MIRJANA VRBASKI CV

Mirjana Vrbaski was born in Montreal, Canada in 1978. Having spent the first 16 years of her life in Serbia, she moved back to Canada in 1994. She studied English Literature at the University of Guelph in Ontario and Communications at McGill University in Montreal. At the age of 27, after having worked in communications, she moved to the to complete a Bachelor of Photographic Studies at The Royal Academy of Art in . She now lives and works in . Mirjana’s work revolves around the portrait as a way of exploring innocence.

EDUCATION

2010-2011 Fine Art Special Program, The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL 2006-2010 Bachelor of Photographic Studies, The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL 2002-2003 Communications, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1996-2001 Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, The University of Guelph, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2011 Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL 2011 “LaborOst”, V8 Verlag, Cologne, DE 2011 Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL 2010 PhotoOff, Paris, FR 2010 Portrait Pavilion, Voorschoten, NL with a.o. Rineke Dijkstra, Coos Breukel, Desiree Dolron, Hans Aarsman el al. 2010 The Photo Academy Award, Fotomuseum, The Hague, NL 2010 Selection out of Graduates, Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam, NL 2010 “Best of Graduates 2010”, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL 2010 Graduation Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL 2010 “LaborOst”, Swiss Photo Award, Zurich, CH 2010 “Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize”, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK 2010 “Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize”, The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, UK 2009 “Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize”, National Portrait Gallery, , UK 2009 “Vision”, Amterdams Centrum Voor Fotografie, Amsterdam, NL with a.o. Bertien van Manen, Cuny Janssen, Annaleen Louwes, Judith Jockel et al.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 “Long Days Journey into Night”, The Royal Theater, The Hague, NL 2008 “Long Days Journey Into Night”, The National Theater, The Hague, NL 2008 “Double Portrait of Hedda Gabler”, The National Theater, The Hague, NL

AWARDS

2010 Nomination, Ron Mandos Young Blood Award, NL 2010 Nomination, The Photo Academy Award, NL 2010 Nomination, Department Prize, The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL 2009 4th Prize, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, UK

PUBLICATIONS

GUP International Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, 2011 Seven Verses of Emptiness, self-published, Amsterdam, 2010 LabOst, publ. Horst Kloever/photeur.net, Berlin, 2010 Studio Pure Presents 5, publ. Studio Pure, Belgrade, 2010

COLLECTIONS

Bidwell Projects (USA), several private collectors (NL, IT)