Current Exhibition

23 APRIL – 11 JUNE 2022

Open by Appointment, Mon-Fri 10am-4pm

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

This exhibition presents two bodies of work created over the last two years and focus primarily on the artist’s commitment to seeing beauty in the world. Reflecting on previous journeys, travels and experiences, Sokovic uses various techniques and colors to evoke the profound influence of nature on the individual. With large primary forms and colors, she brings closer her experience of the vastness of the African desert. In another series, she expresses moments of observation and memory from her surroundings in the former Yugoslavia, her life in Texas, and other environments. Fusing past and present, Sokovic draws on both physical reality and sensory recollection to evoke fragments of the various landscapes that inform her perception.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Maya Sokovic, born in Belgrade, Serbia lives and works in San Antonio. Her fascination with her surroundings, color theory, and personal history allow her to reconcile memory and landscape through visual storytelling. Her minimalist and abstract compositions, along with her keenly selected color palette, invite calmness and clarity with just a hint of chaos. Each color layered onto Sokovic’s compositions is a reflection of being in the moment and responding to her perception of collected memories of places, nature and people. Sokovic earned a BFA from the Academy of Fine Art in Belgrade. Her studio practice includes painting, photography, design and installation. Recent exhibitions have been in Madrid, Miami, Sebastopol, California and a solo exhibition entitled “Moments” presented by Brick Gallery in San Antonio. Her illustrations have appeared in several books, and she has been featured in newspapers and journals such as Glas javnosti in Belgrade, the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Current and Glasstire. Her work can be found in private collections in the United States, Europe and Australia. Sokovic exhibits internationally in galleries, alternative art spaces, and community centers.

Works in the Exhibition

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Gallery History

After a fifteen (15) year occupation of our founder’s home (mostly her kitchen and dining room), Musical Bridges Around the World moved into its first-ever dedicated office space in 2012. The open floor plan and generous walls allowed us to realize the dream of incorporating visual art into our multi-pronged programming. In turn, the MBAW Art Gallery made its public premiere in May 2013. Since then, the gallery has taken on a life of its own and become an integral part of our diverse programs; hosting art openings, gallery talks, chamber concerts, poetry readings and book signings. In January 2016, Julya Jara joined the MBAW family as our first dedicated gallerist. After a three-year tenure, Julya became our Director of Development as long-time San Antonio curator Diana Roberts took over as Gallery Director in January 2019. As the only major fine arts entity on the IH-10 Corridor between downtown San Antonio and the city of Boerne, the MBAW Art Gallery is positioned to help bring our mission and vision to the larger community through its culturally and artistically diverse programs. Artworks are available for sale and a portion of all proceeds benefit all of our programs directly.

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