Verica Kovacevska
In her work Verica Kovacevska often uses elements of performance to create projects that are open to participation. Kovacevska is known for live performances in which she directly integrates the audience and surroundings. She focuses on issues within the urban environment, from the use of personal space in public surroundings to more contemporary issues that […]
Siniša Radulović
Siniša Radulović is the winner of the 2017 “Milčik” – Young Visual Artists Award, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Arts-ICA in Cetinje, Montenegro. Trained as a painter, Siniša Radulovic is a multimedia-artist who produces videos and collages. He defines his relationship to art as: “To define a comprehensive interest in art is impossible for […]
Remijon Pronja
Awarded the 2018 Ardhje / Young Visual Artists Award for emerging visual artists in Albania, Remijon Pronja’s practice encompasses videos, installations, paintings, and drawings that shed light on social issues and contemporary states of being such as phobias, homesickness, migration and sense of loss. Pronja committedly examines human condition and as a way of bringing […]
Neža Knez
Awarded the 2018 OHO prize for emerging visual artists in Slovenia – Neža Knez works in diverse media ranging from audio, video, photography, drawing and classical sculpture. She views her practice as a “sensorial research of perceptions with different senses, playing with visibility and invisibility, dealing with the question of the (thinking) body. I am […]
Nadežda Kirćanski
Awarded the 2018 Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos / Young Visual Artists Award for emerging visual artists in Serbia, Nadežda Kirćanski’s practice employs a range of media, including drawing, objects, performance, and site-sensitive installations. Kirćanski examines the collision of socio-political realities and contemporary language of Serbian youth, unfolding its unacknowledged emotional, physical, and intellectual labor. Using a […]
Meriton Maloku
Meriton Maloku is the winning artist of the YVAA/2017 Artist of Tomorrow Award. This Award is part of the Young Visual Artists Awards program – a network of ten similar awards organized throughout Central and Eastern Europe founded in 1989 in Czechoslovakia by President Vaclav Havel and dissident artists to support the emergence and development […]
Matej Knežević
In his work, Matej Knežević examines universal particulars present in a daily life experiences, as well as in social and political environment. He describes his working methodology as : (…) “the focus is around conceptual reflection of reality and questioning the position of a young person in post-transitional society. (…) I am occupied by the […]
Martina Vacheva
Martina Vacheva is the recipient of the 2017 Baza Award in Bulgaria and belongs to the youngest generation of Bulgarian contemporary artists. Her practice is rooted in the fanzine culture and she uses various techniques in her artistic process such as collage, drawing and painting. Vacheva uses universal archetypes such as the hero, the rebel […]
Lőrinc Borsos
Winners of the ACAX_Leopold Bloom Young Visual Art Award 2018, Lilla Lőrinc (1980), and János Borsos (1979) work together since 2008 as Lőrinc Borsos. The name covers an entity with its own creative consciousness. His/her age is currently 10 years. His/her gender, sexual orientation and intellect are equally characterized by bipolarity. The basis of his/her […]
Lek Gjeloshi
Lek M. Gjeloshi is a recipient of 2016 Ardhje Award / Young Visual Artist Award in Tirana, Albania. This Award is part of the Young Visual Artists Awards program – a network of eleven similar awards organized throughout Central and Eastern Europe founded in 1989 in Czechoslovakia by President Vaclav Havel and dissident artists to […]