Flaka Haliti

Reflections on the meaning of democracy, boarders, freedom, and mobility constitute core themes in Flaka Haliti’s practice. The intriguing character of Haliti’s works consist in the subjective approach she takes to political issues, with an emphasis that is always on the personal that becomes the subject of the political. The artist’s work are persuasive through the very absence of explicit simulacra, therefore managing to suggest images, which through their metaphoric quality offer an object of projection or screen for subjective experience. At the same time, the complex nature of her themes—often including emotional concepts such as love, isolation, and loss—withdraw from any direct imagery, to hover somewhere between the signifier and the signified. Haliti lives in Munich, Vienna, and Prishtina, three cities that have enabled a nurturing ground for her practice. The artist belongs to the young generation of Kosovar artists whose practice is embedded in a global rather than local discourse. While reflecting on her personal background, Haliti at the same time challenges its conceptual framework. 

In addition to representing Kosovo at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, Haliti’s work was presented at venues including Mumok, Vienna, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 6th Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Kosovo Art Gallery, Prishtina, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, and Portikus, Frankfurt/Main. She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Ars Viva Prize 2016, and the Muslim Mulliqi Award X, Kosovo National Gallery, 2014. 

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