Borena Frashëri

Education

2001–06 Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf) — Akademiebrief (MA equivalent), Meisterschüler honours
2000–01 Philosophy and Romanistik, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf

Exhibitions

2024 Jan Kochanowski — Poezji Malowanie, House of Culture, Zwoleń
2024 No Strangers Here, Cinque Garzoni, Venice
2020 Drawing in Lockdown, S.M.A.K., Ghent
2019 Parallax Art Fair, London
2011 Il vento scindeva, per poi ricomporla gradualmente, solo exhibition, Manni Gallery, Venice
2008 Splitter auf Doppelposten, solo exhibition, Galerie21, Cologne
2007 Meisterklasse Immendorff, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
2006 The Viewing Club, Berlin, London, Vienna, Paris

Publications

2013 Auftrieb / Zeichnung, artist's book, Quattro Porte Verlag, Cologne
2008 Das trübe Mini-Spektiv, artist's book, Salon Verlag, Cologne
2008 Contributions, "Milosao" (magazine for art and culture), Tirana
2007 Von Pferden und Affen, Ludwig Museum catalogue with text by Beate Reifenscheid, Greuer & Breckner, Düsseldorf
2007 Von Pferden und Affen, print edition, Greuer & Breckner, Düsseldorf
2003–05 Das Pferd, art anthology of the Immendorff students

Awards

2024 Special Prize, Jan Kochanowski — Poezji Malowanie, International Art Competition, Zwoleń
2006 1st Prize for Painting, Maxim Förderpreis, Cologne
2000 1st Prize for Installation, BBK, Bonn

Collections

Projects

2010–17 Founder & director, Cinque Garzoni — project space for art and film, Venice (including the 2015 alternative film biennale Schwanken und Verschwinden)
2017 Ndertimi dhe zhvillimi i skenës artistike — lecture on postwar art, University of Arts, Tirana

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