Curriculum Vitae (CV)

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b. 1983 in Skopje, Macedonia

 

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EDUCATION

 

• 2008 – BA in Sculpture; University “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje, Macedonia 

• 2013 - Academy program; "FAMU International" Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing  Arts in Prague, Czech Republic

• 2021 - / - "Cultural Studies" at the "Institute for Macedonian Literature" at the "St. Cyril and Methodius" University, Skopje, Macedonia 

 

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PUBLICATIONS

 

• 2023. Not-Being – graphic omnibus, 1/4 authors, offset, 120 p., circulation: 400, publisher: Flip book

• 2023. Mezzanine – artbook, offset/screen printing, 56 p., circulation: 300, publisher: Fliker Studio

• 2022. Void – artbook, screen print, 32 p., circulation: 90, publisher: Flip book

• 2020. Pulmonary Nodule – artbook, screen printing, 24 p., circulation: 60, publisher: Partizanska shtampa

• 2018. Symptoms – artbook, silkscreen/digital print, 42 pages, circulation: 70, publisher: Partizanska shtampa

• 2018. _CRACY – artbook, screen printing, 20 pages, 30 measurements, publisher: Partizanska shtampa

• 2015. Illustrated Biblical Ethics - book of illustrations, 1/8 authors and editor, hardcover, 132 p., circulation: 600, publisher MKC 

 

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PUBLIC SPACE

 

• 2016. ☐ ☐ (tho empathy squares), mural painting commissioned by Youth Cultural Center, acrylic on the wall, 780x1460cm. 1/ 36 aurors and curator of the project.

• 2009 – Author of the sculptures “Bird-People” commissioned by the Macedonian Ministry of Culture in the frame of the project for creation and set of new sculptures in the central city area. The sculptures were set in the central city park in 2010.

 

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EXHIBITIONS  

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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION:

 

2023. 

• Mezzanine – exhibition and publication promotion, Mobile / Assembly Gallery, Skopje,

2022. 

• Void – exhibition of drawings and promotion of a graphic book, Skopje, Youth Cultural Center

• Melancholy of the geometry – exhibition of drawings, paintings and installation, Street Gallery, Belgrade, R. Serbia

2020. 

• Relapse - exhibition of drawings, Skopje, Youth Cultural Center

• Pulmonary Nodule – exhibition of drawings and art book , Gevgelija, National Theatre

2018

• Exhale - exhibition of drawings and paintings,  Skopje, CAC mobile gallery

2018, 

• Symptoms - exhibition of drawings and paintings, Skopje, Youth Cultural Centre

2017

•  Burns -Exhibition of paintings , Kumanovo/ Macedonia, Gallery MKD

2016 

• „Trockener Fluss “- exhibition of paintings and drawings, Berlin/ Germany, Prima Center

• „⊠⊠⊠⊠⊠⊠⊠⊠⊠⊠“ (Generation) -  exhibition of paintings - installation , Skopje, Millenium Cinema window (GTC)

• Burns - Exhibition of paintings and drawings, Ljubljana/ Slovenia, Gallery MKD 

2015

• 68 Salvador Allende st. - exhibition of sculpture, installation, drawings, Skopje, Cifte Hamam, National Gallery of Macedonia

2014

• Threshold - exhibition of drawings and paintings, Skopje, Youth Cultural Centre 

• 92ft² & 24’12’’ at Gallery MC - exhibition of drawings, video, installation, New York City/USA, Gallery MC 

2013  

• S.F.vsX.O. - exhibition of drawings and paintings, Skopje, A.K.S.C 

2012

• Mission of dead souls - Exhibition of drawings, Skopje, Open graphic studio (Museum of the city of Skopje)

•  Konzo - Video, Installation, Painting Skopje, Suli-An/ Gevgelija, Public Theatre  

• Chronicles - Exhibition of Paintings,   Kavadarci, House of Culture ”Ivan Mazov”   

2011

• Time and Silence - Exhibition of drawings, October –  Ohrid, House of Robevci/ Gevgelija, House of Culture  

2010

• 15:14 min. and 3,15m² - Projections of Films and Videos and Exhibition of drawings , Gevgelija BOSH festival 

2008

• Streetwalking - Multimedia exhibition of paintings, drawings and live performance Skopje, Open graphic studio (Museum of the city of Skopje) 

2007

•  Between two mirrors - Exhibition of drawings, Skopje, Cultural centre “Tocka” 

2006

• Shadows Play - Multimedia exhibition of sculpture, space intervention and video–animations, Skopje, Youth Cultural Centre 

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
 

2023.

- "Aco Shopov - Unusual" - digital graphics / Cinematheque of RS Macedonia, Skopje

-  “Slovoteka” - digital graphics / KIC, Skopje

2022.

- Inter Urban #19 / Partizan Print – screen-printed graphics / Veszprém, Hungary

- 50 years of Youth Cultural Center - Drawings / MKC, Skopje

- Drawing stories - Drawings / MKC, Skopje

2021.

- Macedonian animated film "The Scene Today" - curator and 1/6 authors - Drawings / MKC, Skopje

- Art-bostanie at KC 750 - Installation - Community garden "Bostanie", Skopje

2020.

- Let's be together, while we are apart - Drawings/ KSP Center Jadro, Online exhibition

- Slovokult - Pictures and drawings / Berlin, Skopje, Gevgelija

- "It's easier to breathe underground 7" - Drawing/ CC 750,– Skopje

2018.

- Portals - Sculpture/ Museum of the City of Skopje, Skopje

2017.

- Bosch Festival 11 - Screen printing and collage/ National Theater, Gevgelija

- 1101: St. Kliment Ohridski through a contemporary artistic prism - collage, University Library, Skopje

2016.

- Pop Up Akto – Painting/ Refrigerator Factory, Bitola

2015.

- 11th Biennale of Young Artists - Art installation, organized by Museum of Contemporary Art,  NG "Mala Stanica", Skopje

- Illustrated biblical ethics - Drawings / MKC Skopje

- DENES (art) – exhibition of three recent winners of the award for young fine artist DENES – Drawings and paintings, NG Cifte hamam, Skopje

2014

- You made me so sad. Now, that doesn't have anything to do with you - Skopje, Bitola

2013

- A.K.S.C II - Painting,, Skopje/Macedonia  -

2012

- World Event Young Artists, New Art Exchange - Video art, Nottingham/ UK 

2012

- Exquisite corpse - Drawings, House of Culture “Ivan Mazov”, Struga

2011,  

- The Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean - Video art, Rome/ Italy 

2010, 

- 4 Tuned Cities - Drawings, independent film and visual arts festival Pristina/Kosovo, Amsterdam/Nederland, Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina, Skopje/Macedonia 

-Drawings Exhibition, Young Authors from Macedonia, House of Culture, Kavadarci

2009

- On the public table, floor, wall... - Painting, Cultural Centre CK, Skopje/Macedonia,  

2008

- PROJECT(OR) ART FAIR – platform for contemporary art spaces;, Rotterdam/Netherlands,

2007

- Artistic Conversations - Drawings, Youth Cultural Centre,  Skopje

2006

- Pandora’s drawer - art installation, private apartment Skopje

- Visual Noise Skopje/Macedonia, National Gallery-Multimedia Centre Mala Stanica – 

- Independent Drawing Gig (IDG) Vol. 2 - Drawings,, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Skopje

- Beginning of the collective hallucination - Sculptures ,  NMP - Collective, Youth Cultural Centre, Skopje   

 

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FILMOGRAPHY

 

• Not-Being  - 4 min/2023  (part of the "Not-Being" omnibus)

short film, animation, drawings, 2d

• “Hook”– 7 min/2021

short film, animation, stop motion, cut-out

• “Form b16”– 8 min/2017 

short film, animation, stop motion, cut-out

• “Konzo”– 6 min/2013 

short film, animation, stop motion, cut-out

• "Scratching Vinyls Recycling Plastic"– 8 min/2013

short documentary

• "Senstroj”– 6 min/2013

short film, experimental

• “People’s Front 12”– 10 min/2012

short film, animation, stop motion, puppets, cut-out

• “Inside”– 8 min/2009

short film, animation, stop motion, puppets

• “Wax and Wane” – 2, 08 min/2008

video, animation, stop motion, experimental

•  “Humans nailing” – 4, 07 min/2008

video, animation, stop motion, experimental

• “Wet Dream” – 1,14 min/2007

video, animation, stop motion, experimental

 

ART PROJECTS / COLLABORATION

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2023. 

• "Bipolar Residuals" Visual art installation – Placed in the Francophonie Park, Skopje. Realised in the framework of the project SPA:RE - Public Spaces Re:claimed - Skopje - The Great Escape

2022.

•  Selected poetry - Sophie Reyer - author of illustrations, circulation: 300, publisher: Art Equilibrium

2021.

•  "Macedonian animated film 1971 - 1991" - author and editor of the publication, 112 p., circulation: 500, publisher: DFRM

• "For example #3" - art fanzine - curator and 1/26 authors, screen print/ photocopier/ digital print, 32 p., circulation: 60, publisher: Partizanska shtampa 

• How not to leave anyone behind – in times of conflict, crisis and mobility restrictions? – video animation, GIZ North Macedonia campaign, Stop animation – collage, author and animator

• Rear Window - unlimited time in a limited space, installation/ paintings/ drawings. In collaboration with the composer Aleksandar Pejovski. Skopje, KSP Center - Jadro

2018.

•  Free to be Equal – 4 video animations, UNDP MK campaign, Stop animation – collage, 4 x 1 min. Co-author and animator

 

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WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

 

2022.

• Sculpture colony – House of Kasapovi, Veles

• Mural painting workshop - NOVA International School Skopje

2020.

• Animation workshop with children, "Film animation for multi-ethnic collaboration", organised by "Vardar Film", Skopje

2007

• August Art Summer School “Avantgard”, Worked on revitalisation of a city mural, organised by the NGO Academica, Uzice in cooperation with the University of Arts, Belgrade in the frame of the project „Open Arc Theatre“ – Uzice/Serbia 

• Belgrade/Serbia, - Regional seminar “Synaesthetics”, synergy of sound and photography; Seminar was led by the German electronic musician Stefan Schneider and organised by Goethe Institute, Belgrade in cooperation with Dis-Patch Festival, Belgrade

2006

• Skopje/Macedonia, Youth Cultural Centre - Flash Animation Creative Workshop, organised in the frames of the Festival of European Film – CinEd@ys 2006; 

 

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WORKING EXPERIENCE

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• 2009, DOP on the documentary film “You must know about me – right not violence, for sex workers in Macedonia”. Copyrights: WITNESS AND HOPS – Healthy Options Project Skopje. 

• 2007,DOP on the video art “Baptism”

• 2007, DOP on a video art for the contemporary dance performance “In&Out” 

• 2006, Set Assistant and Location Manager on the Macedonian feature film “Does it hurt?” premiere screening at International Rotterdam Film Festival 2007

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AWARDS 

 

• Denes Award,  Young Visual Artist Award, 2014

• Special mention for "Inside" by the jury member Matti Hagelberg at “Animateka” 2009 -International animated film festival (Ljubljana/Slovenia) 

• Special mention for “Wax and Wane”  by the Serbian Animators Association at “Balkanima” 2008 

• Best animated film "Inside"  at Kriterion Cinema Club Movies Meetings 2009 (Sarajevo/Bosnia and Herzegovina)

• Best animated film in 2008 for “Wet Dream” at two Macedonian film festivals: the 37th National Festival of non-professional Film (Kicevo) and the Common Students’ Festival of Amateur Film (Skopje).