User:Vladimir Zaric

Mateja was born in Belgrade and graduated in sculpture from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Italy - class of professor Pier Giorgio Balocchi. He currently lives and works in the marble city of Arandjelovac, situated at the foot of the famous European marble mountain Venčac. Hence, not only marble was destined to Mateja, but also Mateja was destined to marble.

Mateja’s interest in crafting marble varies from iconography to pop-art, from complex baroque details to simple contemporary art forms, from managing stability to mastering gravitation.

Mateja is fully dedicated to expressing his ideas and emotions in marble while studying its spirit and nature at the same time.

Mateja has exhibited his art in multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout the USA, Italy, Malta, Germany and Serbia. His sculptures have always been recognized as unique and superior.

Driven by precision, devoted to perfection, Mateja's masterpieces speak loudly in silence.