Maja Ruznic

Maja Ruznic

Bosnian-American(1983)

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Maja Ruznic is a Bosnian-American painter known for her ethereal, figurative works that explore themes of trauma, memory, displacement, and the unconscious. Her large-scale paintings feature ghostly, ambiguous figures rendered in luminous washes of color, often drawing on her own experiences as a refugee who fled the Bosnian War as a child. Her work bridges the psychological and the spiritual, earning her recognition in both the American and international contemporary art scenes.

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