Short Biography
Jana Lulovska is an interdisciplinary artist whose eclectic and dynamic approach ignites curiosity, challenges perceptions and norms, and inspires positive change by exploring the intersections of the transformative power of art, science, and humanity. She works primarily in photography, painting, printmaking and installation, and is also active in experimental film, video art, animation and design. She graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov”, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Jana's artistic journey has been marked by cultural exploration and intellectual discourse, with projects that aim to inspire positive change and challenge preconceived notions. She uses art as a platform for stimulation, education and therapy, inviting viewers to contemplate their place in a diverse world. In essence, her work is a testament to her belief in the transformative power of art, inspiring consciousness, healing, empathy, and understanding. Through her work, she focuses on the topics: the human condition, feminism, nature and ecology, time and movement.
Lulovska presented solo and group exhibitions in North Macedonia, USA, France, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Croatia, etc. She has participated in international residencies, art and film workshops, and her films have been selected on numerous film festivals. Lulovska’s artworks are in collections in North Macedonia, Italy, and Bulgaria. Her artworks have been published in numerous books, catalogues and film magazines worldwide.
Member of the Association of Artists of North Macedonia.
Lives and works in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2022
Pedagogical additional qualification, Certificate, Faculty of Pedagogy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2021
Graphic Design Art, London Art College, Online Course
2016
Screen Arts, Photography, BA, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov”,
SOFIA/BULGARIA
2004
Waverly High School, LANSING/MI/USA
Upcoming
2024
Films Screening, Lecture, and Panel Discussion, Cultural Informative Centre of the R. of N. Macedonia in Zagreb, ZAGREB/CROATIA
Photo-Graphic Experiments, French Institute, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
(Solo Exhibition in collaboration with Macedonian artist Ana Trajkovska)
Effortless, Cultural Informative Centre, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
(Solo Exhibition)
Solo Exhibitions
2023
"Photo-Graphic Experiments",Cité Internationale des Arts, PARIS/FRANCE
(In collaboration with Macedonian artist Ana Trajkovska)
2022
"Natura in Vita/Vita in Natura", National Gallery of Macedonia Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Pictorialism", Cultural Social Space Center-Jadro, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
(In collaboration with Macedonian photographer Sasho Alushevski)
2019
"Entropy", CreArt AIR Skopje 2019 - Cultural Informative Centre, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
(In collaboration with Croatian artist Mare Šuljak)
2018
"Aliquots", Gallery MC, NEW YORK CITY/NY/USA
2017
"Aliquots", Museum of the City of Skopje, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2016
"Correlation", Centar for culture Ivan Mazov-Klime, KAVADARCI/MACEDONIA
"Correlation", NU Center for culture, BITOLA/MACEDONIA
"Correlation", Gallery NATFA, SOFIA/BULGARIA
"Correlation", Cultural Informative Centre of the R. of Macedonia in Sofia, SOFIA/BULGARIA
2015
"Correlation", Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2008
"Stills from the film I am from Titov Veles", Home of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2007
"Stills from the film I am from Titov Veles", Cinedays International European Film Festival - Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Group Exhibitions
2023
"OSCE Chairmanship 2023 of the Republic of North Macedonia" official manifestation, Aleksandar Palace Hotel, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Experimental Drawing & Experimental Poetry", Centrum Kultury Wilanow, Association of Artists of Macedonia, WARSAW/POLAND
"FEMINA V.S. FEMININOLOGY", Cultural Informative Centre of the Republic of North Macedonia in Zagreb, Association of Artists of Macedonia and Croatian Association of Visual Artists and Art Critics, ZAGREB/CROATIA
"20th Busan International Environment Art Festival Change to ECO", Online Exhibition, BUSAN/SOUTH KOREA
"ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2023", National Gallery of Macedonia Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"MiniARTura", Cultural Informative Centre, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"FEMINA V.S. FEMININOLOGY", National Gallery of Macedonia Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, Association of Artists of Macedonia and Croatian Association of Visual Artists and Art Critics, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Displaced Boundaries", Home of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Humanitarian Art Exhibition/Auction for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria", Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2022
"MIRROR face to face 2022", Cultural Informative Centre - Bitola, Italian & Macedonian Artists, BITOLA/MACEDONIA
"MIRROR face to face 2022", Qu.Bi Gallery, Italian & Macedonian Artists, VICENZA/ITALY
"Utkano pod kožu - Njihova tkanja (Woven under the skin - Their weaves)", Galery Događanja, International Group Project of Female Artists, ZAGREB/CROATIA
"19th Winter Salon", National Gallery of Macedonia Chifte Hammam, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Prisoners' Silences - Elegy on Dostoyevski's life & work", Casa Bianca,
THESSALONIKI/GREECE
2021
"Mal Format", Cultural Informative Centre, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"MiniARTura", Cultural Informative Centre, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Mal Format", NUCK Marko Cepenkov, Association of Artists of Macedonia, PRILEP/MACEDONIA
"MiniARTura", Art Center ART HUB Gallery, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"F. M. DOSTOYEVSKY's birth anniversary - 200 years", 18th Thessaloniki Book Fair, THESSALONIKI/GREECE
"White Night", Central Bus Station, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2020
2019
"White Night", National Gallery of Macedonia Daut Pasha Hammam, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Art Residency Galichnik retrospective exhibition", National Gallery of
Macedonia Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Humanitarian Art Exhibition", Hotel Park, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2018
"12th Biennial of Young Artists", Museum of Contemporary Art, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2016
"Connection 2", National Gallery of Macedonia Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Connection 2", Balabanov House, PLOVDIV/BULGARIA
"Connection 2", Regional Library Zachary Knjazheski,
STARA ZAGORA/BULGARIA
"Connection 2", Archeological Museum, International Francophone Festival Soleil, SOZOPOL/BULGARIA
2015
2010
2006
2005
"Blue", A Smith Gallery, JOHNSON CITY/TX/USA
"Reflection and Response" at White Night, Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
"Reflection and Response"at White Night, EU Mission of Macedonia, BRUSSELS/BELGIUM
"Photo Expedition to East Rhodope Mountains", Gallery Debut, SOFIA/BULGARIA
"Photo Expedition to East Rhodope Mountains", DOZDOVNICA/BULGARIA
"Photo Expedition to East Rhodope Mountains", KRDZALI/BULGARIA
"Photo Expedition to West Rhodope Mountains", Gallery NATFA, SOFIA/BULGARIA
"Photo Expedition to West Rhodope Mountains", Gallery Georgi Mashev, PAZARDZHIK, BULGARIA
2024
East meets West, plan.d. produzentengalerie, Group Exhibition of German and Macedonian Female Artists, DÜSSELDORF/GERMANY
20th Winter Salon, Art Gallery, Association of Artists of Macedonia, KUMANOVO/MACEDONIA
20th Winter Salon, Bezisten, Association of Artists of Macedonia, ŠTIP/MACEDONIA
Female Artists of North Macedonia Visual Art Exhibition in recognition of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, U.S. Embassy Skopje, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
20th Winter Salon, National Gallery of Macedonia Chifte Hammam, Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Films/Animation
2024
Genesis Overture - In honour of the source of creation, Author
2023
Magna Mater, Author
2022
WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions, Author
2020
Excerpt from the Diary of a Young Artist, Author
2013
Alerik, Director of Photography
2011
The woman who brushed off her tears, Photographer
2007
Voluntary Lost, Photographer
2006
The woman who brushed off her tears, Photographer
1999
Veta, Actor
Professional Experience
2022
Festival Jury, Winter Apricots International Film Festival, PRILEP/MACEDONIA
2021
Specialist Designer, The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art - University of Cambridge, CAMBRIDGE/UNITED KINGDOM
2017 - 2018
Manager of Retrospective Exhibition and publication of a Monographic book of Tanas Lulovski - Tane, National Gallery of Macedonia Daut Pasha Hammam, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2014
Rotoscoping Artist, FX3X Special Effects Film Company, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2011
Lighting Designer, 32 Intl. Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, BITOLA/MACEDONIA
2021 -
Sole proprietor/Founder/Freelance Artist/Graphic Designer, LULOVSKA TP, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2010
Lighting Designer, 31 Intl. Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, BITOLA/MACEDONIA
Residencies/Workshops
2023
Cité Internationale des Arts, PARIS/FRANCE
7th Painters COLONY Ulcinj on Canvas, ULCINJ/MONTENEGRO
2022
Participatory & Socially Engaged Art with Andreja Kulunčić, Workshop by Cultural Social Space Center - Jadro, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2021
Life in Nature, Residency by HOPS and Ministry of Culture of Macedonia, BEROVO/MACEDONIA
Art and Empathy Workshop, Brooklyn Museum, ONLINE
2020
Co-Creation Workshop by Philip Parr, Oracle – International Congress of Cultural Managers and Cultural Operators, ONLINE
2019
CreArt AIR Skopje 2019, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
2018
International Art Residency Galichnik, Organised by
Ana Frangovska, GALICHNIK/MACEDONIA
Kino Kabaret Budapest, Organised by Euphoria Borealis, BUDAPEST/HUNGARY
2006
Photo Residency East Rodopi Mountain, Organised by Mario Krastev, BULGARIA
2005
Photo Residency West Rodopi Mountain, Organised by NATFA, BULGARIA
Collections
Club for UNESCO, VICENZA/ITALY
Cultural Informative Centre - Bitola, BITOLA/MACEDONIA
Association of Artists of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
International Art Residency Galichnik, GALICHNIK/MACEDONIA
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov”, SOFIA/BULGARIA
Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Artwork in private collections in Macedonia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Ghana, etc.
Awards/Grants
2023
Serbest International Film Festival 2023, Semi-finalist WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
Winter Apricots International Film Festival, Macedonian Official Selection, Nomination for Best Short Macedonian Film
Cinedays International European Film Festival, Macedonian Shorts Official Selection
2022
Prince Claus Fund in collaboration with Goethe-Institut, shortlisted for the Mentorship Award – Cultural and Artistic responses to Environmental Change
2024
Snow Leopard Film Festival, Quarter-finalist Magna Mater
Best Mother's Day Short Film Festival 2024, Winner of Best Short Experimental Film Award for Magna Mater
Best Mother's Day Short Film Festival 2024, Winner of Honorable Mention Best Short Experimental for WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
2013
33 Intl. Cinematographers’ Film Festival “Manaki Brothers”, Nomination for Small Golden Camera 300 for Best Cinematography in a Narrative Short Film for Alerik
Publications
The Pasticheur Magazine: Literature, Art, & Ideas, Natura in Vita/Vita in Natura, Pictorialism, Entropy, Aliquots, Correlation, Cinedays International European Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, European Film Academy (European Film Awards), European Film Promotion, Torino Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Mannheim International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Lecce European Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sarajevo Film Festival, International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers, Valencia International Film Festival, Alexandria International Film Festival, Festival del Cinema Europeo, Cinema City, Crossing Europe Film Festival, Valencia International Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh, Brasilia International Film Festival, Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Panorama of European Cinema Festival, Chennai International Film Festival, Giffoni Film Festival, Screen International, Unifrance, IMDb, PopMatters Media, screendaily.com, entertainment.ie, mubi.com, cineuropa.org, filmneweurope.com, herojnaedenden.mk, fashionel.mk, radiomof.mk, daily.mk, vecer.mk, novamakedonija.com.mk, etc.