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Sislej Xhafa Biography
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1970 |
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Born in Peja, Kosova
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1999 |
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First prize in "Onufri" National Gallery, Tirana, Albania
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First Prize Artista Emergente Italiano/Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Premio Querini- Furla per l’Arte, Venice, Italy
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First Prize Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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Opportunistisch Naturalistisch, SKUC galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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2006
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Livelihood Rainbow on Broel, Liebaert Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium
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2006
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when Mac goes black, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York
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2006
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Four Movements, Quarter, curated by Sergio Risaliti, Florence, Italy
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2006
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Our house is a house that moves, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, curated by Natasha Petreshin
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2006
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Capolavoro, Palazzo di Primavera, Center of Contemporary Art di Terni, curated by Angelo Capasso, Terni, Italy
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2006
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New Video, New Europe, The Kitchen, curated by Hamza Walker, New York
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2006
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Art Film, Kunsthalle Basel, curated by Benjamin Weil, Basel, Switzerland
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2006
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ECCO UOMO, Spazio Oberdan, curated by Gemma De Angelis Testa and Sergio
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2006
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Risaliti, Milan, Italy
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2005
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Performa, curated by Roselee Goldberg, New York
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2005
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51° Venice Bienniale, Albanian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
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2005
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Skinheads Swimming, Magazzino d’ Arte Moderna, Rome
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2005
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Sislej Xhafa, BEAULIEU Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
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2005
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Performa, curated by Roselee Goldberg, New York
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2005
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Sculpture Center, This May Be What Parallel Play Looks Like, curated by
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2005
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First We Take Museums, curated by Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Museum of Contemporary Art
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2005
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KIASMA, URB Visuals, curated by Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Helsinki, Finland
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2005
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Deliciouse, curated by Luk Lambrecht, Sint. Truiden, Belgium
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2005
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A Forest and a Tree, Yellow Bird Gallery, Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, curated by Pelin Uran, New York
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2005
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Identity and Nomadism, travelling exhibition, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
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2005
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Double Vision, Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome
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2005
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SHUGOARTS , Summer Show, Tokyo
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2005
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INTRAMOENIA-EXTRA ART, Castel Del Monte (Andria) curated by Achile Bonito Oliva
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2004
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Miedo Total, Fundació ‘la Caixa’ la Sala Montcada, xhafabdessemed (two-person show with Adel Abdessemed), curated by Teresa Macrì, Barcelona, Spain
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2004
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Giuseppe, MART of Trento, travelling exhibition, curated by Giorgio Verzotti
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2004
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Vetrine della Calcografia: See no evil / hear no evil / speak no evil, curated by Luigi Ficacci, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome
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2004
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Twice Upon a Time, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome
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2004
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Nivea, W 139, curated by Ann Demeester, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2004
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PM, curated by Radmila Iva Jankovic, Zagreb, Croatia
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2004
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Sislej Xhafa, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium
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2002
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Motion in Paradise, Deitch Projects, New York
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2002
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Skinheads Swimming, Galleria Laura Pecci, Milan, Italy
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2002
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Sislej Xhafa, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bergamo, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Bergamo, Italy
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2002
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Sislej Xhafa, Foundation of Teseco, curated by Gail Cochrane, Pisa, Italy
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2001
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Siyum, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
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2001
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Sislej Xhafa, Kunsthalle Bern, Project Room, curated by Evelyne Jouannou, Bern, Switzerland
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2001
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Talk is Cheap, curated by Marc Olivier Wahler, Swiss Cultural Institute, New York
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2001
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Sislej Xhafa, Galleria Laura Pecci, Milan, Italy
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2000
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Sislej Xhafa, Fondazione Olivetti, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Rome
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