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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 and creates metal art under her own brand name Merien King. EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS
2020 Group exhibition at Art Zagreb 2020 Group exhibition Četiri+jedan at Center for culture Čakovec 2019 Solo exhibition “Concept” in Museum Croata insulanus Grada Preloga 2019 Solo exhibition “Proces” in Museum Međimurja Čakovec 2019 Group exhibition at Art Zagreb 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 2017 Group exhibition at Design Week Zagreb 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 |
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