Artan Shabani nasce nel 1969
La sua ricerca si concentra sul concetto dell’identità dell’uomo balcanico attraverso le tradizioni, i costumi, i valori sociali e individuali, visti sia in un’ottica di conservazione che in quella di sviluppo, in una conflittualità contemporanea che spinge da un lato a integrarsi in una neonata visione europea e globalizzata, dall’altra a mantenere saldo un orgoglio di appartenenza e territorialità.
(2008) Foreigners ma non troppo, Mavi Kum Gallery, Istanbul. (2009) Prague Biennale 4.
(2009) Venezia Biennale 2007 Museo Luzzati Porta Siberia. Genova (Italy)
(2006) Ballkan Metamorphosis, National Gallery Tirana.
(2004) Museo dell’ Automobile, Torino.
(2003) Pohjanmaan Museum, Vaasa, Finlandia.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2009
curators at Prague Biennial 4, Albania & Kosovo pavilon. Praha Czech Republic.
Venezia Biennale 2007 Museo Luzzati Porta Siberia. Genova (Italy)
2008
projekt director “Tran-sforma-Jonio”, exibitions at The Promenade Gallery in Vlora Albania.
2007
projekt director e sponsored indipendent day off italy in Valona with albanian and italian artist.
2006 ”
Il lazzio tra Europa e Mediterraneo”Sotto l’Alto patronato del Presidente della Republica Italiana e ministero degli affari Esteri.
2005
organized ”balkanica” in Porto Venere-Spezia Italy group exhibitions with yang balkan artist.
2003
curated project with consulate general of albania in Milan.albanian yang artist. Bocconi University, Milano
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Parallel Worlds,The Promenade Gallery. Vlore (Albania)
2008
Foreigners ma non troppo, curated by Holta Vrioni. Mavi Kum Gallery, Istanbul (Turkey)
The Labyrinth of Memory, Ghetto Palace of Chieri (Italy)
2007
Jozef Gallery. Curated by Andi Tepelena. Durres (Albania)
2006
Visage d’Albanie, curated by Honorary Consulate of Albania in Monaco and the Monegasque Commission UNESCO. Monte-Carlo
Balkan Metamorphosis, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Tirana (Albania)
2006 DORIA PAMPHILI PALACE. San Martino al Cimino.Viterbo (Italy)
2005
Caruso Bellosguardo Palace, Lastra a Signa. Florence (Italy)
Via Egnatia” THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AUTOMOBILE, Turin (Italy)
2004
Entroterra.VILLA STROZZI. Florence (Italy)
Consructe Realities. PALACE OF EUROPEAN CONCILS – Strasbourg (France)
Palace of the Venetian Prisons, curated by Andi Tepelena and Andrea Bonifacio, Venice (Italy)
Artan Shabani. THE SALMATORIS PALACE, Cherasco-Cuneo (Italy)
History Portraits, Palace of the Captain. Bagno di Romagna (Italy)
Artan Shabani, THE DUCAL CASTLE of Corigliano Calabro (Italy)2003 POHJANMAAN MUSEO. Osterbottens museum Vaasa (Finland)
Museo dell’ Automobile, Torino.
2003
Still Life, Serbelloni Palace, Milan (Italy)
Sala Ex Upim-Museo Civico. Treviglio (Italy)
Pohjanmaan Museum, Vaasa, Finlandia.
2002
Artan Shabani, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Tirana (Albania)
Artan Shabani, BARBERINI PALACE. Rome (Italy)
Imagen Gallery, La Coruña (España)
2001
Below The Light, curated by Vanina Dolla, Art Gallery Antibes (France)
Lenka Tresnak Gallery. Bruneck South Tyrol (Italy)2000 ”Night After Night”,Congress Hall, Limone sul Garda, (Italy)
2000
”Memory Space”, Manini Gallery, Torino, (Italy).
Torino (Italy) Palazzo Bruno in Mondovi Piazza, Mondovi (Italy)
1999
”Spectacular Optical”, Metropole Contemporary Art Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
”The Matter of Things”, Fondamenta di San Pietro, Porto Venere (Italy)
”Municipal Hall ”Deux Freres”, Roquebrune Cap Martin (France)
1997
”Extraordinary Visions”, Fundamentals of San Pietro, Portovenere (Italy)
1993
The DUCAL CASTLE of Corigliano d’Otranto Lecce (Italy)Delfi dorme e dove risuona il grande Destino, Mixed medias on paper
2009
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2009 PRAGUE BIENNAL 4, Albania&Kosovo pavilion.curator Artan Shabani, director and general curators Helena Kontovà and Giancarlo Politi. general editor & curatorial advisor Nicola Trezzi. Praha (Czech Republic)
VENICE BIENNALE – 53. Editions,“Krossing/Oltre I Confini Tra I Territori, Oltre I Confini Tra Artista e Spettatore”, curators Riccardo Caldura, Andrea Bonifacio e Orsola Casagrande, evento collaterale, 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennal, Forte Marghera, Venice
Memories & Dreams, Bashtova Castle. A cura di Art Kontakt. (Albania)
00130 Gallery, curated by Carolina Lio. Helsinki (Finland)
Art FairVerona. courtesy Galleria Carini Donatini.Verona (Italy)
ADRIATICA, Mari e Monti Gallery, Civitanova Marche (Italy)
2008
Lallazioni lavabili live 01 & Scofinamenti. Alexander Alvares Gallery. Alessandria (Italy)
2007
THE NATIONAL GALLERY of Macedonia Cifte Amam, Scopie (Macedonia)
THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM – Tirana (Albania)
Ali Pasha CASTLE, curated by ArtKontakt. Porto Palermo. Qeparo (Albania)
Limonaia of CASTLE Museum, Limone sul Garda (Italy) Qeparo (Albania)
Limone sul Garda (Italy)
”Processo Grottesco”, Zenit Gallery, Tirana (Albania)
The Luzzati MUSEUM, Porta Siberia. Genova (Italy)
Petro Marko Theater, Vlore. (Albania)2007 Fine Arts Gallery, Vlore, (Albania)
2006
”Onufri”,THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS. curated by Leni Laperi, Tirana (Albania)
Works from a Private Collection. Iris Gallery. Shkoder (Albania)
2005
”No Manifesto”, Hippocampe Gallery, Saint. Jean Cap Ferrat (France)
”Sound Check”, Collegio Fratelli Cairoli, curated by Marta Casati, Pavia (Italy)
Henry Bronne Gallery, Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
2004
”Colours of Albania”, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Tirana. Curator Edi Muka. (Albania)
”Master Olofsgarden”, curated by Lalage Florio, Stockholm (Sweden)
ForGen, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY, Florence (Italy)2004 PALLAVICINI PALACE. Mombaruzzo. (Italy)
2003
Albanie Collection Printemps-Eternite, Montaigne Gallery, curated by Holta Vrioni, Paris
”Extraordinary Visions” BOCCONI UNIVERSITY, Milan (Italy)
New Horizons. NEUF _ Gallery, Dijon (France)
2002
Point of View, works from a Private Collection” Congress Hall, Limone sul Garda, Italy
The Salzburg World Fine Art Fair.courtesy Galerie Lenka Tresnak. (Austria)
The Fondation Palazzo Bricherasio, Historical Rooms, Torino (Italy)2002 Auditorium del Massimo, Week of Albanian Culture, Rome (Italy)
La Place Gallery, curated by Holta Vrioni, Calvisson (France)2001 POHJANMAAN MUSEO – Osterbottens museum Vaasa (Finland)
2001
”Amour Erotisme Pornographie”, Original Gallery, Nice (France)
2000
Hippocampe Gallery, Saint. Jean Cap Ferrat (France)2000 Mark Peet Visser Gallery, Heusden (Netherland)
Permanente Palace Museum. Milan (Italy)1999 International Salon of Fine Art, Roquebrune Cap Martin (France)
1999
Salon 99: Monaco Artistes, Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
1998
ARTISSIMA International Fair of Contemporary Art, Turin (Italy)1998 Project Room, Mediateque, St. Jean Cap Ferrat (France)
Henry Bronne Gallery, Monte Carlo (Monaco)
Bertrand Kass Gallery, Innsbruck. (Austria)
1997
Promoter of the Arts Museum, Torino (Italy)
1996
Hippocampe Gallery, curated by Pierro Giachinno, St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France)
1992
THE DUCAL CASTLE of Corigliano d’Otranto – Lecce (Italy)
1988
FINE ARTS GALLERY, Vlore (Albania) Hapyy Hours. oil on canvas