Sokol Beqiri
* 1964 in Jugoslavija
lives and works in Srbija
Born in Peja, Kosovo in 1964, Sokol Beqiri graduated in graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prishtina, before completing his postgraduate studies at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. His works have been shown in several renowned exhibitions across Europe, including the Ljubljana and Zagreb biennials, and he has had solo shows in Germany, Slovenia and Kosovo. His exhibition at the ‘Intermedia’ studio in Prishtina in 1995 was a significant milestone in new Kosovan art. Beqiri is an influential figure and has initiated several important art projects.... In 1999 he brought together several artists to perform a series of artistic interventions in the old market of his birth town Peja, which had been destroyed by Serb forces. During the war, Beqiri was deported to Ulqin, Montenegro but returned to Kosovo after the war had ended.
[Quelle: www.culturbase.net]
- 2022 General Alert. Kriege, die nie enden, Öffentlicher Raum Wien, Erste Campus, Viktor-Adler-Markt
- 2017 documenta 14, documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, Parko Eleftherias, Municipality of Athens, Athens School of Fine Arts, EMST, Athens Conservatoire, Benaki Museum (Group exhibition)
- 2009 Gender Check. Rollenbilder in der Kunst Osteuropas, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Galeria Zacheta (Group exhibition)
- 2007 Passion for Art, Essl Museum
- 2005 Gegenwartskunst vom Balkan aus der Sammlung Essl, Essl Museum, Rakouské kulturní fórum Praha
- 2003 In den Schluchten des Balkan / In the gorges of the Balkans. A Report, Kunsthalle Fridericianum
- 2003 Blut & Honig. Zukunft ist am Balkan, Essl Museum
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- Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe. 2009 - Mention
- Passion for Art. 2007 - Mention
- I bienal internacional de arte contemporáneo de Sevilla. La alegría de mis suenos. 2004 - Mention
- Blut & Honig. Zukunft ist am Balkan. 2003 - Mention
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