Driton Selmani – born in 1987, based in Pristina.
EDUCATION
2011—2012, Arts University Bournemouth, Master of Fine Arts Bournemouth, UK
2007—2010, Bachelor in Graphic Design at Faculty of Arts AAB, Pristina
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Again & Again — Apiece Gallery, Vilnius (upcoming)
Everything We Do Is Really, Really Brilliant — Eva Kahan Foundation, Vienna (upcoming)
Red Tape, Blue Uniform, Yellow Fine, Klubi i Boksit, Prishtina, Kosovo (upcoming)
2022
The Barking Of The Dogs Does Not Hurt The Clouds, Museum of Contemporary Art – Skopje, North Macedonia
Depart to Somewhere Else, Salon Galič, Split, Croatia
This Is An Exhibition by Driton Selmani. The Title Of This Exhibition Is: Rush Silently, Tillt Radio, Prishtina, Kosovo
2021
The Grave Is Better Than Not Knowing, Palace of Youth, Prishtina, Kosovo
Beyond, Beyond, Dotrščina Monument Park / Virtualni muzej Dotrščina, Zagreb, Croatia
Screenshot Of Now, Muzeji i Galerije Podgorica, Montenegro
Two Jokes Make One Truth, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020 Love Letters, Ta·da , Copenhagen, Denmark
Artists in Quarantine, virtual exhibition, National Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo
2019 More And More Thoughts About Other Thoughts, U10 – Belgrade, Serbia, curated by Lora Sariaslan
Places We Leave Behind, Writers Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Hana Ostan Ožbolt (HOoST)
The Noise, Skanderbeg Square, Pristina, Kosovo, curated by Simona Raphaela Schwitter
First Day of Spring, SKulpturgarten | Margareten, Vienna, Austria, curated by Albert Allgaier
2016 My country on my back – Exchiesetta, Polignano a Mare, Italy, curated by Roberto Lacarbonara
2015 Panorama, Tulla Culture Center Tirana, Albania, curated by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
2014 Strange things happening in the Neighborhood, Hotel Gracanica, Kosovo, curated by Andreas Wormser
Daf, Def, Deaf – AfG, Vienna, Austria, curated by Albert Allgaier
2010 Right turn, turn right, Traffic, Pristina Kosovo, curated by Lulzim Zeqiri
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 The exploitation of the “alive”, Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia
The Other. Re-Imagine the Future, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
2022 SIT carpet-meeting-place-exhibition — LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina, Kosovo
Upplysa 7th edition — Gamla Skofabriken, Knislinge, Sweden
It Matters What Worlds World Worlds. How To Tell Stories Otherwise, Manifesta 14, Prishtina, Kosovo
HAPU / Art In Public Spaces, Prishtina, Kosovo
The Revolution of the City around its Dream, Boulevard-Art & Media Institute, Tirana, Albania
Tallinn Print Triennial is pleased to announce its 18th edition entitled Warm.
Checking Temperature in Three Acts, Tallinn, Estonia
2021 Back & Forth, HayArt Cultural Center, Yerevan, Armenia
Future Ecologies: Isle of Thorns, Galeria e Bregdetit, Vlorë, Albania
Bigger than Myself: Heroic Voices from ex Yugoslavia, Maxxi Museum – Rome, Italy
OSTRALE Biennale O21: Breathturn, Dresden, Germany
Memory Of The Fallen Trees, Gallery of the Faculty of Arts – Prishtina, Kosovo
Wanderlust, XIII Biennial Of Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art – Skopje, North Macedonia
The Manifest of Survival, Tulla Culture Center Tirana, Albania
2020 Double Wall Of Silence, ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia / Hestia Exhibitions Bureau, Belgrade, Serbia
Almissa Open Art Festival, Omiš, Croatia
2019 Long-Distance Relationship, Espace Témoin, Geneva, Switzerland / Motrat Prishtina, Kosovo
6–Chome-30-3 Higashi-Ogu, Tokyo, Japan
We’re Not Like Them, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art – MMSU Rijeka
Open City – Nuit Blanche Prizren, Kosovo
From Anywhere to Anywhere, La Maison des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Norrköping Light Festival, Norrköping, Sweden
Mundane, Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Fog, National Gallery – Mala Stanica Skopje, North Macedonia
2018 Are our Memories History? Muslim Mulliqi Prize, National Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo
The Map Is The Territory – Bregenz Biennale, Bregenz, Austria
Fog, National Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo
2017 Existential — Amsterdam Light Festival, 6th Edition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
So Close So Far – Center for Cultural Decontamination, Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Ignorant
Schoolmaster and his Committees, Belgrade Institute of Philosophical and Social Studies, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo: University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Philosophy, Cultural
and Social Repair Center, Banja Luka, Italy: CCI / Observatory Balcani Caucasus Transeuropa and Boccanera
Gallery, Trentino, Austria: Boem, Vienna, Germany: Institute for Studies in Southeastern Europe- Regensburg.
2016 Bregenz Biennale, Bregenz Austria
The whale that was a Submarine – Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary
Young art from Kosovo – Galerie Lukas Feichtner, Vienna, Austria
2015 Parallel Sprawl – Modelariumi i Arkitekturës, Prishtina, Kosovo
Nationless – Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
A new round of cultural dialogue – OCA Culture Re product Odžaci, Serbia
Actual art, a rupture within the antagonism – MKC Youth Cultural Centre Skopje, Macedonia
Different Worlds – Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Let us start from the middle – Tirana Art Lab – Tirana, Albania
Here Now Where? A participatory project of sonic ambulation in Marrakesh’s taxis 5th
Marrakesh Biennial, Marrakesh, Morocco
Zoo Art 14 – Giardini Fresia, Cuneo, Italy
Sculpture Me – Kunstraum Niederosterreich, Vienna Austria
Anonymous lives – Batman Universitesi, Batman Turkey
Praise of Doubt – Onufri Prize XX, National Art Gallery, Tirana Albania
2013 Alternative Nomadi, Fabbrica del Vapore Milan, Italy
EX – Ordinary No Borders No Nations, Collegium Artisticum Sarajevo Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kontrapunkt Skopje
Macedonia, Slobodne Veze Zagreb Croatia, Modelariumi i Arkitektures Prishtina Kosovo, Photon Ljubljana Slovenia,
U10 Beograd Serbia, Center of Contemporary Art Podgorica Montenegro, Atelier Josef Nadj, Kanjiza, Serbia
Monumental Sculptures from Yugoslavia in Kosovo, Artifacts between Memory and Neglect,
Stacion Center for Contemporary Art, Pristina Kosovo
Errors Allowed, Mediterranea 16 Young Artists Biennial, Ancona Italy
2012 Sex Lives of the Poor and Unknown, Polymer Culture Factory, Tallinn Estonia
Dust, The Gallery, Arts University Bournemouth UK
I am what I used to be, Northern Studios, Arts University Bournemouth UK
2011 Aberto para Re – Forma, Casa Contemporanea São Paulo, Brasil
Polip, Manipulation Center TETRIS, Pristina, Kosovo
Buzz’n’Buss, Urban Traffic Center, Pristina, Kosovo
2010 Onufri Prize, National Art Gallery, Tirana, Albania
Artists of Tomorrow Prize, National Art Gallery, Pristina Kosovo
Muslim Mulliqi Prize, National Art Gallery, Pristina Kosovo
2009 Open Call 3+4, Stacion Center For Contemporary Art, Pristina, Kosovo
Personally Political, Contemporary Sensation, Kunsthaus Tachels, Berlin, Germany
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum Of Contemporary Art, Skopje, North Macedonia
MAB / National Gallery of Arts, Kosovo
Servais Family Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Light Art Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Centre for Digital Arts, Holon, Israel
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy
Millennium Foundation Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo
AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2020 Culture Hub Croatia, Split Croatia
2018 Artist Village Eindhoven Contemporary Art Platform WARP / Beeldenstorm
2015 School of Engagement Art, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Berlin Germany
2012 CEC Artslink USA
2011 Cultural City Network, Graz Austria