Irena Pejovic (maiden: Kojkova, b. 1981, Gevgelija, Macedonia; lives and works in Cranford, NJ) received her BFA from Montclair State University and is an MFA candidate there as well. Recent solo and two-artist exhibitions include Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia; Gallery MC, New York, NY; and Pop-Up Gallery at the Monroe Arts Center, Hoboken, NJ. Stars in My Pocket like Grains of Sand, Lower East Side Printshop, New York City, USA; New Print Show, Bushwick Print Lab, Brooklyn, USA; 2012. Legacy Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ, USA; Rhythm and Movement, Lana Santorelli Gallery, Hoboken, NJ; International Juried Exhibition Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, NJ, USA; Multimedia Group, Gevgelija, Macedonia. Recent residencies include 2012 Artist in Residence at London Print Studio, London, UK. In 2012, she served as a member of the Board of Directors at the Printmaking Center of New Jersey. Her work is included in the Contemporary print Collection of the Museum od Arts and Crafts (Muzej za Umjetnost I Obrt, http://www.muo.hr/), in Zagreb, Croatia. Pejovic was awarded the 2013 Step Beyond Travel Grant from the European Cultural Foundation.

Education

• MFA, Montclair State University - 2015
• BFA, 2003, Printmaking, Montclair State University
• Fine Arts/Studio Concentration Degree, 1999, Printmaking,
  High School of Fine Arts "Lazar Licenovski", Skopje, Macedonia

• 2012, Artist in Residence, London Print Studio, London, UK
• 2011, Printmaking Workshop "Sofija", Bogdanci, Macedonia, http://www.facebook.com/graphicartsofija
• 2011, Lower East Side Print Shop, Solar Etching Workshop with Sheila Goloborotko
• 2002-2005, Printmaking Workshop, Rabotnicki Univerzitet "Kiril i Metodij", Gevgelija, Macedonia.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

• 2014, October, TBA, MSU MFA, Newark Open Doors

Solo and Two-Artist Exhibitions

• 2014, Dance: Art: A Forumula, Gallery AMAM, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2013, Newark Open Doors, Gallery Affero/Newark Arts Council
• 2013, Two Artists, Irena Pejovic/Ana Sladetic, Memory, Galerija Karas, Zagreb Croatia
• 2013, Core, Right Angle Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
• 2012, Core: Silkscreen Prints and Collagraphs, Gallery MC New York, New York City,
  
• 2012, Solar Etchings and Projections from the "Waking Up Series",
  City Library "Goce Delcev", Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2012, Open Studio Tour, Pop-Up Gallery at the Monroe Arts Center, Hoboken, NJ.

Group Exhibitions

• 2013, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, guest curated by Jayson Keeling, Lower East Side Printshop, New York City
• 2013. Fall Show at Lower East Side Printshop, New York City, guest curated by Jaishri Abichandani
• 2013, Group, New Print, Bushwick Print Lab, New York
• 2013, Group, Out of the box, Multi Media Group Exhibition, Tutunska Banka, Skopje, Macedonia
• 2013, Group, Out of the box, Multi Media Group Exhibition, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2012, Group, September, Multi Media Group Exhibition, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2012, Group, June, Legacy, Member Show, Printmaking Center of NJ
• 2012, Group, June, NJ Artists Show, Lana Santorelli Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
• 2012, Group, May, Rythm and Movement, Lana Santorelli Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
• 2012, Group, May, Mad Hot Young, Printmaking Center of New Jersey
• 2012, Group, May 29 - June 23 ,12th Annual Anniversary Exhibition, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2012, Open Studio Tour, Pop-Up Gallery at the Monroe Arts Center, Hoboken, NJ.
• 2012, January 14th - February 4th, Juried Theme Exhibition, ART INTER/NATIONAL, HERE AND ABROAD, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2011 Group Show, Work from Printmaking Workshop "Sofija", Bogdanci, Macedonia
• 2010 Group Show, United Macedonian Diaspora, Conference
• 2010 Annual Group Exhibition, the Artist's Society, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2009 Annual Group Exhibition, the Artist's Society, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2006 Annual Group Exhibition, the Artist's Society, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2005 Group Show, Work from Printmaking Workshop, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2003 BFA Exhibition, Montclair State University
• 2002 Group Show, Work from Printmaking Workshop, Gevgelija, Macedonia
• 2001 Group Show - Second Art & Wine Night- Bacchus Chop House & Wine Bar
• 2001 Group Show - Art & Wine Night- Bacchus Chop House & Wine Bar
• 2001 Group Show - Malta Art Biennale 2001; Watebased Print Award
• 2001 Group Show - Art Exhibit & Symposium " Choosing To Participate" – Montclair State University
• 2000 Group Show, Transcending Boundaries, China
• 1998 Group Show, Work from Printmaking Workshop, Gevgelija, Macedonia

• January 2012 - January 2013, Serving as a member of the Board of Directors at
  The Printmaking Center of New Jersey
• Present, Member of The Printmaking Center of New Jersey
• Present, Member of Lower East Side Print Shop, New York, NY.