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 documentary filmmaker based in Belgrade and San Francisco. Her work spans filmmaking, 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.
Master of Arts, 2025
Ethnographic Documentary
People’s College of Law
Juris Doctorate, 2022
California Institute of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2013
Photo and Media
ExperienceInternational School of Visual Anthropology
Belgrade, Serbia, 2025
Program educator to socially engaged anthropologists, filmmakers, and activists, on the theme of post-socialist Serbia
Empire Files
San Francisco, CA, 2020-current
Video editor and social media manager for investigative documentary web series
People’s College of Law
Los Angeles, CA, 2018-2020
Admissions Coordinator and Creative Director
Sunday Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2013-2016
Founder and curator of DIY gallery and community space
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
San Francisco, CA, 2020
Mental Health Unit Social Worker
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
New York, NY, 2019
Researcher and Writer
Anat Egbi Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Gallerist
Artist in Residence, 2017
Bunker Gallery of Pittsburgh
Artist in Residence, 2016
FestivalsInternational Festival of Ethnographic Films, 2025
Skopje, Macedonia
VIZANTROP Visual Anthropology Festival, 2025
Belgrade, Serbia
Events and WorkshopsFlame IN Documentary Lab, 2025
Grožnjan, Croatia
Remembering the Future
Women’s Center for Creative Work, 2017
A panel on building sustainable creative ecosystems
Los Angeles, CA
Art is Labor
Knockdown Center, 2017
Art workers market and conference
Queens, NY
Selected CurationZero Zero
Annka Kultys Gallery
London, UK, 2017
What A Time To Be Alive
Slow Culture Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Hot in Here
Sunday Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, 2016
S P I R I T featuring Albert Samreth
Sunday Los Angeles, 2015
Los Angeles, CA
Furniture Show featuring Yung Jake
Sunday Los Angeles, 2014
Los Angeles, CA