Marina Abramovic

Performance Artist

Birthday November 30, 1946

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Yugoslavia

Age 77 years old

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About

New York-based performance artist whose career began in 1970. She described herself as the grandmother of performance art. She founded a non-profit organization for performance art called Marina Abramović Institute. 

Before Fame

She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade from 1965 until 1970 and later taught at the Academy of Fine Arts at Novi Sad.

Trivia

She won multiple awards for her work including New York Dance and Performance Awards in 2003.

Family Life

She was married to Nesa Paripovic from 1971 until 1976 and to Paolo Canevari from 2005 to 2009.

Associated With

She maintained a friendship with actor James Franco who interviewed her for the Wall Street Journal in 2009.