2024 Outstanding ART FOR Peace

Marina Abramović is a Serbian Conceptual artist and performer who comes from a family of peace makers. Her parents were awarded the Order of the People’s Hero distinction by the Yugoslav government thanks to their efforts in ending the war.

Continuing this legacy she has pursued the arts to raise awareness of the horrors of war and why it must end with our generation. She is now branching into the world of Web3 and NFTs to create a collection called Hero 25FPS. Showing the film The Hero (2001) in 25 Frames Per Second where each frame will be sold as an NFT. She founded the Marina Abramović institute which teaches her method and is geared towards creating an inclusive artistic process through its projects and workshops. Her work has pushed the bounds of what was considered allowed, even going to the lengths of standing still for seven hours straight each day for 3 three months in Rhythm 0 and drawing blood in Rhythm 10.

She is considered a pioneer in performance art and her work is inspiring a new generation of artists to this day to cover controversial and important topics.