Born in Pejë, Kosova, in 1970, Sislej Xhafa lives and works in New York. He is known for his artistic investigation into the social, economical and political realities associated with the various complexities of modern society. Xhafa has over the years highlighted his artistic work on economic and social themes, political realities, as they interact with the protean variety of modern society. His investigations, for example, into phenomena of tourism or forced illegality use a minimal language and they are at the same time ironic and subversive, practicing indifferently a wide range of media, from sculpture to drawing, from performance to photography.
In March 2022, Sislej Xhafa was appointed Honor Academician of ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI FIRENZE.
In 2022, Xhafa founded ARKIV, the Institute of Contemporary Art, in Pejë, Kosovo. A public, non-profit NGO located at the current public school 'Vaso Pash Shkodrani', ARKIV was inaugurated in July 2022 with a personal exhibition of artist Artan Hajrullahu.
Reality is stronger than art. As an artist I do not want to reflect a reality, but I do want to question it. My social upbringing does not embrace, rational linear actions. I approach the world and life with primal instinctive behaviour. Interview of G. Tawadros with Sislej Xhafa, catalogue of the exhibition Transmission Interrupted,Modern Art Oxford, 2009.
Xhafa has exhibited widely including recently at MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow (2022), Manifesta 14, Prishtina (2022), Harabel Foundation, Tirana (2021), the National Fine Arts Museum of Havana (2018); National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina (2018); ZAC, Palermo (2017); Galleria Continua, France and Italy (2012, 2016); MAXXI Museum, Rome (2016); BWA Sokol Contemporary Art Gallery, Nowy Sacz (2016); François Pinault Foundation, The World Belongs to You, Palazzo Grassi, Venice; Hardau City Park, Y, Zurich; MADRE Museum of Contemporary Art Donna Regina, Still Untitled, Napoli; The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Rearview Mirror, Toronto (2011); PRISM Misericordia, West Hollywood, California; MAXXI Spazio. Dalle collezioni di arte e architettura, Roma; Il Museo Privato. La passione per l’arte contemporanea nelle collezioni bergamasche, GAMeC, Bergamo; 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, Ibrido. Genetica delle forme, Milano; DEPO, Indefinite Destinations, Istanbul; MADRE Museum of Contemporary Art Donna Regina, Barock, Napoli (2009); Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba; Modern Art Oxford Transmission Interrupted; Biennale of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea; MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art of Detroit, Business As Usual; Schirn Kunsthalle, All-Inclusive. A Tourist World, Frankfurt (2008); Istanbul Museum Of Modern Art Time Present, Time Past, Istanbul; Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art Rethinking Dissent, Göteborg, Sweden; Mori Art Museum, All About Laughter Humor in Contemporary art, Tokyo (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, Sevilla; The Renaissance Society, New Video, New Europe, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, St.Louis; Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks; Fundació ‘la Caixa’ la Sala Montcada, Barcelona; Haifa Museum of Art, Israel (2004), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003), Gwangju Biennial, Pause, Gwangju, (2002); Istanbul Biennial, Egofugal, Istanbul; S.M.A.K., Casino, Gent; PS1, Uniform, New York (2001); Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia, S.M.A.K., Over the Edges, Gent (2000); Fondazione Olivetti, Rome (2000) and the Venice Biennale (1997,1999, 2005, 2013, 2017).
2022
bride on soil, GALLERIA CONTINUA / LES MOULINS, Boissy-Le-Châtel, FR
2021
bleta, permanent public work, Harabel Foundation, Tirana, AL
2019
ovoid solitude, ArtBasel UNLIMITED, Basel, CH
2018
obbobobbobo dul peshku, Demanio Marittimo, Ancona, IT
J, permanent installation, Nuovo Palazzo Di Giustizia, Florence, IT
Rosa azul, National Fine Arts Museum of Havana, Havana, CU
love you without knowing, National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina, XK
2017
lost and found, Pavilion of Republic of Kosova of the 57th Venice Biennale, curated by Arta Agani
Shadow of Curls, Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany
Ephemeral installation for Children Action, Parc des Bastions, Geneva, Switzerland
Infermeria, ZAC, Palermo, Italy , curated by Paola Nicita
2016
The Stillness of Thought, curated by Anna Smolak, BWA Sokol Contemporary Art Gallery, Nowy Sacz
Benvenuto!, curated by Hou Hanru and Luigia Lonardelli, MAXXI Museum, Rome
Fireworks in my Closet, GALLERIA CONTINUA / San Gimignano
millimeter sentiments, Cressman Center for Visual Arts, Louisville (Kentucky)
START point, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2014
harrova që fillova (I forgot that I started), MAM Foundation, Tirana, curated by Ema Andrea and Klod Dedja
2013
Assymetric Désir, Blain Southern Gallery, London
2012
Unpoetic Bride Galleria Continua / Le Moulin de Sainte Marie
NON Unplugged 2012, Non Gallery, Istanbul
brko like bird Center 42°, Cetinje, Montenegro
2011
Oblique Motionless Christine König Galerie Wiena
Still Untitled M.A.D.R.E Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Napoli curated by Mario Codognato
Y Hardau City Park City of Zürich, ZHDK and Institute of Contemporary Art Research ZHdK, Zürich
2010
2705 Baci... Röda Sten Göteborg curated by Edi Muka
2009
NEONS in collaboration with Contemporary Art Fund of the City and Canton of Geneva (Fmac and FCAC) Plaine de Plainpalais (project of public art), Geneva
Moulin Rouge Magazzino d’Arte Moderna , Roma
2008
sadnesssurge Christine König Galerie (two artist show with Adel Abdessemed), Vienna
2007
Giuseppe GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bergamo, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Passion Fruit L’appartement 22 Rabbat, Maroc
Retrospective +‘L.R.B.’ Van Tendeloo Residence ‘Salon’ Kortrijk, Belgium
vallée verticale Yvon Lambert Paris
2006
stuztespia Museo Carlo Zauli Faenza curated by Daniela Lotta
MN Unplugged Galerie Michael Neff Frankfurt
Opportunistisch Naturalistisch SKUC galerija Ljubljana
livelihood rainbow on broe Liebaert Projects l Kortrijk, Belgium
when Mac goes black Yvon Lambert New York
Quarter Four Movements Firenze, curated by Sergio Risaliti
2005
51° Venice Biennial / Albanian Pavilion/ Venice
Skinheads Swimming Magazzino d’Arte Moderna , Roma
Merely HOET BEKAERT Gallery, Gent
2004
Miedo Total Fundació ‘la Caixa’ la Sala Montcada, xhafabdessemed (two-person show with Adel Abdessemed) Barcelona, curated by Teresa Macrì
"Giuseppe" MART of Trento travelling exhibition, curated by Giorgio Verzotti
2003
Vetrine della Calcografia: See no evil / hear no evil / speak no evil Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Roma, curated by Luigi Ficacci
Twice Upon a Time Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Roma
Nivea, W 139, Amsterdam, curated by Ann Demeester
PM Zagreb, Croatia, curated by Radmila Iva Jankovic
Galerie Drantmann, Bruxelles
2002
Motion in Paradise Deitch Projects New York
Skinheads Swimming Galleria Laura Pecci Milano
Heavy Metal Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bergamo, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Foundation of Teseco Pisa, curated by Gail Cochrane
2001
Siyum, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus (DK)
Kunsthalle Bern, Project Room, Bern, curated by Evelyne Jouannou
Talk is Cheap, Swiss Cultural Institute, New York, curated by Marc Olivier Wahler
Galleria Laura Pecci, Milano
2000
Fondazione Olivetti, Rome, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi
1997
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, G.A.M.E., Bologna
Clandestine Albanian Pavilion, XLVII Venice Biennial, Venice
2022
frosted pocket, Manifesta 14, Prishtina, XK
Politics in Art, MOCAK (Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow), Krakow, PL
THE IMPERMANENT COLLECTION #3.0', GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, IT
2020
A Story for the Future, MAXXI Museum, Rome, IT
2019
Mask in Present-Day Art, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
Circus of Thruth, Performance, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
You got to shine to burn, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, IT
2018
Soundlines of Contemporary Art, ICAE 2018, Yerevan, AR
CameraCamera, OVNi Festival, Nice, FR
2017
Umanità, Museo Casa Romei, Ferrara, IT
The Travellers, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
« Again and Again » performance, Staten Konstrad, Stockholm, Sweden
Art : Making Cities, Shenzhen Biennale, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, Shenzhen, China
Le periferie Urbane, Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy
Opulent Landscapes, De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
Demanio Marittimo, Ancona, Italy
Symptoms of society, Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou Guangdong Province, China
Symptoms of society, Zhejiang Art Museum, Zhejiang Province, China
FOCARA, performance, Fondazione Focara, Novoli, Lecce, Italy
2016
Malmös Leende, curated by Edi Muka, Malmö, Sweden
Cold Wind from the Balkans, Pera Museum Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Toute première fois, Hôtel Particulier 22 rue Visconti, Paris, France
Par Tibi, Roma, Nihil, curated by Raffaella Friscarelli, Rome, Italy
The Whale that was a Submarine, The Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
The Travellers, Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2015
Follia Continua! 25 years of GALLERIA CONTINUA, curated by José-Manuel Gonçalvez, Centquatre, Paris, France
Follia Continua! 25 years of GALLERIA CONTINUA, curated by Jorge Fernandez Torres, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Habana, Cuba
Medellin International Art Encounter, MDE15, Medellin, Colombia
Liberi tutti! Arte e società in Italia tra il 1989 e il 2001, Museo Ettore Fico, Turin, Italy
Growing Roots, 15 years of Premia Furla, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
L'albero della cuccagna, i nutrimenti dell'arte, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Milan, Italy
2014
Informal Mind, curated by Klod Dedja and Ema Andrea, Elbasan, Albania
TIME:CODE, Curated by Raul Zamudio and Juan Puntes White Box Center, New York, USA
2013
Borderline : Collection Exhibition II, 21st Century Musem of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, curated by Yoneda Seiko
Requiem for a Bank, HMKV, Dortmund, curated by Fabian Saavedra-Lara
Victory Obsessed, ZAMEK Culture Centre, Poznan, Poland, curated by Agata Rogos
Vice Versa, Italian Pavilion of the 55th Venice Biennale, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi
Sconfinamenti, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Rocca Albornoz, Spoleto Festival of 2 Worlds
Tell Me Whom You Haunt : Marcel Duchamp and the contemporary readymade, Blain Southern, London, UK
2012
Facing walls Galleria Continua, Opening windows, Beijing
Predicting Memories Curated by Robert Punkenhofer and Ursula Maria Probst Former K.K. Telegrafenamt (Telegraph Office), Vienna
Mediterraneo: Incontri o Conflitti? Curated by Ludovico Pratesi..Palazzo Gargasole.Gagliano del Capo (LE)
Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada Rearview Mirror, a cura di Christopher Eamon
Più a Sud Museo Palazzo Riso di Palermo, curated by Paola Nicita, Palermo
2011
the world belongs to you Palazzo Grassi François Pinault collection Venice, Italy curated by Caroline Bourgeois
Power Plant Toronto, Canada curated by Christpher Eammon
Big Brother Dinard’s Palais des Arts et du Festival Dinard, Brittany, France curated by Ashok Adiceam
2010
SPHERES Le Moulin, France
In what we trust The Art Miami Pavilion with Francis Alӱs, Yael Bartana, Sylvie Blocher, Niklas Goldbach, Omer Fast, Bjørn Melhus, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Fabrizio Passarella, Corinna Schnitt, Miami curated by Julia Draganovic
Misericordia PRISM West Hollywood, California curated by Birte Kleemann
What’s the Difference? Stadtgalerie Bern, Switzerland curated by Beate Engel
La passione per l’arte contemporanea nelle collezioni bergamasche Il Museo Privato. GAMeC Bergamo curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Maria Cristina Rodeschini
Viaggio in Italia. Sguardi internazionali sull’Italia Contemporanea Palazzo Fabroni Pistoia, curated by Ludovico Pratesi
Cosmogonia Collezione UBI-Banca Popolare di Bergamo, Bergamo curated by Enrico De Pascale Le Supernova del collezionismo italiano Stefano e Raffaella
Stefano e Raffaella Sciarretta Cosmogonia Le Supernova del collezionismo italiano Palazzo Collicola di Spoleto, Italy curated by Gianluca Marziani
Spazio. Dalle collezioni di arte e architettura MAXXI Roma, a cura di Pippo Ciorra, Alessandro D’Onofrio, Bartolomeo Pietromarchi e Gabi Scardi
Language and Experimentations MART Rovereto; Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
Festival Finzioni Videoarte al Museo internazionale delle marionette Antonio Pasqualino di Palermo, curated by Paola Nicita
Ibrido. Genetica delle forme d'arte PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio e Francesco Garutti
Indefinite Destinations DEPO Istanbul curated by Oyku Ozsoy and Vessela Nozharova
2009
BAROCK M.A.D.R.E Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina Napoli curated by Mario Codognato
The Brick + Mortar International Video Art Festival, Greenfield, MA curated by Natasha Becker.
Transmission Interrupted Modern Art Oxford curated by Suzanne Cotter and Gilane Tawadros
Until the End of the World Andreas Melas Presents Athens curated by Max Henry
Esposizione Universale – L’arte alla prova del tempo GAMeC curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2008
Business As Usual MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art of Detroit curated by Jacob Proctor
Biennale of Gwangju, Gwangju, Corea
Futurotextiel Broelmuseum NMBS Hall Kortrijk curated by Caroline David and Arne Quinze
worlds on video Palazzo Strozzi Firenze curated by Anita Beckers
All-Inclusive. Schirn Kunsthalle A Tourist World Frankfurt, curated Matthias Ulrich
2007
o lo que vio Betty Boop Museo Reina Sofía Madrid, curated Raimundas Malasauskas
Rightfully Yours Justina M. Barnicke Gallery Toronto, curated by Tejpal S. Ajji
Luce dei miei Occhi GAMeC a Cinema Festa Internazionale di Roma a cura di Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Time Present, Time Past, Istanbul Museum Of Modern Art Istanbul, co-curated by David Elliott and Rosa Martínez
Rethinking Dissent Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Göteborg, curated by Joa Ljungberg and Edi Muka
Theater of Cruelty White Box New York, curated Raul Zamudio
All About Laughter Humor in Contemporary art Mori Art Museum Tokyo curated by Kataoka Mami
Commitment The Garage, Mechelen / Cultural Centre Strombeek curated by Koen Leemans & Luk lambrecht
Museum of Kortrijk, Kortrijk curated by Veerle Van Durme e Lievan Vandenabeele
Kunsthalle Exergasse, A forest and a tree Vienna , curated by Pelin Uran
Eroi! come noi…? PAN / Palazzo delle Arti Napoli Napoli, curated by Julia Draganovic
2006
Thun Choosing my Religion Kunstmuseum, Switzerland curated by Madeleine Schuppli
Allegories of Displacement Westport Museum, Conecticut curated by Michele Cone
Art Film Basel Stadtkino Basel , Switzerland curated by Benjamin Weil
New Video the Kitchen, New Europe New York (travelling exhibition) curated by Hamza Walker
videoREPORT ITALIA 04_05, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalconecurated by Andrea Bruciati
Double Happiness l'ex fabbrica "Italcementi" Trento, Italy curated by Fabio Cavalluci Palazzo di Primavera, Center of Contemporary Art di Terni, Italy Capolavoro curated by Angelo Capasso
ECCO UOMO spazio Oberdan, Milano curated by Gemma De Angelis Testa and Sergio Risaliti
2005
PERFORMA05 New York, curated by Defne Ayas / Chief Curator: Roselee Goldberg
INTRAMOENIA-EXTRA ART , Castel Del Monte (Andria) curated by Achile Bonito Oliva and Giusy Caroppo
SculptureCenter This May Be What Parallel Play Looks Like, New York, curated by Defne Ayas
WAR IS OVER 1945 – 2005 la Libertà dell’arte GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea e di Bergamo, Italy curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio e M. Cristina Rodeschini Galati
Summer Show SHUGOARTS , Tokyo
ARTE ALL’ARTE 10, Art Architecture Landscape, Montalcino (SI) curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Laura Cherubini, Emanuela De Cecco, Elio Grazioli, Jan Hoet, Hou Hanru, Florian Matzner, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Roberto Pinto, James Putnam, Jerome Sans, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Vicente Todolì, Angela Vettese and Gilda Williams
"First We Take Museums" Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, URB Visuals Helsinki curated by Jari-Pekka Vanhala
Democracy is Fun? Whitebox New York curated by Defne Ayas and Michele Thursz Macedonian Museum Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece and Quarter
The gesture Centro Produzione Arte, Florence, Italy, curated by Marina Fokidis, Sergio Risaliti, Daphne Vitali
Due progetti, Arte a dimensione urbana, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Videodrome, ELETTRO + , Firenze curated by Matteo Chini
Deliciouse... Sint. Truiden, Belgium, curated by Luk Lambrecht
A Forest and a Tree, Yellow Bird Gallery, Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, curated by Pelin Uran
Double Vision, Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Identity and Nomadism Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
On Sale Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana curated by Alenka Gregoric and Natasha Petreshin
2004
La alegria de mis sueños, I Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Fundación BIACS, Monasterio la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuervas, Sevilla, curated by Harald Szeemann
New Video, New Europe, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, curated by Hamza Walker / travelling to the Museum of Contemporary Art, St.Louis and Tate Modern, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks
Seven Sins, MUSEION, Bolzano, curated by Letizia Ragaglia
Vanitas, Le Opere e i Giorni, Certosa di San Lorenzo, Padula (Salerno) curated by Achille Bonito Oliva
Contemporanity, Museum of Fine Arts Bishkek, Kyrgystan, curated by Leeza Ahmady
Se/ Bashku/ Juntos/ Tillsammans, Upssala Art Museum, Stockholm, curated by Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Edi Muka, Joa Ljungberg and Yuneikys Villalonga
Our house on the move, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria and Škuc Gallery , Lubjana, curated by Nataša Petrešin
2003
G 2003, Vira/Ascona, curated by Harald Szeemann
La Natura dell’Arte, San Lorenzello, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Luoghi di Affezione, Academia Belgica, Roma, curated by Angelo Capasso
Tirana Biennial, Tirana
BEAULIEU ART-gallery, Gent
Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa, curated by Daniela Talmor
Salon des Réfusés, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venezia, curated by Roberto Pinto Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Trento, curated by Fabio Cavallucci
Public Sampler – Projektion, Dresden, curated by Torsten Birne
Blut & Honig, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg / Wien, curated by Harald Szeemann
Sweet Bitter Harmony, Art Lab, Holon, Tel Aviv, curated by Edi Muka
2001
Pause, Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, curated by Hou Hanru
Emotional Site SHUGOARTS, Tokyo
Open House, Casino Luxembourg,Luxembourg, curated by Evelyne Jouannou
(Opening Exhibition) Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Jérôme Sans and Nicholas Bourriaud Fuoriuso, Pescara, curated by Teresa Macrì
Il valore dell’essere EXTRAordinario , Catania
Next - L'Arte di Domani, Bari, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio SMK, Copenhagen
L’ultima cena, Napoli, curated by Massimo Sgroi
Big Torino 2002, Torino, curated by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio MUSEION, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bolzano, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Egofugal, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, curated by Yuko Hasegawa
Casino 2001, S.M.A.K., Gent, curated by Jean Greenberg
Uniform, PS1, New York, curated by Francesco Bonami
Biennial of Ceramic in Contemporary Art, Albisola, curated by Tiziana Casapietra and Roberto Constantino
Tirana Biennial, Tirana
Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Torino, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Artline 5, Borken, Germany, curated by Jan Hoet
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, PS1, Roma
Short Stories, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, curated by Roberto Pinto
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma
Velodromo and Museo dell'Arengario, Milano SESC, Sao Paulo Genève; Queens Museum of Art, New York, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg
Grassy Knoll Productions, Belfast
Finale Di Partita - Endgame - Fin de partie, Florence, curated by Pierluigi Tazzi
Chinese Whisper Apex Art, New York, curated by Branka Stipancic
2000
Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Francesco Bonami, Maria Hlavajova and Ole Bouman,
Over the Edges S.M.A.K., Gent, curated by Jan Hoet and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
Arte all'Arte, 5th Edition, Colle Val d'Elsa, Italy, curated by Gilda Williams and RobertoPinto
Ironic, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy, curated by Lino Baldini Galleria Laura Pecci, Milano
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Premio Querini-Furla per l'Arte, Venezia
ANNO ZERO, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
Center-Storms, Zomer-Poezie, Watou, curated by Ann Demeester
1999
XLVII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, curated by Harald Szeemann
Galleria Marabini, Bologna, curated by Guido Molinari
1998
Atlante, MACS, Sassari
Città Sant’Angelo, Welcome, Pescara, curated by Renato Bianchini
Care Off, Cusano Milanino, curated by Guido Molinari
Indicazioni, Depanis, Florence, curated by Matteo Chini
2016
Honorific title of Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Italy
2009
First prize Hardau City Park, Zürich; Y project (collaboration with Iso Asani and Frederic Levrat) Supported by City of Zürich, ZHDK and IFCAR
2008
Plaine de Plainpalais NEONS in collaboration with Contemporary Art Fund of the City and Canton of Geneva (Fmac and FCAC); Geneva
2001
First Prize Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
2000
Premio Querini-Furla per l’Arte, First Prize Artista Emergente Italiano/Fondazione Querini Stampali, Venice
1999
First prize in Onufri National Gallery, Tirana