Iskra Dimitrova

Iskra Dimitrova (Macedonian: Искра Димитрова; born 1965) is a multimedia artist from the Republic of North Macedonia.

Her works have been exhibited in numerous places around the world, including North Macedonia and other countries of former Yugoslavia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Albania, and Japan.

Biography She was born in 1965 in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. She received a BA in Philosophy and a BFA in sculpture from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in 1988 and 1990, respectively.

Work A multimedia artist, Dimitrova employs different mediums and styles, often combining them into one installation or series of exhibits. At various points, she has used sculpture and other plastic arts, light displays and video projections, photography, poetry, auditory stimuli, and performance. No matter their form, her works tend to be abstract and minimalistic. Many of Dimitrova’s works emphasize the experience of the observer who travels from one exhibit to the next in a story sequence. Through use of movement and ambiguity, Dimitrova encourages the relationship between the human body and the physical and emotional spaces it inhabits. Dimitrova tries to make the viewer experience a personal interaction with symbolic sensations and mystery.

Body imagery is prominent in many of Dimitrova’s art pieces. In most cases, she uses her own body as a mold or the subject of an exhibit. Faith, Hope, Love came under attack from several parts of the media as well as politicians, but it remained in place as part of the “Skopje 2014” infrastructure project.

Exhibitions Dimitrova has held many solo exhibitions, and she has participated in numerous group exhibitions around the world.

Solo exhibitions Sources: 1991-1994: Skopje, North Macedonia 1993: Madison, USA 1996: Vršac, Serbia; Rochdale, UK; Zagreb, Croatia 1997: Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, North Macedonia 1998: Skopje, North Macedonia 1999: Venice, Italy 2000: Skopje, North Macedonia 2003: Tokyo, Japan 2004: Yokohama, Japan 2006: Skopje, North Macedonia 2008: Štip, North Macedonia

Group exhibitions Sources: 1994: International Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria 1996: 5th International Biennial, Maribor, Slovenia 1996: Liquor amnii – Macedonian and American women artists, Skopje, North Macedonia 1997: Liquor amnii – Macedonian and American women artists, Providence, USA 1997: Biennial of Contemporary Art, Sélestat, France, 1997: Women artists between the Two Seas, Thessaloniki, Greece 1998: New Macedonian Art – Radiations, Skopje, North Macedonia 1999: After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 1999: Brown Sugar, Nuremberg, Germany 1999: Narcissismѕ, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, North Macedonia 1999: Onufri, Tirana, Albania 2000: New Macedonian Art – Radiations, Tokyo, Japan 2002: Urban Gene, Tachikawa International Art Festival, Japan 2007: Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA 2007: super(h)EROS, National Gallery of Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia 2009: Venezia via MKC, Skopje, North Macedonia and Vienna, Austria 2009: Synesthesia, Austrian Parliament, Vienna, Austria 2009: Gender CheCk, MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria 2014: Solidarity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, North Macedonia 2014: Transfiguring – Imago mundi, Contemporary Macedonian Art, Czech Center, Prague, Czech Republic 2016: Treviso Museum, Italy, 2016