Petrit Halilaj
Petrit Halilaj | |
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Born | 1986 (age 37–38)[1][2] |
Nationality | Kosovar |
Known for | sculpture, installation art |
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
During the 2010 Berlin Biennale, Halilaj exhibited a sculptural reconstruction of a house built by his parents, to replace the family home that was levelled by bombing during the 1998–199 Kosovo war.[9][10]
Halilaj represented the Republic of Kosovo at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.[11][12]
In 2017 Halilaj had a solo exhibition at the New Museum in New York.[13] In 2018 he had a solo show at the Hammer Museum.[14]
Halilaj created a large site-specific installation of giant sculptural flowers in 2020 for Madrid's Palacio de Cristal.[15] In 2020 Halilaj dropped out of the Belgrade Biennale, claiming that the Serbian Biennale would not recognize his Kosovo nationality.[16][17]
Collections
- Museo Ettore Fico in Turin, Italy[18]
- Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw[19]
- Centre Pompidou, Paris[20]
Awards
He received the Mario Merz Prize[3] and the special mention of the jury at the 57th Venice Biennale, both in 2017.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Petrit Halilaj – Exhibition at Tate St Ives". Tate. 1975.
- ^ "Petrit Halilaj | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía". www.museoreinasofia.es.
- ^ a b "Mario Merz Prize". www.mariomerzprize.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ WIELS. "Petrit Halilaj: Poisoned by men in need of some love | Exhibitions | WIELS". www.wiels.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Petrit Halilaj: RU". www.newmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Petrit HALILAJ et Alvaro URBANO". www.beauxartsparis.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Judah, Hettie. "Artist Petrit Halilaj's Living Archaeology". Frieze.
- ^ Cherubini, Laura (18 February 2016). "Petrit Halilaj". Flash Art.
- ^ "Petrit Halilaj "Space Shuttle in the Garden" at HangarBicocca, Milan •". Mousse Magazine (in Italian). 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Berlin Biennale 2010: where art imitates real life | Skye Sherwin". the Guardian. 15 June 2010.
- ^ 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.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b "Hammer Projects: Petrit Halilaj | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Petrit Halilaj: RU". www.newmuseum.org.
- ^ "Hammer Projects: Petrit Halilaj | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu.
- ^ "petrit halilaj turns madrid's palacio de cristal into nest of giant flowers". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Artist Petrit Halilaj Has Pulled Out of the Belgrade Biennial After Its Organizers Refused to Recognize His Nationality". artnet News. 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Kosovar Artist Withdraws from Belgrade Biennial over Country of Origin Dispute". Exit - Explaining Albania. 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Collection". MEF.
- ^ "Petrit Halilaj - Do you realise there is a rainbow even if it's night!?". artmuseum.pl.
- ^ Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne-Centre (7 July 2020). "Musée national d'art moderne – Centre Pompidou". Navigart.fr (in French).