Mirjana Vrbaski

Biography       

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 Netherlands to complete a Bachelor of Photographic Studies at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She now lives in Amsterdam. Mirjana’s work revolves around the portrait as a way of exploring innocence.

Education

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)

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, London, UK
2009                  “Vision”, Amterdams Centrum Voor Fotografie, Amsterdam, NL

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

2009                  Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, 4th Prize, National Portrait Gallery, UK