ANILA RUBIKU
ANILA RUBIKU Born in Durres (Albania), 1970. Lives and works in Milan and Tirana e-mail: anilarubiku@gmail.com Web: www.anilarubiku.com Mob: +39 338 1797219 + 33 064 7098990 In 1994 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana and moved to Italy to study at the Academy of Brera, Milan and graduated in 2000. In 1998 she attended the Advanced Course in Visual Arts at the Ratti Foundation, Como - with visiting professor Hamish Fulton. In the last ten years she has lived for long spells in various cities abroad (New York, Los Angeles, London and Prague). In 2000 she won the bursary “Artists in Residence” from the Leube Art Program which took her to Vienna(where she attended master courses by Renée Green and Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Akademie Der Bildenden Kunste) and to Salzburg. In October 2004 “Gallery talk at Apexart Gallery, NY” invited her to speak about her work. In 2005 she won the 2nd Prize in the category “Light Sculptures” of the Targetti Light Art Award 2005 and now her work is part of the Targetti Art Collection and London Deutsche Bank collection. In 2007 she was invited by the Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts as Artist in Redencecee ArtsLink Residency October- November 2008 NY, (USA) and Residence International Aux Recollets, Paris, France OctoberDecember 2010 France and Artist- in -Residence Krems, Austria in 2011. Solo Exhibitions 2011
Galerie IG BILDENDE KUNST- Wien, Austria.(Curated by Dagmar Höss)
2010
Laws, Lies, Traditions & Convictions, Josza Gallery, Brussels. Belgium
2009
Windows onto the Sea, Strasbourg. France (Curated by Dimitri Konstantinidis)* Imagine the possibilities, Gallery Alessandro Bagnai. Florence, Italy. (Curated by James Putnam)*
2008
Panoramic Landscapes, Herzliya Museum Israel. The 16 ways, Gallery Braverman By Art Projects. Tel Aviv, Israel.
2006
Something in common Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany. Getting lost in Venice it’s wonderful Gallery Traghetto. Venice, Italy. (Curated by Aurora Fonda).*
2005
Object of Desire, Gallery The Flat - Massimo Carasi. Milan, Italy. (Curated by Gabi Scardi).
Group Exhibitions 2011 Magic lamp, Israeli Museum, Jerusalem. Israel. (Curated by Suzanne Landau & Amitai Mendelsohn)* Das Textile als Medium der zeitgenössischen Kunst.Kunst Archiv Darmstadt, Germany 54th International Venice Biennale 2011 – Albanian Pavilion, Venice, Italy. * Windows upon Oceans, Europe after the Berlin wall. Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Greece. Nach Strich und Faden, Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawing Gallery, Berlin. Germany. * Explore the potential of new technologies and alternative energy sources, A community project realized in London with the Bloomberg employs at their offices and with people at the Maggie’s Centers. Directed by Sigrid Wilkinson - Arts Co. 2010 Nove artisti per “Napoli milionaria” al Palazzo Ducale Martina Franca (TA) (Curated by Lia De Venere e Fabrizio Vona). Edition 5 Erstfeld at the Haus für Kunst, Altdorf, Switzerland. Säen und Jäten –Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. * Non totalmente immemori, né completamente nudi, Galleria Communale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone. Italy. 2009 Fragile, fields of empathy, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon. South Korea. * Marvellous Reality Lalit Kala Galleries (part of the Lalit Kala Akademi- the National Academy of art) organised by Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India.* The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, 4th Tirana International Contemporary Art Biennial, Tirana, Albania. (Curated by Joa Ljundberg & Edi Muka) * Säen und Jäten –Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst”. Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, Germany. (Curated by Dr. Nicole Fritz)*
Threads, National Queer Arts Festival 2009, at SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA (curated by Pamela Peniston & Courtney Dailey)* Fragile, fields of empathy, Museum of Sant Etiene. France (Curated by Lorand Hegyi)*. Fuorisalone 2009, Plusdesign Gallery, Milan, Italy. Dritto Rovescio, Triennale Museum, Milan, Italy. * 2008 One Night Only the U.S. premiere of the video installation at Taliesin West – Frank Lloyd Wright’s national historic landmark home and studio in Scottsdale – in collaboration with ASU Art Museum, Arizona, U.S.A. MLB Home Gallery & Rocca Rinascimentale di Cento (Ferrara) ( Curator Marialivia Brunelli).* Micro narratives, Museum of Sant Etiene. France (Curated by Lorand Hegyi)*. Mediations Biennale. Un voyage sentimentale 1st Poznan Biennial, Poland .* The – Bearable Lightness of being- The metaphor of the space, Palazzo Pesaro Papafava., 11th 11th International Architecture Biennale Venice, Italy.* Emergenze Creative MAR Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna, Italy.( Curator Marialivia Brunelli & Silvia Cirelli).* Fil Rouge MLB Home Gallery & Rocca Rinascimentale di Cento (Ferrara) ( Curator Marialivia Brunelli).* The thread as the line: Contemporary sewn art, Ellipse Arts Centre, Arlington, Virginia, USA (Curated by Cynthia Connolly).* Women’s Images/Frauenbilder, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany.( Curated by Dr. Heiner Schepers). 2007 Ouverture. Privat tales, Hungarian Academy Rome - Palazzo Dei Falconieri, Rome. Italy (Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva & Lorand Hegyi). 48th October Art Salon Belgrade, Serbia. Yugoslavia. (Curated by Lorand Hegyi)*. Just in Time, Gallery Riccardo Crespi, Milan. Italy. (Curated by Gabi Scardi)*. 2006 L’immagine sottile, Galleria Communale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone. Monfalcone, Italy. (Curated by Andrea Bru ciati).* Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Japan. * Das Pferd erzählen, Kunsthalle, Göppingen. Germany. (Curated by Dr. Werner Meyer, Dr. Annett Reckert).* Travelling Light. Nothing to lose, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA (Curated by Julia Draganovic). * 2005 Viaggio leggero, Niente da perdere, Galleria d’Arte della Provincia di Modena, Chiesa di San Paolo, Modena. Italy. (Curated by Julia Draganovic).* No place like home, Associazione Gaibazzi, Parma, Italy (Curated by di Federica Bianconi).* Zone di Transito, Gallery A+A, Venice, Italy. (Curated by Aurora Fonda ).* 2005 Detroit International Film and Video Festival, Museum of New Art (MONA) Michigan, USA. BoundLess, Partecipating/contributing in Jan Christensen installation. Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway. (Curated by Henry Meyric Hughes). 2004 Place for the Self, Apexart, New York ,USA (Curated by Amnon Barzel).* Colours of Albania, National Gallery, Tirana, Albania. (Curated by Edi Muka).* Selected Awards & Residencies 2011 “Artist-in-Residence Krems” Austria. 2010 “Residences International Aux Recollets” Paris, France Artist-in-Residence Krems. Austria in 2011. 2005 2nd Prize category “Light Sculptures” Targetti Light Art Award 2005. Artefiera 2006, Bologna, Italy. 1999 Mercedes Benz Prize Centro d’Arte la Loggia, Montefiridolfi, (FI). Italy. Public Collections Israeli Museum Collection, Jerusalem, IL. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Deutsche Bank Collection, London, UK. Targetti Art Light Collection, Florence, Italy. Collection of Galleria Comunale dell’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monfalcone, Italy. Collection of Anthony and Heather Podesta, Washington, DC. Collection of Peggy Scott and David Teplitzky Edition5 Collection, Erstfeld, Switzerland. *
“Other Countries. Other Citizeship� . 54th International Venice Biennale 2011- Albanian Pavilion, Venice, Italy.
2011
Installation view
2011
“Laws, Lies, Traditions & Convictions” ” . Solo show Jozsa Gallery, Brussels. Belgium. _Installation “Ain’t I a Women” 100 silk stiched hankerchiefs, cm. 300 x 600
2010
“In Harmony� 24 drawings on paper
2010
“Milan - Tokyo a round trip� A community project realised in two weeks @ Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Japan - 65 local people have collaborated.
2006
“Milan - Tokyo a round trip� 2006 _Installation made of 50 round frame embroidery. The entire work is about the first trip I, an artist from an East Country took to Asia- Japan.
2009
“Houses of the rising sun” Group show - Fragile @ MAM Museum, ST Etienne, France & Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India cm.15 x 250 x 250 Sewn Cardboard, Light Implant inside.
2006
“What do they want these two?” Cm. 120 x 110 x 100, Sewn Cardboard, Light implant. Solo show Panoramic Landscape @ Herzliya Museum, Israel
2008
“Under Construction” 2009 @ Museo Arte Ravenna, Italy cm. 50 x 150 x 70, Cardboard, Thread, Led light implant inside, plexiglass
2008
“A night ligh in Taipei� cm. 350 x 450 x 430_ Sewn paper & light implan inside. First Taipei International Modern Ink Painting Biennal, Taipei, Taiwan. (Curated by Julia Draganovic)*
2006
Workshop & Commynity Project with Students of Taipei Design University.
2006
“Something in common”
Solo Show @ Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany.
2006
“Daily life” cm. 20 x 12 _ 60 drawings Ink on paper
Works in the Solo show Something in common” @Gallery Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany.
2006
Text By Nirith Nelson
Work on the installation The 16 ways began in September 2007, when Anila Rubiku was invited to the JCVA residency program in Israel. The work is based on Pietro Aretino’s almost forgotten, erotic manuscript from the Italian Renaissance I Modi. The book ignited Rubiku's imaginatio n when she was first exposed to it in a private collection in Venice. As in previous projects, here too the artist was matched with a group of embroiderers, in this case Ethiopian women who have a long and rich tradition of extremely colourful work. In a complex and fascinating process, the 16 erotic positions were stitched by the religious women, whose responses to the material were quite strong. Subsequently the work was folded into a three dimensional illuminated fold-up and exhibited in the Braverman Gallery in Tel Aviv. The embroidery appeared enclosed in a box, where the viewers could discover the hidden erotic content. Anila extravagantly juxtaposes the most intimate material with the most public, and generates motion and openness in the very site of introverted traditionality. “The 16 Ways” A community project realised in Israel during a residency @ JCVA, Telaviv, Israel Triennale Design Museum, Milan. Italy
2009
“The 16 Ways” A community project realised in Israel during a residency @ JCVA, Telaviv, Israel
2008
The U.S. Premiere of the video installation One Night Only @ Taliesin West, The Frank Lloyd Foundation, in collaboration with ASU Art Museum, November 2008. The video installation continues the cenversation on Urban and human development. One Night Only includes a paper instruction of the most rapidly growing cities of the last ten years with video projection on top of it. The video is 60’ long and is Porno Movies from 1910 1970. When the porno was illegal. This installation is a work in progres, it has been shown for the first time in Tel Aviv and now in Arizona. USA. “One Night Only” Cm. 500 x 700 x 20, White Cardboard, Video & Sound installation. Solo show @ Taliesin West, The Frank Lloyd Foundation, Arizona. USA.
2008
“Sunsex in Arizona” is a Community Project developed with the ASU Art Museum, A story told in 160 stiched leathers. Each individually stiched section is joined together to form a large wall-sized work. “The pieces come together to tell a story”, this is how I could see Arizona: It’s so large and growing so much. This is because of the human element. This story is also formed by the desert, and the shapes and elements of the desert become a sort of erotic and humorous symbol for the procreation in both the human senceand with respect to the urban building”.
“Sunsex in Arizona” Community project @ ASU Art Museum, Arizona during my CEC Art Residency.
2008
“Sunsex in Arizona” & “Dawnsex in Arizona” 2008 & 2009
2009
“Imagine the possibilities� Solo Show @ Gallery Alessandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy. (Curated by James Putnam)
2009
It is said that a long long time ago in a small village in ancient Egypt, when an armed conflict broke out, all the men in the village were conscripted except for one! The lucky man had lived until then completely alone, having only one arm and one leg, but war tends to change people’s values! When the conflict was over and the men who had survived returned to the village, they found that all the women were pregnant. The man who was not fit for military service had contributed, in his own way, to maintaining the demographic balance of the community! Today there still exists a temple dedicated to fertility and to that strange man and many women still believe in his divine gift. We cannot know whether the miraculous pregnancies come about thanks to the heartfelt prayers of the future mothers or whether it’s due to the happy contribution of the numerous wardens who guard the temple. The important thing to note is that most of the worshippers do conceive infants
“Even today it’s so contemporary” cm. 29 x 113 x 20,5 The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, 4th Tirana International Contemporary Art Biennial, Tirana, Albania.
2009
“Sunsex in Arizona” cm. 76 x 56 Etchings dry point. The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, 4th Tirana International Contemporary Art Biennial, Tirana, Albania.
2009
“Sunsex in Arizona” cm. 75 x 95 Sewing on paper. Säen und Jäten –Volkskultur in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Städtische Galerie Ravensburg, Germany. (Curated by Dr. Nicole Fritz)
2009
“Marvellous Reality�Lalit Kala Galleries organised by Gallery Espace, New Delhi, India. (Curated by Sunil Mehra)
2009
“Object of desire” Solo Show @ Gallery The Flat, Milano, Italy. Installation made of 20 diptich. cm. 50 x 35, Tecnique: Sewing on paper.
2005
2005 “Object of desire” Solo Show @ Gallery The Flat, Milano, Italy. cm. 50 x 35, Sewing on paper
2006
“Does real ballance exist?� Sewing performance @ National Gallery, Tirana. cm.700 x 700 x 250, Sewn embroidery frame, 31 drawings, red rope.
2004
“Sewn Dream” Group show Place for the self @ Apexart NY. USA Cm. Ø 25 _ 24 Sewn round embroidery frames.
2004