Biografia
Vanja Karas is Belgrade born, London based Artist, Curator 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 fine art and social documentary photography.
She has exhibited her work world-wide including Royal Academy of Arts, Institute of contemporary Arts ICA, Somerset House, The Photographers’ Gallery, Association of Photographers Gallery, Royal Overseas League, Chelsea Arts Club, CHART Gallery, Tobacco Docks, National Portrait Gallery in the UK. Other international exhibitions include: New Orleans Photo Alliance, US, Galerie Huit Arles, France, China House, Malaysia, Alliance Francaise, Malaysia, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, New Moment Belgrade, Serbia. Her work has been published in books and magazines and commissioned for a number of private, public, museum and corporate collections.
Vanja is the Founder and the Curator of the Photography Open Salon, Arles, London and South-East Asia and the Founder and Creative Director of Magenta Grove London, an Award Winning design agency.
Lives and works in London.
