Maja Kirovska was born in Skopje, Macedonia. In 2007 she Graduated from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, where she went to the Faculty of Fine Arts - Skopje and majored in graphic art with courses in graphic design and fashion design. She received an award for best graphic art student in the class. In 2007 she became a member of the Society of Fine Artists of Macedonia. In 2009 in cooperation with several colleagues she founded the art group Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T. and they established an art exhibition space in Skopje. Since 2009 starts taking Contemporary Dance classes. In 2011 she received Master degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts - Skopje at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (mentor, professor Blagoja Manevski). In 2012 starts postgraduate Film and TV Camera studies at the Faculty of Film Arts at the University of Audiovisual Arts - European Film and Theatre Academy ESRA in Skopje. In 2012 she is one of the founders of the artist group MOMI. Her artistic practice is engaged with exploration of different media like, installation, sculpture, video, video installation, performance, graphic art, painting, drawing and film, but most often she combines more than one media.
Solo exhibitions:
2011 - “Reflections and Refractions; 8m² Ground, 16m³ Air, Whole Sky and Whole Universe”, video installation, Cultural Centre “Kreaktiv”, Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “3D Graphics Surround”, Cultural Centre “CK”, Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Sunny Dome - Crystal Floor”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T., Skopje, Macedonia
2009 - “Universal Order”, Museum of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia
Performances:
2010 - “Anima”, Youth Cultural Centre (MKC), Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Observatory of the Woken Ups Dreaming”, exhibition “NUS” (2012), aquarium Bacvice, Split, Croatia; manifestation “Sarajevo Winter” (2012), Ceka Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, exhibition “Art Laguna Prize 2011”, Arsenale, Venice, Italy; exhibition “Young Visual Artist Anual Award DENES 2010”, Museum of the City of Skopje, Skopje,
Macedonia; Multimedia Art Festival “Bosh” 2010, Gevgelija, Macedonia
2010 - “Dreamers’ Observatory”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T., Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Black-White-Globalization”, part of the project “Climate Change = Cultural Change”, Gallery of
Embassy of Switzerland, Skopje, Macedonia
2009 - “Let’s Fuck Them With Purple”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T., Skopje, Macedonia
2005 - “In Honour of Postmodernism (Constructively-Destructive Act at
Kenzo Tange's City wall in Skopje”, Kenzo Tange’s appartment complex in the centre of the City of Skopje, Macedonia
Group exhibitions:
2012 - “Experimental Drawing”, House of ARM, Skopje, Macedonia
2012 - “Ex Libris”, Open Graphic Studio of the Museum of the City of skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
2012 - “Global Village”, Bronden, Copenhaden, Denmark
2012 - “Good Vibes”, Multimedia art Festival Bosh, Gevgelija, Macedonia
2012 - “Global Village”, Château De Sully, Burgundy, France
2012 - “MOMI”, Film Archive of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia
2012 - “6x6x2012”, Rochester Contemporary Art Centre, Rochester, NY, USA
2012 - “Talk Art”, Galerie E.G.P., Paris, France
2012 - “Annual Exhibition of the Society of Fine artists of Macedonia DLUM”, Museum of the City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
2012 - “Sexpression”, Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA, Skopje, Macedonia
2012 - “Global Village”, Project 072, Alkmaar, Netherlands
2012 - “NUS”, aquarium Bacvice, Split, Croatia
2011 - “ Fine Art Creation, Small Format”, exhibition of the Society of Fine Artists of Macedonia, Cultural
Informative Centre - Skopje (KIC), Skopje, Macedonia
2011 - “Miniature”, exhibition of the Society of Fine Artists of Macedonia, Galerija 8, Skopje, Macedonia
2011 - “Minimum Maximum 3”, Muzej Republike Srpske, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hertsegovina
2011 - “International Mail Art Exhibition & Swap”, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
2011 - “Deadpan Exchange VI”, Vilnius Graphic Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 - “Drawing connections”, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2011 - “V Splitgraphic”, International Graphic Art Biennial, Old City Hall, Split, Croatia
2011 - “Trans - Siberian Arts Centre”, international travelling exhibition, Russia, Mongolia, China
2011 - “Young Artists from Macedonia in Israel, Collective Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T”, “Tveria 15”, Hadar Community Centers, Haifa, Israel
2011 - “Art Laguna Prize 2011”, finalists’ exhibition, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2010 - “Fine Art Creation, Small Format”, exhibition of the Society of Fine Artists of Macedonia, Cultural
Informative Centre - Skopje (KIC), Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Young Visual Artist Annual Award DENES 2010”, finalists’ exhibition, Museum of the City of Skopje,
Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Art Indeed”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T., Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Umetni Umetci Umetnati od Umetnicite koi Umeat da Umetnikuvaat”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T. Skopje, Macedonia
2009 - “Kupus Party”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T., Skopje, Macedonia
2009 - “Postgraduate Students - Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Art, FLU - Skopje”, Multimedia Centre “Mala Stanica”, National Gallery of Macedonia (NGM), Skopje, Macedonia
2009 - “Attempt 0”, Cultural Centre Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T., Skopje, Macedonia
2009 - “7 Gates Skopje Biennial”, XIV Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean (BJCEM), Cifte Amam, National Gallery of Macedonia (NGM) Skopje, Macedonia
2007 - “Girls Know”, Cultural Centre “Tocka”, Skopje, Macedonia
2006 - Exhibition, Cultural Centre “Tosho Arsov”, Vinica, Macedonia
2006 - “Eclecticism”, manifestation “Shtip Summer”, Art Gallery Bezisten, Shtip, Macedonia
2005 - “International Art Colony - Struga”, Struga, Macedonia
2005 - Exhibition, Cultural Centre “Dimitar Berovski”, Berovo, Macedonia
2005 - Exhibition, Cultural Centre “Tosho Arsov”, Vinica, Macedonia
2005 - Exhibition, part of the “Shtip Summer” manifestation, Art Gallery Bezisten, Shtip, Macedonia
Festivals:
2012 - “ARTplacc”, festival for contemporary art, Tihany , Hungary
2012 - “Crosstalk”, video art festival, Gozsdu 'C', Budapest, Hungary
2012 - “Sarajevo Winter”, Ceka Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011 - “Crossing Identities – Mexico”, Terraza Bugambilias, Morelia, Mexico
2011 - “Tirana International Film Festival - TIFF 2011” Imperial Cinemas - Kristal Centre, Tirana, Albania
2011 - “Streaming Festival”, international audiovisual art festival, online
2011 - “5 PSSST! Festival of Silent Film”, Kino Europa, Zagreb, Croatia
2011 - “Green Screen Fest”, international environmental film festival, Sava Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
2011 - “FRIK festival”, Skopje, Macedonia
2010 - “Bosh”, multimedia art festival, Gevgelija, Macedonia
2010 - “Bitola Open City”, youth festival, Bitola, Macedonia
Projects:
2011 - “Parasites”, public art project by Art I.N.S.T.I.T.U.T. art group, Skopje, Macedonia
Awards:
Best student in the generation at the graphic art department at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
Workshops:
2012 - “Hello, we're doing a show and we need a video...”, Rijeka, Croatia
2005 - “International Art Colony - Struga”, Struga, Macedonia
2005 - “ Art Colony - Berovo” , Berovo, Macedonia
