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Anri Sala is a contemporary artist whose primary medium is video. He studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs

École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs

The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs is a public university of art and design and is one of the most prestigious French grande école...

, Paris

Paris

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and film direction in Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing

Tourcoing

Tourcoing is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Nord.Tourcoing is situated near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border.-Main sights:...

. He lives and works in Paris.

His video installation Dammi i colori ("Give me the colors") is on display at Tate Modern

Tate Modern

Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...

in London. The installation reflects on the transformation of Tirana in 2003 by means of colors. The installation includes a conversation with Tirana's mayor, Edi Rama

Edi Rama

Edi Rama is an Albanian politician, painter, publicist, professor, and former athlete. Currently he is the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania, the biggest party in Albania , by wining the most of votes as a party in the last eight election.He has served as board member at the local Soros...

, a personal friend of the artist's and the force behind this transformation.

2005

Dammi i Colori, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin
Berlin
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Videos, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
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Long Sorrow, Nicola Trussardi Foundation
Nicola Trussardi Foundation
The Nicola Trussardi Foundation is a non-profit institution for the promotion of contemporary art and culture. Created in 1996, the Nicola Trussardi Foundation is neither a museum nor a collection...

, Milan

2004

Alfonso Artiaco, Neapel
Anri Sala - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen, Deichtorhallen
Deichtorhallen
Deichtorhallen, in Hamburg, is one of Europe's largest art centers for contemporary art and photography. The two historical buildings dating from 1911-13 are iconic in style, with their open steel-and-glass structures. It's architecture creates a backdrop for spectacular major international...

, Hamburg
Hamburg
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2003

Blindfold, Galerie Johnen and Schöttle, Köln
KOLN
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Kunsthalle Wien, Wien
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italien

2000

De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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Galerie Johnen and Schöttle, Cologne (with Martin Boyce)
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

(with Torsten Slama)

2004

Delay, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
Situations construites, attitudes espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva
Geneva
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utopia station: auf dem weg nach porto alegre, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
Time Zones: Recent Film and Video, Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...

, London
Point of View - An Anthology of the Moving Image, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image, New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world...

, New York
New York
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Terminal 5
Terminal 5 (exhibition)
Terminal 5 was an art exhibition that took place in October 2004 at the then disused Eero Saarinen–designed TWA Flight Center at New York's JFK Airport....

In 2004, the dormant Saarinen-designed
Eero Saarinen
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TWA Flight Center (now Jetblue Terminal 5)
TWA Flight Center
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at JFK Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
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briefly hosted an art exhibition called Terminal 5
Terminal 5 (exhibition)
Terminal 5 was an art exhibition that took place in October 2004 at the then disused Eero Saarinen–designed TWA Flight Center at New York's JFK Airport....

curated by Rachel K. Ward and featuring the work of 18 artists including Anri Sala. The show featured work, lectures and temporary installations drawing inspiration from the idea of travel — and the terminal's architecture. The show was to run from October 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005 — though it closed abruptly after the building itself was vandalized during the opening party.

2003

Fast Forward, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
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In den Schluchten des Balkan - Eine Reportage, Kunsthalle Fridericianum
Fridericianum
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, Cassel
Kassel
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Dreams and Conflicts: the Dictatorship of the Viewer, Venice Biennale
Die Erfindung der Vergangenheit, Pinakothek der Moderne
Pinakothek der Moderne
The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Together with its two predecessors Alte Pinakothek and Neue Pinakothek The Pinakothek der Moderne (= "(Art) Gallery of the Modern"; from Greek: "pinax" = "board", "tablet") is a modern art museum,...

, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
Hardcore - vers un nouvel activisme/towards a new activism, Palais de Tokyo
Palais de Tokyo
The Palais de Tokyo is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, near the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs the City of Paris and hosts the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris...

, Paris
Witness, The Curve, Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...

, London

2002

el aire es azul – the air is blue, Casa Museo Luis Barragán
Missing Landscape, Galerie Johnen and Schöttle, Cologne
In Search of Balcania, Graz
The mind is a horse, Bloomberg Space, London
Geschichte(n), Salzburger Kunstverein
Haunted by Details, DeAppel, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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Cardinales, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo
Vigo
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2001

Berlin Biennale
Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

Biennale, Japan
Japan
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Believe, Westfälischer Kunstverin Münster

2000

Media City Seoul 2000, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul
Seoul
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Geographies: Darren Almond – Graham Gussin – Anri Sala, Galerie Chantal Croussel, Paris
voilà- le monde dans la tête, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris
Manifesta 3, Ljubljana
Ljubljana
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, Slovenia
Slovenia
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The world in mind, ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Wie Weg - Disappeared, Association for Contemporary Art, Graz
Graz
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Wider Bild Gegen Wart- Positions to a political discours, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna
Vienna
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Man muss ganz schön viel lernen, um hier zu funktionieren, Frankfurter Kunstverein

1999

After the wall, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
Stockholm
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Albanischer Pavillon, 47. Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...

1995

Tunnel 95, National Gallery, Tirana
Spring 95, First Prize, National Gallery, Tirana
Symposium Kultur Kontakt, Kunsthaus Horn, Austria
Austria
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1999

Quelle histoire? (Mirage Illimité), Paris
Nocturnes (Le Fresnoy), Tourcoing. Selected at the Rencontres cinématographiques, Tourcoing (1999); selected at the Short Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand (2000)

1998

Intervista - finding the words (Ideale Audience, ENSAD), Paris. Best Film Award, Estavar Video Festival, Estavar
Estavar
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. Best Documentary Film Award, Entrevues Festival, Belfort
Belfort
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. Best Short Film Award, Amascultura Festival, Portugal
Portugal
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. Best Documentary Film Award, International Documentary Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela
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, Spain
Spain
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(1999). Best Documentary Film Award, Filmfest 2000, Tirana

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