Tamara Bilankov

Tamara Bilankov (Split, 1988) began her career as a professional journalist after completing high school. She holds a Master’s degree from the Department of Animated Film and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and from the Department of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. In her postgraduate studies at Radboud University, she trained as a RITHA practitioner (an expert in education for gifted children and students). She also completed training as a Therapeutic Art Life Coach. Since 2015, she has worked as an instructor on various film and art workshops with the Blank association, and since 2016, she has taught film, video, animation, and visual communication at the School of Art, Design, Graphics, and Clothing in Zabok. She has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions and participated in professional workshops and seminars. She was a finalist for the Prozak Literary Award (2020 and 2021) and the Na vrh jezika Award in 2020. She won the Museum of Angels Award for Best Short Story in 2021 and 2024. In 2022, she received the Post Scriptum Award for Social Media Literature, leading to the publication of her short story collection book, From the House on Which the Rain Falls. In 2024, she won the Edo Budiša Award for this same book. She is a member of the Croatian Society of Interdisciplinary Artists.