Dragana Jurisic

Croatia (residence) °1975
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Since receiving a distinction for her MFA (University of Wales, Newport) in 2008, Dragana Jurisic was selected as an Axis MAstar in 2009, “An annual selection of the most promising artist from the UK’s leading MA courses”. In 2010, she received the Arts Council of Ireland Travel and Training Award. In 2011, Dragana won the Royal Hibernian Academy’s Emerging Photographic Artist Award, Arts Council Ireland  Award and Culture Ireland funding, as well as the Graduate Student Prize from The International Rebecca West Society. In 2012, Dragana received funding from the Belfast Exposed  and the Arts Council Ireland award. She exhibited widely internationally and her work is part of the Irish State Art Collection, amongst others.  Currently she is undertaking her PhD research in the European Centre for Photographic Research .