Vanja Karas

Vanja Karas is a Belgrade-born, London-based Artist, Curator, Designer and Creative Director. She graduated from the University of Arts in Belgrade, followed by an MA from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and King’s College London. Vanja began her creative career in theatre directing, and from there moved on to work in a range of other visual arts media including film, video, multimedia, graphic design and print. In recent years her work has been focused mainly on site-specific installations, photography, conceptual art and most recently textile design. Vanja has exhibited her work world-wide in the UK, Japan, USA, Italy, Malaysia, India, Nepal, Germany, France, and Serbia – including the 56th Venice Biennale, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Royal Academy of Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts ICA, Somerset House, Mall Galleries, The Photographers’ Gallery, Association of Photographers Gallery, Royal College of Arts, Royal Overseas League, Chelsea Arts Club, National Portrait Gallery, Tate online, Turner Contemporary, Chart Gallery, Dissenters Gallery, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Palazzo Ducale Cantelmo, Italy, Galerie Huit Arles, China House, Malaysia, Alliance Francaise, Malaysia, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu and New Moment, Belgrade. Her work has been published in books and magazines and commissioned for a number of private, public, museum and corporate collections.