EDI RAMA

Born: Tirana/ Albania, 1964

Education: Academy of Arts Tirana, Albania, 1982

Professional: Professor at Art Academy, Tirana
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in Albania, 1998-2000
Mayor of Tirana, 2000-2011
Prime Minister of Albania, 2013-current

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Edi Rama, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France

2023 Improvisations, Zappeion, Athens, Greece Edi Rama, Welcome, Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal

2020 Edi Rama, Lavoro, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli

2019 Edi Rama: Work, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada Edi Rama: Work, Carlier|Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2018 Edi Rama, Work, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany Edi Rama, Fantastische Notizen von Albaniens Ministerpräsident, Landesgalerie Burgenland, Eisenstadt, Austria Castello dell’Abate, Salerno, Italy

2017 Ceramic Works, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany Edi Rama, Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Firenze, Italy

2016 Edi Rama, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York Anri Sala: Answer Me, The New Museum, New York Not und Spiele, Studiogalerie, Berlin, Germany Edi Rama, Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, Italy

2015 Edi-Tions, Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey Calendar Blossoms, Academy Jao Tsung, Hong Kong, China Daily Drawings, Galerie Kampl, Munich, Germany Les Fleurs du Calendrier, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany The Little Games of Mr. Joe Black, Palace Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1999 Gallery XXI, Tirana, Albania

1997 Edi Rama, Zilinsko Dailes Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania Palais Jalta, Frankfurt, Germany

1996 Galerie Guy Crété, Paris, France Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1995 Tour de Pourgnon, Die, France Place de la Mediatheque, Die, France

1994 Galerie Te&Gi, Tirana, Albania Palais Jalta, Frankfurt, Germany

1993 Acud, Berlin, Germany Foyles Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom Logos Gallery, London, United Kingdom Janos Gat Gallery, New York

1992 National Art Gallery of Albania, Tirana, Albania

1991 Jugendkulturzentrum, Bern, Switzerland National Art Gallery of Albania, Tirana, Albania

1990 Municipal Theater Gallery, Corfu, Greece

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Viva Arte Viva, 57th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2016 Die Spielchen des Freund Hein / The Little Games of Mr Joe Black, Palastgalerie, Berlin, Germany Not und Spiele, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany

2015 Biennale of Marrakesh, Morocco

2014 Tell me Nothing from the Horse, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany Papiers de Bureau, Galerie Rhinocéros & Cie, Paris, France

2013 Creating Space Where There Appears to Be None, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany

2010 Les Promesses du passé, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Creating space where there appears to be none – Inversion part II with Anri Sala, About Change Studio, Berlin, Germany

2004 Utopia station: auf dem Weg nach porto alegre, Haus der Kunst München, Munich, Germany

2003 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

1999 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennial, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

1997 Cetinjski Bijenale, Cetinje, Montenegro

1996 Balkan Art 96, Novi sad, Serbia Multilingual Landscape, Centre de l’Art Moderne, Vilnius, Lithuania Festival d´Automne, Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt, Paris, France

1995 Biennale de Malte, Malta

1994 Galerie Epoches, Athens, Greece Project for Europe, Nikki Diana Marquardt, Copenhagen, Denmark Art, Resistance and the English Garden, Project for Europe, Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt, Paris, France 2nd Biennale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1993 Europäer, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria Galleria Meeting, Venice, Italy Stadtmuseum, Graz, Austria Janos Gat Gallery, New York

1992 Centre International de la Culture, Tirana, Albania Schroeder Galerie, Augsburg, Germany