Kristina Zimbakova

Kristina Zimbakova (1975) is a Macedonian painter, creating symbolic and figurative mixed-media paintings with rich texture. Her art practice is interdisciplinary: poetry references along with fungi and lichens as media are major features of her work. The fungi originate from habitats from all over the world, obtained from dry collections or during personal forays in collaboration with bio-scientists. She also creates handmade fungal paper artworks.

- 1993-1999. BA (Hons First Class) in English Literature, Ss Cyril and Methodius University,Skopje, Macedonia.
- 1997–1998. Ealing Tertiary College, London. Cambridge English Proficiency Certificate.
- 1991-1993: Apprenticeship at Artist Nice Vasilev’s studio, Strumica.

Solo Exhibitions:
- Rising Vowels, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, within Sylvia Plath & Trans-Atlanticism Symposium, Greece, 2022.
- Sanctuary, in the open, Razklon Gallery, the Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria, 2020.
- She Flew the Kite, in the open at Secena Skala peak (1,740 m alt), Belasica Mt, Macedonia, 2019.
- Poems, Suitcases, within Sylvia Plath Conference 2017, School of Art, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2017.
- Fungi in Contemporary Painting, within Meeting of the European Mycological Association & the International Society for Fungal Conservation, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2017.
- Fungi in Contemporary Painting, within European Council for Conservation of Fungi Meeting, Ohrid, upcoming in Oct 2017.
- Incensed Lake, Marko Cepenkov Gallery, Prilep, Macedonia, upcoming in 2017.
- Mycorrhiza, Stenje Pier, Lake Prespa, Macedonia, 2015.
- Buds in the Storm, Arch Macedonia, Skopje, 2014.
- Confession…Life, Municipality Hall, Bosilovo, Macedonia, 2008.
- Residence of US Agency for International Development (with Nehat Beqiri), Skopje, 2008.
- My Retrospective, British Council, Skopje, 2006.

Group Exhibitions:
- 20th International Fungi and Fibre Symposium, Convento de las Dominicas, Gran Canaria, Africa, 2025.
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