Alban Muja (born 10 September 1980) is a Kosovan contemporary artist and film-maker. In 2019 he represented

Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...

at the

58th Venice Biennale The 58th Venice Biennale was an international contemporary art exhibition held between May and November 2019. The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Artistic director Ralph Rugoff curated its central exhibition, ''May You ...

. 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. 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.

Exhibitions (selection)

* 2023 - 'Above Everyone' Charim Gallery,

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, Austria * 2023 - 'Bodies of Identities' Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain,

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, Luxembourg * 2023 - '4th Autostrada Biennale',

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Mitrovica, Kosovo * 2022 - 'Urban Text : This Space Called Balkans', Institut Cultures Islam,

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, France * 2022 - ' Manifesta 14', Pishtina,

, Kosovo * 2022 - 'Hot Mess', Kühlhaus,

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, Germany * 2021 - 'Beyond Borders', Center for Contemporary Arts,

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, Slovenia * 2021 - 'Whatever Happens, We Will Be Prepared', The National Gallery of Kosovo,

, Kosovo * 2021 -'In spite of everything, there is a wall' Charim Gallery,

, Austria * 2021 - 'Family Album' ISCP,

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, United States * 2021 - 3rd Autostrada Biennale - What If a Journey...,

, Kosovo * 2021 - 'Bigger Than Myself: Heroic Voices from Ex-Yugoslavia' Maxxi Museum

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, Italy * 2020 – 3rd Industrial Art Biennial 'Ride Into the Sun'

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, Croatia * 2020 – Curated by 20 'HYBRID Unknown Identities' Galerie Raum mit Light,

, Austria * 2020 – Family Album, Ludwig Museum,

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, Hungary * 2019 – 58th. Venice Biennale - May You Live In Interesting Times, La Biennale di Venezia,

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, Italy * 2019 – NSK State in Time, viennacontemporary

, Austria * 2019 – F.M The Process, Petrit Gallery, Cite des Arts,

, France * 2019 – 'All That We Have In Common' MOMus Experimental Center for the Arts

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, Greece * 2018 – 'Stranger Than Paradise' MeetFactory

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, Czech Republic * 2018 – 'All That We Have In Common' Museum Of Contemporary Art

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, North Macedonia * 2017 – Autostrada Biennale 2017 - The Future of Borders, Autostrada Biennale,

, Kosovo * 2017 – 'Symptoms of Society' Zhejiang Art Museum

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, China * 2017 – 'Migration of fear' Koroska Gallery of Fine Arts

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, Slovenia * 2017 – Westkunst – Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection, Ludwig Museum

, Hungary * 2017 – 'Utopia / Dystopia: Architecture, City, Territory' Mestna Galerija

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, Slovenia * 2017 – 'The Travellers' Kumu Art Museum,

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, Estonia * 2017 – 'Symptoms of Society' Guangdong Museum of Art,

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, China * 2017 – 'Migration of fear' Forum Stadpark,

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, Austria * 2016 – 'Omul Negru' Galeria Nicodim,

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, United States * 2016 – 'Brotherhood Phallicism' Museum of Fine Art,

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, Croatia * 2016 – The whale that was a submarine' Ludwig Museum,

, Hungary * 2016 – 'The Travellers' Zacheta National Gallery of Art,

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, Poland * 2016 – 'Normalities' Austrian Cultural Forum,

, United States * 2015 – 3rd Mardin Biennial - Mythologies, Mardin Biennial

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, Turkey * 2015 – 'Theories on Forgetting' Gagosian Gallery,

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, United States * 2015 – 'From Brotherhood to Brotherly Love' Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rijeka,

, Croatia * 2015 – 'From Brotherhood to Brotherly Love' 'Trieste Contemporanea,

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, Italy * 2014 – 'I never knew how to explain' Skuc Gallery,

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, Slovenia * 2014 – 'Balcony to the Balkans' Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden,

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, Germany * 2013 – 2nd Project Biennial Of Contemporary Art, D-0 Ark Underground Project Biennial of Contemporary Art,

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina * 2012 – 'Hebron Road/Ridge Route', Art Cube Gallery,

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, Israel * 2012 – 'Mediterranean – Arrivals and Departure',

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, Italy * 2012 – 'Cross-Time Stories' Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University,

, United States * 2011 – 'Spaceship Yugoslavia' NGBK,

, Germany * 2011 – 'Its all about names' KC Tobacna 001-Mesnta Museum,

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, Slovenia * 2011 – 'Politics of naming' Myymala2 Gallery,

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, Finland * 2011 – '255 804 km²' – Brot Kunsthalle,

, Austria * 2010 – 'The Another Side of The Coin' Škuc Gallery,

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, Slovenia * 2010 – 'Qui Vive?' Moscow International Biennale,

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, Russia * 2010 – 'Spasticus Artisticus' Ceri Hand Gallery,

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, United Kingdom * 2009 – 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts

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, Slovenia

Personal life

Born in Mitrovica,

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, now

. Muja lives and works in

and

He graduated with a Bachelor and Master's degree from the Faculty of Arts,

University of Pristina The University of Pristina () is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–1999) as a result of the Kosovo War. The inauguration ...

. He is married to photographer and former model Albe Hamiti.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muja, Alban 1980 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Kosovan film directors Albanian artists People from Mitrovica, Kosovo