About




Vera Hristovska is working as a freelance photographer and graphic artist. 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
https://www.facebook.com/umkaphotostudio
- CoFounder of Clivage, Society of culture and arts
http://clivagegroup.blogspot.com/ 
- Founder of Instagramdzii, collective of photographers
- Fem Festival, Creative collaboration
- Akto Festival, Creative collaboration 
- Art culture club, Creative collaboration
- https://www.mixcloud.com/veraumka/
- 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

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, Macedonia
2022  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


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
2014  Okno, Voyage, photography publication  http://okno.mk/node/41136
2015  Okno, Neverending story, photography publication  http://okno.mk/node/45966
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
https://www.culturalchat.org/mk/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%83-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0
2017-2023  ICFF Manaki Brothers, photography publication and archive, Macedonia
2023  Hope, online flipbook, photography publication, Mood Muse Collective, UK
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/7ff7fc532d.html?fbclid=IwAR0t_Da8iZxEFxDCXOVKkL31doNo6I-M-_kkKn2aRso6TsP4d3hRcE-SNz0#page/1


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
2023   Peter Biziou, British cinematographer
2023   Jean-Marie Dreujou, French cinematographer

Contact
vhristovska7@gmail.com
+ 389 (0)70 869 515   Macedonia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vera-hristovska-05787b52/?originalSubdomain=mk