Elizabeth Markevitch
Elizabeth Markevitch was born in France as the daughter of the cellist Dimitry Markevitch and niece of the composer and director Igor Markevitch. Today she lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Biography
With over 20 years of experience, she has served in many roles across the industry: head of the art fund, Artemis; founder and head of the art advisory department of J. Henry Schröder Bank; and senior manager of the paintings department at Sotheby’s Geneva.[1][2] Elizabeth also regularly collaborates with, and occasionally curates, exhibitions and special art events.
In 1999, she dreamed of bringing art out of the closed spaces of galleries and making it accessible to a much larger public without compromising artistic quality and integrity. She was one of the co-founders of Eyestorm – an online gallery allowing a whole new audience to access artistic content for the first time. Since then, she has focused on fostering and highlighting innovative ways of displaying art.
Projects
The 46664 – 1 Minute of Art to AIDS project commissioned leading world artists to create one-minute films representing their vision on HIV/AIDS.
In 2007, she also published the book Adam au Chromaland Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, which is a cartoon that integrates artworks into its story.
In 2006, she founded ikono, a broadcasting medium for visual arts. The first step in creating this space was launching ikono’s first television channel, ikonoTV, which broadcast for nine months through the European satellite Astra. In 2010, ikono’s second television channel, ikonoMenasa, began broadcasting via Arabsat, Etisalat, and du in the Middle East and North African regions.[1] At the end of 2011, ikono’s third television channel, ikonoTV Germany, began broadcasting through Entertain the television offer by Deutsche Telekom.
In 2009, she was made honorary president of the Meld art collective with the goal of raising public awareness about the dangers facing the Earth. The group is calling on artists and scientists to produce awareness events (films, events around a mobile structure...).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Collins, Laura (7 January 2011). "Elizabeth Markevitch: 'I take your eyes by the hand'". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ↑ Preuss, Sebastian (30 January 2012). "Die digitale Vision". Frankfurter Rundschau (in Deutsch). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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