Arben Golemi

Arben Golemi
(Albanian,born in 1954) study architecture in Tirana University, in 1973-78. Since then, his carrier is devided from painting to architecture. He opened more than 20 personal exhibition in and out side the country. With his creativity Golemi has been an influence to the artistic circles of his native city, thus embodying the image of the modern painter, in search of new figurations and artistic expressions. His paintings changed the existing artistic mentality of the predominant realistic art, as Golemi became one of the main protagonists of what can be called “the modern Albanian painting of the late twentieth century”. After the 1990s, his work was introduced in many international events, personal and collective exhibitions. Arben Golemi is one of the important painters of the Albanian modern art.

Selected Exhibitions

1991- 1992 – 2003 Personal Exhibitions, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2000 – United Nations Headquartes, New York, USA
2003 – “Railings” Paintings Exhibition in Human Rights Organization Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
2005 – Art Exhibition in New York at New Century Artists, INC
Curated by Ana Matthiesen
2014 – “XXI” FAB Gallery, Arts University Tirana.
2017 – “Aleteration – personal exhibition”, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania

Artworks