Artist Biography
Emma Zukovic is a visual artist currently based in Galway, Ireland. She received her BA in Fine Art Printmaking and Contemporary Practice in Limerick School of Art and Design. The artist's mother is of Irish nationality and her father is from Macedonia.
Being of Macedonian descent, Zukovic's work is concerned with the theory of Post-Memory and it's relevance to the lost country, Yugoslavia.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
First Class Honours Degree (1.1) Limerick School of Art and Design
Sept 2012 – Nov 2016
Notable Awards and Achievements
Finalist, 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 (Experimental Film Section) Montreal Film Festival, Canada
Winner, ‘WatchOut’ Film Festival, Macedonia
Cork Film Centra Graduate Award
Exhibitions and Experiences
2024
Solo Exhibition Ballina Arts Centre
2023
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
TULCA visual arts Festival Commissioned video piece
Solo Exhibition, 'Parallel Familiars', Courthouse Gallery, Clare
Solo Exhibition, 'Parallel Familiars, Custom House Gallery, Westport
Recipient of The Arts Council Agility Award
Official Selection, Waterford Film Festival, Waterford
GAZE International Film Festival, Dublin
The LiftOff Sessions Festival, London
2020
Recipient of Irish Arts Council Film Bursary
Recipient of Galway Film Centre Bursary
Awarded the bursary with a brief to create a short film based in Galway City. I excelled at the task at hand and in the process decided to collaborate with fellow creatives.
Official selection
Lift-Off Sessions, London, UK
2019
Recipient of The Great Lighthouses of Ireland, Film Bursary & residency
Cinematographer for film, ‘Puma Productions’
Solo Exhibition, ‘Parallel Familiars’, Artlink, Donegal
Official Selection, Samples, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018
OGA Visual Art Exhibition, Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibition, Linenhall, Castlebar, Ireland
Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
K-Fest, Kilorglin, Kerry, Ireland
W’ow. 14, National University Kharkiv,Ukraine
Ibrida Film Festival, Flori, Italy
2017
Galway City Gallery, Ireland
Kineova International (lm Festival, Skopje, Macedonia Richter Film, Moscow, Russia
Impressions Biennale, International Arts Festival, Galway
WatchOut Film Festival, Tetovo, Macedonia
Solo Exhibition, The Ivy House, Dublin
2016
Group Exhibition, Clinton Centre, Fermanagh
Solo Exhibition, Cork Film Centre,
LIT Drawing Awards, Church Gallery, Limerick
The Florence O’Vere Lace Drawing Awards, Limerick
Selected Publications
Women CineMakers Magazine
Establish Zine
Art Reveal Magazine
The Woven Tale Press Magazine
Into the Void Magazine
Irish Arts Review
