Genti Korini
Overview
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Genti Korini’s (b. 1979) work is particularly interested in the juxtaposition of modernity and modernism within the cultural and historical framework of his native country, Albania. His work operates as a linkage between painting, sculpture, photography, and moving images.
The public is invited to explore the politics of aesthetics, the migration and reconfiguration of decontextualized images and forms, as symptoms of social and ideological transformations. The works invite the viewer to experience beyond their surface level and consider the deeper conceptual, political, and social implications.
His work has been shown in numerous institutional solo and group exhibitions including, Manifesta 14, (Prishtina, Kosovo, 2022). City Art Gallery (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2019), Museum of Contemporary Art, (Zagreb, Croatia, 2018), Contemporary Art Museum (Warsaw, Poland, 2017), MNAC Bucharest, (Bucharest, Romania, 2016), Art Encounters Biennale (Timisoara, 2016), me Collectors Room, (Berlin, Germany, 2014), National Gallery (Tirana, Albania, 2013),
2018 - 2024, co-founded and ran the independent art space bazament, in Tirana.
His work has been shown in numerous institutional solo and group exhibitions including, Manifesta 14, (Prishtina, Kosovo, 2022). City Art Gallery (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2019), Museum of Contemporary Art, (Zagreb, Croatia, 2018), Contemporary Art Museum (Warsaw, Poland, 2017), MNAC Bucharest, (Bucharest, Romania, 2016), Art Encounters Biennale (Timisoara, 2016), me Collectors Room, (Berlin, Germany, 2014), National Gallery (Tirana, Albania, 2013),
2018 - 2024, co-founded and ran the independent art space bazament, in Tirana.
Works
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Saturday Walk, 2021
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Boy in Yellow, 2024
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Echo of an Appearance, 2024
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Hidden, 2024
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Mirror, 2024
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One Shade the More, One Ray the Less, 2024
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Portrait of a Stranger, 2025
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Portrait of a Stranger Nr. 2, 2025
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The Hold Within, 2025
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Walking, 2025
Biography
Friday walk, 2021
Genti Korini (b. 1979) lives and works in Tirana, Albania.
1997- 2000, studied at the University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2001- 2003, studied and graduated, MFA at the University of Arts, Tirana, Albania.
Solo Exhibitions
2024. One Shade the More, One Ray the Less, mygallery, Madrid.(Esp)
2023. The Curse of The Eye / curated by Maria Rus Bojan, Harabel Contemporary, Tirana.(Al)
2022. Bright Futures / DoubleQ Gallery, Hong Kong.(Ch)
2022. Lateral Geometries /curated by Horatiu Lipot, IOMO Contemporary, Bucharest, (Ro).
2021. Hem Hem / Neither Nor, Either Or. Galeria e Bregdetit.(AL).
2020. Speculations/Simulations, Lachenmann Gallery, Frankfurt, (Ge).
2019. The Drawing Lesson, curated by Cristian Nae. Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2019. Notes from the Upperground Bazament, Tirana, (AL).
2017. Solid Uncertainties, BeersLondon Gallery, London, (UK).
2016. Inside My Walls I See Yours, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (De).
2014. The Object and Its Background, curated by Jean Neal, Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2013. Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, (AL).
Group Exhibitions
2023. Kindred Visions, curated by Maria Rus Bojan. SECCI Gallery, Florence (It).
2022. On/Off the Grid, curated by Alina Serban. Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2022. Geometric Environment, Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, (Hu).
2019. Listen to Us Artistic Intelligence, curated by Office for Art, Berlin. City Art Gallery Plovdiv, (Bu).
2018. Painting #2, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, (It).
2018. Articulations, curated by Barnabás Bencsik. Glassyard Gallery Budapest, (Hu).
2018 I Am The Mouth, curated by Office for Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, (Cr).
2017. Half-Truth, Klorikarnia, curated by Office for Art. Contemporary Art Museum Warsaw (Po).
2017. Power of Line, Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2016 Homage Ideal or Pattern, curated by Edit Sasvari. Knoll Gallery, Vienna, (Au).
2016. Shape of Time Future of Nostalgia, curated by Office for Art. National Museum of Contemporary Art, MNAC Bucharest, (Ro).
2016. Appereances and Essence, ArtEncounters Biennale, curated by Rainald Schumacher and Nathalie Hoyos. Timisoara. (Ro)
2015. Mona, 68 Projects, Berlin. (Ge).
2014. Fragile Sense of Hope, me Collectors Room, Berlin, (Ge).
2012. Perchance to Dream, Onufri XIX Annual Albanian Contemporary Art Prize, curated by Daniele Capra, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, (Al).
2007. There Is No Place like Home, curated by Ricardo Caldura. Galeria Contemporaneo, Venice. (It).
Biennales
2022. Manifesta 14 Biennale, Prishtina, Kosovo
2016. ArtEncounters Biennale, Timisoara. (Ro)
Film/Video Festivals
2022, TIFF-Tirana Film Festival.
2022, Ekrani i Artit, Shkodra Art House, Shkodër, Albania
Art Residencies
2017. CCA Andtraitx, Mallorca, Spain.
2015. ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York. USA.
2013. Autocenter Summer Academy, Berlin, Germany, Masterclass with Thomas Scheibitz.
Exhibition Publications
2022 Lateral Geometries, IOMO Contemporary, Text by Horatiu Lipot, Bucharest, Romania.
2016. Inside My Walls I See Yours, Martin Asbeak Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. Text by Christina Steinbrecher Pfandt, Anton Streletzki.
2014. The Object and Its Background, Jecza Gallery, Timisoara, Romania. Text by
Jean Neal.
2013. Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania. Text by Alban Hajdinaj.
1997- 2000, studied at the University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2001- 2003, studied and graduated, MFA at the University of Arts, Tirana, Albania.
Solo Exhibitions
2024. One Shade the More, One Ray the Less, mygallery, Madrid.(Esp)
2023. The Curse of The Eye / curated by Maria Rus Bojan, Harabel Contemporary, Tirana.(Al)
2022. Bright Futures / DoubleQ Gallery, Hong Kong.(Ch)
2022. Lateral Geometries /curated by Horatiu Lipot, IOMO Contemporary, Bucharest, (Ro).
2021. Hem Hem / Neither Nor, Either Or. Galeria e Bregdetit.(AL).
2020. Speculations/Simulations, Lachenmann Gallery, Frankfurt, (Ge).
2019. The Drawing Lesson, curated by Cristian Nae. Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2019. Notes from the Upperground Bazament, Tirana, (AL).
2017. Solid Uncertainties, BeersLondon Gallery, London, (UK).
2016. Inside My Walls I See Yours, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (De).
2014. The Object and Its Background, curated by Jean Neal, Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2013. Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, (AL).
Group Exhibitions
2023. Kindred Visions, curated by Maria Rus Bojan. SECCI Gallery, Florence (It).
2022. On/Off the Grid, curated by Alina Serban. Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2022. Geometric Environment, Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, (Hu).
2019. Listen to Us Artistic Intelligence, curated by Office for Art, Berlin. City Art Gallery Plovdiv, (Bu).
2018. Painting #2, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, (It).
2018. Articulations, curated by Barnabás Bencsik. Glassyard Gallery Budapest, (Hu).
2018 I Am The Mouth, curated by Office for Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, (Cr).
2017. Half-Truth, Klorikarnia, curated by Office for Art. Contemporary Art Museum Warsaw (Po).
2017. Power of Line, Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2016 Homage Ideal or Pattern, curated by Edit Sasvari. Knoll Gallery, Vienna, (Au).
2016. Shape of Time Future of Nostalgia, curated by Office for Art. National Museum of Contemporary Art, MNAC Bucharest, (Ro).
2016. Appereances and Essence, ArtEncounters Biennale, curated by Rainald Schumacher and Nathalie Hoyos. Timisoara. (Ro)
2015. Mona, 68 Projects, Berlin. (Ge).
2014. Fragile Sense of Hope, me Collectors Room, Berlin, (Ge).
2012. Perchance to Dream, Onufri XIX Annual Albanian Contemporary Art Prize, curated by Daniele Capra, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, (Al).
2007. There Is No Place like Home, curated by Ricardo Caldura. Galeria Contemporaneo, Venice. (It).
Biennales
2022. Manifesta 14 Biennale, Prishtina, Kosovo
2016. ArtEncounters Biennale, Timisoara. (Ro)
Film/Video Festivals
2022, TIFF-Tirana Film Festival.
2022, Ekrani i Artit, Shkodra Art House, Shkodër, Albania
Art Residencies
2017. CCA Andtraitx, Mallorca, Spain.
2015. ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York. USA.
2013. Autocenter Summer Academy, Berlin, Germany, Masterclass with Thomas Scheibitz.
Exhibition Publications
2022 Lateral Geometries, IOMO Contemporary, Text by Horatiu Lipot, Bucharest, Romania.
2016. Inside My Walls I See Yours, Martin Asbeak Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. Text by Christina Steinbrecher Pfandt, Anton Streletzki.
2014. The Object and Its Background, Jecza Gallery, Timisoara, Romania. Text by
Jean Neal.
2013. Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania. Text by Alban Hajdinaj.
Exhibitions
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on / off the grid – painting now
with an introductory note by Alina Șerban 16 Nov 2022 - 15 Jan 2023With this group exhibition, the Jecza Gallery & Triade Interart Foundation opens a new series of dedicated collaborations with international artists whose distinct aesthetic vocabulary incorporates pertinent questions regarding the...Read more -
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 | An anniversary, a compass for the future
The first double-digit anniversary of the gallery is a happy occasion to organise an exhibition of the gallery’s artists under the sign of the number 10 and to invite Ami Barak to curate it. 30 Sep - 20 Nov 2021When you are 10 years old, you can still count your age with your fingers. Because fingers are the ones that contribute most intensely to creation. We proposed to the...Read more -
Genti Korini – The Drawing Lesson
31 Oct 2019 - 6 Feb 2020”Ever since Renaissance, drawing was regarded in European art theory as the condition of possibility of all representation, the underlying method that supports any construction of space. It was also...Read more
Press
News
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Genti Korini will represent Albania at 61st Venice Art Biennale
November 7, 2025Jecza Gallery is delighted to announce that our represented artist, Genti Korini , will represent Albania at the 61st Venice Art Biennale in 2026 with...Read more -
Genti Korini featured on Artsy's "Artists on Our Radar"
July 18, 2025 Read more -
Genti Korini - BASEL SOCIAL CLUB, 15 - 21 june 2025
Private View June 16, 2025 Read more -
Genti Korini
solo show Harabel Contemporary, Albania https://harabel.org/the-curse-of-the-eye-genti-korini/ Read more -
Genti Korini
exhibited at Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong November 24, 2022 Read more -
Genti Korini
included in Manifesta 2022 July 21, 2022 Read more -
Genti Korini
exhibited at IOMO Gallery July 14, 2022 Read more -
Genti Korini
seen in the group show Painting #2 / Riccardo Crespi Gallery / Milan / Italy / 2018 September 21, 2018Romain Bernini, Liselotte Höhs, Nick Hornby, Genti Korini, Marcelo Moscheta, Lisi Raskin, Roee Rosen, Marta Sforni, Veronica Smirnoff, Johanna Unzueta, Gal Weinstein Riccardo Crespi presents...Read more
Art Fairs
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Jecza Gallery at Vienna Contemporary 2025
showing recent works by Tinucța Marin and Genti Korini alongside historical works by Roman Cotoșman. 11 - 14 Sep 2025We are delighted to announce that we will be presenting recent works by Tincuța Marin and Genti Korini, alongside historical works by Roman Cotoșman, at...Read more -
Jecza Gallery at Basel Social Club
showing works by Genti Korini 15 - 21 Jun 2025Jecza Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 2025 edition of Basel Social Club , presenting a new series of works by Genti...Read more -
Jecza Gallery at Art Market Budapest
returning for the second time after more than 10 years. 19 - 22 Oct 2023This fall we’ll be participating at not one, but three international art fairs. While you've already heard about our participation at Paris Photo Fair in...Read more -
Jecza Gallery at Artissima 2021 with Ioana Stanca & Genti Korini
5 - 7 Nov 2021Presenting a dialogue of two artists, from two different countries, with two different artistic interests and approaches to contemporary art, is in a sense an...Read more -
Jecza Gallery at Artissima 2020 Dialogue / Monologue
– Ioana Stanca & Genti Korini, curated by Domenico de Chiric 5 Nov - 9 Dec 2020Jecza Gallery is happy to be part of this year #Unplugged Artissima Art Fair, Italy’s most important contemporary art fair. On one side, the work...Read more