Biography

Born 1982 in Skopje, Macedonia.

Since 2008 based in Berlin, Germany.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

2021 – 2023

Bauhaus University Weimar, Faculty of Design and Media – Weimar, Germany

Postdoc Fellow

2012 – 2019

Bauhaus University Weimar, Faculty of Design and Media – Weimar, Germany

PhD Studies in Fine Arts

2008 – 2011

Art School Berlin Weißensee – Berlin, Germany

Master of Art Studies – Space Strategies

2001 – 2006

University Kiril and Metodij, Faculty of Arts – Skopje, Macedonia

Bachelor of Art Studies – Painting, Art Pedagogy

FURTHER QUALIFICATION

2023  – 2024

WeTek Creative Centre Qualification Course

Certified Cultural Educator

EXHIBITIONS

2024, November

KEEP WORKING ON LOVE, Multimedia installation with Video Essay, Broken Time. And the World is Again by What it Forgets Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje – Skopje, North Macedonia

2023, October

TUNE IN. Audio Walk with Ukrainian Artists – Audio Guided Walk, part of “Stadt findet Kunst”, Municipality Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Berlin – Berlin, Germany

2023, March

SOLIDARITY OF ART – installation, C.A.R., Exhibition, UNESCO Cultural Heritage Zollverein – Essen, Germany

2022, November – December

THE AUTONOMOUS MUSEUM – installation, Whose Side Are You On?, Exhibition, Macedonian Opera and Ballet – Skopje, North Macedonia

2022, November

THE DECOLONIAL MUSEUM – Poster, PhD- and Postdoc Exhibition – Long Night of Sciences / Science Day, Bauhaus University Weimar Library – Weimar, Germany

2019, August-September

SOMEWHERE ANYWHERE / BREXIT MEANS BREXIT – Two-channel video installation, ‘In Between States’ Exhibition, Museum of City Skopje – Skopje, North Macedonia

2019, June-July

SOMEWHERE ANYWHERE / BREXIT MEANS BREXIT – Two-channel video installation, ‘In Between States’ Exhibition, Peacock Visual Centre for Contemporary Arts – Aberdeen, Scotland

2018, November-December

LIMINAL STATES – Multi-channel sound / video installation, o.T. Projektraum – Berlin, Germany

2018, April

RECOUNTING SKOPJE – Exhibition and Audio guided tour, Nominees for DENES YVAA (Young Visual Artist Award), MKC Gallery – Skopje, Macedonia

2016, September

RECOUNTING SKOPJE – Audio guided tour, ‘Curatorial Exchanges: The Institutional as Public’ Symposium, Press2Exit Projectspace – Skopje, Macedonia

2015, July

25 YEARS ART HOUSE ACKER – Exhibition, Acker Gallery – Berlin, Germany

2015, June

EMBODIED GESTURES (with Jasna Dimitrovska) – Performance,  ‘Floating Gestures’ Performance Evening, o.T. Projektraum – Berlin, Germany

2015, June

THE EXPELLED MUST BE CREATIVE NOT TO GO TO THE DOGS – Exhibition Nationless, Museum of Yugoslav History – Belgrade, Serbia

2014, June

TRANSIENT AMBIANCES – Audio Walk – Dislocations 2014 Exhibition, C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr – Essen, Germany

2014, March

TRANSIENT AMBIANCES – Audio Walk, Dislocations 2014 Exhibition, Museo Crudo – San Sperate, Italy

2013, September

NOTES ON SKOPJE – Performance, ‘The Vanished Backyard’, JADRO – Skopje, Macedonia

2012, August

KREUZKASSEL – Exhibition, Kreuzberg Pavillon – Kassel, Germany

2011, June

9 MENTAL MAPS SKOPJE 2011 – Public Art Installation, Public/Private, Festival for Art in Public Space – Skopje, Macedonia

2010, December

11 MENTAL MAPS KREUZBERG, Public Art Instalation Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany

2010, November

TOURIST VIEW – Exhibition 100th Opening, Southeast European Cultural Center – Berlin, Germany

2010, April

MEMORY ISTANBUL – Exhibition, Künstlerhaus Bethanien – Berlin, Germany

2009, September

TOURIST VIEW – Exhibition, Prima Center Berlin – Berlin, Germany

2009, July

TOURIST VIEW – Exhibition Spaces from A to B, Acker Gallery – Berlin, Germany

2009, May

BERLIN IS POOR BUT SEXY – Exhibition Temporary Monuments, Atelier Maren Strack – Berlin, Germany

2008, September

ASSOCIATIVE FORMS – Exhibition Independent Drawing Gig Nr. 4 , The Ghost House – Skopje, Macedonia

2008, May

THE RIGHT DIRECTION – Exhibition XIII BJCEM (Biennial of young artist from Europe and the Mediterranean) – Puglia, Italy

2007, August

THE BOAT – Landscape Art Installation -Korcula, Croatia

2007, May

ASSOCIATIVE FORMS – Exhibition, Cultural Center Tocka – Skopje, Macedonia

2007, March

ASSOCIATIVE FORMS – Exhibition, namaTRE.ba, Academy of Arts – Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2007, January

THE RIGHT DIRECTION, Public Art Instalation – Skopje, Macedonia

2006, November

MOTION – Exhibition, MKC Gallery – Skopje, Macedonia

2005, June

MOTION – Exhibition SIAB (International Student Biennial), Museum of City Skopje – Macedonia

2004, May

INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC BIENNIAL – Veles, Macedonia

STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS / PROJECT FUNDINGS / GRANTS

2024

Culture Moves Europe – Individual Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals programme in cooperation with Kontrapunkt Skopje

2024

Project Funding, ARCHIPEL KANTSTRASSE, Herder Gymnasium, Cultural Education, Fördersäule 3, Municipality Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Department of Culture – Berlin, Deutschland

2024

Project Funding, SPANDAU’S SOUNDSCAPES. Treffpunkt Neue 18, Binaural Sound and Urban Space, Cultural Education, Fördersäule 3, Municipality Spandau, Department of Culture – Berlin, Deutschland

2024

Project Funding, I SEE WHAT YOU DON’T SEE. Urban Games for Place-Making, Schülerklub Heinersdorf, Cultural Education, Fordersäule 3, Municipality Pankow, Department of Culture – Berlin, Deutschland

2023

Research Scholarship, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt – Berlin, Germany

2023

Stadt findet Kunst PROJECT GRANT, Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Department of Culture – Berlin, Germany

2022

COLLABORATION PROJECT GRANT, Academy of Arts, NEUSTART KULTUR – INITIAL 2 – Berlin, Germany

2021/2022

POSTDOC SCHOLARSHIP, Bauhaus University Weimar – Weimar, Germany

2018

NOMINEE FOR DENES YVAA (Young Visual Artists Award) – CAC Skopje / Residency Unlimited New York

2018

PROJECT GRANT, Bezirksamt Neukölln, Department of Culture – Berlin, Germany

2016

ARTISTS’ CONTACTS GRANT, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – Stuttgart, Germany

2016

STIBET TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP GRANT, DAAD – Weimar, Germany

2015

TRAVEL RESEARCH GRANT, IPID4all – Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

2014-2015

WORKSHOP GRANT – WISA (Women in Arts And Science Program) – Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

2013-2017

PHD SCHOLARSHIP, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Berlin, Germany

2010

MASTER THESIS GRANT, Ministry of Education – Skopje, Macedonia

2008

 STEP BEYOND MOBILITY TRAVEL GRANT, ECF – Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002-2005

STUDY SCHOLARSHIP, Ministry of Education – Skopje, Macedonia

RESEARCH PROJECTS / RESIDENCIES

2021/2022

MUSEUM OF SOLIDARITY, Postdoc Research Project – Museum of Yugoslavia – Belgrade, Serbia; Center for Contemporary Art – Podgorica, Montenegro; Museum of Contemporary Art – Skopje, North Macedonia

2019

SOMEWHERE ANYWHERE, Research project with Bozho Gagovski – London, UK

2016-2018

LIMINAL STATES, Research project with Bozho Gagovski – Tangier, Morocco; Berlin, Germany; Tabanovce, Macedonia

2014

MIGRATION ART ACADEMIES – DISLOCATIONS 2014, Artist residency – Noarte Paese Museo and Paidia Institute Cologne – San Sperate, Italy

2009

IMPORT & EXPORT, Research project – KHB Weißensee – Istanbul, Turkey

2008

BERLIN – SKOPJE, Research project with id22 – Berlin, Germany

2007

INTERNATIONAL ART RESIDENCY – Korcula, Croatia