Marijan Bekic

Marijan Bekic was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, lived in Switzerland, moved to Australia in 1989 and has a studio at Wudinna SA. He studied art with a major in sculpture at Kunstgeverbe Schulle Bern in Switzerland. He is best  known for the giant 8 metre high, sculpture the ‘Australian Farmer’, handcrafted from 70 tonnes of local granite in Wudinna. His sculpture “Stargate” from the 2016 Adelaide Hills International Sculpture Symposium is installed at the Mick Murphy Park at Nairne. Marijan participated in the Sculptors @ Crystal Lake 2017 symposium creating  ‘Crystal Rose’ installed in Davenport Square in Macclesfield.