Mia Medaković-Topalović

• Name — Mia Medaković-Topalović • Native Name — Миа Медаковић-Топаловић • Born — 26 January 1974 • Birthplace — Subotica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia • Education — * University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law • University of Florence • Occupation — Businesswoman, attorney, journalist, photographer • Years Active — 2000—

Mia was born and raised in Subotica, Serbia. She completed her law degree at the Law school in Novi Sad, and as a fellow of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Italy, she completed a research project entitled ″Trgovina Ljudima u Srbiji i Italiji″ (trans. Human Trafficking in Serbia and Italy) under the mentorship of Professor of Criminal Law Mikel Papa of the Law School at the University of Florence (Firenze). The same year (2009) she defended her thesis "Trgovina Ljudima: Instrumenti Kontrole u Srbiji i Italiji” (trans. Human Trafficking: Instruments of Control in Serbia and Italy). Upon completion of these requirements, she was honored with the title of “graduated attorney” (Laurea Magistrale) in Italy. She has ten years’ experience in the practice of law in governmental institutions in the Republic of Serbia. She is fluent in English, German, Italian, Hungarian.

Mia is the founder and editor in chief of the online magazine Refresh Your Life (RYL) which had naturally found its way into her life in February 2015 when the first volume was published. It is a magazine that focuses on lifestyle and mindstyle of modern women and men who are on a journey toward personal growth and development. RYL is a mix of spirituality, art, culture, beauty, fashion, business and personal development. Her passion for mankind and beauty were her primary inspiration in starting an online magazine attracting readers for its content, minimalism, and excellent photography. The texts are written and published in their original languages of Serbian, Croatian, English, Bosnian, Italian, and German. With one click, RYL is read throughout the world. The staff of the magazine include Boris Cupac (Art Director), Dijana Krtinic (Professor of Serbian language and Lecturer in Literature, Dejan Vicai (Professor of English Studies, Nikola Markov (Webmaster), and Sinisa Zelen (programmer). RYL d.o.o. in 2020 published the book, Belgrade Through the Eyes of Foreigners/ Beograd vidjen ocima stranaca, group-authored by the International Women's Club whose contributions include photography and publishing.

In the world of art, a piece is signed as Anima Mundi (The Soul of the World). Mia has delved into the world of photography since 2016. She has had four solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions.

• 2017 – Varvarogenius, The Face of Balkan Intellectuals, exhibited in Belgrade, Subotica, Sarajevo, and Pula. • Through the lens, she portrayed the man, the intellectual, the Balkan man of the 21st century. Who is the new power in the Balkans? Who is the intellectual in the century we live in, the one moving his region forward in cultural, sociological, and spiritual domain? Who is this new man, different from his ancestor? Twenty-three men from Belgrade, Ljubljana, Skopje, Sarajevo, Novi Sad, Zagreb, Tivat, Porto Montenegro, and Rovinj stood in front of the camera. • 2019 – The Key to the World, exhibited in Belgrade and Subotica • Through the objective lens, she unlocked a world that is near, which is hers, in which she sees herself, and through which she discovered herself. Her journey took her through Kathmandu, Firenze, Bali, Berlin, Jordan, Crete, Abu Dabhi, Valencia, and Serbia. She passed through deserts, forests, seas, and oceans. She speaks multiple languages, has always been a bit different, and is submissive to nature. • 2021 – Blue- Belgrade • She shuffled the centuries-- Hungarian secession from the Renaissance, baroque with modernism. Her heroes speak Spanish, Serbian, French, and German, all in blue and with nuance. The photographs are dominated by cyan, a blue-green color with a touch of gray. She extracted the world from herself, a world that exists somewhere over there, already notated and already recognizable to her. This is a story of freedom, easiness, the power of the moment. This is a story of a woman in whom resides a neurotic strength which is fed by the blue. • 2024 – My Film – Belgrade • She dances with color, form, and style. Her photographs remind us of film-based stories. She is not afraid of distance, rather the distance attracts her to its beauty. The film is a story about her hopes. "Moj Film" (My film) is a collection of scenes taken from various films depicting stories between reality and non-reality. The world of photography differs from other spheres because it is experienced through the lens of a camera. It is a clean, clear, minimalistic, spiritual, and delicate world. ″Moj Film″ is about her way of seeing life in Berlin, Jordan, Tunis, Amsterdam, Georgia, Turkey, and Serbia.