Idlir Koka
Shadow in Green
About Idlir Koka
“The shadow in green is an idea, a mission, a small or big dream limited inside a 10×12 cm canvas. The shadow of a plane that runs on a green field by the sea. This shadow detects the presence of a moving vehicle by which we can tell if it is a tourist trip or an exodus”. That’s how Idlir Koka describes his work. Born in 1979 in Tirana and graduated in Graphic Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana, since his degree Koka has participated in a long number of exhibitions. His career also includes other experiences as a guest lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts, Associate at the National Gallery of Arts and the work in the field of advertising, —set design, etc.
-SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Così vicina. Così lontana. Arte in Albania prima e dopo il 1990”, Villa Croce Contemporary Art Museum, Genoa, Italy
2009 “Living together”, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2008 “Do you know a place where the paradoxes blossom?”, Onufri prize, curator Ricardo Caldura, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2008 “Art & Architecture, Cities, realities & visions”, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2007 “The betrayal in art”, Onufri Prize, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2006 “There is no place like home”, Onufri Prize, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2006 Expoarte, Artfair, Montichiari, Italy
2005 Onufri Prize, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
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