Marija Ujević-Galetović

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Target II (1981) — MSU^[1]

Target II, lateral view.

Marija Ujević Galetović (born 20 October 1933 in Zagreb) is a Croatian sculptor, but also works in the medium of painting. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.

Work and artistic career

Her work includes portraits and figures. She studied sculpture at the Central School of Art and Design in London. Since 1987 she has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, where she was appointed full professor in 1995. She is also an active member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.^[2] She is the author of numerous outdoor and indoor public sculptures including sculptures in: Virovitica, Vrsar, Zagreb, Marija Bistrica, Sinj, Cres, Rijeka, Osijek, Labin, Visoko, Bihać and Novi Sad. Some notable public sculptures include: the Miroslav Krleža monument in Osijek, the Miroslav Krleža monument in Zagreb, the August Šenoa monument in Zagreb, the sculpture Runner on the Sava River embankment in Zagreb, the Frane Petrić monument in Cres, the Jakov Gotovac monument in Osor and the Sterija Popović monument in Novi Sad.^[3]

She has had many solo exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, including exhibitions at Gallery Forum (Zagreb, 1980, 1992), Gallery Sebastian (Dubrovnik, 1981), Gallery Sebastian (Belgrade, 1984), Ex Granai della Repubblica a Zitellelle (Venice, 1991), Académie de France à Rome in the Villa Medicis (Rome, 1991), HDLU (Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, 2005), Croatian Embassy in Rome (Rome, 2009) and Gallery Močibob (Zagreb 2010).

Awards

Award for the Seljačka buna (Peasant Uprising) Monument Proposal (Zagreb, 1970).
Award for the Kozara Monument Proposal (Sarajevo, 1971).
First Prize for the August Cesarec Monument Proposal (Zagreb, 1973).
Realization Award for the Miroslava Krleža monument.
Zagreb Salon Award (Zagreb, 1982).
Croatian Sculpture Triennial Award (Zagreb, 1986)
Award for the August Šenoa Monument, Zagreb (1987).
City of Zagreb Award, Zagreb (1989)
Zagreb Salon Award (Zagreb, 1990).

Published works on Marija Ujević Galetović

Banov, Ivo Šimat, Marija Ujević Galetović (Kontura, 2007).

References

↑ "Sculpture Collection, Ujević – The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb". www.msu.hr. MSU Zagreb. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
↑ Artist biography Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Official Website, (accessed, 21/02/2011).
↑ Dugandžija, Mirjana (26 February 2002). "'Sve što znam o Evi' - Aktovi Marije Ujević" ["All I know about Eve" - Marija Ujević nudes] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

External links

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Nina Ožegović (3 September 2007). "Kiparstvo nije samo za muškarce" [Sculpting isn't just for men] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

Vladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement in Visual Arts

Frano Kršinić (1961)
Marino Tartaglia (1963)
Ljubo Babić / Oton Postružnik (1964)
Oskar Herman (1965)
Vilko Gecan / Mirko Rački (1966)
Jerolim Miše (1968)
Antun Motika / Zlatko Šulentić (1969)
Marijan Detoni / Krsto Hegedušić (1970)
Antun Mezdjić (1971)
Frano Šimunović (1972)
Vilko Šeferov (1973)
Stella Skopal (1974)
Vjekoslav Parać (1975)
Oton Gliha (1976)
Vilim Svečnjak (1977)
Ante Roca / Slavko Šohaj (1978)
Vojin Bakić (1979)
Zlatko Prica / Milan Vulpe (1980)
Edo Kovačević (1981)
Željko Hegedušić / Mira Kovačević-Ovčačik (1982)
Ljubo Ivančić / Oto Reisinger (1983)
Ksenija Kantoci (1984)
Branko Ružić (1985)
Kosta Angeli Radovani (1986)
Ivan Šebalj (1987)
Želimir Janeš (1988)
Šime Perić (1989)
Ferdinand Kulmer (1990)
Ivan Lovrenčić (1991)
Dalibor Parać (1992)
Mladen Veža (1993)
Ivan Picelj (1994)
Milena Lah (1995)
Đuro Pulitika (1996)
Ivan Kožarić (1997)
Nikola Reiser (1998)
Aleksandar Srnec (1999)
Edo Murtić (2000)
Đuro Seder (2001)
Julije Knifer (2002)
Nives Kavurić-Kurtović (2003)
Zlatko Bourek (2004)
Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić (2005)
Josip Vaništa (2006)
Dušan Džamonja (2007)
Nikola Koydl (2008)
Alfred Pal (2009)
Šime Vulas (2010)
Ivan Ladislav Galeta (2011)
Marija Ujević-Galetović (2012)

Persondata
Name	Marija Ujević-Galetović
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian sculptor
Date of birth	20 October 1933
Place of birth	Zagreb, Croatia
Date of death
Place of death

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