Sislej Xhafa

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Solo exhibitions

Lost and Found

Venice Biennale - KO, Venezia (IT)
11 May 2017 – 22 Nov 2017
Fireworks in my Closet

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
23 Sep 2016 – 15 Jan 2017
Benvenuto! Sislej Xhafa

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti, Roma (IT)
2 Jun 2016 – 2 Oct 2016
Oblique motionless

Christine König , Wien (AT)
15 Nov 2011 – 14 Jan 2012
Moulin Rouge

Magazzino Arte Moderna, Roma (IT)
31 Mar 2009 – 9 May 2009
Third Room

Christine König , Wien (AT)
7 May 2008 – 28 Jun 2008
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Museo Carlo Zauli, Faenza (IT)
27 Oct 2006 – 31 Jan 2007
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Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana (SI)
23 May 2006 – 1 Jul 2006
When Mac goes black

Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York (US)
31 Mar 2006 – 29 Apr 2006
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Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris (FR)
31 Mar 2006 – 29 Apr 2006
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Quarter . Centro Produzione Arte, Firenze (IT)
3 Feb 2006 – 31 Mar 2006
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Venice Biennale - AL, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005
Skinheads Swimming

Magazzino Arte Moderna, Roma (IT)
3 Jun 2005 – 30 Jun 2005

Group

The Ability to Dream

Galleria Continua, San Gimignano (IT)
24 Sep 2022 – 9 Jan 2023

with Adel Abdessemed, Leila Alaoui, Kader Attia, Yoan Capote, Loris Cecchini, Nikhil Chopra, Jonathas de Andrade, GU Dexin, Leandro Erlich, Carlos Garaicoa, Shilpa Gupta, Subodh Gupta …
MASKE

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (CH)
1 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Kader Attia, Edson Chagas, Helene Delprat, Cecilia Edefalk, Theaster Gates, Douglas Gordon, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Cameron Jamie, Christian Marclay, Elodie Pong, Ugo Rondinone, Markus Schinwald …
vice versa

7 ROOMS 14 ARTISTS

Venice Biennale - IT, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Francesco Arena, Massimo Bartolini, Elisabetta Benassi, Flavio Favelli, Luigi Ghirri, Piero Golia, Marcello Maloberti, Fabio Mauri, Giulio Paolini, Luca Vitone
Barock

MADRE Museo d'Arte, Napoli (IT)
12 Dec 2009 – 5 Apr 2010

with Adel Abdessemed, Micol Assael, Matthew Barney, Bianco & Valente, Antonio Biasiucci, Mircea Cantor, Gilbert & George, Douglas Gordon, Mona Hatoum, Shirin Neshat, Orlan, Philippe Parreno …
TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (GB)
18 Apr 2009 – 21 Jun 2009

with Adel Abdessemed, Pilar Albarracin, Yto Barrada, Mircea Cantor, Jimmie Durham
Videoreport Italia 2006-07

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea d, Monfalcone (IT)
14 Nov 2008 – 8 Dec 2008

with Rebecca Agnes, Alterazioni Video, Rosa Barba, Vanessa Beecroft, Elisabetta Benassi, Rossella Biscotti, Dafne Boggeri, Alex Cecchetti, Paolo Chiasera, Christian Chironi, Massimiliano & Gianluca De Serio, Andrea Dojmi …
The 7th Gwangju Biennale Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
5 Sep 2008 – 9 Nov 2008

with Adel Abdessemed, Bani Abidi, Francis Alys, Lara Almarcegui, Stefano Arienti, Sadie Benning, Ursula Biemann, Tania Bruguera, Gerard Byrne, Bruce Conner, Thomas Demand, Koo Donghee …
International Video Art

mostra a cura di Anita Beckers

Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzin, Firenze (IT)
18 Sep 2008 – 2 Nov 2008

with Marina Abramovic, Victor Alimpiev, Laura Belem, Guy Ben-Ner, Candice Breitz, Rae di Martino, Kota Ezawa, Harun Farocki, Charlotte Ginsborg, Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Cao Guimaraes, Frank Hesse …
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

Göteborg Biennial, Göteborg (SE)
25 Aug 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Lida Abdul, Adel Abidin, AES+F, Jane Alexander, Melik Ohanian, Anri Sala, Santiago Sierra
All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary art

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
27 Jan 2007 – 6 May 2007

with Tamy Ben-Tor, Blue Noses, John Bock, Olaf Breuning, Marcos Chaves, WANG Gongxin, Rodney Graham, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Peter Land, Christian Marclay, Trine Lise Nedreaas, Robin Rhode …
Choosing my Religion

Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun (CH)
15 Sep 2006 – 19 Nov 2006

with Adel Abdessemed, Olaf Metzel, Valerie Mrejen, Paul Pfeiffer, Shirana Shahbazi, Mark Wallinger
Video Report Italia

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea d, Monfalcone (IT)
13 Oct 2006 – 1 Nov 2006

with Alice Cattaneo, Alex Cecchetti, Paolo Chiasera, Christian Frosi, Eva Marisaldi, Annamaria Martena, Marzia Migliora, Margherita Morgantin, Gianni Motti, Christian Niccoli, Adrian Paci, Klaus Pobitzer …
New Video, New Europe

The Kitchen, New York (US)
31 May 2006 – 8 Jul 2006

with Dan Acostioaei, Jesper Alvaer, Maja Bajevic, Pavel Braila, Mircea Cantor, Kai Kaljo, Killu Sukmit & Mari Laanemets, Adrian Paci, Arturas Raila, Egle Rakauskaite, Ene-Liis Semper, son:DA (Metka Golec & Miha Horvat) …
Ecce Uomo

(33+1) artisti contemporanei da collezioni private a Milano

Spazio Oberdan, Milano (IT)
23 Mar 2006 – 21 May 2006

with Marina Abramovic, Miguel Angel Rios, Vanessa Beecroft, Fischli & Weiss, Carlos Garaicoa, Mona Hatoum, Alfredo Jaar, Ingar Krauss, Shirin Neshat, Adrian Paci, Pipilotti Rist, Michal Rovner …
War is Over

GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contempo, Bergamo (IT)
15 Oct 2005 – 26 Feb 2006

with Francis Alys, Vanessa Beecroft, Christian Boltanski, Jeremy Deller, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, Markus Schinwald, Luc Tuymans, Andy Warhol
New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video

The Contemporary Austin , Austin (US)
22 Nov 2005 – 8 Jan 2006

with Dan Acostioaei, Jesper Alvaer, Maja Bajevic, Pavel Braila, Grupa Azorro, Kai Kaljo, Mladen Stilinovic
On air. Video in onda dall'Italia.

c/o Careof, Milano (IT)
15 Dec 2005 – 7 Jan 2006

with Davide Bertocchi, Botto & Bruno, Stefano Cagol, Daniela Carati, Francesco Carone, Gea Casolaro, Alex Cecchetti, Paolo Chiasera, Sarah Ciraci, Andrea Contin, Rae di Martino, ELASTIC Group of Artistic Research …
The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
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Magazzino Arte Moderna, Roma (IT)
14 Jan 2005 – 18 Feb 2005

with Elisabetta Benassi, Pavel Braila, Alex Cecchetti, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Stephen Dean, Rosalind Nashashibi, Shahryar Nashat, David Shrigley
ON SALE

Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana (SI)
15 Dec 2004 – 14 Jan 2005

with Alen Floricic, Carina Randlov, son:DA (Metka Golec & Miha Horvat)
1st Biennial of Contemnpary Art of Sevilla BIACS

BIACS Biennial Foundation of Contemporar, Sevilla (ES)
3 Oct 2004 – 5 Dec 2004

with Antoni Abad, Pilar Albarracin, Maja Bajevic, Zarina Bhimji, Tania Bruguera, Christoph Büchel, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Daniel Canogar, Maurizio Cattelan, Stephen Dean, Lucinda Devlin, Tracey Emin …
New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video

Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
10 Sep 2004 – 21 Nov 2004

with Dan Acostioaei, Jesper Alvaer, Maja Bajevic, Dario Bardic, Alma Becirovic, Pavel Braila, Mircea Cantor, Oana Felipov, Alen Floricic, Grupa Azorro, Tiia Joha nson, Kai Kaljo …
New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video

Tate Modern, London (GB)
9 Oct 2004 – 17 Oct 2004

with Dan Acostioaei, Jesper Alvaer, Maja Bajevic, Dario Bardic, Alma Becirovic, Pavel Braila, Mircea Cantor, Oana Felipov, Alen Floricic, Grupa Azorro, Tiia Joha nson, Kai Kaljo …
Per Total

Sala Montcada de la Fundación la Caixa, Barcelona (ES)
19 May 2004 – 25 Jul 2004

with Adel Abdessemed
Prototipi.01.02.03

Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Roma (IT)
24 Jun 2004 – 30 Jun 2004

with Nicoletta Agostini, Botto & Bruno, Paolo Chiasera, Clegg & Guttmann , Donatella Di Cicco, Rae di Martino, Sylvie Fleury, Domenico Mangano, Margherita Morgantin, Carsten Nicolai, Giuseppe Pietroniro, Paola Salerno …
OUR HOUSE IS A HOUSE THAT MOVES

Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana (SI)
7 May 2004 – 11 Jun 2004

with Aydan Murtezaoglu, Tobias Putrih, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar)
New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video

The Renaissance Society, Chicago (US)
11 Jan 2004 – 22 Feb 2004

with Dan Acostioaei, Jesper Alvaer, Maja Bajevic, Dario Bardic, Alma Becirovic, Pavel Braila, Mircea Cantor, Oana Felipov, Alen Floricic, Grupa Azorro, Tiia Joha nson, Kai Kaljo …
Hardcore - Vers un nouvel activisme

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
27 Feb 2003 – 18 May 2003

with Jota Castro, Shu Lea Cheang, Minerva Cuevas, Alain Declercq, Johan Grimonprez, Guerrilla Girls, Clarisse Hahn, Gianni Motti, Anri Sala, Santiago Sierra

Events

Art Dubai 2024

Art Dubai, Dubai (AE)
1 Mar 2024 – 3 Mar 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Shirin Aliabadi, Said Atabekov, Sarah Charlesworth, Flavio de Marco, Chitra Ganesh, Hassan Hajjaj, Aziz Hazara, Huniti Goldox, Sohrab Hura, Manal Mahamid …
OVNi Festival + Fair 2018

In Town Nov 16th to 25th In Hotels and art-fair <em>Camera Camera</em> Nov 24th and 25th

OVNi Festival, Nice (FR)
24 Nov 2018 – 25 Nov 2018

with Pauline Bastard, Laurent Fievet, Anne-Valerie Gasc, Raymond Hains, Sanna Kannisto, Eric Michel
CONVERSATIONS

Walter Seidl im Gespräch mit Sislej Xhafa

Christine König , Wien (AT)
12 Nov 2011
The Venice Biennale - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Miriam Baeckstroem, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera …
New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video

Tate Modern, London (GB)
9 Oct 2004 – 17 Oct 2004

with Dan Acostioaei, Jesper Alvaer, Maja Bajevic, Dario Bardic, Alma Becirovic, Pavel Braila, Mircea Cantor, Oana Felipov, Alen Floricic, Grupa Azorro, Tiia Joha nson, Kai Kaljo …
New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video

Tate Modern, London (GB)

with Mircea Cantor, Grupa Azorro, Kai Kaljo, Kristina Leko, Mladen Stilinovic, Krassimir Terziev
Merely

Sneak preview in presence of the artist

Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Gent (BE)