Sislej Xhafa

Sislej Xhafa (born 1970 in Kosovo) is a conceptual artist who lives and works in New York City.

Work

Sislej Xhafa is an American artist born in Peja, Kosovo in 1970. He is based in New York and is known for his artistic investigation into the social, economical and political realities associated with the various complexities of modern society, such as tourism, geographical relationships and forced illegality. Xhafa’s works are minimal, as well as ironic and subversive. He operates in various media from video, sculpture, installation, drawing, performance and photography. His works aim to challenge viewers to recognize the symptoms and cracks of contemporary global society.

Exhbitions

Xhafa has exhibited widely including at the Röda Sten 2705 Baci… Göteborg (2010), MART Rovereto; Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Language and Experimentations; PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano Ibrido. Genetica delle forme; DEPO Indefinite Destinations Istanbul; MADRE Barock, Napoli (2009); Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba; Modern Art Oxford Transmission Interrupted; Biennale of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea ; MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art of Detroit Business As Usual; Schirn Kunsthalle All-Inclusive. A Tourist World Frankfurt (2008); Istanbul Museum Of Modern Art Time Present, Time Past, Istanbul; Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art Rethinking Dissent, Göteborg, Sweden; Mori Art Museum All About Laughter Humor in Contemporary art Tokyo (2007); PERFORMA05 performance biennial New York (2005); I Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Fundación BIACS, La alegria de mis sueños, Monasterio la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuervas, Sevilla; The Renaissance Society, New Video, New Europe, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, St.Louis; Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks; Fundació ‘la Caixa’ la Sala Montcada, Barcelona; Haifa Museum of Art, Israel (2004), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003), Gwangju Biennial, Pause, Gwangju, (2002); Istanbul Biennial, Egofugal, Istanbul; S.M.A.K., Casino, Gent; PS1, Uniform, New York (2001); Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia, S.M.A.K., Over the Edges, Gent (2000); and the Venice Biennale (1997,1999 & 2005). His work is represented in many public and private collection.

References

• Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, November 4, 2005. Performance Art Gets Its Biennial
• GENOCCHIO, BENJAMIN. The New York Times. August 3, 2007. "Theater of Cruelty"
• The Free Library by Farlex. Artforum International, May 1, 2001. Openings Sislej Xhafa.
• TK - Feb 3, 2006. Sislej Xhafa / Dettaglio evento Template:It icon
• Larcan, Laura. La Repubblica - Oct 3, 2005. L'arte in collina Template:It icon
• Miami Herald December 7, 2006, Page 4A. 'Elegant Sick Bus' runs into a dead end
• Povoledo, Elisabetta (International Herald Tribune). Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Contemporary work has unlikely home

External links

• http://modernartoxford.dreamhosters.com/Exhibitions/Archive/65
• http://www.phaidon.com/store/art/cream-3-9780714843117/
• http://www.artbook.com/catalog--art--monographs--xhafa--sislej.html
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_9_39/ai_75914284/
• http://www.mocadetroit.org/past-exhibitions.html
• http://www.sternberg-press.com/index.php?pageId=1222
• http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Fervor/barroco/tercer/milenio/elpepicul/20091229elpepicul_1/Tes
• http://web.rodasten.com/program.asp?menuaction=1&dot=1&id=299
• http://blog.zhdk.ch/y-hardau/2009/08/24/the-role-of-public-art/
• http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Silvio-set-in-sand/20209
• http://www.ville-ge.ch/culture/neons/en/pro_3phase.html
• http://www.shugoarts.com/en/xhafa.html
• http://www.christinekoeniggalerie.com/artist_details/items/xhafa.43.html
• http://www.magazzinoartemoderna.com/GALLERIA/ENGLISH/bio_artista.php?id_artista=22