Marija Ančić rođena je 1982. u Sarajevu. Diplomirala je na Umjetničkoj akademiji u Splitu konzervaciju-restauraciju 2005. i kiparstvo 2010.
Izlagala je na više festivala, skupnih i samostalnih izložbi u Zagrebu, Splitu, Rijeci, Torinu, Beogradu, Mariboru, Kaunasu...
Finalistica je Nagrade „Radoslav Putar“ za 2016. i White Aphroid Award 2018.
Godine 2022. sudjelovala je u programu rezidencije Art Omi u Ghent, NY. Živi u Zagrebu.

Marija Ančić was born in 1982 in Sarajevo. She graduated at UMAS Art Academy in Split with a degree in Art restoration (2005) and a Masters degree in Sculpture (2010).
She has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions and festivals in Croatia and abroad.
She is a finalist of  2016 Radoslav Putar Award and 2018 White Aphroid Award.
In 2022  she was the Artist in Residence at Art Omi, Ghent, NY. Lives in Zagreb.

https://marijaancic.blogspot.com/

Marija Ančić

Aplauz / Applaus, 2020.

GIF animacija / GIF animation

promjenjive dimenzije / dimensions variable

Moje su animacije nijeme iz jednostavnog razloga, GIF kao format ne prenosi zvuk. S vremenom sam tu tišinu počela koristiti namjerno, konceptualno, zamišljajući svoje radove kao tihe krikove. Animiram jednostavne akcije koje u loopu prestaju biti radnja i postaju stanje. Stavljam svoje heroine u pat-poziciju, nikad pobijeđene – nikad slobodne. Koristim "rekvizite" kao što su zamke, noževi, amorfno crnilo i brojne druge, ali u seriji radova iz 2020. konflikt je potpuno unutarnji, samonametnut. Aplauz bi mogao prestati bilo kad, ali neće.

My animations are silent for a simple reason, GIF as a format does not transmit sound. Over time, I began to use that silence intentionally, conceptually, imagining my works as silent screams. I animate simple actions that in the loop stop being an action and become a state. I put my heroines in a stalemate, never defeated – never free. I use "props" such as traps, knives, amorphous blackness and many others, but in the series of works from 2020 the conflict is completely internal, self-imposed. The applause could stop at any time, but it won't.

• iz izjave umjetnice / from the statement of the artist