Milica Bezmarević

Biography

Milica Bezmarević (1977, Belgrade) is a curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in Podgorica. She graduated in Art History from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, in 2005, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, specializing in modern and contemporary art. From 2009 to 2014, she worked as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Arts, University of Donja Gorica in Podgorica, for the course History of Modern and Contemporary Art.

Since 2008, she has been engaged as a curator at MoCA Podgorica, and in 2022, she was appointed museum advisor within the same institution. She has participated in the realization and organization of numerous projects, including inter-museum and international collaborations within the MoCA Montenegro program. She has authored professional texts in exhibition catalogues and edited volumes on numerous modern and contemporary artists, as well as articles in specialized journals. Her curatorial practice includes contemporary art projects at both the local and international levels.

From 2010 to 2015, she was a member of the editorial board of Art Central, a Montenegrin magazine dedicated to modern and contemporary art. Her essays have been published in monographs and publications across Montenegro and the broader region, including Zagreb, Novi Sad, and Belgrade. She is continuously engaged in documenting and critically reflecting on the practices of contemporary artists, both domestic and international.

Among the most significant projects in the past year are her curating of a solo exhibition by renowned Bosnian artist Šejla Kamerić and a solo exhibition by American artist Kiki Smith, both presented at MoCA Montenegro. She is currently curating an international exhibition titled Museum Yet to Be, which will bring together around 30 international artists and will be held at MoCA Montenegro. She lives and works in Podgorica.

Milica Bezmarević, Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in Podgorica, Montenegro, has been awarded by the Getty Foundation.