About The Artist

CURRICULUM VITAE Family Name: Kelmendi First Name: Majlinda Nationality: Albanian Date of Birth: 04/10/1966 Contact details: Email: majlinda.kelmendi@uni-pr.edu Tel: 0037744-146-036 Level of Education: Academy of Fine Arts, Tirana, Albania 1)Degree Date: 1986-1990. Education type: High Education 4 years 2) Institution: Received Master degree in Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Pristina Degree Date: 1999-2000 Education type: High Education 2 years 3) Academic Degree: Professor Institution: Faculty of Fine Arts University of Pristina Degree Date: 2000- Present Personal exhibitions 2017- Identitet “Time of mountains, Rozhaje Montenegro. 2017- Art Club – Poetic Kalimera 2017. Ulcinj, Montenegro 2017- The national art gallery Sarande. Albania 2016- Link to origin -2 Gebietsbetreuung 10 Quellenstrasse. Vienna, Austria. 2016- Link to origin. -1 Gallery B / Bocholt, Germany. 2013- Plein-Art Contemporary Art Festival Budapest Erlin Gallery 2013- The national art gallery Chifte Amam. Skopie, Macedonia. 2012- FAP/ Art Gallery, Tirane. Albania. 2012 -The national art gallery. Shkodra, Albania. 2011 - Gallery Expoart.40.Video/art/Performance – Balkans Dialogue. Pristina, Kosovo. 2008 - Gallery Expoart.40. Identity– 2, Pristina, Kosovo. 2008 - Gallery Oldrado da Ponte, Identity -1, Lodi, Italy. 2005 - Gallery of Ministry of Culture, Pristina, Kosovo. 2003 – Gallery of Art Bari, Italy. 1997 - Art Gallery, Tirana, Albania. Collective Exhibitions 2017 Exhibition Gallery Faculty of Fine Arts University Pristina 2017-Diaspora 2017 Kunsthaus , Galerie B, Bocholt. Germany. 2016- Global KOSOVA ART'6 Global Art Contest 2015- Exhibition Gallery Faculty of Fine Arts University Pristina 2014- Exhibition at Museum of Kosovo, Pristina 2014-Germany Internationale Kunstausstellung "Expo Diaspora" in Bocholt 2013 -Gallery Faculty of Fine Arts University of Pristina"40 years of Art" 2013 -Gallery" B "Germany "Diaspora art" 2013-Galleri "Qahili" White 2012 - Hidden & Forbidden Identities “International Art Expo, Video Art Festival Venice, Italy 2011 – November Exhibition at Museum of Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, KFAA 2011 - Exhibition at Museum of Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, KFAA 2011 - Exhibition of the KFAA (Kosovo Figurative Artists Association) 2011 - One Way - Vieira Portuense Gallery, Porto, Portugal 2011 - Museum of Lamego, Portugal 2011 - Red Gate Gallery – London, United Kingdom 2011 – 8th International Exhibition "Muslim Mulliqi Prize 2010”, Kosovo Art Gallery, Pristina, 2011 - Albanian Art Exhibition in Bydgoszcz "Garden of Dreams", Gallery Miejskiej, Krakow, Poland 2010 - Exhibition Net / Net Edition II, Gallery Expoart.40, Pristina, Kosovo 2010 – Exhibition of University Professors, Gallery Expoart.40, Pristina, Kosovo 2010 – Galeria Atlantica, Museum 2010 Portalegre, Portugal 2010 - Exhibition at the Gallery Financiero de Vigo, Spain 2010 - White wedding, Belgium 2010 - White wedding, Pristina, Kosovo 2010 - Exhibition Mother Therese, Skopje, Macedonia 2009 - Exhibition Net / Net Edition I, Gallery Expoart.40, Pristina, Kosovo 2009 - November 2009 Exhibition, Macedonia 2009 - Exposition d Artistes Kosovo, Museum of Art Schaerbeek/Brussels, Belgium 2009 - Factory, Museum of Art, Portugal. 2009 - Biennale of Drawings, Kosovo 2008 - Premio Merliani 137 2° edizione, Naples Italy 2008 - Exhibition Gallery of Arts, Gjilan, Kosovo 2008 - Gallery Kledio, Tirana, Albania 2008 - Galleria Oldrado da Ponte. Lodi, Italy, (Description: Mostra collettiva d’Arte Contemporanea) 2008 - Exhibition on 11th June Pristina’s Day, Pristina, Kosovo 2008 - The American Biennial Exhibition, Austin, Texas, USA 2008 - Trofeo di Capodanno, Beinasco, Italy 2008 - Biennale of Small Graphic, Breslav, Czech Republic 2008 - Exhibition with 20 artists. Arts Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo 2008 - 7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual-Mini Print, Lessedra, Bulgaria 2008 - Exhibition at the Gallery of Arts, Gjilan, Kosovo 2008 - Exhibition at the Gallery of Arts, Peja, Kosovo 2008 – The 11th Biennial of Drawings, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2008 - Academie Europeenne des Arts, Gembloux,, Belgium 2008 – An Exhibition organized, Luxemburg 2008 – An Exhibition Gallery of Arts, Gjilan, Kosovo 2008 - Exhibition of KFAA, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2008 - Gallery of Art, Shkoder, Albania 2008 - November Salon, Gallery of Art, Pristina, Kosovo 2008 - Exhibition November 2008, Gallery of Art, Tirana, Albania 2008 - Fair of Contemporary Art, Milan-Novegro, Italy 2008 - 14th International of Vendas Novas, Portugal 2008 - Atlantica Gallery and 14th International of Vendas, Portugal 2008 - S. Barbara Project - Quarta Cava d'Estrazione d'art, Iglesias, Italy 2008 - ARTE CONTEMPORANEA CITTA' DI PISTOIA, Pistoia City, Italy 2008 - Ventiperventi, Naples, Italy 2007 - Exhibition organized in the premises of Government, Pristina, Kosovo 2007 - Exhibition of November org. Draudakum, Skopje, Macedonia. 2007 - Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Gallery Art, Tirana, Albania 2007 – 4th Biennale of International Graphic, Skopje, Macedonia 2007 – Exhibition of Artists’ Association, Museum of History, Pristina, Kosovo 2007 - Exhibition with 10 artists, Arts Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo 2007 - Biennale of Small Graphic Art, Breslav, Czech Republic 2007 – November Salon, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2007 – 8th International mail, Gallery & Contemporary Art, Lessedra., Bulgaria 2006 – An Exhibition with five artists, Paris, France 2006 - 4th International Exhibition "Muslim Mulliqi Prize", Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2006 – November Salon, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2006 – 36th Salon, Academy of European Arts, Gembloux, Belgium 2006 - June’s Exhibition, Pristina, Kosovo 2005 - Exhibition dedicated to 8th March, Museum of Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo 2005 – June 12th Pristina’s Day, Pristina, Kosovo 2005 - Exhibition on 30th Anniversary of Art Faculty, Pristina, Kosovo 2004 - International Drawing Biennale, Arts Gallery, Pristina, Kosovo 2004 – June 11th Pristina’s Day, Pristina, Kosovo 2003 - June 10 th Exhibition, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2002 – June 9 th Exhibition, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2002 – Exhibition on March 8, National Theatre, Pristina, Kosovo 2001 - June’s Exhibition, Pristina’s Day, Pristina, Kosovo 2000 - National Art Gallery, Tirana, Albania 2000 – 11th Biennale of Drawings, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 2000 – 27th November Salon, Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo 1998 - National Arts Gallery, Tirana, Albania 1997- Exhibition November at the Museum of History, Tirana, Albania 1996 – Applied Arts, National Arts Gallery, Tirana, Albania 1995 - National Arts Gallery, Tirana, Albania 1994 – The Gallery TE&GI, Tirana, Albania 1993 - National Arts Gallery, Tirana, Albania 1992 - National Arts Gallery, Tirana, Albania Completed Projects 2017-Net-Rrjet./ 10 Edition Concept: Curatorial concept:”Please prove you are not a robot!” 2016- Net-Rrjet./ 9 Edition Concept: Curatorial concept:”QuestionOfTheDay” 2015- Net-Rrjet./ 8 Edition Concept: Curatorial concept:“Denied” 2015- Net-Rrjet 7 Edition Tirane Albania Concept : Restart 2015- Net-Rrjet./ 7 Edition Concept: Curatorial concept: “Restart” 2014- Net-Rrjet./ 6 Edition Concept: Curatorial concept: “Save As” 2013- Net-Rrjet./ 5 Edition Concept: “Trans-Net / Ethno-Ethics” 2012 -Net-Rrjet./ 4 Edition Concept: “Fighting HumanTraffickig Through Art” 2011 -Net-Rrjet./3 Edition Concept :” Balkans Dialogue” 2010 -Net-Rrjet./2 Edition Concept: “Media art-Art media=pushtet social” 2009 -Net- Rrjet./ 1 Edition Concept: “Teknologjia sociale” 2009 - Reflection. / 1 Edition 2010 - Reflection./ 2 Edition 2010 - Born For This 2010 - Europe – Europe. 2006 - A Road With No End. 2005 - My Population and Ather. Awards and Membership: 2008 - First Prize at the Art Gallery, Peja, Kosovo 2008 - First Prize, Exhibition March 2008, Kosovo 2008 - First Prize, Pristina’s Day Exhibition, Pristina, Kosovo 2008 - Bronze Medal, at 38th Salon concours internacional, Belgium. 2008 - Diploma of Merit, Premio Merliani 137 2nd, Naples, Italy 2006 – Awarded with Silver Medal, Academy of European Arts, Belgium 1996 - Second Prize, Applied Arts, Albania Work experience record: 1)Year: 1990-2000 Name of the Institution: School of Arts Position: Professor Subject: Painting Location: Tirana /Albania 2)Year: 2000-Present Name of the Institution: Faculty of Arts Job description: Professor Subject description – Nude &Paintings Location: Pristina / Kosovo 3)Year: 2008- Present Name of the Institution: Gallery: Expoart.40 Job description: Founder and Artistic Director Description: Founder and organizer of art projects at national and international level. Location: Pristina / Kosovo Year: 2012-2016 Name of the Institution: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Job description: Council state for licensing. Description: Member Location: Pristina / Kosovo Year: 2012-2015 Name of the Institution: Rectorate of the University of Prishtina. Job description: Commission for doctorates. Description: Member Location: Pristina / Kosovo