PRESS


2024

"With/out Place: Negotiating Belonging Through Art in Post-Yugoslav Europe", by Lora Sariaslan & Claske Vos, Europe Now Journal, August 2024

"How To Tilt Time?" as a custom reflection peace question, by Enis Bytyqi, Koha Ditore, January 2024

"Art passport with isolation stamp", By Shaban Maxharraj, Koha Ditore, January 2024

2023

“Re-Imagine the Future”, by Lydia Bissmann, Kulturzeiting80, October 2023

2023“Modifying Brilliance: Driton Selmani at Kahán Art Space”,by Alex Fisher, Kajet Journal 2023

“Driton Selmani In Response To Current Urgencies”, by Mirjetë Sadiku, Koha Ditore, June 2023

“The Non-Places Are the Places”, by Ryan Ferko, Momus Magazine, February, 2023

“Driton Selmani— The Barking of the Clouds Does Not Hurt the Dogs”, Critics Pick’up, by Erëmirë Krasniqi ARTFORUM, January 2023

“The Artist Who Would Like To Paint Flowers”, Koha Ditore, January 2023

2022

“Field Notes: Hana Halilaj on Manifesta 14”, e-flux Education, October, 2022

“Reclaiming the city”, by Kimberly Bradley Monocle Magazine, September 2022

“A Journey To An Imaginary Place”, by Jasmina Saric, Vizkultura, September, 2022

“At Manifesta 14, Stars Reach Down to Earth”, by Mirela Baciak, Ocula Magazine, September, 2022

“Five Balkan Artists to Watch at Manifesta 14”, by Kimberly Bradley, Frieze Magazine, August, 2022

“Superpositional transitoriness, On Manifesta 14 Prishtina”,by Róna Kopeczky, Új Művészet, August, 2022

“The Defiant Concrete & The Art”, by Susanne Altmann, Art - Das Kunstmagazin, Summer, 2022

“Expanding horizons. Manifesta 14, Prishtina Kosovo”, by Tim Groen, Nuvo Magazine, Summer, 2022

“18th Talinn Print Triennial ‘Warm. Checking Temperature in Three Acts”, by Róna Kopeczky, BLOK Magazine, March 2022

“The Grave is Better Than Not Knowing”, by Blerta Hoçia, BLOK Magazine, February 2022

“The Grave is Better Than Not Knowing”, by Hana Halilaj, ARTMARGINS, March, 2022

2021

“Between Two Worlds” by Dritan Dragusha, Sbunker, December, 2021

“In Pristina an exhibition commemorates the people who disappeared during the war in Kosovo. The Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo hosts the works of Driton Selmani”, by Alessandra Bertini, Artribune, December, 2021

“Kosovo Missing Persons Exhibition Highlights Families’ Grief”, by Antigone Isufi, Balkan Insight, November, 2021

“Reading the forest”, by Saša Šimpraga, Vizkultura, September, 2021

“The forest was also a victim of the Ustasha”, Novosti HR, by N. Jovanović, September, 2021

“Marking the marking", by Lujo Parežanin, Vizkultura, September, 2021

“British & Albanian artists "attack" the island of communism”, by Alberina Haxhijaj, Koha Ditore, July 2021

“An Artistic Note Of Reality”, by Jelena Kontić, Vijesti.me, July 2021

"Screenshots of Now" questions the notion of the present”, by Alberina Haxhijaj, Koha Ditore, July 2021

“Between Life & Death. Artists Articulate the Pandemic” by Cristina Marí, Kosovo 2.0, March 2021

2020

“Love Letters”, by Lora Sariaslan, IDOART, June, 2020

"Flag of Tomorrow" as a warning of the dystopian future, by Alberina Haxhijaj, Koha Ditore, August, 2020

“Double Wall of Silence” published by Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, edited by: Anja Obradović and Hana Ostan Ožbolt

Almisa Open Art 112 - Emergency”, published by HULU Split, edited by: Neli Ružić. ISBN: 978-953-7740-26-9

2019

"Long Distance Relationship" after Pristina in Geneva”, by Shaban Maxharraj, Koha Ditore, November, 2019

“Driton Selmani ahead of the exhibition: 'The power of humor is in the power not to use power as power”, by Davor Mandic, Novi List, October, 2019

“We Are Not Like The,” by Patricia Kiš Terbovc, Jutarnji List, October, 2019

“Places We Leave Behind” Driton Selmani at House and garden of the Slovene Writers’ Association, Ljubljana, by Hana Ostan Ožbolt, TZVETNIK, June 2019

“Getting to know the wild rose”, by Lara Paukovic, MLADINA, May, 2019

“Conceptual artist Driton Selmani is taking his work to the streets of Kosovo”, by Camilla Caraccio, Calvert Journal, January, 2019

2018

“Driton Selmani: In Our Region, The Role Of The Artist, Is To Try To Touch A Nerve”, by Cristina Marí, Kosovo 2.0, June, 2018

“Are Our Memories History?”, Publisher: National Gallery of Kosovo, Editor: Iara Boubnova, ISBN: 978-9951-587-85-3

“The Map Is The Territory”, Bregenz Biennale, Published by: Mark Penziger Books Vienna / Black Forest

2017

This luminous all-seeing eye in Amsterdam briefly scares away all evil spirits "Currently, cities around the world are overshadowed by uncertainty and fear." by Adriana Ivanov, VICE Magazine, December, 2017

“Selmani shines, with a blue eye at the Light Festival in Amsterdam” by Arbër Selmani, Kultplus, October 2017

2016

“DRITON SELMANI - My country on my back” by Laura Perrone, Flash Art Italia No. 330 December 2016–January 2017

“A performance for the migrant Domenico Modugno. Driton Selmani in Polignano a Mare” by Santa Nastro, Artribune, October, 2016

2015

“Driton Selmani: Panorama”, by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Department Of Eagles, October, 2015

CATALOGUES - PUBLICATIONS:


2024

“BLUEPRINT FOR A MUSEUM” RE-IMAGINE THE FUTURE, 20 Jahre Kunsthaus Graz, Catalog: Andreja Hibernik, edited by: Katia Huemer & Alexandra Trosts, ISBN: 9783991530794

2023

“EXPLOITATION APPROPRIATION The Case of M.S.”, MLU-Osijek, edited by: Neva Lukić, for the publisher: Eduard Hudolin, ISBN: 978-953-8142-43-7

“Ecomythologies, 44th Montenegrin Art Salon”, National Museum of Montenegro, Editors: Zejlko Draganic, Milica Bezmanovic, ISBN: 978-9940-792-05-3

“OTHERWISE”, Published by: Manifesta 14, Prishtina, Kosovo, ISBN: 978-9951-9088-6-3

2022

“Driton Selmani — The Barking Of The Dogs Will Not Hurt The Clouds”, published by: MoCA - Museum Of Contemporary Art, edited by: Mira Gakina Ivanovska. ISBN: 978-608-264-032-7

“Warm. Checking Temperature In Three Acts”, Publisher: Tallinn Print Triennial, Estonia, Edited by: Róna Kopeczky, ISBN: 978-9949-7261-2-7

“VOIDS 2022”, exhibition catalogue, Publisher: Culture Hub Croatia, editor; Kristina Tešija, ISBN: 987-953-49135-2-9

2021

“Driton Selmani—Hidden in Plain Sight”, Published by Sbunker, Prishtina, edited by Lora Sariaslan, ISBN 978-9951-8978-2-2

“Bigger Than Myself. Heroic Voices From Ex-Yugoslavia”. exhibition catalogue, Publisher: Maxxi Museum Rome, Edited by Zdenka Badovinac and Giulia Ferracci, ISBN: 9788855210706T

“Driton Selmani—Screenshots Of Now”, exhibition catalogue, Publisher: Museum and Galleries Podgorica, editor; Ana Ivanović, ISBN: 9940-590-69-7

“Driton Selmani—Screenshots Of Now”, exhibition catalogue, Publisher: Museum and Galleries Podgorica, editor; Ana Ivanović, ISBN: 9940-590-69-7

“Breathturn”, Published by Ostrale Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V, Biennale Ostrale 13th, Dresden, Germany, Edited by: Antka Hofman, Mátyás Dunajcsik, Rita Lehmann, ISBN: 978-3-9818367

“Wanderlust, XIII Biennial Of Young Artists,”, published by: NI Museum Of Contemporary Art, edited by: Mira Gakina Ivanovska. ISBN 978-608-264-019-8

“Containporary — Pavillion Of The Republic Of Kosovo”17th International Architecture Biennale - Venice, published by: The Ministry of Culture Youth & Sports, Kosovo, Edited by: Maksut Vezgishi & Shkëlzen Maliqi, ISBN: 987-9951-650-78-6

2020

“Double Wall of Silence” published by Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, edited by: Anja Obradović and Hana Ostan Ožbolt.

“Almisa Open Art 112 - Emergency”, published by HULU Split, edited by: Neli Ružić. ISBN: 978-953-7740-26-9

2019

“Risk Change Between Mobility, Control and Social Transformation”,Publisher: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka. Publisher: Slaven Tolj, Editorial board: Ksenija Orelj, Sabina Salamon, Marina Tkalčić, ISBN: 978-953-8107-30-6

2018

“Are Our Memories History?”, Publisher: National Gallery of Kosovo, Editor: Iara Boubnova, ISBN: 978-9951-587-85-3

“The Map Is The Territory”, Bregenz Biennale, Published by: Mark Penziger Books Vienna / Black Forest

2017

“Fog”, exhibition catalog, Publisher: National Gallery of Kosovo, Editor: Avi Lubin, ISBN: 978-9951-587-82-2

2016

The Whale That Was a Submarine. Contemporary Positions From Albania and Kosovo, Edited by: Dr. Julia Fabényi, Publisher: Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, ISBN: 9789639537538

2013

“Errors Allowed, XVI Young Artists Biennial – Mediterranea 16 – Ancona 2013, Piublished by: Quodilbet srl. Editors: Alba Pedrini, Claudio Zecchi Alessandro Castiglioni & Marco Trulli, ISBN: 978-88-7462-1