Biography marina abramovic art

1946

Marina Abramović is born on November 30 in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, to an affluent family with politically active parents.

Vojin and Danica Abramović, who were Yugoslav partisans during World War II, continue their engagement in General Tito’s communist party. For their contributions during the war they are awarded high positions in the public sector; her father works with state security and her mother becomes head of the Museum of Art and the Revolution in Belgrade.

Biography marina abramovic art

While her parents make their political careers, Marina spends her first years living with her maternal grandmother. Milica Rosic is a devotee of the Orthodox Church, and her early childhood is deeply influenced by her grandmother’s faith.

1952

At the age of six, Marina Abramović moves in with her parents when her brother Velimir is born.

Raising the children is primarily Danica’s responsibility; the father is largely absent. Life