biography

1971Born in Macedonia, lives and works in the UK

Education

1996-98Royal College of Art, MA in Sculpture, London, England
1993-96Glasgow School of Art, BA(hons) Fine Art in Sculpture, Glasgow (first class honours)
1992-93Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England
1985-90H.S. for Design ‘Bogdan Suput’, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

Exhibitions Solo

2009 Forthcoming Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England
2008 epidermis Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England
Butterflies in the Stomach l'H du Siege, Valenciennes, France
We are Shadows Unit 2, Whitechapel, London, England
2006Kilmainham Gaol Museum Kilmainham Gaol Museum, Dublin, Ireland
2002Re|sort Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, England
2001Epidermis_2 Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Love Carpet Hexham Art Centre, Hexham, England
Sweet Red (permanent), Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
epidermis Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed, England
2000WHO AM I ArtSway, Hampshire, England
1995The Connection – Derivation Assembly Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
The Connection Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, England
Falling Pegasus Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland

Exhibitions and Projects Group

2008 Around Photography - Brighton Photo Fringe Exhibition at Apec, Apec Studios, Brighton, England
Skin and Texture UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield England
2007 New Forest Pavilion – Local & ArtSway + 10, ArtSway, New Forest, England
Meeting Place Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, England
Meeting Place Text+Work, The Gallery, Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Bournemouth, England
Skin and Texture UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield England
2006Berwick Film and Media Arts Minifest Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed
Book 79 Mortimer Road, London N1 5AR
2005New Forest Pavilion with ArtSway, Palazio Zenibio, 51st Venice Biennale, Italy
Urban Condition Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
2004Crossovers Watershed II Ecology Centre, Mile End Park, London, England
2002Jerwood Sculpture Prize Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2001Jerwood Sculpture Prize The Jerwood Gallery, London, England
1998Six Years, St Pancras Way London, England
Theatre of Memory and Indifferent space Royal College of Art, London, England
1997Revival (permanent exhibit), Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London, England
(Winner of the Jerwood Sculpture Prize)
The Renaissance (permanent exhibit), Aylesford Newsprint Ltd. Kent, England
1996Scottish Art The Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh, Scotland
1995134th Annual Exhibition McLellans Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland
6th Scottish Drawing Competition Paisley Art Institute, Paisley, Scotland
Stop Work Newbury Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

Awards and Grants

2005Arts Council England South East, R&D Funding
Arts Council England South East, R&D Funding
2002London Arts London Arts Development Fund, for production of CD Rom portfolio
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation The Pollock-Krasner Grant, USA
2000The Scottish Arts Council The Berwick Fellowship
Arts Council England The Southern Arts, Year of the Artist
The Scottish Arts Council Assistance Grant
1998Royal College of Art Allen Lane Penguin Book Award, (for best final written work)
1997The Henry Moore Foundation Henry Moore Award
Royal College of Art Canada, Calgary Travel Award
Jerwood Sculpture Prize (for best sculpture work)
1995Carnegie Trust Carnegie Study Award
Royal Glasgow Institute The Scottish Amicable Award
1994Carnegie Trust Carnegie Study Award

Commissions and Artist in Residence

2008-09 Artist in Residence, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England
2006-08 Weather Cycle, Suffolk County Council, Felixstowe Coastal Defence Commission
Project 52 Cumbria, England (forthcoming)
2007 Grande Résidence l'H du Siege, Valenciennes, France
2006 Sirius Art Centre Cork, Ireland
2005 Museum of Modern Art Dublin, Ireland
2003-04 Life Cycle The Knowle West Health Park, Bristol, England
2002 Road to Nowhere The Samling Foundation, commission, Kielder Forest, Northumberland
2001 epidermis Berwick Fellowship 2000-2001, Berwick upon Tweed, England
Re|sort commission for Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, England
2000Ambush YOTA Residency, Rhinefield Ornamental Drive, New Forest, England
ArtSway Hampshire, England
1999-00 Sweet Red commission for Nowton Park, Bury St Edmunds Borough Council, organised by Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, England
1998 All Saints Drama and Arts Centre London, England
1996 St Augustine School Glasgow, England
1995 Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Yorkshire, England

Seminars and Conferences

2007 AIR part of Artist Advisory group for AN magazine, Brighton, England
2006 Refreshers Artists professional development talk, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton
The influence on the forgotten memory - Memory Forum, Sussex Arts Club, Brighton

Project and Workshops

2007Braziers Workshop 2007 Braziers Park, Ipsden, Oxfordshire
Lower Gardens Site Specific Project BA students, AIB School of Art, Bournemouth, England
2006Coastal Defence workshop Deben High School, Felixstowe, England
Coastal Defence workshop Grange and Langer Primary, Felixstowe, England
Lower Gardens Site Specific Project BA students, AIB School of Art, Bournemouth, England
2005R&D Travel Former Yugoslavia, Arts Council England, South East
2004Lower Gardens Site Specific Project BA students, AIB School of Art, Bournemouth, England
2002Mentoring project The Samling Foundation Newcastle and Kielder Forest, Northumberland
2001Museums and Art Galleries ‘Schools Partnerships’ Grove School, Berwick, England
1999-00ArtSway Hampshire, England
Twynham School Christchurch, England
1996Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery Glasgow, Scotland
1994-95Monumental relief collaboration with GSA students and Cliff Bowen, Falling, Stirling, Scotland
Images of Woman book project, Glasgow, Scotland, an international perspective with students from Washington State University, Venezuela and Germany

Teaching

2008- Visiting Lecturer University of Brighton, University of Gloucestershire
2006- Visiting Lecturer Chichester School of Art
2001- Visiting Lecturer Newcastle University, University of Sunderland
2000-Visiting Lecturer The Art Institute at Bournemouth School of Art at BA and MA in Fine Art
Visiting Lecturer Glasgow School of Fine Art
1998Visiting Lecturer Weymouth College of Art and Design, Brockenhurst College of Art and Design, Canterbury Institute of Art and Design