Jasna Bogdanovska is a photographer, educator, avid traveler and explorer of different cultures.
She received both her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Fine Art Photography and her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photographic Illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.
Bogdanovska’s artwork explores issues of femininity, culture, migration, duality, identity and heritage using various media such as photography, installation and video. Her project Between Near and Far explores migration and duality following the Mid Atlantic Ridge. She is widely exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions including Macedonia, Iceland, Croatia, South Korea, Bosnia, Canada and the US. As a photographer and filmmaker, she is a recipient of American Advertising Awards.
As an educator, Jasna Bogdanovska has taught classes in Iceland and has created international collaborations for her students with students in Taiwan, Brazil and Canada. She was awarded SUNY Chancellor’s Grant for Innovative Study Abroad Programs and has given lectures at various conferences, workshops and universities around the world.
As an Art Director and Photographer, Jasna has worked on advertising campaigns both in the US and Europe. Her client list includes Dr. Scholl, T-Mobile and Dove.
Bogdanovska was the runner up to represent Republic of Macedonia at the 2017 Venice Biennale and she has been Artist-in-Residence at Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Laugarvatn, Iceland and Centre d’Art I Natura in Farrera, Spain. She is the recipient of the 2021/2022 Internationalization Fellowship from Cornell University’s South and Southeast Asia Programs.