Genti Korini (b. 1979) lives and works in Tirana, Albania.

Genti Korini’s artistic world draws from a diverse range of influences, including architectural forms, literature, and film.
His intuitive and experimental approach to painting and other media transforms these impressions into layered compositions through material exploration.

Thinking in paint, and through painting, Korini has developed an intuitive and fluid approach that transforms these impressions through his material practice. The figures, structures and situations he depicts appear both open-ended and precisely observed, as if emerging from a fully formed narrative of which viewers can only catch a momentary glimpse.

Korini’s paintings develop through his lived practice – reading, dreaming, imagining—and bear traces of these experiences: some are lighthearted, whereas others may come across as portraying moments of anxiety, confusion, or hope. His works distill narratives into images full of mystery, their atmospheric scenes resonating with emotional potency—the exact nature of which remains elusive, even to the artist.

 

Short Biography: 


Genti Korini (b. 1979) lives and works in Tirana, Albania. 

1997- 2000, studied at the University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2001- 2003, studied and graduated, MFA at the University of Arts, Tirana, Albania. 

Solo Exhibitions 



2024. One Shade the More, One Ray the Less, mygallery, Madrid.(Esp)
2023. The Curse of The Eye / curated by Maria Rus Bojan, Harabel Contemporary, Tirana.(Al)
2022. Bright Futures / DoubleQ Gallery, Hong Kong.(Ch)
2022. Lateral Geometries /curated by Horatiu Lipot, IOMO Contemporary, Bucharest, (Ro).
2021. Hem Hem / Neither Nor, Either Or. Galeria e Bregdetit.(AL). 
2020. Speculations/Simulations, Lachenmann Gallery, Frankfurt, (Ge).
2019. The Drawing Lesson, curated by Cristian Nae. Jecza Gallery, (Ro). 
2019. Notes from the Upperground Bazament, Tirana, (AL).
2017. Solid Uncertainties, BeersLondon Gallery, London, (UK).
2016. Inside My Walls I See Yours, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (De).
2014. The Object and Its Background, curated by Jean Neal, Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2013. Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, (AL).

 

Group Exhibitions 



2023. Kindred Visions, curated by Maria Rus Bojan. SECCI Gallery, Florence (It).
2022. On/Off the Grid, curated by Alina Serban. Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2022. Geometric Environment, Ani Molnar Gallery, Budapest, (Hu).
2019. Listen to Us Artistic Intelligence, curated by Office for Art, Berlin.
 City Art Gallery Plovdiv, (Bu).
2018. Painting #2, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan, (It).

2018. Articulations, curated by Barnabás Bencsik. Glassyard Gallery Budapest, (Hu). 
2018 I Am The Mouth, 
curated by Office for Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, (Cr).
2017. Half-Truth, Klorikarnia, 
curated by Office for Art. Contemporary Art Museum Warsaw (Po).
2017. Power of Line, Jecza Gallery, (Ro).
2016 Homage Ideal or Pattern, curated by Edit Sasvari. Knoll Gallery, Vienna, (Au). 
2016. Shape of Time Future of Nostalgia, curated by Office for Art. National Museum of Contemporary Art, MNAC Bucharest, (Ro).
2016. Appereances and Essence, ArtEncounters Biennale, curated by Rainald Schumacher and Nathalie Hoyos. Timisoara. (Ro) 
2015. Mona, 68 Projects, Berlin. (Ge). 
2014. Fragile Sense of Hope, me Collectors Room, Berlin, (Ge).

2012. Perchance to Dream, Onufri XIX Annual Albanian Contemporary Art Prize, curated by Daniele Capra, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, (Al). 
2007. There Is No Place like Home, curated by Ricardo Caldura. Galeria Contemporaneo, Venice. (It). 

Biennales

2022. Manifesta 14 Biennale, Prishtina, Kosovo
2016. ArtEncounters Biennale, Timisoara. (Ro)

Film/Video Festivals

2022, TIFF-Tirana Film Festival.
2022, Ekrani i Artit, Shkodra Art House, Shkodër, Albania


Art Residencies 



2017. CCA Andtraitx, Mallorca, Spain. 

2015. ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York. USA.

2013. Autocenter Summer Academy, Berlin, Germany, Masterclass with Thomas Scheibitz.


Exhibition Publications 



2022 Lateral Geometries, IOMO Contemporary, Text by Horatiu Lipot, Bucharest, Romania.
2016. Inside My Walls I See Yours, Martin Asbeak Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. Text by Christina Steinbrecher Pfandt, Anton Streletzki.
2014. The Object and Its Background, Jecza Gallery, Timisoara, Romania. Text by
Jean Neal. 
2013. Ephemeral Structures, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania. 
Text by Alban Hajdinaj.


photo, courtesy of Bazament Art Space, Tirana.