1971 Born in Skopje, Macedonia.
education:
2004 MFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje.
1997 BFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje, Department of Printmaking.
selected solo exhibitions:
2007 - Skopje, Macedonia, Museum of Contemporary Art
2006 - Skopje, Macedonia, Driving, Contemporary Art Center, Kurshumli An Gallery
- Niksic, Montenegro, Anthropology of Everyday Life, Gallery “Ilija Soskic”
2004 - Adelaide, Australia, friends, neighbours and others, Experimental Art Foundation
2003 - Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, Mama Loves Teleshop, Remont Gallery
- Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, neighbours, National Museum of Montenegro, Atelier Dado
2002 - Ljubljana, Slovenia, neighbours - New Acquisition for the 2000+ Arteast Collection, Moderna Galerija, Mala Galerija
- Skopje, Macedonia, neighbours 2: The Yard, Museum of Contemporary Art
selected group exhibitions:
2008 - Ljubljana, Slovenia, Renaming Machine, Jakopic Gallery
- Bucharest, Romania, Bucharest Biennale 3, “Being Here. Maping the Contemporary”
2007 - Thessaloniki, Greece, 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art “Heterotopias”, State Museum of Contemporary Art
2006 - Belgrade, Serbia, 47. October Salon "Art, Life & Confussion"
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, Arteast Collection 2000+23, Moderna Galerija
2005 - New York, USA, ID Troubles, NURTUREArts Gallery
- Diyarbakir, Turkey, A Consumption of Justice, Diyarbakir Art Center
2004 - Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, 5th Biennale of Cetinje "Love it or Leave It"
- Graz, Austria, To Stay or to Leave, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz
- Rome, Italy, Mediterraneo, MACRO al Mattatoio
2003 - Skopje, Macedonia, Macedonian Conceptual Art, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Kassel, Germany, In the Gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianium Kassel
- Prague, Czech Republic, Prague Biennale 1, National Gallery
- Leipzig, Germany, Writing Identities. Autobiography in Art., Museum of Contemporary Art
- Karlsrue, Germany, Para > Sites / Who is moving the global city?, Badischer Kunstverein
2002 - Nuoro, Italy, Home Sweet Home, Museo of Art of Nuoro MAN
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany, MANIFESTA 4 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art
- Dundee, Great Britain, TTT, Visual Research Centre
2001 - Francavilla al Mare, Italy, 52nd Michetti Prize: Adriatic – The two coasts, Michetti Museum
- Skopje, Macedonia, Small Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Berlin, Germany, Korrespondenzen, IFA Gallery
2000 - Skopje, Macedonia, TIK – TAK – TOK, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Graz, Austria, Part of the System, association for contemporary art
- Innsbruck, Austria, The Continuous Cities. Urban Situations, Galerie im Taxispalais
1999 - Istanbul, Turkey, 6th International Istanbul Biennial
1998 - Stockholm, Sweden, Little Big Stories, Riksarkivet
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, BREAK 21 - 2nd International Festival of Young Independent Artists
artist-in-residencies:
2006 - New York, USA, Storefront for Art and Architecture with CEC ArtsLink Residency Award
1999 - Boswil, Switzerland, Artists’ House Foundation with grant from Pro Helvetia – Art Council of Switzerland
curatorships:
2005 - Laafeld, Austria, personal spaces, Pavelhaus
2001/3 - Skopje, Macedonia, Artistic Co-Director of the Press to Exit Gallery
works in public collection:
- Cetinje, Serbia & Montenegro, National Museum of Montenegro
- Ljubljana, Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art (2000+ Arteast collection)
- Skopje, Macedonia, Museum of Contemporary Art
selected bibliography:
- Grosenick, Ute and Seelig, Thomas. PHOTO ART Fotografie in 21 Jahrhundert, DuMont Buechverlag, Cologne, 2007: 298-301
- Pappalardo, Bethany. Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, Phaidon Press Limited, London, 2006: 194-195
- Moulton, Aaron. "From Kosovo to Kaliningrad: Part 1". Flash Art, Vol. XXXIX No.250, October 2006, Milan, 2006: 58-60
- Vahland, Kia. “Ich-Erzähler der neuen Zeit”. art Das Kunstmagazin, Nr. 1 / Januar 2005, Hamburg, 2005: 23
- Steiner, Barbara and Yang, Jun. Koralova, Ilina. "Autobiography", Thames & Hudson, London, 2004: 23-24; 148-151
- Radock, Stephanie. “Neighbourhood caught in grim colours”, Adelaide Review, Adelaide
- Boubnova, Iara. "Tell me Who’s your Neighbor…". In the catalogue Para Sites - Who is Moving the Global City?, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2003: 57-58
- Zabel, Igor. In the catalogue Urban Utopias, Urban Realities, Mestna galerija Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, 2003: 3
- Altea, Guiliana. "Casa Dolce Casa". Flash Art 237 (Italian edition), Milano, dicembre 2002-gennaio 2003: 119
- Abadzieva, Sonja, “Holmes from Our Art Street”. In the catalogue Oliver Musovik, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, 2002
- "Artist portraits (28): Oliver Musovik". . Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt 29.06.2002
- Terekessidis, Mark. "Vermessene Metaphern". Texte zur Kunst, September 2001: 203-206
- S.M., “Chocolate & Pepper”. Flash Art. summer 2000: page 54
- Milevska, Suzana. In the catalogue neighbours. Skopje, 2000
- Milevska, Suzana. “A Continual Quest for Absurdity”. In the catalogue 6th International Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul, 1999: 142-145
- Milevska, Suzana. “Biennale”. Springerin 4. Vienna, 1999: 64-65
- Pontbriand, Chantal. “6e Biennale Internationale d’Istanbul ‘Tutku ve Dalga’”. Parachute 97.1999: 39-40
- Krebs, Edith. “Lauter Besänftigende Wellenam Bosporus”. Tages Anzeiger. 5. October 1999: page 71
work/memberships:
2001/8 - Program Officer of the Swiss Cultural Programme in Western Balkan in Macedonia
2003- - Member of the European Cultural Parliament / www.kulturparlament.com
2007- - Board member of the Macedonian Centre for Photography
