BIOGRAPHY
Florinda Marku is an Albanian contemporary artist and art curator, now based in Italy. Florinda studied Fine Arts at the University of Arts from 2011-2016.
Her focus is based on her everyday life and what surrounds her. People and their diversity attracts her, especially women. Women’s world is an inspiration to many artists, including Florinda. She is focused on depicting their problems, feelings, pain, tragic endings also. Many aspects of life are depicted on her paintings. She mainly refers to the technique of oil on canvas, but whenever she feels to express something more, she uses other mediums/ techniques as well.
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EDUCATION
•2014-2016
Masters of Fine Arts, Major in Painting University of Arts – Tirana, Albania
•2011-2014
Barchelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting University of Arts Tirana, Albania
WORK EXPERIENCE
•2015-2023
Main Artist (Painter) at Golden Hands Art Studio
•2017 (January – December)
Co-Curator at “COD-Center For Openness And Dialogue” at Prime Ministry Hall
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
•2014
Certificate of Participation: Hiermit wird bestätigt, dass Frau/Heir Florinda Marku
an dem Worshop EXHANGE mit dem
Thema “Verschie de ne Modelle fur eine erfolgreiche berufliche Entwicklung im kreativen Proze ss” unter der Leitung von
Majla Zeneli und Orestia Kapidani
•2013
Won First Price at the exhibition titled “Spring 2013” organized by the Directory of “City of Students”
•2012
Won First Price at the exhibition titled “Portrait” for High Level on Artistic Creativity, organized by the University of Arts, Tirana
•2012
Certificate of the Organization “In the Benefit of the Albanian Women” at the Municipality Center “Today for the Future” Durres, which consists on the participation in the exhibition “Art and Charity” for the
100th Anniversary of Independence
•2009
Won First Price at the competition
organized from the Youth of FRESSH
EXHIBITIONS
•2024 (5-19 April) Participant at the exhibition “Specchi dell’io” at Galeria Cael, Organized from Divulgarti Group, Milan
•2024 (March – April) Participant at the exhibition ACT 02 “Manifesto” at Galeria Azur Miami
•2024 (February) Participant at the exhibition ACT 01 “Pop Forms, Latin Geometris and Contemporary Epressions” at Galeria Azur Miami
•2022 (November)
Participant at the exhibition “Lezha on Canvas”
•2019 (February)
Participant at the exhibition of “UNIQ ART on behalf of SIGAL UNIQUA Group Austria
•2018 (July 21st)
Participant at the exhibition organized at Kalo Gallery titled “Reason to be Proud”
•2018 (June 16th)
Participant at the exhibition “Purple”
hosted at the “”National Historical
Museum”
•2018 (June 12th)
“Outdoor Art” Organized by Students and young Artists to help make public spaces more disposable to the citizens
•2018 (May 8th)
Volunteer at the project “Even Walls
Have Ears”
•2018 (February 7th)
Participant at the exhibition “Albanian Poetry”.
•2018 (January 17th)
Participant at the exhibition organized in honor of the Albanian National Hero “Gjergj Kastriot Skenderbeu” at the Arts
•2017 (April 27th)
Participant at the exhibition “Nakedness” organized at Kalo Gallery
•2017 (April 12th)
Participant at the exhibition “Melody” organized at “National Historical Museum”
•2016 (Novembre 23rd)
Participant at the exhibition organized at the Arts Gallery Lezha for the Anniversary of Independence of Lezha
•2016 (Novembre 3rd)
Participant at “Colony of Middle Albania” Organized by European University of Tirana
•2016 (May)
Participant at “Retro Time”, a collective exhibition organized at the Gallery of Arts, Berat
•2016 (March)
Participant at “Vemissage”, a collective annual exhibition organized at the FAB Gallery, University of Arts, Tirana
•2015 (September)
Participant at the “Ulqin’s Colony” with landscape artists, supported by Institution of Promoting Books, Publishing House “TOENA”
•2014 (June)
Participant at the “Dhermi’s Colony” with landscape artists, supported by “Institution of Promoting Books, Publishing House “TOENA”
•2014 (November)
Exhibition’s participant at the Arts Gallery Lezha for the Anniversary of Independence of Lezha
•2014 (May)
Participant in the collective annual
exhibition of the painting atelier, organized at the FAB Gallery, University of Arts, Tirana
•2012
Participant at the collective exhibition organized by ASA (Art, Styling, and Architecture), organized at the American University of Tirana
•2008
Participant at the collective exhibition against AIDS
STATEMENT
Her focus is based on her everyday life and what surrounds her. People and their diversity attracts her, especially women. Women’s world is an inspiration to many artists, including Florinda. She is focused on depicting their problems, feelings, pain, tragic endings also. Many aspects of life are depicted on her paintings. She mainly refers to the technique of oil on canvas, but whenever she feels to express something more, she uses other mediums/ techniques as well.
