Sislej Xhafa

Sislej Xhafa (Albanian: Sislej Xhafa, Serbian: Сислеј Џафа, Sislej Džafa) (born 1970 in Peja, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) is a Kosovar Albanian contemporary artist, based in New York.

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• Exhibitions
• Awards
• References

He is represented by Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin and BlainSouthern in the United Kingdom.

Exhibitions

Xhafa has exhibited widely, including:

Italian Pavilion of the 55th Venice Biennale Vice Versa Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Borderline: Collection Exhibition II, Kanazawa, Japan (2013)

MADRE Museum of Contemporary Art Donna Reggina Still Untitled, Naples, Italy (2012)

François Pinault Foundation The World Belongs to You, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy

Hardau City Park Y, Zürich, Switzerland

The Power Plant Rearview Mirror, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2011)

PRISM Misericordia, West Hollywood, California, United States

MAXXI Spazio. Dalle collezioni di arte e architettura, Rome, Italy

Il Museo Privato. La passione per l'arte contemporanea nelle collezioni bergamasche GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy

Röda Sten 2705 Baci… Göteborg (2010), MART Rovereto; Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Language and Experimentations

PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano Ibrido. Genetica delle forme

DEPO Indefinite Destinations, Istanbul, Turkey

MADRE Barock, Naples, Italy (2009)

Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba

Modern Art Oxford Transmission Interrupted, Oxford, England

Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Business As Usual, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt All-Inclusive. A Tourist World, Frankfurt, Germany (2008)

Istanbul Museum of Modern Art Time Present, Time Past, Istanbul, Turkey

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art Rethinking Dissent, Gothenburg, Sweden

Mori Art Museum All About Laughter Humor in Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (2007)

PERFORMA05 performance biennial, New York (2005)

I Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Fundación BIACS, La alegria de mis sueños, Monasterio la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuervas, Seville, Spain

The Renaissance Society, New Video, New Europe, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St.Louis, Missouri, United States

Tate Modern, London, England

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

Fundació 'la Caixa' la Sala Montcada, Barcelona, Spain

Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel (2004)

Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2003)

Gwangju Biennale, Pause, Gwangju, South Korea (2002)

Istanbul Biennial, Egofugal, Istanbul, Turkey

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Casino, Ghent, Belgium

PS1, Uniform, Queens, New York City, New York, United States (2001)

Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Over the Edges, Ghent, Belgium (2000)

Venice Biennale (1997, 1999 and 2005)

Awards

Hardau City Park Y, Zürich; Supported by City of Zürich, ZHDK and IFCAR 2009-2011 [1]

"Axis of Silence" in collaboration with Contemporary Art Fund of the City and Canton of Geneva (Fmac and FCAC) Plaine de Plainpalais; Geneva 2008

Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella 2001

Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Premio Querini- Furla per l'Arte, Venice 2000

Onufri National Gallery, Tirana 1999