Artist Spotlight - Petraq Pecani — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Biography

The blurred image of a small village on the hillside, a stream or an irrigation channel that flows through the fields, haystacks lining beside the village houses; Autumn, Winter and images from different Albanian areas are the main subjects of Pecani’s paintings.

The richness and expressiveness of colours are characteristics of his work. Through his brush the artist highlights beautifully the unique nature of Albanian scenery. Light in his tableaux pours in from invisible sources and spreads following a special code where colour takes priority. Under Pecani’s brush colour sticks solidly into canvas, at times giving the impression of the bas-relief or a structure in motion

Artist Statement

Petraq Pecani was born in 1956, in Sotire, Gjirokaster.

1992 - Igumenica - Greece: First Personal exhibition, El Greco Hotel.
1994 - Kolonaki - Athens: Personal exhibition at Rumeljoton Center.
1997 – Athens, Collaborated with art center; Land Art. Greece.

2004 - Tirana - Albania: Personal exhibition in Gallery Zenith.
2010 - Bergamo: Prelude of Autumn- New Artemisia Gallery - Italy
2011 - Tirana - Albania: Art for Hope at Sheraton Hotel.
2011 - Terme - Italy: Biennale of Chianciano 2011. Italy.
2011 - Brussels: Am Art Gallery group exhibition - Belgium.

2012 - Barcelona: Crisolart Galleries, Group exhibitions – Spain.
2012 - Milan: Two personal exhibitions in Gallery Spacio - Museale.
2013 - Palermo: International Peace Prize G.O.M.P.A.- Italy.
2013 - Rome: Poema Libero, group exhibition, - Museum L’Agostiniana.
2013 - London Art Biennale 2013, - Chelsea Old Town Hall, England.

2014 - Los Angeles, World Wide Art Fair 2014. – USA.
2015 - Vienna - Personal exhibition “Seasons”- The Gallery Steiner.
2015 - New York - Art Expo 2015. - USA.
2015 - Art Fair Shanghai, (represented by Gallery Steiner), - China.
2016 - Art Busan, (represented by Gallery Steiner), - South Korea.
2017 - SAM, Galerie Demarez, group exhibition - Giverny, France.

2017 - Finalist Brisbane Art Prize 2017, - Australia.
2018 - Internationale Prize RAFFAELLO 2018, - Bologna Italy.
2019 - Artist of the Year Award and Grant 2018 -2019 CFA, France.
2021 - Art Box Project Zurich 2.0, - SWISSART EXPO 2020.
2021 - London Art Biennale 2021 – Chelsea Old Town Hall, England.

2021 - Curator’s Choice Award, Art Festival ‘Peace Again’ in 2021, South Korea.
2023 - Parallel Worlds, Contemporary Art Curator, online exhibition.
2024 - Global Art Virtuoso; Elite artistic Career Achievement Award. By Contem. Art colectors.
2024 – Inclusion in no. 60 of; CATALOGO DELL’ARTE MODERNA. Editorial Giorgio Mondadori.

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