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Ana-Marija Kralj who works under the name Merien King is a young Croatian artist of peculiar and untypical expression. This primarily applies to the material that she works with - metal. Working with such material requires endurance and patience and knowledge about the material itself. There is also a need for curiosity and adventure, because the final appearance of the artwork is unpredictable. The process is exactly what the artist herself emphasizes as the most important part of her work. Each artwork is the ultimate result of the dynamics of her own movements in symbiosis with the material.
Ana-Marija Kralj started her professional art career in the fashion industry and in the course of studying at the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb in 2013, she founded the brand Kralj & Krajina in partnership with her colleague Mirjam Krajina. For a year she worked as a designer in the famous Xenia design studio. From 2016 she designs luxury furniture for Ferrum and creates metal art under her own brand name Merien King. |
Ana-Marija Kralj koja radi pod imenom Merien King je mlada hrvatska umjetnica osebujnog i netipičnog izričaja. Prvenstveno se to odnosi na materijal u kojem radi – metal. U kontaktu i radu s takvim materijalom potrebna je izdržljivost i strpljivost te znanje o samom materijali. Potrebna je i doza znatiželje i avanturizma, jer takav postupak živi je proces tijekom kojeg je krajnji izgled djela nepredvidiv. Proces je upravo ono što i sama umjetnica naglašava kao najbitniji dio svoje umjetnosti. Svaki rad je krajnji rezultat dinamičnosti vlastitih pokreta u simbiozi s materijalom.
Ana-Marija Kralj svoj je profesionalni umjetnički put započela u modnoj industriji te je već tijekom studiranja na Tekstilno tehnološkom fakultetu u Zagrebu 2013. godine osnovala brend Kralj i Krajina u partnerstvu s fakultetskom kolegicom Mirjam Krajina. Godinu dana radila je kao dizajnerica u poznatom modnom atelieru Xenia design. Od 2016. dizajnira luksuzni namještaj za Ferrum te stvara metalnu umjetnost pod vlastitim brendom Merien King. |
EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS
2018 Group exhibition Art Haustor
2018 Group exhibition Kulturoš
2017 Solo exhibition "Momentum" at Hotel Spa Golfer
2017 Solo exhibition "Das Experiment" at Sveti Martin Gallery
2016 Merien King Spring/Summer 2017 in Budapest
2015 Kralj & Krajina Spring/Summer 2015 in Zagreb
2014 Kralj & Krajina for Trendcy Fall/Winter 2014/15 in Zagreb
2013 Kralj & Krajina Spring/Summer 2014 in Zagreb
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2016 Final of Central European Fashion Days
2015 Semifinal of Central European Fashion Days
2013 Dreft Next Generation winner
2018 Group exhibition Art Haustor
2018 Group exhibition Kulturoš
2017 Solo exhibition "Momentum" at Hotel Spa Golfer
2017 Solo exhibition "Das Experiment" at Sveti Martin Gallery
2016 Merien King Spring/Summer 2017 in Budapest
2015 Kralj & Krajina Spring/Summer 2015 in Zagreb
2014 Kralj & Krajina for Trendcy Fall/Winter 2014/15 in Zagreb
2013 Kralj & Krajina Spring/Summer 2014 in Zagreb
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2016 Final of Central European Fashion Days
2015 Semifinal of Central European Fashion Days
2013 Dreft Next Generation winner
