Short Biography
Jana Lulovska is an award-winning 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, and animation. She graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov", Sofia, Bulgaria.
Her 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 complex and diverse world. In essence, her artistic practice 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's work has earned recognition and awards in both visual arts and filmmaking. She has presented solo and group exhibitions in North Macedonia, USA, France, Belgium, Italy, Croatia, Greece etc. She has participated in international residencies, art and film workshops, and her films have been selected for numerous film festivals worldwide. Lulovska's artworks are in public collections in North Macedonia, Italy, Germany and Bulgaria and . Her work has been published in numerous books, catalogues and film magazines worldwide.
Member of the Association of Artists of 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
2025
OSTEN BIENNIAL Skopje 2024 - Official Exhibition Opening and Award Ceremony, National Gallery of Macedonia Chifte Hamam, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Photo-Graphic Experiments, French Institute, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
(In collaboration with Macedonian artist Ana Trajkovska)
Film Evening, Presentation of Selected Works – Retrospective of Films and Lecture, Cultural Informative Centre of the R. of N. Macedonia in Zagreb, ZAGREB/CROATIA
Effortless, Cinematheque of North Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Effortless, Cultural Informative Centre, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
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
2017
2016
2015
2008
2007
Aliquots, Gallery MC, NEW YORK CITY/NY/USA
Aliquots, Museum of the City of Skopje, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
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
Correlation, Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Stills from the film I am from Titov Veles, Home of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Stills from the film I am from Titov Veles, Cinedays International European Film Festival - Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Group Exhibitions
2024
11 International Triennial Of Graphic Art Bitola – ITG TRIENNIAL 2024, BITOLA/MACEDONIA
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
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
Under the Same Sky, Around the Same Sea, GABROVO/BULGARIA
2022
Under the Same Sky, Around the Same Sea,
European Parliament in BRUSSELS/BELGIUM
Under the Same Sky, Around the Same Sea, ISTANBUL/TURKEY
Under the Same Sky, Around the Same Sea, THESSALONIKI/GREECE
Under the Same Sky, Around the Same Sea, KOMOTINI/GREECE
Under the Same Sky, Around the Same Sea, FLORINA/GREECE
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
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
Blue, A Smith Gallery, JOHNSON CITY/TX/USA
Reflection and Response - White Night, Youth Cultural Center, SKOPJE/MACEDONIA
Reflection and Response, EU Mission of Macedonia, BRUSSELS/BELGIUM
2006
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
2005
Photo Expedition to West Rhodope Mountains, Gallery NATFA, SOFIA/BULGARIA
Photo Expedition to West Rhodope Mountains, Gallery Georgi Mashev, PAZARDZHIK, BULGARIA
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
I Am From Titov Veles, 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
2020 -
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
OSTEN, MACEDONIA
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, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Ghana, Bulgaria, etc.
Awards/Grants/Selection
2024
Strasbourg International Film Festival, Official Selection for WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
OSTEN BIENNIAL Skopje 2024, Golden Osten Award
11 International Triennial Of Graphic Art Bitola,
Certificate for artistic-graphic outstanding achievement
5 International Biennial Of Graphic Art AAM 2024,
Honorable Mention
Best Hollywood Day Short Film Festival 2024,
Winner of Best Short Experimental Film Award for Magna Mater
Best Hollywood Day Short Film Festival 2024, Winner of Honorable Mention Best Short Experimental for WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards,
Official Selection for WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
Snow Leopard Film Festival,
Official Selection for WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
Best Mother's Day Short Film Festival 2024, Winner of Best Short Experimental Film Award for Magna Mater
Belgrade International Film Festival,
Official Selection for WOMAN: 3 Essential Questions
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
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
Effortless, 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,slobodenpecat.mk, etc.