Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović is one of those artists who makes you rethink what art even is — because she uses her own body as the medium, and she does not flinch. Born in Belgrade in 1946, she came up through the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and went on to redefine performance art on a global scale. "The Artist Is Present" at MoMA in 2010 — where she sat silently across from strangers for hours, day after day — was the kind of work that sounds simple on paper and is absolutely devastating in person. She has spent decades pushing endurance and presence to places most people would never go, and the world has noticed: the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, the Princess of Asturias Award, the 2023 Sonning Prize. At nearly 80, she is still one of the most singular figures in contemporary art, and I find that genuinely thrilling.

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Name (English)

Marina Abramović

Name (Japanese)

マリーナ・アブラモヴィッチ

Reading

まりーな・あぶらもゔぃっち

Born

November 30, 1946 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

Origin

Belgrade, Kingdom of Hungary

Occupation

performance artist / photographer / video artist / sculptor / sound artist

University

Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
• 2012 Berliner Bär
• Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts
• 2023 Sonning Prize

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.marinaabramovic.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/abramovicinstitute/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina%20Abramovi%C4%87
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47496

Tags

• performance artist
• photographer
• video artist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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