Laze Tripkov

• Professor at the Faculty of Art and Design
• Interantional Balkan University

Born 1978 in Skopje, Macedonia. Gain his MA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (graphic design department) at 2002. The same year he began his post master studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland at the department of Multimedia and Design. In 2003 as a Fulbright PhD scholar initiates a research related to the role of the symbols and iconography of the Balkan region.

His works have been shown at 5 solo and more than 50 group exhibition of graphic design, posters worldwide – Warsaw, Moscow, Lahti, Paris, New York, Mexico, Sofia, Zagreb, Belgrade, Prague, China, etc. Holds a honorable award of the AUG Czech Association of Graphic Design.

Member of ICO-D; programme committe of Warsaw Poster Biennale; Creative Business Cup, ICDEE-A, co-founder of Skopje Design Week and partner till 2013. Program director of Skopje Creative Festival 2015 and national coordinator for creative industries at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia from 2013 till 2017 and consultant for World Bank PRODE programme in Montenegro.

Since 2007, he has curated, organized and carried out more than 50 social design and visual communication projects and exhibitions. He participated in many conferences around Europe, held lectures and workshops, served as an international juror to many European and worldwide design related events, renewed festivals, competitions and conferences.

Former vice dean at the Faculty of Design and multimedia, UDG at Podgorica, Montenegro since 2013 till 2016.

Former director of the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Skopje  (april 2016 – august 2017).

Works as an Associate professor at the Faculty of Art and Design at International Balkan University in Skopje.