Gazmend Leka is an

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

n painter and artistic director and scholar.

Biography

He finished his high school studies at the artistic "Jordan Misja" school in

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. He finished studies for painting and graphics at the ILA (today's Academy of Arts). He was responsible for designing the interior of the "Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeu" museum in Kruja. From 1982, for ten years he worked in the film studio "New Albania" ("Shqipëria e Re") as a painter and artistic director. He worked on two films and won an international award "Dea Fortunata" in

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. Since 1992 he has been Professor at the Academy of Arts, Tirana. As a painter he has made around 140 major painting exhibitions inside and outside Albania. His artwork is typically in earthy tones such as brown or grey.

Prizes

* 1982 - Order of "Naim Frashëri", Third class,

, Albania * 1983 - First prize at "The Fifth Festival of Animated Movies",

* 1983 - Prize of "Dea Fortunata" At International Festival of Animated Movies,

, Italy * 1984 - Prize of Republic, third class, Tirana, Albania * 1985 - First prize at "The Sixth Festival of Animated Movies", Albania * 1986 - Prize of "Odhise Paskali" for the best performance of the year, Tirana, Albania * 1987 - First National Price for Graphic * 1988 - Order "Naim Frasheri", first class,

, Albania * 1994 - Second prize "Onufri", National competition "G.K.A", Tirana, Albania * 1995 - Second prize "Onufri", National competition "G.K.A", Tirana, Albania * 1999 - Second prize for animated movie (Panorama e Filmit), Tirana, Albania * 2000 - Prize of the Year "Painter of the Year", Magazine Kult 2005, Tirana, Albania

References

External links

Official website
21st-century Albanian painters 1953 births Living people Artists from Tirana {{Albania-painter-stub