Vera Hristovska is working as a freelance artist in various creative fields such as photography, video and graphic design. Experiencing life through various perspectives and keeping pace with contemporary art, she finds new ways to express herself artistically. Hristovska had solo exhibitions in Macedonia and participated in several group exhibitions across European countries. Her works are published in cultural magazines and websites in Macedonia, Croatia, Germany, Greece, UK, and Bulgaria. From 2010 Vera was working as a photographer at ICFF Manaki Brothers for Demotix agency in London and from 2017 she is working as official photographer at ICFF Manaki Brothers Film Festival in Macedonia. She graduated from Graphic design and multimedia at the University St.Clement of Ohrid, Macedonia, Faculty of Graphical Engineering and studied one year abroad at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Croatia (Basileus scholarship).
- 2015, she won the First Prize at the International Competition of Contemporary Photography Rovinj Photodays Festival, Croatia in the category of architecture, juried by David Bate, a professor photographer at the University of Westminster, London, UK. The exhibition continued in Zagreb at the Museum of Arts and Crafts, were the photographs are archived.
- 2016, she published her first coloring book Macedonian ornaments, as a participant at Skopje Creative Festival.
- 2017, she won the Second Prize for photography at the Center for European Development and Integration.
- 2017, she published the booklet Postcards from Macedonia, as a participant at Skopje Creative Festival.
Projects and collaborations
- Founder of Umka Studio
- CoFounder of Clivage, Society of culture and arts
- Founder of Instagramdzii, collective of photographers
- Fem Festival, Creative collaboration
- Akto Festival, Creative collaboration
- Art culture club, Creative collaboration
- Dr. Bre, book collaboration, graphic editing
- Through fires, book collaboration, graphic editing
Solo exhibitions
2002 Love and Communication, origami installation in collaboration with Museum Bitola, Macedonia
2009 Human trafficking video project, Femfest in Prilep, Macedonia
2014 Voyage photography exhibition, Concept 37, Skopje, Macedonia
2015 Neverending story, photography and drawings, AKSC Skopje, Macedonia
2023 Humans, analogue photography exhibition, Narodna Tehnika, Bitola, Macedonia
2023 Stages of time, photography exhibition and installation, DLUB, Bitola, Macedonia
2024 Fragment of BItola, photography exhibition supported by municipality of Bitola as a part of Bitfestival, Porta Jazz, Bitola, Macedonia
2024 Reminiscences, photography exhibition supported by municipality of Bitola as a part of the celebration day 4 of November, DLUB, BItola
Group exhibitions
2003 Photography project, Photo club Kumanovo, Macedonia
2004 Institut Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes, photography, House of Army Skopje
2011 Jean Monnet photography, EU Center Skopje, Macedonia
2013 From Bitola with love photography, Center of culture Bitola, Macedonia
2014 Renaissance Festival photography, Porta Jazz Bitola, Macedonia
2014 Under the same roof photography, Civil Rights Defenders, Small station center Skopje, Macedonia
2014 On the bridge photography, Photo club Stevan Naumov Stiv, Bezisten public space Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Instagramdzii photography, Coffee bar Radost, Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Instagramdzii photography, Meze bar 102, Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Photo angle photography, Photo club Stevan Naumov Stiv, Center of culture Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Instagramdzii photography, Bar Charshia, Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Instagramdzii photography, Concept 37, Skopje, Macedonia
2015 Rovinj Photodays Festival photography, Old factory gallery, Rovinj, Croatia
2015 Opening exhibition Akto festival, Center of contemporary arts, Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Photography project, Center of contemporary arts, Bitola, Macedonia
2015 Rovinj Photodays Festival photography, Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb, Croatia
2016 The sadness of the province and the unbearable torment of the metropolis photography, Cult Tranzen, Macedonia
2017 Metaphysics of Joy photography, Photo club Stevan Naumov Stiv, Magaza public space Bitola, Macedonia
2017 From Bitola with love photography, Center for European development and integration, Macedonia
2018 3 Dots photography, Photo club Stevan Naumov Stiv, House of culture Oficerski public space Bitola
2018 From Bitola with love photography, Center for European development and integration, Macedonia
2018 Donate Art for Athens photography, KIC Skopje, Macedonia
2018 21-12 photography, school gallery Lazar Lichenoski, Skopje, Macedonia
2019 Days of the Macedonian photography, Photo association of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia
2019 40 years in close-up photography, Photo club Stevan Naumov Stiv, House of culture Oficerski public space Bitola, Macedonia
2019 International photography, National community Hall Dobri Voynikov, Shumen, Bulgaria
2021 Stevan Naumov Stiv Photo club, ICFF Manaki Brothers cinema, Bitola, Macedonia
2022 Women and photography, IAAP Kumanovo, Macedonia
2022 Stevan Naumov Stiv Photo club, House of culture Oficerski public space, Bitola, Macedonia
2022 Days of the Macedonian photography, Photo association of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia2022 Stevan Naumov Stiv Photo club, ICFF Manaki Brothers cinema, Bitola, Macedonia
2022 National contest of art photography (Diploma), Photo union, House of culture Oficerski, Bitola, Macedonia
2023 Women and photography, IAAP Kumanovo, Macedonia
2023 Stevan Naumov Stiv Photo club, House of culture Oficerski public space, Bitola, Macedonia
2023 National contest of art photography, Photo union, Macedonia
2023 Photo colony Pelagonia, photography workshop and exhibition, Center for European development and integration, Macedonia
2023 Pelister through lens, photography workshop and exhibition, Preda Plus foundation for sustainable economic development, Macedonia
2024 Women and photography, IAAP Kumanovo, Macedonia
2024 Third element-Water, photography exhibition organized by photo club Rijeka, gallery Principij, Rijeka, Croatia
2024 National contest of art photography, Photo union, Macedonia
Publications
2002 Gazeta, origami installation, Macedonia
2005 Photon Art, International photo magazine
2006 Artmuse Festival, photography collaboration Bocholt, Germany
2013 Paradoc Festival, photography publication, Macedonia
2014 Renaissance Festival, photography publication, Macedonia
2014 Under the same roof, Civil Rights Defenders, photography publication, Macedonia
2015 Okno, Neverending story, photography publication http://okno.mk/node/45966
2015 Rovinj Photodays Festival, festivals publication, Croatia
2015 Rovinj Photodays Festival, photography publication and archive, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
2016 Skopje Creative Festival, media publication, Macedonia
2017 Skopje Creative Festival, media publication, Macedonia
2010-2016 ICFF Manaki Brothers, photography publication, Demotix Agency, London
2018 Potret Magazine, photography publication of Claudia Cardinale, Macedonia
2017-2020 ICFF Manaki Brothers, photography publication and archive, Macedonia
2022 DLUB exhibitions photo gallery, Macedonia
2022 International Art Colony De Niro, photo gallery
2022 Performance Art Theater, photo gallery, Macedonia and Italy
2022 Clutural Chat, media publication
2017-2023 ICFF Manaki Brothers, photography publication and archive, Macedonia
2023 Hope, online flipbook, photography publication, Mood Muse Collective, UK
Masterclasses at ICFF Manaki Brothers
2010 Roger Pratt, British cinematographer
2011 Dante Spinotti, Italian cinematographer
2011 Bruno Delbonnel, French cinematographer
2012 Christian Berger, Austrian cinematographer
2012 Luciano Tovoli, Italian cinematographer
2013 José Luis Alcaine, Spanish cinematographer
2013 Agnès Godard, French cinematographer
2014 Luca Bigazzi, Italian cinematographer
2014 Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian film director
2016 John Seale, Australian cinematographer
2016 Phedon Papamichael, Greek cinematographer
2017 Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian film director
2018 Christian Berger, Austrian cinematographer
2018 Roger Deakins, English cinematographer
2019 Rainer Klaussman, German cinematographer
2019 Edward Lachman, American cinematographer
2019 Giorgos Arvanitis, Greek cinematographer
2011 Dante Spinotti, Italian cinematographer
2011 Bruno Delbonnel, French cinematographer
2012 Christian Berger, Austrian cinematographer
2012 Luciano Tovoli, Italian cinematographer
2013 José Luis Alcaine, Spanish cinematographer
2013 Agnès Godard, French cinematographer
2014 Luca Bigazzi, Italian cinematographer
2014 Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian film director
2016 John Seale, Australian cinematographer
2016 Phedon Papamichael, Greek cinematographer
2017 Milcho Manchevski, Macedonian film director
2018 Christian Berger, Austrian cinematographer
2018 Roger Deakins, English cinematographer
2019 Rainer Klaussman, German cinematographer
2019 Edward Lachman, American cinematographer
2019 Giorgos Arvanitis, Greek cinematographer
2023 Peter Biziou, British cinematographer
2023 Jean-Marie Dreujou, French cinematographer
2024 Bruno Delbonnel, French cinematographer
Contact
vhristovska7@gmail.com
+ 389 (0)70 869 515 Macedonia
