Artist Bio
Emma Zukovic is a queer Irish-Macedonian artist and filmmaker based in the west of Ireland. A 2016 graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design with first-class honours, their work explores themes of identity, memory, and belonging through a deeply personal and interdisciplinary lens.
Since graduating, Zukovic has exhibited extensively across Ireland and internationally, with their practice recognised through numerous awards, bursaries, and artist residencies. Rooted in dual heritage and queer experience, their films and visual work often evoke the subtle tension between nostalgia and dislocation, balancing tenderness with unease.
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VISUAL | ARTIST
Notable Achievements
Winner, İnönü Film Festival, Turkey
Best Short Documentary Winner, Reykjavik, Iceland
Best Documentary Winner, Monthly Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
TULCA Visual Arts Festival Commissioned Video Piece
Recipient of the Irish Arts Council Agility Award
Recipient of the Irish Arts Council Film Bursary Award
Awarded the Galway Film Centre Documentary bursary
Winner Montreal Film Festival, Canada
Winner, ‘WatchOut’ Film Festival, Macedonia
Exhibitions | Residencies | Bursaries
2026
‘Vibrant matters’, Group exhibition, 126 Artist-Run Gallery, Galway
Creative practitioner bursary, Galway city arts office
2025
University of Galway short film commission
Creative practitioner bursary, Galway city arts office
Group Exhibition Ballinglen Arts Foundation
2024
Solo Exhibition Ballina Arts Centre
Residency - Interface inagh valley
2023
Solo exhibition, custom house, westport
Engage Art Studios & Gallery, Galway
Collaborative Film Project, Red Birds, Galway
2022
Group Exhibition, Custom House Gallery, Westport
Film Screened in Reykjavik Film Festival
Film Screened in İnönü Film Festival, Turkey
2021
Solo Exhibition, 'Parallel Familiars', Courthouse Gallery, Clare
TULCA visual arts Festival Commissioned video piece
Recipient of The Arts Council Agility Award
Official Selection, Waterford Film Festival, Waterford
GAZE International Film Festival, Dublin
The LiftOff Sessions Festival, London
2020
Solo Exhibition, ‘Parallel Familiars’, Artlink, Donegal
Recipient of Irish Arts Council Film Bursary
Recipient of Galway Film Centre Bursary
Recipient of The Great Lighthouses of Ireland, Film Bursary & residency Cinematographer for film, ‘Puma Productions’
2019 & previous
Solo Exhibition, The Ivy House, Dublin
Solo Exhibition, Linenhall, Castlebar
group exhibition, Galway City Gallery
Impressions Biennale, International Arts Festival, Galway
WatchOut Film Festival winner, Tetovo, Macedonia
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Irish Arts Council Agility Award
Irish Arts Council Film Bursary
Galway City Arts Office Creative Practitioner Bursary
Selected Publications
Women CineMakers Magazine Establish Zine
Art Reveal Magazine
The Woven Tale Press Magazine Into the Void Magazine
Irish Arts Review
