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Born on 10.10.1971, in
Sarajevo, where she lived until 1982. Moved to Skopje, Macedonia where
she lived between 1982 to 1998. She now
lives in London, where she has been since 1998, after coming to
complete an MPhil research degree at the
RCA.
Nada is a professional contemporary artist, working predominantly in
the installation medium.
Currently also creating art objects and art books, she has recently
‘rediscovered’ her interest in painting and printmaking. She has
extensive experience in photography, printmaking, painting, drawing,
computer related art, creative writing, art
related research, animations, and TV editing. (For some years now, she
has also been working in practices where she
has gained considerable experience in art direction and graphic design
within the fashion and art sectors).
ACADEMIC
BACKGROUND
Royal College of Art (London,
UK) MPhil Degree, School of Communication Art and Design, 1998-2002.
Thesis: “Personal Art: Blurring the Boundaries of Physical Space”,
Prof. Dan Fern.
Academy of Fine Art (Skopje, Macedonia) MA in Fine Art,
Department of Printmaking, 1992-96.
Thesis: ‘Scenes from a School Life’, Prof. Zoran Jakimovski.
Academy of Fine Art (Skopje, Macedonia) BA in Fine Art,
Department of Printmaking. 1990-93.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
ORS Awards Scheme Scholarship, The Chevening Scholarship
British Council,
Macedonian Ministry of Culture, Soros Center for Contemporary Art,
‘Tocka’ Cultural Center, etc.
SOLO EXIBITIONS
Agency for Serious Interests
Installation. December 2004 (ongoing)
Consists of: 2 newspapers (magenta & black colour); each of the 10
spreads is framed between two sheets of glass,
170x70 cm. Art Book print on silver foil paper. Silver cord net
installation shaped in the form of the heart 2x2x2 m.
Subject: Reexamination of the newspaper’s content that is offered to
the public on a daily basis.
Curator: Iskra Geshovska Deputy Director of Cultural Centre ‘Tocka’,
Founder of ‘Confluent Margins‘ project.
Exhibited at Gallery ‘Tocka’, Skopje, Macedonia.
Walking on Water According to Dr.Knaipp
Multimedia Installation. 1998
Consisted of: Videoanimation, 5 min loop projection, 4 etching on 4
nightgown, 30min music composition.
Subject: Bodily and Spiritual Healing. Curator: Zoran Petrevski
director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje.
Exhibition held at the Centre for Physical Rehabilitation, Skopje.
1923
Video Installation. 1998
Consisted of: Videoanimation, 4 min loop projection, 6 chairs with
photographs imprinted on the seat area.
Subject: Comparison between the subjective memory of a selected person
and reality.
Theme of the exhibition: “Out of Photo”: The use of Photography in
Different Mediums.
Curator: Nebojsa Vilik art critic and director of Soros Center for
Contemporary Art, Skopje.
Festival: “Out of Photo” a series of four, traveling solo exhibitions.
THE MPHIL RESEARCH WAS SUPPORTED BY FOUR RELATED
EXIBITIONS
And Some Other Stories…, Installation. 2002
Consisted of: An animation in five parts, a 50 min loop
projection, five earphones with random music, art book
‘Wired Houses’ consisting of 7 written essays, intertwined with visual
narratives consisting of a total of 100 photographs.
Subject: Establishing connections between people who are physically
separate/distant.
(This exhibition was the final part of the research project).
Exhibition held at the Royal College of Art, London, UK.
And Some Other Stories…, Installation. 2002
Consisted of: Sixty bottles with secret messages ‘messages in
bottles’ which serve as guides to finding ‘visual
essays’ in seven boxes scattered in various locations around the
gallery space. Every box has a different content.
Subject: Same as above (third part of the research project).
Exhibition held at RCA.
Wired Houses, Installation. 2001
Consisted of: Narrative of 100 photographs and 7 essays on a
manually controlled rolling film,
projected within a microfiche reader; dark gray painted ‘reading
booth’, with a table and chair.
Subject: Same as above (second part of the research project).
Exhibition held at RCA.
Moving Houses, Installation. 1999
Consisted of: A Camera embedded in the wall, exposing the
viewfinder aspect of the camera,
through which the projection of a 2 min. loop animation is visible.
Subject: Same as above (first part of the research project).
Exhibition held at RCA.
GROUP EXIBITIONS
Closed Windows. Installation
Consisted of: Wall, window case, portrait (fog effect etching on
glass surface).
Subject: The Contemporary portraiture.
Exhibition: Forth Annual Exhibition "11 11Portrait". Curator:
Valentino Dimitrovski art historian.
Place: H`vzi Pasini Konaci, Bardovci, Macedonia.
Second Chapter. Installation
Consisted of: 6 glass jars with six etchings, water, and table.
Subject: Experiencing Life as a Woman.
Exhibition: "New Macedonian Photography" Traveling exhibition.
also exhibited at: 1. Annual Exhibition "Printmaking Experiment".
Place: Printmaking Studio, Skopje, Macedonia.
Purgatorium. Video Installation
Consisted of: Videoanimation, 30sec. loop projection, 4 washing soaps,
glass case, and wooden base.
Subject: Spiritual Purity.
Festival: 2. Annual Exhibition "Printmaking Experiment".
Place: Printmaking Studio, Skopje, Macedonia.
Laica, the true story. Web Project
Online live event, consisting of the redesigning of 8 web projects.
Festival: 5. International Internet Project "Refresh".
1923. PhotoVideo Installation
Consisted of: Videoanimation, 4 min loop projection, 6 chairs with
photographs imprinted on the seat area.
Subject: Comparison between the subjective memory of a selected person
and reality.
Festival: 2. Internet. Festival of Computer Arts "New Bodies". Place:
Maribor, Slovenia
Personality=Software. CD rom project
Subject: Experiencing Life through Psychology Books.
Exhibition: 2. Annual Exhibition "Icon on Silver". Place: Duplo
Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia
TEACHING
London Metropolitan University, 2004
Collaboration with Daniel Serafimovski (Senior tutor at Architectural
Design).
Workshops based on Nada Prlja’s ‘Wired House’ book.
Subject: Establishing connections between people who are physically
separate/distant.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
Laica, the true story. Presentation
Conference: "SEAFair". Subject: Altering Vision of the Net.
"CUSEEME – Male/Female Troubled Interactivity". Online
Conference
Conference: "SEAFair" Internet Conference between Festivals: "Liquor
Amnii 2" Boston, U.S.A. and "SEAFair"
Subject: Altering vision of MaleFemale Net.
Icon on Silver. Presentations
1. Conference organizer: Mr. Eddie Berg director of Video Positive
festival. Festival: "Video Positive""Escaping Gravity". Subject: Small
Box – Perception and Interactivity. Organizer: Video Positive. Place:
Liverpool, Manchester. 2. Festival: Second International Festival of
Computer Arts "New Bodies". Subject: Artist’s New Medium
Interactivity. Place: Center Kibla, Maribor, Slovenia 3. DEAF,
Rotterdam, Holland, 4. SPB, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 5. YTU Mimarlik
Fakultesi, Istanbul, Turkey, 6. Contiguite, Canes, France, 7. European
Video Work, Czech Rep., etc.
Nada Prlja
25 Ennismore Gardens
London SW7 1AB
tel: 0207 5898658
mob: 0781 5766330
email: nada@spacemag.net |
