Vangjush Vellahu
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ΕΜΣΤ | National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR
Solo Exhibitions
2023 A Tool of Resistance, An Other World Project Space, Rotterdam, NL
2022 Visa Interview, Tulla Culture Center, Tirana, AL
2018 Fragments I - Where stories cut across the land, Hestia, Belgrade, RS
2018 Home Conversations, Alert Studio, Bucharest, RO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
South by South East, ΕΜΣΤ | National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR
2025
Space and Spacelessness, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, DE
May Program, Vila 31 x Art Explora, Tirana, AL (Screening)
2024
No Departures Without Arrivals, ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, DE
MoCA – Skopje Performance Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, MK (Screening)
Bienalsur, Sede Virtual, Buenos Aires, AR
Bucharest Biennale 11, Bucharest, RO
2022
Manifesta 14th Biennial, Prishtina, XK
Other Stories – Manifesta 14th Western Balkans Project, Hestia, Belgrade, RS
Are you sure you want to leave, Art Quarter Budapest, HU
Pleasures, Bazament Art Space, Tirana, AL
2021
Angst, Keine Angst / Fear, No Fear, Times Art Center, Berlin, DE
Ostrale Biennale, Robotron Kantine, Dresden, DE
Where the roads are paved with gold, Galera e Bregdetit, Radhime, AL
Radical Film Network Meeting Festival, BUFA-Atelier Gardens, Berlin, DE (Screening)
Almissa Open Art – Contemporary Art Festival, Omis, HR (Screening)
My favorite objects, Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, Belgrade, RS
2020
Tales from an Old World, Museu d´Història de Catalunya, Barcelona, ES
Ardhje Award, Zeta Contemporary Art Center, Tirana, AL
2019
We’re Not Like Them, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR
Double Wall of Silence, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
From Here to There, Tranzit, Cluj, RO
2018
Hello World. Revising a Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
SKG Bridges Festival, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, GR
Infected Landscapes, M.1. Arthur Boskamp Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, DE
Albania the spirit of the times, Museum of Contemporary Art, Acri, IT
2017
Onufri XXIII – Au fil du temps, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL
Mediterranea 18 Young Artists Biennale, National Historical Museum, Tirana, AL
Arthur Boskamp Stiftung - Förderpreise, M.1, Hohenlockstedt, DE
2016
Start Point Prize, Trade Fair Palace – National Gallery, Prague, CZ
Dilijan Arts Observatory, Impuls Kondensator, Dilijan, AM
Eirene, Fladernbunker Museum, Kiel, DE
Nucleu 0005, Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest, RO
2015–2013
Nucleu 0004, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest, RO
Ziran / Nature, Brunswiker Pavillion, Kiel, DE
Open Studio, Atelierhaus im Anscharpark-Haus 8, Kiel, DE
Diploma, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Nucleu 0002, Centrul Artelor Vizuale Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Ziran / Nature, Star Gallery, Guangzhou, CN
Forme si Transformari, Una-Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Nucleu 0001, Tipografia Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Einfluss, Kunstraum B Gallery, Kiel, DE
Scrieri și descrieri, Mansarda Gallery, Timisoara, RO
E.G.G, Casa Arte, Bucharest, RO
EBienale – 1st Edition, Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, RO
Selected Residencies
2025 Vila 31 × Art Explora, Tirana, AL
2024 Art Omi, Ghent, NY, US
2023 ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, DE
2021 Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art (T.I.C.A. Situated A.I.R), Tirana, AL
2020 Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR
2019 Jalovik Art Residency, Jalovik, SR
2018 Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, Belgrade, RS
2018 Arthur Boskamp Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, DE
2018 LANDXCAPES – BJCEM, Puglia, IT
2017 Work in Common at Primary – UKYA, Nottingham, UK
2016 Dilijan Arts Observatory, Dilijan, AM
2015 Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, Fürstenberg/Havel, DE
Awards
2020 Ardhje Award, Zeta Contemporary Art Center, Tirana, AL (Shortlisted)
2017 Arthur Boskamp Stiftung Förderpreise, Hohenlockstedt, DE (Won)
2017 Onufri Prize, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL (Shortlisted)
2016 Start Point Prize, National Gallery, Prague, CZ (Shortlisted)
Education
2011 BA Fine Arts, National University of Arts, Bucharest
2014 MA Fine Arts, National University of Arts, Bucharest
2016 MA Fine Arts, Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel