cordon (film by Goran Marković)
Solo exhibitions
2009/ The Diary of female portraits, 1st Women’s Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2008/ Rendez-vous, Baz’art Festival, La Rochelle, France
2007/ First shot, gallery Dom Omladine, Belgrade, Serbia
2005/ Eight principals of work, gallery In movement, Belgrade, Serbia
2004/ People of film, gallery Cirkus, SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
2001/ Exhibition of photographs, Cafe Dublin, Belgrade, Serbia
Collective exhibitions
2009/ Learn serbian through 15 works, Madrid, Spain
Through their eyes, through ours, Poland, Slovakia, Germany and Belgium
2008/ Viennabienale, Vienna, Austria
Men in the eyes of women, gallery Vizantija, Belgrade
2007/ Presentation of the work of the master class ART & PHOTOGRAPHY, BELEF, Belgrade
XII International exhibition of the miniature photography, gallery Studentski grad, Belgrade
International photo art festival /Unlimited photography, Prilep, Macedonia
2006/ Exhibition of the photographs of the theatre costumes, Goethe Institute, Belgrade
2005/ Exhibition of the selected works for the Hugo Boss award – Ego (Šk)Art: New edition!, Gallery Cvijeta Zuzorić, Belgrade
2004/ Exhibition of the film photographs, Academy of Drama Arts, Belgrade
2001/ Exhibition of the Kaleidoscope workshop, series of photographs Cinematographers to be,
CZKD, gallery, Belgrade
Workshops & Residencies
2008/ 39. Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie en Arles, France
2007/ Residency at the Makan House of Expression, Amman, Jordan
Master class – ART & PHOTOGRAPHY at Belgrade Summer Festival – BELEF
2001/ Photographic workshop KALEIDOSCOPE, Belgrade
2000/ Film workshop at Academic Film Center, Belgrade
Awards
2008/ Second prize for the collection of photographs “Men in the eyes of the women”,
Photo Association of Serbia
2007/Second prize at the International photo art festival /Unlimited photography, Prilep, Macedonia