Maja Markovic

Maja Markovic

Assistant Curator

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  • About me

    I coach creatives to navigate and develop their creative practices, businesses and careers. 🚀 💪 | ICF Coach

  • Education

    • PwC

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      Business Coaching Diploma
    • ERSTE Foundation

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      Course Intercultural communication and cooperation

      NGO Academy, Erste Foundation (course)During this course I learned how to deal with opportunities of intercultural cooperation, how to organize all kinds of cultural and artistic collaboration and events. Special emphasis was on the communication technique in multicultural environments and the channels in which it travels.

    • Women's Studies Center, Belgrade

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      Gender Studies

      During a one year program at the Women's Studies Center I had four different courses on the topic of: History and theories of feminism, Feminist media culture: the Production of gender, Political responsibility and the history of the present, Bio politics, race, discourse.

    • University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy

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      Master's degree Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Experience

    • Independent

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2011
      Assistant Curator

      As a curatorial assistant on more then 10 projects, I had different responsibilities. My duty was to digitize the collection; assist with check-in and execution of workshops at special events, i.e. exhibition openings; assist the curator with cataloging, researching artifacts, and collection maintenance. Kept overall care of the exhibitions; presented programs to the general public and in professional meetings; conducted broad tours of the museums and galleries and supported spaces as scheduled. Weniger anzeigen

    • Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
      Assistant Curator

      One year full-time grant funded internship.I processed artifacts using appropriate conservation methods. Organized and managed the art collection and workshops for children; wrote articles and essays for exhibition catalogues; assisted in planning, setting up 6 exhibitions; coordinated the communication between Chief Curator and the artists, other institutions and art galleries; updated and maintained artist’s database, exhibition, permanent collection and department files.

    • K-zona

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
      Art Program Coordinator

      - Coordination of Platform of 14 members named Cultural Gender Practices Network of East and South European Region- Develop communication strategy for the Platform of 14 members (partners) in 5 countries; Coordinated communication between partners, artists and galleries- Organisation and promotion off-site, traveling, and gallery exhibitions; collaboration with artists to develop site-specific installations and exhibitions; planing exhibition-related programs and community outreach; wrote didactic texts for brochures, website content, and grants; - Estimated and monitored all revenue and expenses for exhibitions and programs. *During one year on this project I organised 4 exhibitions, performances and several artistic workshops in 4 countries (Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Croatia). I redesigned the web site and brought in more artistic content with a new database of gender related artworks. Weniger anzeigen

    • Independent

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
      Art Researcher and Art Writer

      - Pilot project of audio guides for an app specially made for MoMA in New York City, USA- Writing articles about artists and art movements in very concise and understandable style for museum visitors- During the course of two months I produced 55 articles

    • VIZKULTURA

      Jan 2015 - now
      Freelance Art Journalist

      - Art reviews and articles on contemporary art- Keeping up with current art events on local, regional and international art sceneAlias Maja Broun

    • Zagreb Jewish Film Festival

      Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
      Art Program Coordinator

      - In charge of pre-selecting and selecting artists and their artworks for exhibition;- Communication and cooperation with local museums, galleries, art and cultural institutes and center- Writing applications for funding and grants; initiating and maintaining required details for the exhibition in development; creating catalogue information with images and descriptive text; - Providing support for organised events and functions, including fundraising affairs; contacting and cooperating with the project sponsors Weniger anzeigen

    • Concept 21

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2021
      Art Consultant

      - Curatorial approach cuts to fleeting trends to bring exceptional artworks and installations into homes, offices, galleries, commercial, residential and public space- Concept 21 serves the contemporary art collector with advanced qualifications in art market and foundational expertise in Contemporary art

    • KONTEJNER | bureau of contemporary art praxis

      Apr 2018 - Jan 2018
      Associate ::: Co-editor

      Our main field of interest is progressive contemporary art which investigates the role and meaning of science, technology and the body in our society, focusing on the relevant and current phenomena, especially within provocative, fascinating and intriguing subjects and topics, as well as those perceived by the society as taboos. These include pleasure, time and energy, mental health, human and artificial intelligence manipulation and dark matter.

    • Quintessentially

      Jul 2018 - Jan 2021
      Senior Elite Lifestyle Manager

      - Develop strategies and marketing communication for Q top clients- Closely collaboration with Q global Senior management on various business plans- Work with Global CEO Annastasia Seebohm and provide her the place in The Future Hospitality Summit 2020 and interviews in business magazines- Creating and following projects and account plans (capacity, saving, changes)- Leading, prioritising and reviewing continuous improvement projects- Communicating, maintaining and developing client relationships. Weniger anzeigen

    • Artistic organisation MAPA

      Jan 2019 - Apr 2022
      Senior Project Manager

      - Coordinating and managing the creation of all digital content such as website, blogs, press releases - Estimating and monitoring all revenue and expenses for programs- Strategic planning, organisation and communication strategy - Collaboration with museums, galeries, art institutes and art centers

    • Kali tuna

      Nov 2021 - Jan 2022
      Project Manager
    • Business and Joy Culture

      Jul 2022 - now
      Founder
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Elephant Rider | Certificate of Practice

      The Emotional Culture Deck – Elephant Rider | Certificate of Practice
      Apr 2022
    • ICF member badge

      International Coaching Federation
      Sept 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • ICF Member Badge

      International Coaching Federation
      Sept 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Business Coaching Diploma

      PwC
      Jul 2022
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Maja Markovic
      CEEPUS Scholarship Faculty of Philosophy, University in Zagreb 2015 Received a CEEPUS grant to do research in the field of Croatian contemporary art since 1990s to present day. During this time very important interviews has been made with the Croatian artists and I did research in archives, museums, art institutions in Zagreb, Croatia with the assistance of local curators and art experts.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor

      Issued by PWN Vienna on Jan 2023
      PWN ViennaAssociated with Maja Markovic