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==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in Kosovo, Halilah left the country with his family during the [[Yugoslav Wars|Yugoslav wars]] of 1991–2001.<ref name="FriezeReview">{{cite web |last1=Judah |first1=Hettie |title=Artist Petrit Halilaj’s Living Archaeology |url=https://frieze.com/article/artist-petrit-halilajs-living-archaeology |website=Frieze |language=en}}</ref>
Born in Kosovo, Halilah left the country with his family during the [[Yugoslav Wars|Yugoslav wars]] of 1991–2001.<ref name="FriezeReview">{{cite web |last1=Judah |first1=Hettie |title=Artist Petrit Halilaj’s Living Archaeology |url=https://frieze.com/article/artist-petrit-halilajs-living-archaeology |website=Frieze |language=en}}</ref> Settled in Italy, Hililaj studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.<ref name="FlashArt2016">{{cite web |last1=Cherubini |first1=Laura |title=Petrit Halilaj |url=https://flash---art.com/article/petrit-halilaj/ |website=Flash Art |date=18 February 2016}}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==

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Petrit Halilaj
Born1986 (age 37–38)[1][2]
NationalityKosovar
Known forVisual arts

Petrit Halilaj (born 1986) is a Kosovar visual artist living and working between Germany, Kosovo and Italy.[3] His work is based on documents, stories, and memories related to the history of Kosovo.[4][5]

Halilaj is a tutor at Beaux-Arts de Paris, in Paris, France.[6]

Early life

Born in Kosovo, Halilah left the country with his family during the Yugoslav wars of 1991–2001.[7] Settled in Italy, Hililaj studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.[8]

Exhibitions

Halilaj represented the Republic of Kosovo at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.[9][10]

In 2017 Halilaj had a solo exhibition at the New Museum in New York.[11] In 2018 he had a solo show at the Hammer Museum.[12]

Halilaj created a large site-specific installation of giant sculptural flowers in 2020 for Madrid's Palacio de Cristal.[13] In 2020 Halilaj dropped out of the Belgrade Biennale, claiming that the Serbian Biennale would not recognize his Kosovo nationality.[14][15]

Collections

His work is included in the collection of the Museo Ettore Fico in Turin, Italy[16] and the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.[17]

Awards

He received the Mario Merz Prize[3] and the special mention of the jury at the 57th Venice Biennale, both in 2017.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Petrit Halilaj – Exhibition at Tate St Ives". Tate. 1975.
  2. ^ "Petrit Halilaj | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía". www.museoreinasofia.es.
  3. ^ a b "Mario Merz Prize". www.mariomerzprize.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  4. ^ WIELS. "Petrit Halilaj: Poisoned by men in need of some love | Exhibitions | WIELS". www.wiels.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  5. ^ "Petrit Halilaj: RU". www.newmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  6. ^ "Petrit HALILAJ et Alvaro URBANO". www.beauxartsparis.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Judah, Hettie. "Artist Petrit Halilaj's Living Archaeology". Frieze.
  8. ^ Cherubini, Laura (18 February 2016). "Petrit Halilaj". Flash Art.
  9. ^ Editor, News (2012-12-21). "Curator Kathrin Rhomberg selected Petrit Halilaj to represent Kosovo at the 55th Venice Biennial 2013". Biennial Foundation. Retrieved 2020-07-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ a b "Hammer Projects: Petrit Halilaj | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  11. ^ "Petrit Halilaj: RU". www.newmuseum.org.
  12. ^ "Hammer Projects: Petrit Halilaj | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu.
  13. ^ "petrit halilaj turns madrid's palacio de cristal into nest of giant flowers". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 24 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Artist Petrit Halilaj Has Pulled Out of the Belgrade Biennial After Its Organizers Refused to Recognize His Nationality". artnet News. 28 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Kosovar Artist Withdraws from Belgrade Biennial over Country of Origin Dispute". Exit - Explaining Albania. 29 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Collection". MEF.
  17. ^ "Petrit Halilaj - Do you realise there is a rainbow even if it's night!?". artmuseum.pl.