Jovanovik Gjorgje

Born 10.05.1980 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

2003 - Graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Skopje, Macedonia

 Solo exhibitions:

2010 “Fragmented Archive of the Artist from the Country in Transition”, MC Gallery, New York, USA

“It’s  Complicated”, Gallery Centrum, Graz, Austria

2008   “An Off-Day for Mister Euzebio”, Open Graphic Art Studio, Skopje, Macedonia

2007   “Drawings Inspired by the Franc Kafka's Stories”, Cultural Centre “TOCKA”, Skopje, Macedonia

2005   “Zamzula”, City watch, Shtip, Macedonia

 “The Walk of Mister Chenk Through the Divided Continent”, Cultural Centre “TOCKA” and MKC ( Youth Cultural Centre ), Skopje , Macedonia

Sound and Site-Specific Installations:

2007  “The Phantoms of Skopje”, City square “Macedonia”, monument of Mother Teresa, Tavern “Jole”, Cultural Centre “TOCKA”, st. “Ilindenska” Building no.9, Skopje, Macedonia

2006   “Whistling Buildings”, "Tipo" shopping mall, "Goce Delcev" printing house,   plateau of the First Private Bank, Skopje, Macedonia

 Performances:

2010   “The Confession of a Cake Monster”, ISCP, New York, USA

2009 - "The Confession of a Cake Monster, "Student City Centre, Belgrade, Serbia 2008   "The Recession of the New Year's Eve”, Cultural Centre “TOCKA”, Skopje, Macedonia

 “ Purification of The River ” (with the group Svirachinja), Quay of the River Vardar, Skopje, Macedonia

 "The Confession of a Cake Monster" plateau of ARM, Skopje, Macedonia

2007 - ”The Death and The Transformation of Svirachinja”, (with the group Svirachinja) Cultural Centre “TOCKA”, Skopje, Macedonia

2006   “Sales-man of Male Tears”, City square “ Macedonia ”, Skopje, Macedonia

2005  “The Depression of the New Year's Eve”, "Ramstor" shopping mall, Skopje, Macedonia

Selected Video:

2008 “Sviracus”, 6' 49 ”

 “TV Svirachinja 1”, 01',

2007 - “Shooting”, 01'

“The Sick Bear”, 01'

 “Waiting”, 1' 23”

2006  “SD KR Mon Amour”, 1' 50”

“Konfeti”, 01'

“Stuck”, 1' 30”

“Mystery Crime”, 2'15”

Group Exhibitions and screenings:

2011 “Balkan Snapshoots Film Festival”, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“9th Biennale of Young Artists”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

 “Re-locate”, Rumeli Han, Istanbul, Turkey (parallel event of the 12^th Istanbul  Biennial)

 “Fragments, Macedonian art scene 1991-2011”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

"Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Crisis?", "6 D.O.G.S.", Athens, Greece

Private Public / Taking Space - Making Space, various locations in Skopje, Macedonia

“Open day”, Watermill Center, Long Island, New York, USA, curated by Robert Wilson

“Shelter”, Shelter Island, Hamptons, USA, curated by Robert Wilson

 “255.804 km2”, Hilger Brot Kunst halle, Vienna, Austria,  curated by Alenka Gregorič, Mateja Podlesnik

4^th Performance festival, Mahmud Moktarh Cultural Center, Cairo, Egipt

2010 “255.804 km2”, Mestna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Alenka Gregorič, Mateja Podlesnik

”4 Tuned Cities”, Multimedia centre Mala stanica, Skopje, Macedonia

“Bring your art”, X Initiative, New York, USA

”Synesthesia “, Complesso monumentale di San Michele a Ripa Grande, Rome, Italy, Museum of  The City of Belgrade, Serbia

Belef, Belgrade Summer Festival, Belgrade, Serbia

Proyector video art festival, Madrid, Spain

AKTO 5 - Festival for Contemporary Arts, Bitola, Macedonia

2009 Alternative film / video, International festival of new film and video, Student City Centre, Belgrade, Serbia

Galichnik Art Colony,Nacional Gallery of Macednia, Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, Skopje, Macedonia

"Synesthesia", Palais Portia, Viena, Austria, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

"The World Within", "Stedefreund" Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Museum of The City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia, curated by Elena Veljanovska

"Young Visual Artist Annual Award "Denes", Museum of The City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia

"Identities", 8th Biennale of Young Artists”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia, The Kosova Art Gallery, Prishtina, Kosovo

XIV Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Skopje, Macedonia

 "Venezia via MKC", "Sarajevo Winter", Collegium Artisticum , Sarajevo, BIH, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Sonja Abadzieva

2008 Alternative film / video, "Memory", International festival of new film and video, Student City Centre, Belgrade, Serbia

“Videomart no2”, Cultural Center “TOCKA”, Skopje, Macedonia, curated by Elena Veljanovska

12th Winter salon “Shengen”, Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, Skopje , Macedonia, curated by Filip Zidarov

"Tensions + Breaking Points" - Pancevo Art Salon .08, Gallery of Contemporary art, Pancevo, Serbia, curated by Kyd Campbell

"New Arrivals" online platform for shorts, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and Dutch broadcasting company NPS,  Netherlands

"Attitude", video festival, Gallery Magaza, Bitola, Macedonia

A SLICE OF BLOOD AND HONEY: Experimental Cinema from Macedonia, Nortwest Film Forum, Seattle, Washington, USA

XIII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Bari, Italy

 107 macedonian artists, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

“Cataclysm and Creativity: Art in an Age of Uncertainty”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia, Weil gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA , curated by Carey Rote and Ljiljana Nedelkovska

Project(or) art fair, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2007 “The Vinyl Show”- New Street Gallery, Avondale , Georgia , USA

The Oneminutes Belgian Open, Ghent, Belgium

“AKTO_2 - Festival for New Media”, “Art and Food', various public locations, Bitola,

“TOM, One minute festival”- video workshop and presentation, Gallery Magaza, Bitola , Macedonia

“Associative Forms”, Cultural Center “TOCKA”, Skopje, Macedonia

“Videomart”, Cultural Center “TOCKA”, Skopje , Macedonia , curated by Elena Veljanovska

2006  “Armitaz”, Cultural Center “TOCKA”, Skopje, Cultural Center” Gligor Prlichev”, Ohrid, Macedonia, curated by Gjorgje Jovanovik

 “Surrogates”, Cultural Center “TOCKA”, Skopje, Macedonia

Studio for Drawings, Cultural Center” Aco Shopov”, Shtip, National Gallery Cifte amam, Skopje, Macedonia

“TOM, One minute festival,” Amsterdam, Netherlands

“AKTO_1 - Festival for New Media”, Bitolateks factory, Bitola, Macedonia

“Operation FRONT”, Gallery Magaza, Bitola, Macedonia

2005  “Speak Up”, Gallery Myymala 2, Helsinki, Finland

 “7th Biennale of Young Artists”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia curated by Mira Gakina

“Real Presence Floating Sites”, a part of the 51 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy , curated by Biljana Tomic and Dobrila Denegri

 2004  “Real Presence”, Museum of History 25 May, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro , curated by Biljana Tomic and Dobrila Denegri

2004-05 “Crtez- Rt'Ez Sk Mk, New Tendencies”, Negotino, Kavadarci, Gevgelija, Tetovo, Skopje , Macedonia

2003 “The City- Six Stories of Skopje ”, MKC (Youth Cultural Center), Skopje, Macedonia

“Painting, Small Format”, KIC, Skopje, Macedonia

2002 “Imprints from the Nature”, KIC, Skopje, Macedonia

2001  “Drawing Biennale”, Gallery of the Student City, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Balkan Art Festival, Litohoro, Greece

Awards:

2009   Young Visual Artist Annual Award "Denes"

2009   SIGNIFICANT ACHEIVEMENT of the Festival of new film and video ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2009, Belgrade, Serbia

Residencies:

2011 Watermill Centre, Long Island, New York, USA

Apartment project, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 International Studio and Curatorial Program, (ISCP), New York

Cultural City Network Graz, Austria

Workshops , projects, art colonies :

2011 "Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Crisis?”, Athens, Greece

2009 DESCHOOLING CLASSROOM(o^o),[Self-education in the arts and culture] organised by TkH (Walking Theory) Belgrade in partnership with Kontrapunkt, Skopje

2008  Galichnik Art Colony, Galichnik, Macedonia

2007  One Minute Video, workshop, Bitola, Macedonia

2006 -“Surrogates”, workshop, Hotel Molika, Bitola, Macedonia

 “Operation FRONT”, workshop, Bitola, Macedonia

2005  “Speak Up”, KUVA Akademie, workshop, Helsinki, Finland

 “Real Presence Floating Sites”, workshop as a part of the 51 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2004  “Real Presence”, workshop, Museum of History 25 May, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Artist  talks and presentations:

2011 Network and Synchronization, international symposium / conference, Slovak National Gallery , Bratislava, Slovakia

Apartment project, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA

2005 KUVA, Helsinki, Finland

2004, Real Presence, Belgrade, Serbia