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 EDUCATION

2023 October – 2024 March

WeTek Creative Centre Qualification Course

Certified Cultural Educator

EXHIBITIONS

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/GRANTS

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 – Belgrade, Serbia; Podgorica, Montenegro; 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