Born in 1970 in Durres, Albania
Lives and works in Milan, Italy & Tirana, Albania
Education
Academy of Fine Art in Tirana, Albania
Academie Brera in Milan, Italy
Masterclass Académie Der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna and Salzbourg, Austria.
Awards and Residencies
Italian Council Grant: International event (2021)
The Cleveland Foundation: Creative Fusion International Artist in Residence Program (2016)
Artist in Residence at TICA Tirana, Albania (2013)
Artist in Residence Hammer Museum,Los Angeles, USA (2013)
Artist in Residence Krems, Austria (2011)
Residence Internationale Aux Recollets, Paris, France (2010)
CEC ArtsLink Residency NY, @ ASU Museum Arizona, USA (2008)
Artist in Residence at Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Jerusalem, Israel (2007)
Targetti Light Art Award 2005 @ Artefiera 2006, Bologna, Italy (2006)
Mercedes Benz Prize Centro d?Arte la Loggia, Montefiridolfi, Italy (1999)
Solo exhibtions
2018
The consequences of Love, Kyro Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (Italy), curated by Gianluca Marziani
2016
T'Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do, Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, USA
2014
Fearful Intentions, Josza Gallery, Brussels. Belgium
2011
About translation Galerie IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria - Curated by Karin Perggener
2010
Laws, Lies, Traditions & Convictions, Josza gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2009
Imagine the possibilities, Gallery Alessandro Bagnai. Florence, Italy - Curated by James Putnam
2008
Panoramic Landscapes, Herzliya Museum Israel
The 16 Ways, gallery Braverman By Art Projects. Tel Aviv, Israel
2006
Something in common Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany
Getting lost in Venice it's wonderful, Gallery Traghetto. Venice, Italy
2005
Object of Desire, gallery The Flat, Milan, Italy - Curated by Gabi Scardi
2004
Viaggio/Trip Studioventicinque, Milan, Italy
Selected group exhibitions
2023
La tendresse Subversive, Frac Centre/Val de Loire, Orleans. France, Curated by Nelly Taravel and Abdelkader Damani
2022
Biennale d'Art et Architecture – Permanent Public Project, Frac Centre/Val de Loire, Vierzon. France, Curated by Abdelkader Damani
Pigmenti, Kyro Gallery, Pietrassanta, Italy.
2021
The Sowers,FondationThalie, Brussels, Belgium, Curated by Nathalie Guiot and Anissa Tauati
Synime/Ambitions, National Gallery of Albania,Tirana, Albania, Curated by Adela Demetja and Eremire Krasniqi
Synime/Ambitions, National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo, Curated by Adela Demetja and Eremire Krasniqi
2020
Micro-Situations, The Parkview Museum Singapore, Curated by Lorand Hegyi
2019
A moment before the world, International Biennale of Rabat, Morocco. Curated by Abdelkader Damani
Chants D'amour, Galerie Dix9 Paris, France.
Dentro il Disegno, Castiglia di Saluzzo, Saluzzo, Italy. Curated by Lorand Hegyi
Chants D'amour, Galerie Dix9 Helene Lacharmoise, Paris, France.
Ad Infinitum. 13th Havana Biennale, Arsenal Habana, Havana. Cuba. Curated by Magda Gonzales Mora
Il disegno politico italiano, A+A Gallery, Venice, Italy. Curated by Aurora Fonda & Sandro Pignotti
Motive/Motif, Vestry House Museum, London, UK.
2018
Living in the Mediterranean. IVAM (Istitut Valencia D'Art Modern), Valencia. Spain. Curated by Pedro Azarra
Motive/Motif: artists commemorate the Suffragettes. London College of Fashion. UK.
No Place like Home. Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon. Portugal. Curated by Adina Kamien-Kazhdan
2017
10 years, anniversary exhibition, Galerie Dix9 - Hélène Lacharmoise, Paris
Hotel Europa, Vilnius, Lithuania
No Place like home, Israeli Museum, Jerusalem - Curator Adina Kamien-Kazhdan
Eccentric Spaces, Riccardo Costantini Contemporary,Torino, Italy- Curated by Elena Inchingolo & Paola Stropiana
Drawing Biennale, Drawing Room, London, UK
Bedlam & Balance, ArtYard Frenchtown, NJ, USA
2016
The pleasure of Love, October Salon, Belgrad, Serbia - curator David Elliott
Drawing Now art fair, Paris - presented by Galerie Dix9
2015
Biennale de Thessalonique, curator Katherina Gregos
Drawing Biennal, London
2014
Under Erasure. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel - Curated by Irith Hadar
ART IN PORT ? Coexistence: for a new Adriatic koinè. Piramida, Tirana, Albania./National Art Gallery Cetinje, Montenegro/. Muzej Moderne, Rijeka, Croatia/ Magazzino del Sale, Venice/ Pino Pascali Foundation, Polignano a Mare, Italy.
Transmutation, Jozsa gallery. Brussels, Belgium
L'Oeuvre au Noir, Jozsa gallery, Brussels. Belgium
2013
What do you make of this? FAB Gallery, Tirana. Albania.
Human Nature, Gallery Braverman, Tel Aviv. Israel
2012
Kama. Sesso e Design Triennale Design Museum, Milan. Italy - Curated by Silvana Annicchiarico
The best of times, the worst of times. Rebirth and apocalypse in contemporary art. The 1st Kiev International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Kiev, Ukraine - Curated by David Elliott
Dress/id, the language of the self/ le langage de moi, Centre D'Art Passerelle, Brest. France - Curated by Ulrike Kremeier
2011
Magic Lantern: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
7th Triennial of Contemporary Art, Tournai, Belgium
Kunst Stoff. Textilien in der Kunst seit 1960, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany
Das Textile als Medium der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunst Archiv Darmstadt,Germany
Geopathies, 54th Internat Art Exhibition Venice Biennale - Albanian Pavilion.
The five continents, International Triennial of Contemporary textile Arts of Tournai, Belgium
Nach Strich und Faden, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawing Gallery, Berlin
Explore the potential of new technologies and alternative sourses, Bloomberg, London, UK - Curated by Sigrid Wilkinson- Arts Co and commissioned by Bloomberg.
2010
Nove artisti per "Napoli milionaria" al Palazzo Ducale Martina Franca (TA)
Edition 5 Erstfeld at the Haus für Kunst, Altdorf, Switzerland
Säen und Jäten Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Non totalmente immemori, né completamente nudi, Galleria Communale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone. Italy - Curated by Andrea Bruciati, Eva Comuzzi
2009
Fragile, fields of empathy, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon. South Korea
Marvellous Reality Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India
The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, 4th Tirana International Biennial, Albania. Curators Joa Ljundberg & Edi Muka
Säen und Jäten"Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst?. Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, Germany - Curated by Dr. Nicole Fritz
Threads, National Queer Arts Festival 2009, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA - Curated by Pamela Peniston & Courtney Dailey
Fragile, fields of empathy, Museum of Saint Etienne. France
Windows onto the Sea, Strasbourg. France
Fuorisalone 2009, Plusdesign Gallery, Milan, Italy
Dritto Rovescio, Triennale Museum, Milan, Italy
2008
One Night Only at Taliesin West? Frank Lloyd Wright's Foundation, Scottsdale In collaboration with ASU Art Museum, Arizona, USA - Curated by John Spiak
Micro narratives, Museum of Sant Etiene. France - Curated by Lorand Hegyi
Mediations Biennale. Un voyage sentimental, 1st Poznan Biennial, Poland
The Bearable Lightness of being. The metaphor of the space, Palazzo Pesaro Papafava. 11th International Architecture Biennale Venice, Italy
Emergenze Creative MAR Museo d'Arte della Città di Ravenna, Italy
The thread as the line: Contemporary sewn art, Ellipse Arts Centre, Arlington, Virginia, USA - Curated by Cynthia Connolly
Women's Images/Frauenbilder, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany - Curated by Dr. Heiner Schepers
2007
48th October Art Salon Belgrade, Serbia. Yugoslavia
Just in Time, Gallery Riccardo Crespi, Milan. Italy
2006
L'immagine sottile, Galleria Communale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Italy
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Japan
Das Pferd erzählen, Kunsthalle, Göppingen. Germany
Travelling Light. Nothing to lose, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA Curated by Julia Draganovic
2005
BoundLess, Partecipating/contributing in Jan Christensen installation. Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway - Curated by Henry Meyric Hughes
2004
Place for the Self, Apexart, New York ,USA - Curated by Amnon Barzel
Colours of Albania, National Gallery, Tirana, Albania - Curated by Edi Muka
2000
Noi amiamo l'Italia, l'Italia ama noi Mostra a latere del 51° Premio Michetti Palazzo Arnese, Ortona, Italy - Curated by Edi Muka
Travelling exhibition Junge Kunst Aus Italien: Kassel/ Documenta Halle, Magdeburg/Johanneskirche, Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen
Postdam/Kulturhaus Altes Rathaus, Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein - Curated by Dr. Ulrich Schneider
Host Home Gallery 5020 Salzburg, Austria - Curated by Peter Weiermaier and Amnon Barzel
Special Projects
2013
- Women, Justice and the Law , a community project held in Tirana with women prisoners at Ali Demi Prison 325, Tirana, Albania
- community project held at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, USA - Directed by Ali Subotnick.
2010
Paper Therapy a community project held at Maggie's Centre in Hammersmith at Charing Cross Hospital & Bloomberg employs at their offices London. UK. Project done in collaboration with Arts Co and commissioned by Bloomberg, London. Directed by Sigrid Wilkinson, Arts Co
2008
One Night Only the U.S. Taliesin West ? Frank Lloyd Wright's Foundation, Scottsdale in collaboration with ASU Art Museum, Arizona, U.S.A
2007
The Ethiopian Embroiderers workshop in collaboration with Jerusalem Centre for Visual Arts( JCVA), Tel Aviv, Israel - directed by Nirith Nelson
2006
Taipei Contemporary Ink Painting Biennal. Taipei, Taiwan
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Two weeks workshop in Japan
2005
Yellow Stickers: Urban intervention project in simultaneously with the 51st Venice Biennale