© Courtesy of Bremond Capela and Valdrin Thaqi
Valdrin Thaqi
Biography
Born in 1994, in Skënderaj, Kosovo
Lives and works in Pristina, Kosovo
Valdrin Thaqi paints moments of suspension, where a simple gesture becomes charged with quiet intensity. His figures inhabit a space stripped of context, caught between stillness and movement, presence and disappearance. Light replaces narrative, revealing emotion through restraint rather than expression. In his works, the ordinary transforms into a fragile tension, a pause that lingers just before meaning dissolves.
Valdrin Thaqi (born in 1994, lives and works Pristina, Kosovo) is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Art of Pristina. He recently had a solo show at the Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK, his work has been featured in group exhibitions at Galeria Continua, Paris, the Barabar Centre, Pristina, XK, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK, Bazament Art Space, Tirana, AL, he was also part of the recent Manifesta 14, Pristina, XK.
He has been awarded the Stacion Centre for Contemporary Art, Pristina, XK, the Young Artists Award, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK and the Muslim Mulliqi Award, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK.
Exhibitions
Curriculum vitae
Solo and two-person exhibitions
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2025The White Whale, Bremond Capela, Paris, FR
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The House Above the Hill, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Kosovo
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2024Short Poems and Other Tales / A Play by Valdrin Thaq, Hajde Foundation/Grand Hotel, Pristina, Kosovo
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I think i see it now, Bazament Art Space, Tirana, AL
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2023You do realize, there is a place where the sidewalk ends, East Contemporary Gallery, Milan, IT
Group exhibitions
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2025Silent Threads - Resounding Kosova, Continua Gallery, Paris, FR
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2024Visibility Horizon, Galeria 17, Pristina, XK
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How would you know?, Paper Gallery, Pristina, XK
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2023I sing the body electric, the armies of those I love, Barabar Centre, Pristina, XK
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Cremona Artweek, Cremona, IT
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Here today, gone tomorrow, Room five studio, Pristina, XK
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2022Artists of tomorrow, Stacion centre for contemporary Art, Pristina, XK
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Art Collection, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK
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Pleasures, Bazament Art Space, Tirana, AL
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Group show, Manifesta 14, Pristina, XK
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Internal, Room five studio- Open Studio, Pristina, XK
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2021Based on a true story, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK
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Tongue follows the toothache, Green Hill Gallery, Berlin, DE
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Nothing Like Home, LambdaLambdaLambda Gallery, Pristina, XK
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Art Auction 8 with ArtConnect, Weserhalle Gallery, Berlin, DE
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2020GlogauAir Residency, Open Studios, Berlin, DE
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2019Young Artists Award, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK
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Gjon Mili Biennale, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK
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2018Muslim Mulliqi Biennale, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK
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Pristine Blind dat, Termokiss, Pristina, XK
Residencies
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2020GlogauAir Residency, Berlin, DE
Awards
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2022Nominated at Stacion Centre for Contemporary Art, Pristina, XK
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2019Young Artists Award, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK
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2018Muslim Mulliqi Award, Kosovo National Gallery of Arts, Pristina, XK