Premio Combat Prize

Like a film fragment standing daily before our eyes, a film where we feel being at the same time viewers and actors, Albania of the years 2000 is obsessed by a consumerist fever, from the beginning of another system of references, which nevertheless, unable to substitute entirely the old one and matching everyday with him, is aiming to reach a much dreamed Eldorado. The colorful ballons,allways beautiful, shiny and temporary are an example of pending things and dreams of my people and more around the world.
Biography
Edmond Gjikopulli
1967 - Born in Vlora, in 26.05., Albania
1986 - Graduated at the High School “Jordan Misja”, Tirana
1990 - Graduated at the Academy of Arts, Tirana
1990-1998 - Pedagogue at the High School “Jordan Misja”, Tirana
1995 - 1997, 2002 till now, Pedagogue in University of Arts, Tirana
2011 – Associated Professor at the University of Arts, Tirana
2012 – Head of Painting Department at the University of Arts, Tirana
Exhibitions
1993 - National Gallery of Arts, Tirana
1995 - Exhibition in Warsaw, City Hall Gallery
2001 - Biennale of Athens, Greece
2002 - Gallery “Art’s Friends”, Tirana
2003 - Gallery “Image”, Athens
First Price in a National Exhibition “November 6”, NGA, Tirana
2004 - National Exhibition “November 7”, NGA, Tirana
2005 - “Gjergj Kastrioti Scanderbeg”, NGA, Tirana and Prishtina (Kosovo)
“ArtMay”, Gallery of Arts, Shkodër
National Exhibition “November 8”, NGA, Tirana
“Tiranabiennale3”, Tirana
2006 - “Tirana Artexpo”, Tirana
National Exhibition “Riviera”, HNM, Tirana
National Exhibition “November 9”, NGA, Tirana
National Exhibition “Onufri”, NGA, Tirana
2007 - Gallery “Image”, Athens
Biennale of Florence, Italy
2008 – Personal exhibition “Synopsis 2003 – 2008”, Zeta Gallery, Tirana
2009 - National Exhibition “Onufri”, NGA, Tirana
2012 – Group exhibition “ Udhet II”, FAP Gallery, Tirana
2013 - Group exhibition “ Udhet III”, FAP Gallery, Tirana