Alban Muja

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Alban Muja (born 1980) is a Kosovan contemporary artist and film-maker.[1] In 2019 he represented Kosovo at the 58th Venice Biennale.[2] In his work he is mostly influenced by the social, political and economical transformation processes in wider surrounding region, he investigates history and socio-political themes and links them to his position in Kosovo today.[citation needed] His works cover a wide range of media including video installation, films, drawings, paintings, photographs and performance which have been exhibited extensively in various exhibitions and festivals.[citation needed]

Exhibitions (selection)

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  • 2023 - 'Above Everyone' Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria[3]
  • 2023 - 'Bodies of Identities' Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg, Luxembourg[4]
  • 2023 - '4th Autostrada Biennale', Prizren, Pristina Mitrovica, Kosovo[5]
  • 2022 - 'Urban Text : This Space Called Balkans', Institut Cultures Islam, Paris, France[6]
  • 2022 - ' Manifesta 14', Pishtina, Pristina, Kosovo[7]
  • 2022 - 'Hot Mess', Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany[8]
  • 2021 - 'Beyond Borders', Center for Contemporary Arts, Celje, Slovenia[9]
  • 2021 - 'Whatever Happens, We Will Be Prepared', The National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo[10]
  • 2021 -'In spite of everything, there is a wall' Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria[11]
  • 2021 - 'Family Album' ISCP, New York, United States[12]
  • 2021 - 3rd Autostrada Biennale - What If a Journey..., Prizren, Kosovo[13]
  • 2021 - 'Bigger Than Myself: Heroic Voices from Ex-Yugoslavia' Maxxi Museum Rome, Italy[14]
  • 2020 – 3rd Industrial Art Biennial 'Ride Into the Sun' Rijeka, Croatia[15]
  • 2020 – Curated by 20 'HYBRID Unknown Identities' Galerie Raum mit Light, Vienna, Austria
  • 2020 – Family Album, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary[16]
  • 2019 – 58th. Venice Biennale - May You Live In Interesting Times, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy[17]
  • 2019 – NSK State in Time, viennacontemporary Vienna, Austria[18]
  • 2019 – F.M The Process, Petrit Gallery, Cite des Arts, Paris, France[19]
  • 2019 – 'All That We Have In Common' MOMus Experimental Center for the Arts Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 2018 – 'Stranger Than Paradise' MeetFactory Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2018 – 'All That We Have In Common' Museum Of Contemporary Art Skopje, North Macedonia
  • 2017 – Autostrada Biennale 2017 - The Future of Borders, Autostrada Biennale, Prizren, Kosovo[20]
  • 2017 – 'Symptoms of Society' Zhejiang Art Museum Hangzhou, China
  • 2017 – 'Migration of fear' Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
  • 2017 – Westkunst – Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary
  • 2017 – 'Utopia / Dystopia: Architecture, City, Territory' Mestna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 2017 – 'The Travellers' Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
  • 2017 – 'Symptoms of Society' Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • 2017 – 'Migration of fear' Forum Stadpark, Graz, Austria
  • 2016 – 'Omul Negru' Galeria Nicodim, Los Angeles, United States
  • 2016 – 'Brotherhood Phallicism' Museum of Fine Art, Split, Croatia[21]
  • 2016 – The whale that was a submarine' Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2016 – 'The Travellers' Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland[22]
  • 2016 – 'Normalities' Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, United States
  • 2015 – 3rd Mardin Biennial - Mythologies, Mardin Biennial Mardin, Turkey[23]
  • 2015 – 'Theories on Forgetting' Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, United States
  • 2015 – 'From Brotherhood to Brotherly Love' Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
  • 2015 – 'From Brotherhood to Brotherly Love' 'Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy
  • 2014 – 'I never knew how to explain' Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia[24]
  • 2014 – 'Balcony to the Balkans' Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • 2013 – 2nd Project Biennial Of Contemporary Art, D-0 Ark Underground Project Biennial of Contemporary Art, Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2012 – 'Hebron Road/Ridge Route', Art Cube Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2012 – 'Mediterranean – Arrivals and Departure', Ancona, Italy
  • 2012 – 'Cross-Time Stories' Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, United States
  • 2011 – 'Spaceship Yugoslavia' NGBK, Berlin, Germany[25]
  • 2011 – 'Its all about names' KC Tobacna 001-Mesnta Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia[26]
  • 2011 – 'Politics of naming' Myymala2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2011 – '255 804 km2' – Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria[27]
  • 2010 – 'The Another Side of The Coin' Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 2010 – 'Qui Vive?' Moscow International Biennale, Moscow, Russia
  • 2010 – 'Spasticus Artisticus' Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • 2009 – 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, Slovenia[28]

Personal life

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Born in Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia, now Kosovo. Muja lives and works in Pristina and Berlin He graduated with a Bachelor and Master's degree from the Faculty of Arts, University of Pristina. He is married to photographer and former model Albe Hamiti.

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