Marija Hećimović

– životopis                                                                

Egzistencijalno pitanje odredilo je da mi je veliki dio života bio duga, nezavršena priča jer na prvoj raskrsnici u život nisam krenula putem svojih snova. Mladenački snovi o crtanju, bojama, slikama, arhitekturi...kreacijama, time su implodirali u surovoj realnosti formula, paragrafa, fraza, analiza..., i unatoč svemu, uspješnoj profesionalnoj karijeri menadžerice za korporativne financije.

Izlaskom iz radnoaktivnog statusa razbudila sam svoje mladenačke snove i sad već skoro 10 godina čvrsto vezala svoje ambicije i kreativan  angažman uz  slikarstvo.

Započeo je 2013. Godine slikajući minijaturne motive tankim crnim flomasterom. Nedugo zatim, 2015. a potom i 2016. godine, u jakoj selekciji uspješno se plasiram na međunarodne natječajne žirirane izložbe minijatura. Već po prvom izlaganju odlučujem upisati vanredni studij slikarstva. Spoznaja da u Zagrebu nije organiziran vanredni studij za mene je razočaravajuća. Izobrazbu upisujem u okviru Centra za kulturu Općine Susedgrad te dvije godine kasnije, paralelno i privatnu školu crtanja i slikanja Sellier, predano razvijajući svoj talenat pod iskusnim stručnim vodstvom mentora u kontinuitetu od 5 godina.

Motive i kompoziciju biram i stvaram nasumično. Tijekom slikanja ih dopunjujem, izmišljam prepravljam, slažem boje, udahnjujem slici život. Pred svakim novim platnom osjećam izvjesno rivalstvo mog talenta, koji vuče ka realizmu i figurativnim motivima te kreativne želje, talenta i moje ambicije, okrenutih apstraktnom i velikim formatima. U tom sukobu talenat kojiput izađe kao pobjednik ili me bar ometa tijekom rada.

Najčešće slikam akrilnim i uljanim bojama, nešto rjeđe akvarelom, pastelama te jajčanom temperom, laviranim tušem i flomasterom. Godišnje naslikam 5-6 slika, većih ili velikih. Za sam čin slikanja nije potrebno niti polovica vremena utrošenog za izraditi sliku, ovisno o stilu, motivu i tehnici. No, puno vremena provedem na promišljanju, analiziranju, i dogradnji urađenog, koji traju duž cijelog kreativnog poduhvata, čekajući pravi trenutak kad mi moj instinkt kaže da je slika gotova.

U svom nevelikom, predanom slikarskom aktivizmu radovi su mi izlagani na:

• 4 velike samostalne izložbe tijekom samostalnog djelovanja, održanih u Novom Vinodolskom, Zaprešiću, Zagrebu i zavičajna izložba u Perušiću. 5. samostalna izložba u Krapinskim toplicama 2020.g. otkazana je zbog pandemije.
• 20 grupnih izložbi i to:

- 7 grupnih izložbi polaznika, tijekom obrazovanja.

- 4 grupne međunarodne izložbe, od kojih su 3 bile natječajne, žirirane.

- 9 grupnih, javno obznanjenih izložbi u Zagrebu.

Sudjelovala sam na 5 humanitarnih likovnih kolonija doniravši slike za: dobrobit djece bez roditelja na Baniji, za nezbrinutu djecu u Karlovcu, za opremanje bolnice u Popovači, za stradale Markuševčane u potresu i za paraplegičare Zagreba.                            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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– biography

An existential question determined that a large part of my life was a long, unfinished story because at the first crossroads in life I did not take the path of my dreams. Youthful dreams about drawing, colors, paintings, architecture...creations, thereby imploded in the harsh reality of formulas, paragraphs, phrases, analysis..., and despite everything, a successful professional career as a corporate finance manager. By leaving the working status, I awakened my youthful dreams and now for almost 10 years firmly tied my ambitions and creative engagement to painting.

It started in 2013 by painting miniature motifs with a thin black felt-tip pen. Not long after, in 2015 and then in 2016, I successfully placed in a strong selection at international competitive juried exhibitions of miniatures. Already after the first presentation, I decided to enroll in a part-time study of painting. The knowledge that part-time studies are not organized in Zagreb was disappointing for me. I enrolled in education at the Culture Center of the Municipality of Susedgrad and two years later, at the same time, at the private drawing and painting school Sellier, devotedly developing my talent under the experienced professional guidance of mentors continuously for 5 years.

I choose and create motifs and compositions randomly. While painting, I supplement them, invent, redo, combine colors, breathe life into the image. In front of each new canvas, I feel a certain rivalry of my talent, which pulls me towards realism and figurative motifs, as well as my creative desire, talent and ambition, focused on abstract and large formats. In this conflict, talent sometimes emerges as the winner or at least interferes with my work.

I mostly paint with acrylic and oil paints, a little less often with watercolors, pastels and egg tempera, washed ink and felt-tip pen. I paint 5-6 paintings a year, big or very big. The actual act of painting does not take half the time it takes to create a painting, depending on the style, motif and technique. However, I spend a lot of time thinking, analyzing, and improving what I have done, which last throughout the entire creative endeavor, waiting for the right moment when my instinct tells me that the picture is finished.

In my small, dedicated painting activism, my works were exhibited at:

• • 4 large independent exhibitions during independent activity, held in Novi Vinodolski, Zaprešić, Zagreb and a native exhibition in Perušić. 5th solo exhibition in Krapinske Toplice 2020. was canceled due to the pandemic.
• • 20 group exhibitions namely:

- 7 group exhibitions of participants, during education.

- 4 group international exhibitions, 3 of which were competitive, juried.

- 9 group, publicly announced exhibitions in Zagreb.

I participated in 5 humanitarian art colonies, donating paintings for: the welfare of orphans in Bania, for neglected children in Karlovac, for equipping the hospital in Popovača, for the victims of the earthquake in Markuševac, and for the paraplegics of Zagreb.