BIO

Žana Kozomora

Žana Kozomora is an interdisciplinary artist born in Sarajevo, BIH and currently based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She is a graduate of the Honours B.A. Fine Arts Studio Program at the University of Waterloo with a Professional Practice Specialization. She has completed residencies with the Dundas Valley School of Art and Centre[3] for Print and Media in Hamilton, Ontario. She has exhibited her work with Open Sesame, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Xpace Cultural Centre, and Factory Media Centre to name a few.
Her visual practice consists of mining archives of objects, photos, and documentations which reference migrant history and the politics of transplanted heritage. She utilizes interdisciplinary methods of printmaking, drawing, video, and media installation to investigate constructed notions of space, place, and identity mediated through contemporary media.