Ada Rajkovic is a documentary filmmaker based in Belgrade and San Francisco. She utilizes film as a political tool in her pursuit of another world, exploring collective memory, alternative histories, and social imaginations. Ada founded the artist-run gallery and community space, Sunday, in Los Angeles and was a visiting artist at the Mattress Factory Museum and the Pittsburgh Children's Museum, where she opened a free summer camp for neighborhood kids. She graduated from CalArts and recently completed her Master’s in Ethnographic Documentary from University College London.
Ada Rajkovic is a documentary filmmaker based in Belgrade and San Francisco. She utilizes film as a political tool in her pursuit of another world, exploring collective memory, alternative histories, and social imaginations. Ada founded the artist-run gallery and community space, Sunday, in Los Angeles and was a visiting artist at the Mattress Factory Museum and the Pittsburgh Children's Museum, where she opened a free summer camp for neighborhood kids. She graduated from CalArts and recently completed her Master’s in Ethnographic Documentary from University College London.
Ada Rajkovic is a multi-media artist based in Belgrade and San Francisco. Her work spans film, curation, and activism and is rooted in artistic research and the history, imagination, and practice of other worlds. She graduated from CalArts in 2013 with a BFA in Photo and Media. Shortly after, she founded the artist-run gallery and community space, Sunday, where she curated over 70 events and art shows. In 2016, she co-founded an artist advocacy collective (G.A.P.) that organized art workers, mapped power in the art world, held forums, and guerrilla art installations in institutions such as the New Museum. In 2017, she pursued a law degree from People’s College of Law. While there, she served as a board member and creative director for admissions. In 2025, she completed her masters in Ethnographic Documentary at University College London and is working on her forthcoming feature-length documentary in the former Yugoslavia.
University College London, 2025
Master of Arts in Ethnographic Documentary
People’s College of Law, 2022
Juris Doctorate
California Institute of the Arts, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photo and Media
Experience
International School of Visual Anthropology
Belgrade, Serbia, 2025
Mentor to a group of socially engaged anthropologists, filmmakers, and activists, on the theme of post-socialist/post-industrial society in the Serbian town of Požarevac.
Empire Files
2020-current
Video editor and social media manager for investigative documentary web series.
People’s College of Law, Los Angeles
Admissions Coordinator and Creative Director
2018-2020
Sunday Gallery
Los Angeles, 2013-2016
Founder and curator
Events
Remembering the Future
Women’s Center for Creative Work
Los Angeles, CA
The main organizer of the event "Remembering the Future: A panel on building sustainable creative ecosystems and authentic alliances between artists and community."
Art is Labor
Knockdown Center
New York, New York
Art workers market and conference.
Selected Curation
Zero Zero
Annka Kultys Gallery
London, UK
What A Time To Be Alive
Slow Culture Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Hot in Here
Sunday Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
S P I R I T
Albert Samreth
Sunday Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Furniture Show
Yung Jake
Sunday Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Children’s Museum Pittsburgh
Artist in Residence, 2017
Bunker Gallery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Artist in Residence, 2016
Internships
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
Mental Health Unit Intern
San Francisco, 2020
FAIR Media Researcher and Writer
New York, 20219
Anat Egbi Gallery
Los Angeles, 2013
Gallerist
Festivals
International Festival of Ethnographic Films
Skopje, Macedonia, 2025
VIZANTROP Visual Anthropology Festival
Belgrade, Serbia, 2025
Workshops
Flame IN Documentary Lab
Grožnjan, Croatia, 2025
International School of Visual Anthropology
Belgrade, Serbia 2024