A R T A N S H A B A N I

Born; Vlorë/Albania. 1969; Lives and works in Venice and Vlorë.



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 La Generale en Manufacture, ''Talking About''. Sevres Paris (France)

2010 Alexander Alvarez Gallery. Alessandria (Italy)

2010 The Promenade Gallery, Vlorë (Albania)[Catalogue]

2008 Mavi Kum Gallery, Istanbul (Turkey)

2008 Ghetto Palace of Chieri, Torino (Italy)

2006 Artan Shabani, BPS Suisse, Monte Carlo (MC)

2006 The National Gallery Of Arts. Tirana (Albania)

2006 Doria Pamphili Palace, San Martino al Cimino,Viterbo (Italy)[Catalogue]

2005 Villa Caruso Bellosguardo, Florence (Italy)[Catalogue]

2005 The National Museum Of The Automobile, Torino (Italy)

2004 Palace Of European Concils. ''Constructed Realities''. Strasbourg (France)

2004 Artan Shabani. Palace Of The Venetian Prisons'', Venice (Italy)

2004 Palace of the Captain. ''History Portraits'', Bagno di Romagna (Italy)

2004 Artan Shabani. The Salmatoris Palace. Cherasco (Italy) [Catalogue]

2004 The Ducal Castle of Corigliano Calabro (Italy)

2004 Artan Shabani, Villa Strozzi. Florence (Italy) [Catalogue]

2003 Pohjanmaan Museo- Osterbottens museum Vaasa (Finland)[Catalogue]

2003 Serbelloni Palace,''Still Life'', Milano (Italy)

2002 The National Gallery Of Arts.Tirana (Albania)

2002 Barberini Palace, ''Pastpresentfuture'', Rome (Italy)

2002 Imagen Gallery, La Coruna (Espana)

2001 Antibes Gallery,''Below The Light'', Antibes (France) [Catalogue]

2001 Artan Shabani. Site specific, Porto Venere (Italy)

2001 Lenka Tresnak Gallery, Bruneck South Tyrol (Italy)

2000 Artan Shabani. Congress Hall, Limone sul Garda, (Italy)

2000 Manini Gallery, Memory Space, Torino (Italy) [Catalogue]

1999 Metropole Center Contemporary Art, ''Spectacular Optical'', Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

1999 Artan Shabani, Municipal Hall. Roquebrune Cap Martin (France)

1998 Scaglia di Verrua’s Palace, ''Salon 3'', Torino (Italy)

1997 Fundamentals of San Pietro,''Extraordinary Visions'', Porto Venere (Italy)

1993 The Ducal Castle of Corigliano d’Otranto (Italy)



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS



2010 Tina B Contemporary Art Festival. Prague(Czech Republic)

Casa Masaccio center for Contemporary Art. ''Duble Bind'' San Giovanni Valdarno.(Italy)

The Promenade Gallery. Who Is Afraid of Red Yellow and Green, A.Paci A.Sala A.Shabani. A Muja D.Zeneli.F.Zguro. Vlorë (Albania)

The National Gallery Of Arts,''Calling All The Stations''. Prishtina, Curated By Michele Robecchi & Gazmend Ejupi.(Kosova) [Catalogue]

Site specific group project in train, Adrian Paci Parlind Perlashi, Alfred Milot, Artan Shabani. Lecce Torino

Villa Bruno, ''Sulle Tracce di Luca Giordano''. San Giorgio a Cremano (Italy)

2009 Prague Biennal 4, director and general curators Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi, general editor & curatorial advisor Nicola Trezzi. Praha (Czech Republic) [Catalogue]

Venice Biennale 53. Editions, ''Krossing/Oltre I Confini Tra I Territori, Oltre I Confini Tra Artista e Spettatore'', 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennal, atalogue]

Mari & Pio Monti Gallery, Civitanova Marche (Italy) [Catalogue]

2008 Lallazioni lavabili live 01 & Sconfinamenti, AlexanderAlvares Gallery, Alessandria (Italy) [Catalogue]

The Promenade Gallery, Vlorë (Albania) [Catalogue]

2007 The National Gallery of Macedonia Čfte Amam, Scopie (Macedonia) [Catalogue]

The National History Museum. Tirana (Albania)

Ali Pasha Castle,site specific. Porto Palermo, Qeparo (Albania)

Limonaia of Castle Museum, Limone sul Garda (Italy) [Catalogue]

Zenit Gallery,''Processo Grottesco'', Tirana (Albania)

The Luzzati Museum. Porta Siberia. Genova (Italy) [Catalogue]

Petro Marko Theater,Vlorë (Albania)

Fine Arts Gallery, Vlorë (Albania)

2005 ''Experiment in Terror'' The 12th International Onufri Prize, The National Gallery of Arts Tirana (Albania)

Hippocampe Gallery, Saint. Jean Cap Ferrat (France) [Catalogue]

''Sound Check'', CollegioFratelli Cairoli, Pavia (Italy)

''New Contemporaries'', Porto Venere (Italy)[Catalogue]

Henry Bronne Gallery, Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

2004 The National Gallery Of Arts.Curated by Edi Muka.Tirana (Albania)[Catalogue]

Master Olofsgarden,site specific. Stockholm (Sweden)

The National Library, For Gen,Florence (Italy) [Catalogue]

Pallavicini Palace, Mombaruzzo Asti (Italy)[Catalogue]

Sabir festival of Mediterranee Scicli Ragusa (Italy)

Albanie Collection Printemps Eternite, Galerie Montaigne, Paris (France)

Celestini Palace Palas, A.Shabani, F.Kongoli, S.Likursi.Lecce (Italy)

2003 Bocconi University ''Extraordinary Visions'' Milano (Italy)

Site Specific. Ceriana Mayneri Palace, Torino (Italy)

Cascina Grande Rozzano, Milano (italy)

New Horizons, NEUF Gallery, Dijon (France)

2002 Point of View, works from Private Collection” Congress Hall, Limone sul Garda, Italy

The Salzburg World Fine Art Fair. (Austria)

The Fondation Palazzo Bricherasio, Historical Rooms, Torino (Italy)

Auditorium del Massimo, Week of Albanian Culture, Rome (Italy)

La Place Gallery, Calvisson (France)

2001 Pohjanmaan MuseoOsterbottens museum Vaasa, (Finland) [Catalogue]

Site Specific, Harp Duo, C Center Vancouver (Canada)

Original Gallery, Nice (France) [Catalogue]

Azzarie Palace Santuario, Savona (Italy)

2000 Hippocampe Gallery, Saint. Jean Cap Ferrat (France)

Mark Peet Visser Gallery. Heusden (Netherland)

Permanente Palace Museum, Milan (Italy) [Catalogue]

1999 International Salon of Fine Art, Roquebrune Cap Martin (France)

Salon 99 Monaco Artistes, Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

1998 Artissima International Fair of Contemporary Art, Turin (Italy)

Project Room, Mediateque, St. Jean Cap Ferrat (France)[Catalogue]

Henry Bronne Gallery,Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

Bertrand Kass Gallery, Innsbruck (Austria)

1997 Promoter of the Arts Museum, Torino (Italy) [Catalogue]

1996 Hippocampe Gallery, St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France)

1992 The Ducal Castle of Corigliano d’Otranto, Lecce (Italy) [Catalogue]

1988 Fine Arts Gallery, Vlorë(Albania)



WORK EXPERIENCE

2010 curators site specific ''The Berlin Wall'', Petro Marko Theater. Vlorë (Albania)

2009 curators at Albania & Kosovo pavilon, Prague Biennal 4, Praha (Czech Republic)

2008 project director \ exibitions at The Promenade Gallery in Vlore (Albania)

2007 project ''indipendent day off Italy'', in Vlore. Albanian and Italian Newbrow

2005 YBA project YBA, Porto Venere, site specific (Italy)

2004 Sabir festival of Mediterranee Scicli Ragusa, (Italy)

2003 curator project ''Albanian Artist''. Bocconi University, Milano (Italy)





SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Pohjanmaan Museo- Osterbottens museum Vaasa (Finland)
Albania American Enterprise Fund Tirana
Ernesto e Teresa della Torre Museum,Treviglio
Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, Fondations CRC, Cuneo
Limonaia of Castle Museum, Limone sul Garda
Retoratto Bocconi University, Milano
Francesco Federico Cerruti Fondations,Torino