ARJAN SHEHAJ

AWARDS 2008 Art contest at Paolo Gorini Museum, Lodi (first prize) IT 2012 Thirteenth edition of the Ricas Prize, Painting Contest, Milan (second prize) IT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Bipersonal exhibition, BIANCHIZARDIN Gallery, Milan, IT 2017 Untitled, Malaka Gallery, Milan, IT 2015 Amori Possibili, Autoritratto in Viaggio, Pietro Manzoni Ex Studio, Milan, IT GEOMETRIE POETICHE, Marianne Wild Contemporary Art Gallery, Chieti, Pescara, IT 2012 Il Viaggio Verso la Pittura, Jean Blanchaert Gallery, Milan, IT 2014 ENERGJI, Solo Exhibition, Alessio Moitre Gallery, Turin, IT

WORKSHOPS 2016 Promessa delle Terre, Urban Performance Milano-Scuola, curated by Adrian Paci, Milan, IT 2013 Rinascimento e Rinascita, Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian man in Michelangelo Pistoletto's third paradise, curated by Paola Salvi, Brera Fine -Arts Academy, Milan, IT

OTHER PROJECTS 2015 Interview with Anri Sala, Berlin, DE Interview with Nebojsa Despotoviç, Berlin, DE Interview with Adrian Paci, Milan, IT Interview with Giancarlo Politi, Milan, IT interview with Edi Muka, Stockholm,SE

ARTIST RESIDENCIES The Metaresidency project, curated by Cristina Rota and Paola Tognon, The Blank Residency Project, Bergamo, IT Bocs Art, organized and curated by the Cultural Association Martedi Critici, Cosenza, IT VIAFARINI, Cultural Association, Milan, IT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 Bipersonal Exhibition, Arjan Shehaj - Regina Jose Galindo, VIAFARINI and Prometeo Gallery, CONCORDIA II, Milan, IT Group exhibition, Promenade Art Gallery, Vlora, Albania 2020 Affordable Art Fair Milan, BIANCHIZARDIN Gallery, Milan, IT Art HOME, Virtual Collective Exhibition, CO.VI.3D GALLERY LUCI DA BRERA, collective exhibition, Bottegantica Art Gallery, Milan, IT 2019 AFFORDABLE Art Fair Milan, Carte Scoperte Art Gallery, Milan, IT PaviArt - Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Pavia, IT Collective Art Exhibition, Carte Scoperte Art Gallery, Milan, IT TRANSIT, Carla Spagnuolo Art Gallery - Palazzo Lascaris, Turin, IT WOPART, Fourth Edition, International Art Fair of Works on Paper, Lugano, CH EXPERIRI:La Mostra Racconta il Cammino, Grup Exhibition of 12 Artist, Cattolica University, Milan, IT Collective exhibition, Studio Giuseppe Maraniello, Milano, IT 2018 ALBANIA; THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, ACRI Contemporary Art Museum, Milan, IT STREET BY STREET, Gallery On The Move, Tirana, AL No Place, 4th edition NOVA Project, Ex Ceramica Vaccari ,Santo Stefano di Magra, IT Potential Collectors, Group Exhibition, Carte Scoperte Art Gallery, Milano, IT ARTE FIERA Bologna, Gallery on The Move, Bologna, IT MIA FAIR Milan, Carte Scoperte Art Gallery, Milan, IT AFFORDABLE Art Fair, Carte Scoperte Art Gallery, Milan, IT ART COLOGNE, Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gallery On The Move, Cologne, DE Arrivederci Brera, Marinello Art Space, Milan, IT Albanian Artists in the Italian Academies of the First Half of the Twentieth Century, Artist Residency, Tirana, AL 2017 Ricognizioni, BoCS Art: I Linguaggi del Contemporaneo, BoCS Art Museum, curated by Alberto Dambruoso. Cosenza, IT Galleria Comunale of Contemporary Art, Monfalcone, IT 57th Edition, Bice Bugatti – Segantini International Art Award, Nova, IT UNTITLED, Malaka Gallery. Milan, IT 2016 ONUFRI, National Art Award, National Gallery G.K.A, Tirana, AL NoPlace 3, 49th Edition Suzzara Art Award, Suzzara, IT Terre Promise, Urban performance, Milan/Shkodra, curated by Adrian Paci, Milan, IT “BoCS Museum, Artists Residencies, Cosenza, IT "OSMOSIS" MAGA, Gallarate Art Museum, Gallarate, IT FUORI? ,Studi Festival 2016, Milan, IT “Albania / Knots. 163 Contemporary Artists from Albania”, Aula Magna,Tirana Art Academy,Luciano Benetton Collection, Tirana, AL Miscellaneous, Ettore Archinti Museum,Lodi, IT 2015 Senza Confini , Ex Manifattura Tabacchi Museum and laboratory Lody, IT SALON PRIMO 2015, Brera’s Young Artists , Bicocca, Milan, IT Piatto d’Artista, Arte in Arte, EXPO 2015, Milan, IT L’ultima mela sull’Albero, 20 Artists for EXPO, PELIDE Association, Milan, IT Amori Possibili; Autoritratto in Viaggio, Ex Studio Piero Manzoni, Milan, IT Geometrie Poetiche, Marianne Wild Gallery of Contemporary Art UnicA, Chieti, Pescara, IT L’Ultima mela sull’Albero, Expo 2015 collateral event, organized by the Pelide association : House of Associations and Volunteers, Milan – CAM, Municipality of Milan - Biblioteca Chiesa Rossa Milan - Palazzina SeiCento Milan - Palazzo Cittadini Press, Milan - Vittorio Venero Exhibition Gallery, Bollate - ATRION Carugate, Milan IT Cum Grano Salis, Milan - Ronco Briantino Pessano,Bornago, IT 2014 UNTITLED, Pinxi NewArt Gallery, Milan, IT SetUp, ARTE FIERA Bologna Independent Contemporary Art Fair, 2nd Edition, Bologna, IT MiArt Fuori Salone, Brera 2014, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, IT “ENERGJI”, personal exhibition, Alessio Moitre Art Gallery, Turin, IT Contemporaneità nell'arte, collective exhibition, Centro Foscolo, Corsico, IT Tessendo la Tela si Vince la Povertà, Art Auction, Artists for Guri i Zi, Sotheby's, Milan, IT PATHOSFORMEL; La Sindrome dell’Immagine, Galleria de Magistris, Milan, IT “LIVE ART”, Painting Contest, Gallery of the Arts, Shkodra, AL IL SILENZIO, Third Edition, Art Collections in Libraries, Biblioteca Chiesa Rossa, Milan, IT 2013 Oltremare, Ibrahim Kodra foundation, Milan, IT Paolina Brugnatelli 2013, Former Church of San Carpoforo, Milan, IT The Metaresidency project, curated by Cristina Rota and Paola Tognon, Blank Residency Project, Bergamo, IT Rinascimento e Rinascita, From Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man to Michelangelo Pistoletto's Third paradise, curated by Paola Salvi, Brera Art Academy, National Central Library of Florence, IT We are what we eat, sustainability and art, Atrium of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA We are what we eat, Sustainability and Art, curated by Antonio d’Avossa, Former Church of San Carpoforo, Milan, IT “LIVE ART”, Painting Contest, G.K.A National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL “LIVE ART”, Gallery of the Arts, Durres, AL “LIVE ART”, Gallery of the Arts, Valona, AL​ Humanity and Nature, Luigi Brambati National Painting Award - Fifth Edition, Lodi, IT Premio ArtGAllery, Cultural association Award, Fourth Edition, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milano, IT Raffaele de Grada Award, OCA Art space - Ansaldo Creative Workshop, Milan, IT CODICE Collettiva, Cloister of Voltorre Gavirate, Varese, IT La Rivolta della Poesia, Group Exhibition, Ex San Carpoforo Church, Milan, IT Incontri Metropolitani, Group Exhibition, Pinxi NewArt, Milan, IT Selezionato al Premio Artgallery, Fourth Edition ARTGALLERY Cultural Association, Palazzo delle Stelline,Milan, IT 2012 Pre Post Contemporaneo, Curated by Philippe Daverio, Jean Blanchaert Gallery, Milan, IT ONUFRI, National Arts Award, G.K.A National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL National Arts Award, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, Turin, IT Savings Between Stability and Growth, curated by Franco Marrocco, Bocconi University, Milan, IT Rebirth-day, Collaboration with Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Collective Presentation in the Ex San Carpoforo Church, Milan, IT 2011 Collective Exhibition, Palazzo della Provincia, Lodi, IT Collective Exhibition, Curated by the Academy of the Arts Brera, Napoleonic Hall, Milan, IT