Comic strip by Zlatko Krstevski.
Zlatko Krstevski is one of the few Macedonian comic artists, a contributor to several international anthologies, and one of the driving forces behind the Prilep art scene. He has also made paintings, which he has exhibited regularly throughout Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.
Vizant
Born in 1969 in Prilep, Zlatko Krstevski graduated from the Skopje Fine Arts School, where he majored in painting. He has worked as a visual artist, comic artist, photographer, video artist and performance artist. He is also a director of the Vizant Center for Visual Art (also written as "Byzant") in his hometown Prilep, where he has presented urban arts, organized international projects for visual arts and promoted cultural heritage. For instance, Krstevski is the driving force behind the mail comic festival in Prilep and the editor of several comics-related publications of the Vizant center. In addition, Krstevski is active as a curator on international visual art exhibitions, and he is author and photographer of four books about the cultural heritage of Prilep.
Comic art for Komikaze.hr.
Comics
Krstevski's comics are characterized by their poetic and illusive narratives and rich, experimental visuals. They have been published in Vizant Comix, of which he was also the editor, as well as several (inter)national anthologies. He has been present in the Slovenian anthology Stripburger (1996) and its companion title Stripburek, the Canadian 'Sunburn Comics' (1999), the urban art anthologies 'Strip Art Vizura' (2003) and 'Beyond Borders' (2007) and volume #18 of the international Cestbon (CBK) anthology (2012). In the Netherlands, his work was featured in 'A Bad Childhood...' (1999), a small press collective album compiled by Rob Derks and René Leisink for the indie comic magazine De Stripper. Online, Krstevski's comics have appeared on interactive comics platforms and webzines like ModestyComics.com and Komikaze.hr.
Illustration by Zlatko Krstevski.
Expositions
Since 1990, Krstevski's paintings have been shown at over 500 solo and group expositions throughout Macedonia (Prilep, Skopje, Bitola, Kumanovo, Veles), Serbia (Novi Sad, Nis, Doljevac) and Slovenia (Koper), and also in New York, Portugal, Canada, New Zealand and Germany. The artist has participated in several salons of visual arts, varying from painting, comic art, cartoon, mail art and performance arts.
Zlatko Krstevski.