Zaneta Vangeli
born in 1963 in Bitola, Macedonia, lives and works in Skopje,
Macedonia. She studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in
Skopje/Macedonia (1981-84) and at the Staatliche Hochschule fuer
Bildende Kuenste – Staedelschule in Frankfurt/Main (1984-88). Vangeli
is a multimedia artist, working in painting, objects, photography,
video and film. She has had many solo exhibitions, including a
presentation at Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt/Main (2003), La Mama
Galleria in New York (1997), Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje
(1994), Kommunale Galerie im Leinwandhaus in Frankfurt/Main (1993).
Vangeli has as well taken part in many group exhibitions, film and
video festivals, including “Buenos Aires International Independent Film
Festival” (2005), “Europ ‘art #001” at the Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Strasbourg (2004), “Cosmopolis” at the State Museum
of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, and at the Macedonian Pavillion,
50th International Art Exhibition, Venice, “In den Schluchten des
Balkan” at the Musuem Friedericianum in Kassel,. In 2002 Zaneta Vangeli
premiered her first experimental feature, “The Judge” (102 min.,
Macedonia/Germany) at the Venice International Film Festival in the
section “New Territories” in Venice. The Judge has been shown in over
30 film festivals and exhibitions.
