Helidon Xhixha exhibited at Galleria Gagliardi in 2009.
Helidon Xhixha was born in Durrazzo on December 1970. Son of an artis he spends his childhood in the workshop of his father Sali, from whom he inherits a strong passion for the FINE ARTS but especially for SCULPTURE. After attending the Academy of Fine Arts of Tirana he decides to move to Italy. In 1998, thanks to a scholarship he has the opportunity to attend for three months the Kingston University of London and can thus improve his engraving, sculpture and photography tecniques. In February 1999, he graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts of Milan, know as Brer Known in the academic world for his style, he experiments with and realizes works in Murano glass and stainless steel sculptures with an innovative technique. His pieces of art continue to play a very important role within the international arena of the fine arts ( America, Dubai, Germany, France, Austria, England).
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
Helidon Xhixha: In Ordine Sparso, Boboli Garden, Florence, Italy
2016
Shining Rock, Bozzetti Museum, Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi, Lido di Camaiore, Italy
Refractive Vibes, ContiniArtUK, London, UK
Captured Radiance, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Action And Thought, The Royal Palace Museum, Turin, Italy
Luce in Giardino, Hotel Cristallo, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
2015
Helidon Xhixha: “Everlasting” – Homage to Leonardo da Vinci “The Last Supper”, La Porta di Milano, Malpensa Airport, Terminal 1, Milan, Italy
Fashion and Art, La Tenda Experience, Expo Milano 2015, Milan, Italy
Helidon Xhixha, St. Regis Resort, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Nutrirsi d’Arte, Banca Mediolanum, Padua, Italy
Expo Arte Italiana, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo, Italy
Monolite d’Acciaio, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Bal Harbour, Florida, USA
2014
Mostra di Sculture, Palazzo Mantegazza, Lugano, Switzerland
Helidon Xhixha at Art Wynwood, Lausberg Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
Sculpting Light, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
A Light in the Space, Houses of Art Gallery, Marbella, Spain
Oceano, Muse Sales Gallery, Sunny Isles Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
2013
Energia dell’Acciaio attraverso l’Arte, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
Light in Paris, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
The Moulding Power of Light, La Galerie Nationale, Dubai, UAE
Echo Brickell, Sales Center’s Launch Party, Miami, USA
Les Arts dans l’habitation, Continental Art Gallery, Port de Plaisance, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Contemporary Art at Its Best, Houses of Art Marbella, Marbella, Spain
Light in Miami, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
20 Anni di Electronic Art Café, E.A.C. Performance, Bologna, Italy
ARTISSIMA, solo booth installation, Gallery on the Move, Turin, Italy
International Art Fair Vienna, solo booth installation, Gallery on the Move, Vienna, Austria
2012
Riflessi di Storia, Presidential Palace of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Sound of Steel, Museo del Violino, Stradivari Foundation, Cremona, Italy
Sculpting Declinations, Fienil Arte, Pietrasanta, Italy
MiART, solo booth installation, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Riflessi dal Cielo, Palazzo della Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy
Gateway of Light, AD Magazine, Milan, Italy
2011
Elliptical Light, Hotel Melia, Dubai, UAE
Lampi di Luce in Città, Marco Monti Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
Lampi di Luce in Città – Una città Museo, Municipality of Monza, Monza, Italy
ART Verona, solo booth installation, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
Summer Show, Houses of Art, Marbella Club Hotel, Marbella, Spain
The Moulding Power of Light, Ex-Convento S. Lucia e Agata, Matera, Italy
Luce d’Estate, Spirale Milano, Marina di Varazze, Varazze, Italy
Plasmare la Forma attraverso la Luce, Progetto Artevita, Matera, Italy
The Solo Project, De Primi Fine Art Gallery, St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
Modellare la Luce attraverso l’Acciaio, Villa Durazzo, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genoa, Italy
2010
Renaissance of Towers – Il Peso del Palio, Piazza IV November, Legnano, Italy
Light as steel, Galleria Como Arte, Como, Italy
Acciaio e Kauri, Museo del Legno, Riva 1920, Cantù, Como, Italy
La Forza del Metallo, Mazzoleni Art Gallery, Forte Village Resort, Sardinia, Italy
Il Peso del Palio, Banca di Legnano, Legnano, Italy
Energie, Museum Magi ‘900, Bologna, Italy
Luce, Castelmonastero, Colonna del Grillo, Siena, Italy
Renaissance of Towers – Leggero Come l’Acciaio, Mazzoleni Art Gallery, Bergamo, Italy
2009
Leggero come l’Acciaio, Piazza Alessandro Volta, Galleria ComoArte, Como, Italy
From Columbus to Columbus, Sala Verdi, Conservatorio di Milano, UECO Foundation, Milan, Italy
2008
Opere Monumentali, Golf Club Bogogno, Novara, Italy
Energy, Urban installations, Palazzo Melchionni, Alessandria, Italy
Tu vuoi essere Attore…o comparsa?, Barclays Premier, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Renaissance of Towers, Brooks Brothers and Bang & Olufsen, Florence, Italy
Renaissance of Towers, Stark, The Humboldt Transformer Station, Berlin, Germany
2006
Urban installations in the City of Novara, Novara, Italy
Questura di Novara, Novara, Italy
2004
Luce, New Art Gallery, Borgomanero, Italy
2003
Horses, Personal Exhibition, Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
Arte Fiera Bologna, ContiniArtUK, Bologna, Italy
Made In Forte : Percorsi di Arte e di Luce, Forte dei Marmi, Italy
2016
Art Miami, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
London Design Biennale 2016, representing Albania, London, UK
Color and Matter, Promenade du Port, Porto Cervo, Italy
Hymn to Life, The Prize Mother Teresa of Calcutta, USA Pavilion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
ArtGeneve, Gallery on the Move, Geneva, Switzerland
WopArt, ContiniArtUK, Lugano, Switzerland
International Art Fair Warsaw, ContiniartUK, Warsaw, Poland
2015
56th Venice Biennale, Syrian Pavilion, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy
Art Miami, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
Breaking Through Miami, Charity auction, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Bal Harbour, Florida, USA
Artissima, Gallery on the Move, Turin, Italy
Acquae, Venice 2015, Venice Pavillion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
Hymn to Life, The Prize Mother Teresa of Calcutta, USA Pavilion, Expo 2015; Milan, Italy
Art Market Budapest, Millenaris Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
Collective exhibition, Rosenberg Contemporary, St. Regis Bal Harbour; Bal Harbour, Florida, USA
Art Southampton – Nova’s Ark Project, Southampton, New York, USA
Art Brussels, Gallery on the Move, Brussels, Belgium
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
From Enlightenment to Light, Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida, USA
Art Wynwood, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
Stemperando, International Bienniale of Artworks on Paper, Turin, Italy
Vicenza Oro, Monolite d’Acciaio, Vicenza, Italy
Art Stage Singapore, Contini Art UK, Singapore
Art in the Park, Muse Sunny Isles, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, USA
2014
Art Miami, Galerie Lausberg, Miami, Florida
At a Glance, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Cologne, Germany
Art Verona – Art Project Fair, Verona, Italy
Art Southampton, Lausberg Contemporary, Southampton, New York, USA
Mese della Cultura e della Lingua Italiana, Collective Exhibition of Italian
Contemporary Artists, Yacht Club of Monaco, Principality of Monaco
Yachting and Art, Continental Art Fair Gallery, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Group exhibition, ContiniArtUK, London, UK
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
MiART, Gallery on the Move, Milan, Italy
“All about these…Ladies and Gentlemen,” video screening, Co-Pilot Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2013
Art Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Principality of Monaco
Art Miami, Galerie Lausberg, Florida, USA
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE
First Friday Art Walk, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2012
Naturalmente, Italy-China Bienniale, Monza, Italy
MiArt, Milan, Italy
Art Verona, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
2011
Art Paris, De Primi Fine Art Gallery, Paris, France
Strappi, Graffi e Bagliori, Galleria Mondo Arte, Milan, Italy
MiArt, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Art Monaco, Galleria Ferrari, Grimaldi Forum, Principality of Monaco
Tra le Briccole di Venezia, IMM Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Tra le Briccole di Venezia, Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK), Cologne, Germany
2010
IULM Open Air, IULM University, Milan, Italy
The Present and the Future, Mazzoleni Art Galery, Place du Manoir, Geneva, Switzerland
Arte Verona, Galleria Ferrari, Verona, Italy
Chiedimi il Rosso, Overlook Centro d’Arte, Pistoia, Italy
Riflessi in Laguna, Le briccole di Venezia, Riva 1920, Venice, Italy
Riflessi in Laguna, Le briccole di Venezia, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
MiArt, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
2009
Luxury on the Lake, Galleria la Perla, Villa Erba, Como, Italy
9th Edition of the National Prize for Sculpture and Paintings, Salone Arengo, Palazzo Borletto, Novara, Italy
Art Verona, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
Blue Note, Emma Re’s Concert, Milan, Italy
Steel Walls, Salusperaquam XLVIII Fuorisalone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
MiArt, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Steel Walls, BAU International Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, Munich, Germany
2008
ARTOUR-O MUST, International Culture Hall, Yiwu, China
ARTOUR-O MUST, Grand Hotel Minerva, Florence, Italy
Il Lusso delle Opere di Helidon Xhixha, BEspoke, Fair of Luxury, Milan, Italy
Arte Verona, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
ArteForte, Spirale Milano, Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy
Il Lago in Mostra: Passato, Presente e Futuro dell’Arte, Pallanza Villa Giulia, Verbania, Italy
2007
Renaissance of Towers, Cornice Art Fair, Venice, Italy
2002
Palazzo Borletto, Salone Arengo, Novara, Italy
Luci ed Ombre, Galleria Magenta, Milan, Italy
2001
Agora Gallery, New York, NY, USA
One Company Brain, Think Finance, Milan, Italy
Summer Show, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Opened Factories, Procos Spa, Cameri, Italy
Nudo per l’Estate, Art and Culture, Milan, Italy
Black Health Gallery, London, UK
Art in the Park, Mulino Vecchio, Bellinzago Novarese, Italy
1999
United States of America Consulate General, Milan, Italy
1998
Kingston University, London, UK
1997
Sforzesco Castle, Galliate, Novara, Italy
1996
Brera Laboratory of Modern and Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
1989
National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
Public Installations
Albania
Riflessi di Storia, Presidential Palace, Tirana
France
Seahorse, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Côte d’Azur
Germany
Renaissance of Towers, STARK The Transformer Station Humboldt, Berlin
Italy
Airone, Magnani Ricotti, Square Novara
Bas-Relief, Marinone Square, San Pietro Mosezzo
Cavallino Rampante, Ferrari Headquarters, Maranello
Everlasting, La Porta di Milano, Terminal 1, Malpensa Airport, Milan
Horses, Martiri della Libertà Square, Banca Popolare di Intra, Novara
Iceberg, Venice Biennale, San Servolo Island, Venice
Light and Shade, Gemine Muse, Novara
Light Collision, Lombardy Regional Government Building, Milan
Lighted Runways, Terminal 1, Malpernsa Airport, Milan
Luce sulla Laguna, Centurion Palace, Venice
Monolite d’Acciaio, Leonardo Da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology, Milan
Oceano, 24th Edition of FAI Day (Italian Environmental Fund)
Pillars of Light, Venice Biennale, San Servolo Island, Venice
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Alessandro Volta Square, Como
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Corso Umberto I, Stresa
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), de’ Rucellai Square, Florence
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), IV Novembre Square, Legnano
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Provincial Authorities Bld, Bergamo
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Vigili del Fuoco Square, Milan
Renaissance of Towers, Santa Maria Novella Square, Florence
Riflessi dal Cielo, Lombardy Regional Government Building, Milan
Steel and Kauri, Riva 1920, The Museum of Wood, Via Milano 110, Cantù
Suono d’Acciaio, The Violin and Contemporary Art Museum, Stradivari Foundation, Cremona
Testa di Cavallo, El Alamein Square, Novara
The Coil, Arvedi Steel Plant, Cremona
The Four Elements, Venice Biennale, San Servolo Island, Venice
Waterfalls, Giuseppe Bussolin Square, Padua
Principality of Monaco
Vela, New Yacht Club de Monaco, Monaco
Switzerland
Mantegazza, Palazzo Mantegazza, Riva Paradiso, Lugano
Riflessi Lunari, Helsinn Healthcare SA, Pazzallo
The Three Monoliths, Montanstahl Headquarters, Stabio
UAE
Elliptical Light, Grand Hotel Melia, Port Rashid, Dubai
USA
Endless Melody, Melody Tower, Miami
Light Gate, Conrad Hotel, Miami
Oceano, Muse Sunny Isles Sales Gallery, Sunny Isles Beach
The Mirror, The Atrium Building, Miami
The Wall, Bayfront Park, Miami
Thunder Light, St. Regis, Bal Harbour
Collections & Museums
Albania
Presidential Palace, Tirana
France
Pierre Cardin, Paris
Italy
Arvedi Group, Cremona
Associazione Ali Spahia, Milan
Banca Mediolanum, Padua
Ferrari Headquarters, Maranello
Francesca Rava Foundation, Milan
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa
Henraux Foundation, Lucca
Humanitas Foundation, Milan
Laureus Foundation, Milan
Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, Milan
MediaFriends Onlus, Milan
Municipality of Legnano
Municipality of Novara, Giulio Cesare Project, Novara
Municipality of San Pietro Mosezzo
Municipality of Stresa
Museo del Legno Riva, Cantù
Museo del Violino, Stradivari Foundation, Cremona
Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci”, Milan
Museo Magi 900, Bologna
Regione Lombardia, Milan
Roma Foundation, Rome
San Patrignano Foundation, Rimini
Veneto Banca, Novara
Principality of Monaco
Yacht Club Monaco
Qatar
Qatar Foundation, Doha
Switzerland
Helsinn Corporate, Lugano
Montanstahl Group, Stabio
Palazzo Mantegazza, Lugano
UAE
Grand Melia Hotel, Dubai
Suwaidi Group, Abu Dhabi
USA
Conrad Hotel, Miami
Diabetes Research Institute, Miami
Melo Group, Miami
Property Markets Group, Miami
St. Regis Hotel, Bal Harbour
The Atrium Building, Miami
Awards
London Design Biennale, Public Medal for best installation, London, UK
Cultural Classic Award 2016, Vanvitelliano Seminar of Nola, Naples, Italy
Lifetime Achievement Award, 9th Edition of the National Art Award, City of Novara, Italy
First Prize for “Light and Shade”, 2nd Edition of the “Gemine Muse Young Artists in Italian Museums”, Novara, Italy
Excellent Photographer Award, 6th Edition China Jinan International Photography Biennale, China
Selected Publications
Exhibition Catalogue 2016. Helidon Xhixha: Shining Rock. Essays by Luca Beatrice. Pietrasanta, Italy
Exhibition Catalogue 2016. Helidon Xhixha: Refractive Vibes. Essays by Richard Cork. London, UK
Exhibition Catalogue 2016. Helidon Xhixha: Everlasting. Milan, Italy
56th Venice Biennale Catalogue (2015). All the World’s Futures, 2015, Venice, Italy
Badellino, Enrico. 2009. Helidon Xhixha: Leggero come l’acciaio. Milan: Skira
Poli, Francesco. 2011. Helidon Xhixha: Plasmare la forma attraverso la luce [Poggibonsi] (Siena): C. Cambi