CV

EDUCATION:

2014-2018 DSULUD Lazar Licenoski- specialized secondary education in fine art and design - painting department - Skopje, Macedonia

( Graduated as Valedictorian )

2018-2021 BFA Accademia di belle arti di Ravenna- Bachelor of Fine Arts and Mosaic - Ravenna, Italy

( 110lode )

2021-2024 MFA Accademia di belle arti di Ravenna - Master programe in decoration with a specialization in contemporary mosaic - Ravenna, Italy

( 110lode )

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2024- “ESCAPISM: THE MEMORY AND IDENTITY” - Mala Stanica, National Gallery of R.Macedonia (Skopje,Macedonia) supported by the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia/ curated by Stefan Aleksandar Jovanovski from the collective KomshiLOOK

2024- "YOU CAN'T PUT ME IN A BOX!" - Galleria Stane Kregar in Zavod Sv. Stanislava (Ljubjana, Slovenia) curated by Bernarda Stenovec,

professor and coordinator of the gallery

2024- POP UP BARCELONA- Temporary gallery by Pioneri ART Platform in Gràcia (Barcelona, Spain) - curated by Jana Garvanlieva

2022- "IN BED" - first solo exhibition - MKC Gallery - Youth Cultural Center (Skopje, Macedonia) – supported by the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia

AWARDS:

2024- Prize Picassiette 2024- Rencontres Internationales de Mosaïque- Finalist -Chapelle Saint Eman (Chartres, France)

2024- “Winter Saloon”- Finalist - Cifte Amam National Gallery of R. Macedonia (Skopje, Macedonia) – organized by DLUM, curated by Oksana Karpovets

2023- "PAS Art Award" - Finalist - Polo delle Arti (Ravenna, Italy) organized by AIMC ( International Association for Contemporary Mosaic)

2023- "Paolina Bruniatelli Art Award" - Finalist - Polo delle Arti (Ravenna, Italy)

2023- "Giovanni Artisti e Mosaico- Young Artists and Mosaic"- Finalist - Manica Lunga- Clasence Library- Mosaic Biennale 8 edition (Ravenna, Italy) - organized by Museum of Art Ravenna (MAR) / curated by Sabina Ghinassi and Paolo Trioschi

2022- "National Prize for Visual Arts (XVI Edition)" - Finalist - categories: painting and decoration/mosaic - Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce (Lecce, Italy)

2021- "Paolina Bruniatelli Art Award" - second place award - National Museum of Ravenna (Ravenna, Italy)

2019- "Third Edition PAS" - Finalist - "Galeria Tosi" at the Academy in Ravenna. (Ravenna, Italy) organized by AIMC ( International Association for Contemporary Mosaic)

RESIDENCIES:

March 2025 - Artistic residency “Novomeških likovnih dni (Novo Mesto Art Days)” in Jančev Dom, organized by the Dolenjski Museum in Novo Mesto, Slovenia.

The annual international project Novo Mesto Art Days consists of a one-week residency of invited artists and an exhibition of their works created during this time. This year their common characteristic is their dedication to artistic glass design, which requires a high level of skill, patience, professional knowledge and experience. As part of the year-long program organized by the museum entitled: Doživetje stekla (Glass experience).

Curated by Jasna Kocuvan Štukelj

October 2024 - Residency organized by associations Makedonida from Skopje, RN Macedonia and Ottovolante Sulcis from Sant’Antioco, Sardegna, Italy as an exchange of artists from the two countries. Both groups, in total six artists selected, spent two weeks in the housing countries where they created artworks inspired by the culture, environment and history. Having an open studio in the city where they created the artworks and a final exhibition in the end where the artwork united in Arco Iris R in Bologna, Italy.

The residency was founded by the project TRAMEUROPEE 2024 and MAECI (Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale)

Curated by Gordana Velkov and Chiara Caredda.

August 2017, 2015, 2014- International Art Colony "St. Panteleimon" (Kochani, Macedonia)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ FAIRS/ PROJECTS:

2025- ”Between space and places”- Museum of the city of Skopje (Skopje, Macedonia) curated by Gordana Velkov

2025- “21. NOVOMEŠKI LIKOVNI DNEVI”- Jančev Dom, in Dolenjski Museum (Novo Mesto, Slovenia) curated by Jasna Kocuvan Štukel

2025- “Beyond Musive Thought in Ravenna"- Salotto di L.A. Muratori (Vignola, Italy) curated by Marianna Alfano and Sandro Malossini

2025- “Beyond Musive Thought in Ravenna"- Salotto di L.A. Muratori (Vignola, Italy) curated by Marianna Alfano and Sandro Malossini

2025- ”Beyond Musive Thought in Ravenna"- Prieuré de Cayac (Bordeaux, France) curated by Sandro Malossini

2024- “Experimental Drawing”- Kunst Depot (Venezia, Italia) curated by DLUM

2024- “Come la pelle che mi nasconde” - PARATISSIMA VENTI- Uffici SNOS (Torino, Italy) curated by Mario Bronzino

2024- “100×100 Mosaico”- celebrating 100 years of the Mosaic School of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna with 100 small-format mosaics (10×10 cm), created by students and former students of the Academy- Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna MAR (Ravenna, Italia) curated and organized by Silvia Naddeo

2024- “TRAMEUROPEE 2024”- Arco Iris R (Bologna, Italy) curated by Gordana Velkov and Chiara Caredda, organized by Ottovolante Sulcis and Makedonida

2024- “Open Studio- TRAMEUROPEE 2024”- MuseoDiffuso.exe (Sant’Antioco, Italy) curated by Gordana Velkov

2024- “Big format”- Dom na ARM (Skopje, Macedonia) organized by DLUM

2024- “Crowd”- Kotur film (Skopje, Macedonia) curated by Margarita Popovska

2024- “A portes ouvertes”, Galleria Pallavicini22(Ravenna, Italia) curad by Sandro Malossini

2024- ”The open mosaic, in matter, form and colour. A research entirely from Ravenna”- Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea– MuVi (Viadana, Italia) curated by Sandro Malossini and Paolo G.Conti

2024- "ART IN ACT- Young Artists and Mosaic" - Villa Paris, Domus Romana

(Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy) curated by the MAR museum and Mauro di Pietro

2024- “A better world is possible” Mosaic Festival in Belgrade- Kuca Legata (Belgrade, Serbia) curated by Petra Vujoshevica

2024- “KomshiLOOK” multimedia festival in Zelezara (Skopje, Macedonia) organized by Stefan Aleksandar Jovanovski

2024- “Insatiable”– Street Gallery (Belgarde, Serbia) organized by Partizan Print

2024- “Experimental Drawing”- The house of Borko Lazeski (Skopje, Macedonia) curated by DLUM

2024- “A Fancy Evening Affair” – Pioneri Art Platform (Skopje, Macedonia) - curated by Jana Garvanlieva

2024- "Vernice Art Fair" - Fiera di Forli (Forli, Italia)

2024- “New Energies” – Dom na ARM (Skopje, Macedonia) curated by DLUM 2024- “Spoznavanje”- Promotion of the third edition of an independent music and art magazine- Cultural Centar Laboratorium (Skopje, Macedonia)

2024- “FIJUK Fair”- In collaboration with Partizan Print- Cultural Centar Laboratorium (Skopje, Macedonia)

2023- “L’Art- POP UP Gallery” – Duo Exhibition with Mila Dobrevska and Lusiana Ampeva for the grand opening of the Cultural Centar Laboratorium- Laboratorium (Skopje, Macedonia) – curated by Dobrevska and Ampeva

2023- "INFINITELY SMALL: micromosaic and jewelry" - Polo delle Arti (Ravenna, Macedonia)- curated by artist Emanuela Bergonzoni

2023- "Small format"- Cultural Information Center (Skopje, Macedonia) - curated by DLUM

2023- "MiniArtura"- Cultural Information Center (Skopje, Macedonia) - curated by DLUM

2023- "Annual Exhibition of DLUM" - Mala Stanica, National Gallery of Macedonia (Skopje, Macedonia)

2023- “Final Exam” - Pioneri Art Platform (Skopje, Macedonia) - curated by Jana Garvanlieva

2023- "In the course of the times / With the course of time" group exhibition - "Lazar Lichenoski" Gallery in DSULUD Lazar Lichenoski (Skopje, Macedonia) - curated by Mila Dobrevska

2023- "Vernice Art Fair" - Fiera di Forli (Forli, Italia)

2023- "Experimental drawing"- ART HUB Art Center (Skopje, Macedonia) - curated by DLUM

2023- "Experimental drawing" - Centrum Kultury Wilanów (Warsaw, Poland) - curated by DLUM

2022- "Lato sensu" - Manica lunga - Clasense Library - Mosaic Biennale 7th edition (Ravenna, Italy) - curated by Eleonora Savorelli, Sabina Ghinassi and Paolo Trioschi

2022- "Radici / Roots / Корења"- Palace Galetti Abiziosi - Mosaic Biennale 7th edition (Ravena, Italy) - organized by MARTE / curated by Eleonora Savorelli and Andrea Pola

2022- "The new in the traditional"- Church of Santa Maria delle Croci- Mosaic Biennale 7th edition (Ravenna, Italy)

2022- "Vernice Art Fair" - Fiera di Forli (Forli, Italia)

2021- "My teacher wanted to show me"- an exhibition inspired by works from the national museum in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's death- "National Museum of Ravenna" (Ravenna, Italy) - curated by Emanuela Fiori, Paola Babini e Luisa Tori

2021- "57th International Exhibition of New Cinema at the Pesaro Film Festival" - where her animated short film "Eyes Wide Open" was shown on the big screen, mentored by animator Beatrice Pucci - Teatro Sperimentale (Pesaro, Italy)

2021- "Dreams and visions: from cinema to art"- creative workshop, making and painting tents for the sea- Andrea Costa Square (Cesenatico, Italy)

2020- "Viaggi e incontri"- graphic exhibition "Gallery Pallavicini" ( Ravenna, Italy) - curated by artist Agim Sako

2019- "RavennaMosaico, Biennale of Contemporary Mosaic and Night of Gold" - Manica Lunga - Clasense Library - Mosaic Biennale 6th edition (Ravenna, Italy)

2018- Creation of "Guernica, a mural inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso", supported by the Spanish Embassy in Macedonia located in DSULUD, "Lazar Lichenovski" (Skopje, Macedonia)

2018- XI Mladinksi Spring Salon "No Theme" - National Gallery "Mala Stanica" (Skopje, Macedonia)

2017- Creative workshop and production of scenography for the play "Digging" - Macedonian National Theater (Skopje, Macedonia) mentored by artist Andrea Cozzi

2017- "Bridge"- Creative-educational workshop - Museum of Contemporary Art / MSU (Skopje, Macedonia) curated by Venko Cvetkov

2016- IX Youth Spring Salon "Portal" - National Gallery "Mala Stanica" (Skopje, Macedonia)

2015- VIII Youth Spring Salon "Miniature" - National Gallery "Mala Stanica" (Skopje, Macedonia)

INTERNSHIPS:

September 2020 - Gruppo mosaicisti Ravenna di Marco Santi

(Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy)

Skills: production of contemporary mosaic, studio work, installation of commissioned mosaic, teamwork, traditional mosaic technique.

September/ October 2023- Maison de la Mosaïque Contemporaine

(Paray le Monial, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

Skills: production of contemporary mosaic, studio work, teaching, curating, exhibition mediation, mosaic demonstrations, work with children, work with special needs, projecting, atelier assistance, teamwork, traditional mosaic techniques.

PUBLICATIONS:

2022- Catalog for the solo exhibition "IN BED" in MKC Gallery

Published by Dobrevska and supported by the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia

ISBN 978-608-245-815-1

2022- "Il mosaico e il futuro delle scuole e dell'arte" Voll I and II

Curated by Umberto Trame, published by Bologna University Press, p. 365

ISBN-13 :‎ 979-1254770931

2023- Catalog for the group exhibition "In the Course of Time / With the Course of Time" in Lazar Licenoski Gallery

Published by Dobrevska and supported by the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia

ISBN 978-608-245-882-3