Maja Sofronac

born in 1981. She lives and works in Montenegro. Maja about her work: “Every man, in greater or lesser extent, goes through the experience of individuation – a spiritual maturation and the attainment of spiritual wholeness, and in my vision it is the transformation of an impersonal man from the crowd into the self-conscious and realised man. Therefore, the scene in my works is a scene of a man walking trough his life, surrounded not only with other people and relationships with them, but also with technology as a condensed experience of humanity which become a part of a today’s man. I am interested in the totality of existence of man – the experience of birth, the experience of life, psychophysical nature, the complexity of the body, layers of psyche, incomprehensible life energy, the experience of disappearing, etc. I am interested in a modern, contemporary man, i.e. universal man, future man. I am interested in everything that makes a man.”

Education
2009. Master degree in painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Cetinje-Montenegro.
2005. Degree in painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Cetinje-Montenegro.
Study visitings
2006/2007. University Mark Block, department UFR Arts, Strasbourg, France.
2007. School of Contemporary Art Pont Aven, Pont Aven, France.
2012. lived and worked at USA – California as an art assistant to American muralist John Pugh

Awards
2003. Faculty of Fine Art’s annual award for drawing
2005. Faculty of Fine Art’s annual award for painting
2009. Award from the Herceg Novi winter salon

Solo Exhibitions
Graduating exhibition „ From Matery to spirit“, FLU Cetinje-Montenegro.
2005. Modern gallery Budva-Montenegro.
2007.CIAC gallery Pont Aven, France.
2009. Master exhibition „Everyone“ Gallery ULUCG Podgorica-Montenegro.
2009. Gallery Josip Bepo Benkovic, Herceg Novi‐ Montenegro.
2010. Gallery Buca, Tivat-Montenegro.
2010 South eastern Europe contemporary art exhibition „ Looking forward“, „Vladin dom“ Cetinje- Montenegro.
2012. Stone Griffin Gallery– Campbell – California USA

Contact
majasofranac@gmail.com