Sislej Xhafa

Sislej Xhafa (Serbo-Croat: "Sislej Džafa") (born 1970) is a Albanian artist.

Life and work

Sislej Xhafa was born in Peć, Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, and is now based in New York. He works in sculpture, drawing, performance and photography.

Xhafa has exhibited at Yvon Lambert New York, When Mac goes black (2006); The Kitchen, New York in New Video, New Europe (2006); Performa05, New York (2005); GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea e di Bergamo WAR IS OVER 1945 ˆ 2005, la Libertà dell’arte (2005); Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA First We Take Museums, Helsinki (2005); Biennale of Venice (1997,1999 and 2005); S.M.A.K., Over the Edges, Gent, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Tate Modern, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003); Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju (2002); Istanbul Biennial, Egofugal, Istanbul (2001); PS1/MOMA, Uniform, New York (2001); Kunsthalle Bern, Project Room, Bern (2001).

References

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/arts/design/04smit.html Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, November 4, 2005. Performance Art Gets Its Biennial]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E1D61431F930A3575BC0A9619C8B63 GENOCCHIO, BENJAMIN. The New York Times. August 3, 2007. "Theater of Cruelty"]
* [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/OPENINGS+SISLEJ+XHAFA-a075914284 The Free Library by Farlex. Artforum International, May 1, 2001. Openings Sislej Xhafa.]
* [http://www.teknemedia.net/pagine-gialle/artisti/sislej_xhafa/dettaglio-mostra/14403.html TK - Feb 3, 2006. Sislej Xhafa / Dettaglio evento] It icon
* [http://www.repubblica.it/2005/j/sezioni/arte/recensioni/arteincollina/arteincollina/arteincollina.html Larcan, Laura. La Repubblica - Oct 3, 2005. L'arte in collina] It icon
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=115EA4B8F70A35C0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Miami Herald December 7, 2006, Page 4A. 'Elegant Sick Bus' runs into a dead end]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/21/features/povo.php Povoledo, Elisabetta (International Herald Tribune). Tuesday, February 21, 2006. Contemporary work has unlikely home]