I am a London-based poet, arts practitioner, and researcher of mixed heritage (Croatian father / Algerian mother) born in Zagreb (previous pen name: Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani Mina Ray). I moved to London in 1995 where I have been living and working since. 

My poems in English, French and Croatian have appeared in literary magazines and journals in the UK including The Fortnightly Review, Molly Bloom, Pamenar Press and Tears in the Fence, and in several publications in Canada and Croatia.

I am the founder of the multilingual poetry project “Unbound” in 2017 that received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Language Acts and Worldmaking Small grants programme in 2018 and 2019. I have (co-)directed several multilingual poetry recitals and performances in the UK, France, and Croatia, and have given talks, and written essays on multilingual poetry practice. During that period I collaborated with poets, musicians, composers, sound artists, computer scientists, sound engineers, theatre directors, and arts and humanities scholars and specialists. In 2021, I was the convenor of the multilingual poetry writing panel “Multilingual poetry writing: strategies of translation, disruption and resistance” at the Languages Future online conference. My multilingual performance “Heart monologues” series was premiered at the Regent Street Cinema, London, 16 March 2022, and performed again in Paris, France and Pula, Croatia, in collaboration with Belgian-born artistic director of the Paris-based company Nonumoi, Delphine Salkin, and London-based musician, avant-garde composer and Professor in Creative Computing, Atau Tanaka. In 2023, I co-presented the talk (with Atau Tanaka) “’Heart monologues’: the cultural, experimental, and sensorial journey of a multilingual poetry performance” at the “All Borders Blur Conference”, 11-12 November 2023, Queen Mary University of London.

I am currently developing my new art project “Alphabet” based on my familial history in which I explore my Algerian heritage through the letters of the Arabic alphabet and the calligraphic sign.    

I have published three multilingual poetry collections: Gazelle / Gazela / Gazelle (Galerija Kranjcar: Zagreb, 2023), Knitting drum machines for exiled tongues (Tears in the Fence: Dorset, 2022), Reveries about language (Faculty for Arts and Humanities, King’s College London, London: 2019). 

Finally, I am a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Westminster; I have a doctorate (PhD) in French and Francophone studies. I have given conference papers in my subject area, both nationally and internationally, and have produced several academic articles and reviews.

I am a member of the Centre for Contemporary Writing, Queen Mary University of London, and an active participant of The Solitary to Solidary Arts Lab led by Caroline Bergvall.