FANI ZGURO

Born in 1977 Tirana. Lives and works in Berlin

EDUCATION

2008-2010: Laurea Specialistica, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Milan (Italy)
1998-2002: Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Milan (Italy)
1996-1997: Polytechnic of Athens (Greece - outsider)

ART RESIDENCES

2009-2009: Kultur Kontakt, Vienna (Austria)
2009-2009: La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres Paris (France)
2009-2009: Taller Siete, Medellin (Colombia)
2003-2004: Citè International des Arts, Paris (France)

WORK EXPERIENCE

2004-2005: Independent Curator, The National Gallery of Arts Tirana (Albania)
2007- : Project Director, Tirana Art Center (Albania)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010: "The New Physiology Of Vision", The Promenade Gallery, Vlora (Albania)
2009: “Passengers”, Atelier Pier, La Gènèrale en Manufacture, Sèvres Paris (France), “Girls, Victims, Spy, Police, Gestapo, Soldiers, Men”, Valenzuela & Klenner Gallery, Bogotà (Colombia)
2002: “Tyson vs Lewis”, curator Luca Legnani, Università di Bocconi, Milan (Italy)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011: “La Biennale del Mediterraneo”, art director Corrado Calò, Taviano (Italy-upcoming), “Albanian Pavilion”, KunstMerano (Italy – upcoming)
2010: “Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (Germany – upcoming) Musée National Reina Sofia, Filmoteca Española, Madrid (Spain – upcoming), “Albanian Pavilion”, Casa Masaccio - Centro Per l’Arte Contemporanea, San Giovanni Valdarno (Italy – upcoming), “4th Edition of the Young Artists Biennial”, Bucharest (Romania - upcoming)
2009: “Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid”, Centre Pompidou, Jeu de Paume, Châtelet Theatre, Reflet Médicis Movie Theatre, Paris (France), “Kultur Kontakt”, Galerie ArtPoint, Vienna (Austria), “La Biennale del Mediterraneo”, art director Corrado Calò, Taviano (Italy), “Liquid Cities - Video Art & Architecture”, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow (Russia), “Playlist”, curator Odile Orsi, Neon>Campobase, Bologna (Italy), “Arena”, Valenzuela & Klenner Gallery, Bogotà (Colombia)
2008: “Street by Street”, with Carlos Garacoia, Isola Art Center, Milan (Italy), “Girls, Victims, Spy, Police, Gestapo, Soldiers, Men”, with Museo Aero Solar, Minneapolis (USA), “Milli”, The 2nd International Photo Prize, The National Gallery of Arts Prishtina (Kosovo), “Video Art & Architecture”, Micro Museum, New York (USA), “The Last Book”, curator Luis Camnitzer, The National Library, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
2007: “Isola Art Center/OUT/Bert Theis”, curator Hou Honru, The 10th International Istanbul Biennial (Turkey), “Conformism Space”, curator Suzana Varvarica, The 4th International Mulliqi Prize, The National Gallery of Arts, Prishtina (Kosovo), “Ardhje Award”, curator Edi Muka, Joa Lundberg, Tirana Institute for Contemporary Art, Academy of Fine Arts of Tirana (Albania), “Absolute Beginners”, Isola Art Center, Milan (Italy)
2005: “Experiment in Terror”, curator Leni Laperi, The 12th International Onufri Prize, The National Gallery of Arts Tirana (Albania)
2004: “Glocal”, curator Gezim Qendro, The 4th International Mulliqi Prize, The National Gallery of Arts, Prishtina (Kosovo)
2003: “2nd Tirana Biennal”, curators Edi Muka, Gezim Qendro (Albania)
2002: “Networking”, curator Pier Luigi Tazzi, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (Italy)
2001: “Salon 1”, proposed by Antonio D’Avossa, Spazio Permanente, Milan (Italy)

SELECTED OTHER PROJECTS

2009: “So Many Men”, Museo de Arte Moderna, Medellin (Colombia), ”Il Tempo del Postino”, workshop with Anri Sala, Academy of Fine Arts, Tirana (Albania), “Creative Identity”, by Riccardo Caldura e Domenico Papa, Biblioteca Civica Italo Calvino, Turin (Italy), “FIAV”, The International Festival of Video Art, Casablanca (Marocco)
2008: “Museo Aero Solar”, Tomas Saraceno, curator Alberto Pesavento, project director Fani Zguro. Tirana Art Center (Albania), “Suprematist Platform”, with Bert Theis, project director Fani Zguro    , in collaboration with Onufri Prize and The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana Art Center (Albania)
2007: “Intervista - Find the Words”, interview with Anri Sala, Teknemedia (Italy), “Nantucket!”, curator Matteo Rubbi, 2video Undo.net (Italy), “Museo Aero Solar”, Tomas Saraceno, curator Alberto Pesavento, director Fani Zguro    , Tirana Art Center/“Betrayal in Art”, curators Ervin Hatibi, Rubens Shima, The 14th International Onufri Prize, The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana (Albania)
2005: “TiranaPrishtina Project”, Real Presence, Beograd (Serbia), Zenit Gallery, Museum of History of Tirana, The National Gallery of Arts Tirana (Albania), “Dammi i Colori”, with Anri Sala, Exit Festival, Novisad (Serbia)
2002: “Thank U Director”, Aula 1, docente Alberto Garutti, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Milan (Italy)

SELECTED ART FAIRS

2009:  ArtVerona (Italy), “Videos Program”, The Promenade Gallery, La Otra, Bogotà (Colombia)
2007: “Exterminators”, text by Alberto Pesavento, Galleria Unorossodue, MiArt, Milan (Italy)

AWARDS

2008: “First Prize”, The 14th International Onufri Prize, The National Gallery of Arts Tirana (Albania)
1990: “First Prize”, The 1th International Balaton Prize (Hungary)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009: “Tirana Art Center”, ARTCO, Contemporary Art Centre Taipei
2007: “Any Thing”, by Matteo Chini, Flash Art, “Nuovi, Nuovi, Nuovi”, curated by Milovan Farronato/”Any Thing”, Exibart on Paper
2006: “TiranaPrishtina Project”, Umelec Magazine
2005: “TiranaPrishtina Project”, Kult Magazine, “Young Albanian Artists”, by Fani Zguro    , (Anri Sala and Sislej Xhafa), @Group, 145 pages, “TiranaPrishtina Project”, by Fani Zguro    , @Group, 207 pages

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