Dragana Sapanjoš was born in 1979 in Koper. She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, in the class of Professor Eugenia Commencinia, and completed her painting studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, in the class of Professor Diego Esposito. She is the winner of numerous awards, residency programs and scholarships, such as Corso superiore di arti visive Antonio Ratti, VIR Viarafirni (Viafarini in residence), ACACIA scholarship, Moroso award for contemporary art, Futura PRAHA, Triennial of Croatian sculpture. He lives and works in Milan until 2012 when he returns to Croatia, in his native Novigrad grdje currently lives and works. Ombra della luce is her first film.