EMMA ZUKOVIC
ARTIST | FILMMAKER
Information
Emma Zukovic is a queer Irish-Macedonian artist and filmmaker based in the west of Ireland. A 2016 graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design with first-class honours, their work explores themes of identity, memory, and belonging through a deeply personal and interdisciplinary lens.
Since graduating, Zukovic has exhibited extensively across Ireland and internationally, with their practice recognised through numerous awards, bursaries, and artist residencies. Rooted in dual heritage and queer experience, their films and visual work often evoke the subtle tension between nostalgia and dislocation, balancing tenderness with unease.
Notable Achievements
Winner, İnönü Film Festival, Turkey
Best Short Documentary Winner, Reykjavik, Iceland
Best Documentary Winner, Monthly Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
TULCA Visual Arts Festival Commissioned Video Piece
Recipient of the Irish Arts Council Agility Award
Recipient of the Irish Arts Council Film Bursary Award
Awarded the Galway Film Centre Documentary bursary
Winner Montreal Film Festival, Canada
Winner, ‘WatchOut’ Film Festival, Macedonia
PROJECTS and EXHIBITIONS
2025
Non- Narrative Video commission by the University of Galway
2024
Solo Exhibition Ballina Arts Centre
2023
Engage Art Studios & Gallery, Galway Collaborative Film Project, Red Birds, Galway
2022
Group Exhibition, Custom House Gallery, Westport Film Screened in Reykjavik Film Festival
Film Screened in İnönü Film Festival, Turkey
2021
TULCA visual arts Festival Commissioned video piece
Solo Exhibition, 'Parallel Familiars', Courthouse Gallery, Clare
Solo Exhibition, 'Parallel Familiars, Custom House Gallery, Westport Recipient of The Arts Council Agility Award
Official Selection, Waterford Film Festival, Waterford GAZE International Film Festival, Dublin
The LiftOff Sessions Festival, London
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Recipient of Irish Arts Council Film Bursary Recipient of Galway Film Centre Bursary Official selection
Lift-Off Sessions, London, UK
Recipient of The Great Lighthouses of Ireland, Film Bursary & residency Cinematographer for film, ‘Puma Productions’
Solo Exhibition, ‘Parallel Familiars’, Artlink, Donegal
Official Selection, Samples, Mexico City, Mexico.
OGA Visual Art Exhibition, Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibition, Linenhall, Castlebar, Ireland Film Festival, Madrid, Spain K-Fest, Kilorglin, Kerry, Ireland
Galway City Gallery, Ireland
Kineova International (lm Festival, Skopje,
Macedonia Richter Film, Moscow, Russia
Impressions Biennale, International Arts Festival, Galway WatchOut Film Festival, Tetovo, Macedonia
Solo Exhibition, The Ivy House, Dublin
Selected Publications
Women CineMakers Magazine Establish Zine
Art Reveal Magazine
The Woven Tale Press Magazine Into the Void Magazine
Irish Arts Review
