Biography
A jump into Alketa Delishaj’s dreamlike world
Alketa Bercaj Delishaj was born in Shkoder, Albania but she lives and works in Verona. She is an emerging contemporary artist and she concentrates on the relation between painting and photography mainly.
In her style, we can also perceive the presence of artistic performances and contemporary history. In fact, from the very beginning of her studies, she has always developed her interest in issues stemming from interactions among people, equal opportunities, cultural and economical gaps in the field of Art.
Alketa boasts countless individual and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad. She cooperates with international galleries and institutions such as the Ministry of the Republic of Kosovo Diaspora. Her works belong to private collections and have been displayed in Germany, Italy, Turkey, the Netherlands, Kosovo and also New York and London.
In her opinion, artistic comparison is key: she prefers every kind of cooperation for it’s a chance to discuss and learn and by doing so, she can develop her research and contemporary style.
The locations of her paintings represent an attempt to relate past, present and her memories. Such places evoke a feeling of playfulness through optical illusions that compose partial autobiographic narrations.
In a fast-paced world, with access to anything at anytime, finding time to think is almost impossible but her subjects are frozen in a temporary flash which gives them the chance to jump or stay still in the most common places that are strangely not crowded.
« These paintings reveal a society in transition from an industrial, political, religious and cultural economy towards an indefinite».
Article by Loriana Pitarra
