Artists Statement

I am a performance artist. For me, this means I make creative things about life whether through writing, speaking or making images using an ensemble or a video. I have been living abroad half of my life and the other half in Croatia and now I am the inbetweener who grew up twice, but I am very much an Irish artist. Right now I am re imaging my craft, from words to performance, from a notebook to a digital, from nature to socially connected, from mother land to Ireland, using skills I gained along the way to create. This time the project is special because it is about fathers and I decided on the idea because fathers are special and I am happy I had one.

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Stage appearances include Tea in her one-woman show ‘Broken Promise Land’(RTE and New York Radio Festivals silver medal winner, Abbey Theatre). The play toured extensively around Ireland and in London. Other acting roles include: Kalena in “Anything but Love” with Joan Sheehy Productions at Belltable Arts Centre. Site -specific work includes a one woman show “Sylvia’s Quest” which she co-devised with Wonderland Productions and a lead role in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure as part of Dublin Shakespeare Festival. Mirjana has acted in various RTE radio productions, the latest being ‘Ma’ by Elaine Murphy. Mirjana featured in RTE television drama series “Amber” as well as in a lead role in a feature film ‘The Last Show’ by RML Films ( Amazon), a short film ‘Empty’ by Fastnet Films and a lead in a feature film ‘Ecstasy of Isobel Mann’ by October Eleven Pictures. She has also appeared in ‘Transgender EU’ a video by Invisible Thread Films and a music video by Rosin O. Most recently can be seen in ‘Metal Heart’ a feature film by Hugh O’Connor.

Mirjana was an artist in residence with Laois County Council where she run summer drama schools and directed five youth theatre shows with Portlaoise Youth Theatre and Mountrath Youth Theatre in 2017 and 2018.  Mirjana also devised a ‘Document’ with the Abbey Theatre Outreach Department and Migrants Rights Centre; She also worked for Gaiety School of Acting, Complex Youth Theatre, Brookfield Youth Club in Tallaght, Dublin City University, Artane Day Care Centre and many other community projects.

Mirjana has been endorsed by BBC’s Writers room as ‘real talent’ in 2018 and is in pre-production of her new plays and screenplays. Her latest live venture was a performance art piece ‘Who am I’ at Culture Night, Dublin 2019 as well as writing and directing two of her short plays at the University of Wolverhampton. She has recently received The Axis Award for Innovative New Work. Artist Statement: I am a performance artist. For me, this means I make creative things about life whether through writing, speaking or making images using an ensemble or a video. I have been living abroad half of my life and the other half in Croatia and now I am the inbetweener who grew up twice, but I am very much an Irish artist. Right now I am re imaging my craft, from words to performance, from a notebook to a digital, from nature to socially connected, from mother land to Ireland, using skills I gained along the way to create. This time the project is special because it is about fathers and I decided on the idea because fathers are special and I am happy I had one.

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CFCP New Voices of Ireland Series 8: The Work