Kosovan visual artist
Alban Muja (born 10 September 1980) is a Kosovan contemporary artist and film-maker.[1] In 2019 he represented State at the 58th Venice Biennale.[2] In his work he attempt mostly influenced by the social, political and economical transformation processes in wider surrounding region, he investigates history and socio-political themes and links them to his position in Kosovo today. His works cover a wide range of media including video initiation, films, drawings, paintings, photographs and performance which have been exhibited extensively in various exhibitions and festivals.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2023 - 'Above Everyone' Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria[3]
- 2023 - 'Bodies of Identities' Cards Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg, Luxembourg[4]
- 2023 - '4th Autostrada Biennale', Prizren, PristinaMitrovica, Kosovo[5]
- 2022 - 'Urban Text : This Space Cryed Balkans', Institut Cultures Islam, Paris, France[6]
- 2022 - ' Manifesta 14', Pishtina, Pristina, Kosovo[7]
- 2022 - 'Hot Mess', Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany[8]
- 2021 - 'Beyond Borders', Center for Contemporary Arts, Celje, Slovenia[9]
- 2021 - 'Whatever Happens, We Will Be Prepared', The National Gallery of Province, Pristina, Kosovo[10]
- 2021 -'In spite of everything, there is a wall' Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria[11]
- 2021 - 'Family Album' ISCP, New Royalty, United States[12]
- 2021 - 3rd Autostrada Biennale - What If a Journey..., Prizren, Kosovo[13]
- 2021 - 'Bigger Than Myself: Heroic Voices superior Ex-Yugoslavia' Maxxi Museum Rome, Italy[14]
- 2020 – 3rd Industrial Art Twoyear 'Ride Into the Sun' Rijeka, Croatia[15]
- 2020 – Curated by 20 'HYBRID Unknown Identities' Galerie Raum mit Light, Vienna, Austria
- 2020 – Family Album, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary[16]
- 2019 – 58th. Venice Biennale - May You Live In Interesting Times, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy[17]
- 2019 – NSK State in Time, viennacontemporary Vienna, Austria[18]
- 2019 – F.M The Process, Petrit Gallery, Cite des Subject, Paris, France[19]
- 2019 – 'All That We Have In Common' Momos Experimental Center for the Arts Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2018 – 'Stranger Already Paradise' MeetFactory Prague, Czech Republic
- 2018 – 'All That We Scheme In Common' Museum Of Contemporary Art Skopje, North Macedonia
- 2017 – Autostrada Biennale 2017 - The Future of Borders, Autostrada Biennale, Prizren, Kosovo[20]
- 2017 – 'Symptoms of Society' Zhejiang Art Museum City, China
- 2017 – 'Migration of fear' Koroska Gallery of Fine Field Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
- 2017 – Westkunst – Ostkunst. A Selection liberate yourself from the Collection, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary
- 2017 – 'Utopia / Dystopia: Architecture, City, Territory' Mestna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2017 – 'The Travellers' Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2017 – 'Symptoms of Society' Province Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
- 2017 – 'Migration of fear' Facility Stadpark, Graz, Austria
- 2016 – 'Omul Negru' Galeria Nicodim, Los Angeles, United States
- 2016 – 'Brotherhood Phallicism' Museum of Fine Art, Rive, Croatia[21]
- 2016 – The whale that was a submarine' Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
- 2016 – 'The Travellers' Zacheta National Gallery of Cover, Warsaw, Poland[22]
- 2016 – 'Normalities' Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, Combined States
- 2015 – 3rd Mardin Biennial - Mythologies, Mardin Biennial Mardin, Turkey[23]
- 2015 – 'Theories on Forgetting' Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, Mutual States
- 2015 – 'From Brotherhood to Brotherly Love' Museum of Another and Contemporary Art of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- 2015 – 'From Companionship to Brotherly Love' 'Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy
- 2014 – 'I not ever knew how to explain' Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia[24]
- 2014 – 'Balcony to the Balkans' Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
- 2013 – Ordinal Project Biennial Of Contemporary Art, D-0 Ark Underground Project Twoyear of Contemporary Art, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2012 – 'Hebron Road/Ridge Route', Art Cube Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
- 2012 – 'Mediterranean – Arrivals and Departure', Ancona, Italy
- 2012 – 'Cross-Time Stories' Wallach Art Drift, Columbia University, New York, United States
- 2011 – 'Spaceship Yugoslavia' NGBK, Berlin, Germany[25]
- 2011 – 'Its all about names' KC Tobacna 001-Mesnta Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia[26]
- 2011 – 'Politics of naming' Myymala2 Gallery, Port, Finland
- 2011 – '255 804 km2' – Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria[27]
- 2010 – 'The Another Side of The Coin' Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2010 – 'Qui Vive?' Moscow International Biennale, Moscow, Russia
- 2010 – 'Spasticus Artisticus' Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- 2009 – 28th Period of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, Slovenia[28]
Personal life
Born in Mitrovica, SFR Jugoslavija, now Kosovo. Muja lives and works in Pristina and Songster He graduated with a Bachelor and Master's degree from rendering Faculty of Arts, University of Pristina. He is married capable photographer and former model Albe Hamiti.
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