Ben Kamili

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Ben Kamili (* 1969 in Orashe e Poshtme , Macedonia ) is a German-Albanian painter who lives and works in Berlin.

Life

Ben Kamili was born in Orashe e Poshtme, Macedonia , in 1969 . After moving to the German capital, he studied from 1998 to 2004 at the Berlin University of the Arts with Professor Klaus Fußmann . Since then, the artist has presented his characteristic landscape subjects, which are characterized by strong, pastose colors, in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Kamili devotes himself intensively to plein air painting and works in thematic cycles, so he created a. a. Series of paintings on the Elbe or on the royal gardens of Berlin and Potsdam.

Working in collections

u. a. Carmen Würth Collection

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016 Sanssouci Park, Orangery Palace , Potsdam
  • 2016 Gallery of the Bulgarian Institute, Berlin
  • 2015 Art Fair Sylt, Art Sylt, Kunsthaus ARTES
  • 2015 Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair (Turkey)
  • 2014 Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
  • 2014 Museum Schloss Wolfshagen , Prignitz
  • 2014 Small orangery at Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin
  • 2014 Bunker group exhibition, Hagen
  • 2013 group exhibition in Haus Ruhreck, Hagen
  • 2012 Noordwijk Art Festival (Netherlands)
  • 2012 House Ruhreck , Hagen
  • 2011 Competition “Das neue Berlin” in the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin
  • 2011 Villa Irmgard Museum, Usedom
  • 2011 Upper Hessian Museum , Giessen
  • 2011 Gutshaus Steglitz Museum
  • 2011 Municipal Gallery, Berlin
  • 2011 January: Vernissage Atelier Wilke, Bremerhaven

literature

  • Kamili, Ben, The Embers of Colors: New Paintings / Ben Kamili. With contributions by Friedhelm Häring and Bernhard von Barsewisch , 207 pp., 2014, ISBN 978-3-924865-43-6 .
  • Ben Kamili: Royal Gardens / Royal Gardens. With contributions by Samuel Wittwer , Klaus von Krosigk and Friedhelm Häring, 130 pages, 2016, hardcover ISBN 978-3-9818258-0-0 .
  • Ben Kamili on the way - the whole world of color; Impasto painting; Upper Hessian Museum Gießen, April 8th, 2011 - May 29th, 2011, Arthus Gallery Zell am Harmersbach, May 7th, 2011 - July 2nd, 2011, Gallery Unteres Schloss Pähl, September 4th. - 16.10.2011
  • 7 painters by the sea: Ben Kamili, André Krigar , Christopher Lehmpfuhl , Louis, Lars Moeller, Frank Suplie, Sigurd Wendland; First imperial baths plein air on the island of Usedom in 2005; Exhibition in the Heringsdorfer Museum Villa Irmgard , Dreikaiserbäder community, from May 27th to June 27th and Kommunale Galerie Berlin, August 14th - September 25th, 2005

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kamili, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Albanian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Orashe e Poshtme , Macedonia