Marina Abramović

Marina Abramović

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
November 30, 1946

Biography

Marina Abramović (born November 30, 1946 in Belgrade) is a New York-based Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the "grandmother of performance art". Abramović's work explores the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.

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Marina Abramović 1
Marina Abramović 2

Representative Works

Ulay
Ulay
7.4
/ English
OHO Film
OHO Film
No Rating Yet
/ Slovenian
Destricted
Destricted
4.3
/ English
Body Art
Body Art
No Rating Yet
/ Dutch
Mademoiselle C
Mademoiselle C
5.6
/ English
Pretty Good
Pretty Good
No Rating Yet
/ English
Can Creativity Save the World?
Can Creativity Save the World?
No Rating Yet
/ German
China Ring
China Ring
No Rating Yet
/ English
Test Tube
Test Tube
No Rating Yet
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Ulay
2013Nominee

Best Performance

Ulay

OHO Film
2025Nominee

Best Performance

OHO Film

Destricted
2006Nominee

Best Director

Destricted

Career Highlights

Body Art
1975Highlight

Best Performance

Body Art

The Space in Between: Marina Abramović and Brazil
2016Highlight

Best Performance

The Space in Between: Marina Abramović and Brazil

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