2011   Artists   Erzen Shkololli

ERZEN SHKOLOLLI

TITLE: Boutique Kosovo

Born: 1976, Peje, Kosovo

Lives/Works: Prishtina

48 The Old High Street, CT20 1RN
‘Boutique Kosovo’ houses a rare and eclectic collection of Kosovan folkloric and ritual clothes collected by Shkololli over a two-year period of travelling to the furthest reaches of Kosovo. These garments, now almost obsolete, were worn at special occasions like births, marriages and funerals, and are intricately connected to Kosovan national identity. A limited edition of specially made traditional shirts can be bought at the Boutique.

Interview with Erzen Shkololli
Erzen Shkololli Interview by FT2011 Audio

Recent solo exhibitions:

‘Wreath’, DAAD Gallery, Berlin (2009)

‘Hey You…’, Gallery Raketa, Usti nad Labem (2005)

‘Beautiful Way’, Gallery Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporaneo, Lucca (2001)

Recent group exhibitions:

‘Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe’, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung, Vienna (2010)

‘RITORNELL. Nine Stories’, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck (2008)

‘Prospectif cinéma’, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2007)

‘People Land State’, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon (2006)

‘Interrupted Histories’, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana (2006)

‘The Joy of My Dreams’ First Seville International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Seville (2004)

‘New Video, New Europa’, Renaissance Society, Chicago; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; The North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks; The Kitchen, New York (2004-6)

Awards:

DAAD Fellowship in Berlin (2008/09)

Premio Michetti Prize of Fondazion Michetti di Francavilla al Mare (2001)