Born in 1973 in Skopje, Macedonia. Lives and works in Paris.

Performances & Solo Exhibitions

2021

View Point: online exhibition, with the support of the City of Skopje

2020

Bedtime: video installation in space & performance, exhibition In deep & dance, MoCa-Skopje, Macedonia

Middle Class: video installation in space, exhibition In deep & Dance, MoCa-Skopje, Macedonia

In Deep & Dance: ready made, cycle Nobody’s, exhibition In deep & Dance, MoCa-Skopje, Macedonia with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia, the City of Skopje, and the French Institute

Timepeace: ready made, exhibition In deep & Dance, MoCa-Skopje, Macedonia

Come and see the time go by II: video installation in space, exhibition In deep & Dance, MoCa-Skopje, Macedonia

2019

Come and see the time go by II: video installation in space, exhibition Deus ex Machina Podgorica, Montenegro

2018

Nobody’s: performance in public space, in front of Univerzalna Sala Skopje, Macedonia

2004

Around midnight: multimedia installation, 1998-2004 retrospective exhibition, at Chemin du Montparnasse, Paris, France in collaboration with Pernod Entreprise, VPS – Novelty Group, Mémoire Magnétique

2003

Train Reflections  multimedia installation, l’Eclaireur, Paris, France in collaboration with Apple Creative Market Team-Europe

1997

Window: installation, The Gallery – Youth Cultural Centre, Skopje, Macedonia
Aluminum frames, 110 × 60 cm, tinted glass, mirror, reflective film, and spotlights

Group Exhibitions

2004

Come and see the time go by: video installation en espace public, International Contemporary Art Symposium, Chizé, France

Absences-Presences: multimedia installation, Nuit Blanche 2004, at Chemin du Montparnasse, Paris, France

2001

Absence watching: video installation, exhibition Sigh-T, Academie Galerie, Utrecht, Netherlands

1999

Untitled: installation, exhibition Open Air, Exodus Experimental Space, Lucerna Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
4-foot latex balloon, helium, metal cable, frosted glass (17 × 10 cm, 265 g), glass reservoir (140 × 80 × 10 cm), water, and salt

Absence: video installation, exhibition Narcissisms, Museum of Contemporary Art of Macedonia, Skopje
Plexiglas, 170 × 120 cm; silver wire and video projections

Window II: installation, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
Plexiglas panels, 150 × 120 cm and 135 × 125 cm; silver film, tinted glass, and metal cable

Screen: sculpture, Invisible Exhibition, Pezinok Castle Park, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

1998

Window I: installation, retrospective exhibition of the Universal Sculpture Department of the Academy of Art, Architecture and Design at the Richter’s Villa of the Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
Tinted glass, 140 × 80 cm; Plexiglas panels, 150 × 120 cm and 135 × 125 cm; glass reservoir, 140 × 80 × 10 cm; spotlights and water

Absence: installation, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic

Star Hunt: installation, Academy of Art, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
Installation, 4 m², H: 6.5 m; glass spheres: 35–40 cm; bath oil, ink, water, and spotlights

Public Lectures & Conferences

Animation and transformation of space with video projections and lighting, Architecture Summer School on the topic “Physiology of space”, at Jindrihuv Hradec, Czech Republic – 2002

The Space Between Us, Faculty of Art and Design, European University of Skopje, North Macedonia – 2019

Conceptual Lighting: Art in Public Spaces, Institute of Design, Montreal, Quebec, Canada – 2004

Animation and Redefinition of Space through Video Projections and Lighting, Summer School of Architecture on the theme Physiology of Space, Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic – 2002

Stage Design

The Ordinary Eli: fiction short film by Lavinia Sofronievska – 2020.

Paris Fashion Week, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France: Goran Y Pejkoski SS 2003 collection fashion show for Goran Y Pejkoski – 2002

Paris Fashion Week, La Verrerie, Paris, France: Goran Y Pejkoski SS 2002 collection fashion show – 2001

Exhibition Sigh-t, Academie Galerie, Utrecht, Netherlands – 2001

Honors

Patron of the Rouen Normandy 2028 Candidacy – 2024

Jury Member, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague – 2000

Bibliography

Sonja Abadzieva, Visual Arts in Macedonia, Twentieth Century, Book 2, installation, ambient art, performances, conceptual art, body art, land art, arte povera, Osten, Skopje 2017. Pp. 39, 176, 177, 178, 179, 189, 190

Sonja Abadzieva, Deep Breathing, Skenpoint, Skopje, 2001. Pp. 57, 58, 89, 168

Kurt Gebauer, Lenka Klodova, The Studio of Universal Sculpture, Selected activities from period 1999-2000, Kaliba, 2000. Untitled

Museum of Contemporary Art and Direction for Culture and Art, Skopje, Macedonia, Narcissism(s), Text(ures) of the (Ego)Face in the Images of Macedonian Woman Artists (exhibition catalogue), Museum of Contemporary Art and Direction for Culture and Art, Skopje, Macedonia, 1999

Kurt Gebauer, The Studion of Universal Sculpture, The Studio of Kurt Gebauer at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Richter’s Villa of the Prague Castle 1.5-7.6.1998 (exhibition catalogue), Direction de Château de Prague, 1998. Starhunt

Stefanovska Vesna, Vesna Stefanovska Sculptures, Fenêtre (exhibition catalogue) Youth Cultural Center Skopje, SCCA-Soros Center for Contemporary Art, 1997

Academic Qualifications

2002

Institute of European Studies, University of Paris VIII, France: DESU (Postgraduate University Diploma) in Cultural Management
Thesis Supervisor: Professor Anne-Marie Autissier / Recipient of a French Government Scholarship

1997–1999

Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic: MA (Master of Arts)
Two-year project-based research programme in the departments of Sculpture, Architecture, Design, Animated Design, Glass and New Media
Thesis Supervisor: Professor Kurt Gebauer / Recipient of scholarships from the Macedonian Ministry of Science and the Open Society Institute, Budapest

1991–1999

Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, Skopje, Macedonia
Thesis Supervisor: Professor Dragan Poposki / Public defense of diploma thesis and graduation exhibition entitled Window / Awarded Jury Honors

1986–1990

School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Skopje, Macedonia: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture