PrivatePrint Studio

PrivatePrint is an interdisciplinary curatorial studio that builds a network culture through collaborations, events, residences, and publications. Since 2015, our work has been dedicated to opening space to culturally and socially emerging critical topics, non-institutional and alternative curatorial and art practices, critical design, and more. With interdisciplinarity and publishing as primary work methods, PrivatePrint brings together a spectrum of collaborators, including researchers, artists, activists, designers, cultural workers, and practitioners with diverse expertise. Founded by Ilija Prokopiev and Marija Hristova, PrivatePrint operates locally and internationally with bases in Skopje (North Macedonia) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). The PrivatePrint Art and Culture Residency program welcomes artists, curators, writers, researchers, and others interested in interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary art, socially relevant topics, and engagement with local communities. At the PrivatePrint Residency, you can develop an ongoing interest, research, or project that you wish to extend in a different context, or you can start something new by learning from the people and communities around our studio. We work together to make your stay in Skopje and at PrivatePrint Studio meaningful. The residency is organized according to the needs of your research or project. One of the most important outcomes we are happy to offer our residents is the opportunity to select and edit materials generated during their stay and feature them in a periodical publication by PrivatePrint. Activities we can support include workshops, community engagement, small-scale exhibitions of materials and documentation, presentations and lectures, writing, research, explorations, and similar activities.