PETRA JOVANOVSKA
Education:
° University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, North Macedonia
Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphic Arts
° High School Jeseník, Czech Republic
Individual exhibition:
Participation in 90 solo exhibitions, brief selection:
2026 – Gallery Abstract Project, (ft. Bruno Bienfait, Slađana Matić Trstenjak), Paris, France
2025 – Czech Center, (ft. Bogumila Strojna, Rafael Ristovski), Paris, France
2025 – Palace Potocki, (ft. Krzysztof Bartnik, Slađana Matić Trstenjak), Radzyń Podlaski, Poland
2025 – Gallery of the Cultural Centre, (ft. Krzysztof Bartnik), Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2025 – Gallery „Vladimir Bužančić“, (ft. Krzysztof Bartnik, Slađana Matić Trstenjak), Zagreb,Croatia
2024 – Gallery „Milorad Bata Mihailović“, (ft. Krzysztof Bartnik, Slađana Matić Trstenjak), Pančevo, Serbia
2024 – Gallery KC Dorćol (ft. Krzysztof Bartnik), Belgrade, Serbia
2023 – Gallery Vršilnica (ft. Krzysztof Bartnik), Zaprešić, Croatia
2023 – Gallery 96, (ft. Slađana Matić Trstenjak, Krzysztof Bartnik), Prijedor, BIH
2022 – Gallery KIC, Volary, Czech Republic
2022 – Gallery DLUM (ft. Slađana Matić Trstenjak, Krzysztof Bartnik), Maribor, Slovenia
2022 – Gallery Czech Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria
2021 – Gallery Abstract Project (ft. Slađana Matić Trstenjak), Paris, France
2019 – Art Hall – Embassy of North Macedonia, Paris, France
2018 – Bunsen Goetz Gallery (ft. Natasha Milovancev), Nuremberg, Germany
2017 – Gallery MC, New York, USA
2016 – Prima Center, Berlin, Germany
2016 – Museum City of Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
2015 – National Institution, Art Gallery Hamam, Tetovo, North Macedonia
2014 – National Gallery of Macedonia, Cifte Hamam (ft. Jiří Kovanda), Skopje, North Macedonia
2014 – Gallery Hanikah, 30. Intermational festival Sarajevo Winter, Sarajevo, B&H
2012 – State Castle Švihov, Czech Republic
2011 – Bastion St. Jadwigi, Nysa, Poland
Awards:
° Award Intersalon AJV, Czech Republic
° Women in the arts Award, Orlando, USA
° Semi-honorable mention, Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan
° Artist of Osten, Osten Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia,
° „Grand-Prix“- 14th.Winter salon, Skopje, North Macedonia
° Award of the Artists Association of Macedonia for graphics, Skopje, North Macedonia
° Acknowledgement for small graphics, Bienale Inter-Art, Romania
° 1. Award of collage, Prague, Czech Republic
Group exhibitions: – Participation in 400 group exhibitions, brief selection:
2026 – „Ce que les formes invoquent“, Gallery Abstract Project, Paris, France
2025 – Avanti grafika 5, Gallery DLUL, LJubljana, Slovenia
2025 – Natur(e)r(lich), Palais Niederösterreich, Vienna, Austria
2024 – 28.Intersalon AJV, Museum MOM, Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic
2024 – 22.“Skupaj“, Gallery DLUM, Maribor, Slovenia
2024 – SNAC, Gallery of the Art Academy, Bucharest, Romania
2023 – Contemporary Art – Art in Lima, Museo dos Tercerros, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
2023 – 27. Intersalon AJV, Castle Dobrohoř, Staré město pod Landštejnem, Czech Republic
2023 – MADI Universe 77, Saxon Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2022 – 26. Intersalon, Castle Dobrohoř, Staré město pod Landštejnem, Czech Republic
2021 – Art with the neighborhood, Gallery Kunstfabrik, Gross Siegharts, Austria
2021 – 25. Intersalon, Museum of photography, Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Repubic
2021 – 2. International Print Triannial,Art Institute, Cieszyn, Poland
2020 – Salon Art Capital, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2020 – 9 th. Annual Art Competition, Women in the arts, Orlando Public Library, Orlando, USA
2019 – Pebeo Mixed Media, Menier Gallery, London, UK
2019 – Human Rights # Clima, Fondazione Opera Campana, Rovereto, Italy
2019 – International Contemporary Art- Art´in Lima, Museu de Brinquedo, Porte de Lima, Portugal
2018 – 17. Winter Salon, National Gallery, Cifte Hamam, Skopje, North Macedonia
2017 – Passing of time, National Museum, Veles, Macedonia
2016 – Triennial Print Estampadura, Maison des écritures, Lombez, France
2016 – Macedonian Reflections, Gallery Klatovy/Castle Klenová, Czech Republic
2014 – Paris, je t´aime, National Gallery of Macedonia, Cifte Hamam, Skopje, North Macedonia
2013 – Iwano Project Retrox, Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Serbia
2012 – 6. Biennale of Graphics, City Museum, Rokycany, Czech Republic
2011 – Guests of Hollar, Gallery Hollar, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 – 7. International Biennale of Exlibris, Culturale Centre, Zacatecas, Mexico
2010 – 16. Graphics of the year, Cllam – Gallas Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 – 3. EX-YU Graphics, Gallery SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
Other:
° Artistic residency in the Czech Center, Paris, France (2025)
° Art residency, Kulturmodell, Passau, Germany (2025)
° Art residency, Mitrovica, Kosovo (2025)
° Artistic residency at Intermational City of Arts, Paris, France (2023)
° Art residence Kunstfabrik, Gross Siegharts, Austria (2021)
° Artistic residency at Intermational City of Arts, Paris, France (2013) – as a prize from „Grand Prix“ of Winter
Salon, given by the Ministry of Culture, North Macedonia
° Participation in 58 international art colonies abroad (Czech Republic, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria,
Austria, Croatia, Monte Negro, Bosna and Hercegovina, Poland, Serbia)
° Educational activity in Czech Republic
° Seminars: Painting on silk and evaluation of aesthetic educational subject, Prague, Czech R.
° Member of Artists Association of Macedonia since 2008
° Member of Art Council of Artists Association of Macedonia / 2013-2015 /
° Artists Association of Macedonia – Management Board member / 2015-2019 /
° Artists Association of Macedonia – Management Board member / 2022-2025 /
° Member of ICOMOS and AIAP/IAA
° Curator and organizer of art project (mainly between Czech Republic and North Macedonia)
Artistic projects:
° Founder of an informal TRIO group (Krzysztof Bartnik, Petra Jovanovska, Slađana Matić Trstenjak).
Author of the project called Circle and Square, initiator and organizer of these 6 editions:
1. "Circle and Square“, Gallery DLUM, Maribor, Slovenia, 2022
2. "Circle and Square II", Art gallery "Kristian Kreković", Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2022
3. "Circle and Square III", Gallery 96, Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023
4. "Circle and Square IV", Gallery Masuka, Velika Plana, Serbia, 2023
5. "Circle and Square V", Gallery "Milorad Bata Mihailovic", Pančevo, Serbia, 2024
6. "Circle and Square VI", Gallery Vladimir Bužančić, Zagreb, Croatia, 2025
° Initiator and organizer of DUO exhibitions (Krzysztof Bartnik, Petra Jovanovska) these 7 editions:
1. "Travelling through a circle and a square", Museum Prigorja, Zagreb, Croatia, 2020
2. "Circle and Square 2023", Vršilnica, Novi dvori, Zaprešič, Croatia, 2023
3. "Dialog", Gallery V Zahradě, Kolín, Czech Republic, 2024
4. "Dialog", Gallery Fara, Planá nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic, 2024
5. "Dialog II", Gallery Lurago, Chomutov, Czech Republic, 2024
6. "Geometric dialogue", Cultural centre Dorcol, Belgrade, Serbia, 2024
7. "Geometric dialogue II", Gallery of the Cultural Centre, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025
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