ABOUT ME
For me, it all began in the streets of Shkodra, Albania, where I had the opportunity to explore and deepen my understanding of my origins. Stories took shape in my mind, transforming into images and sparking the need to capture them in some way, so as not to forget. This led me to discover drawing and, later, photography—a tool that at first intimidated me, but soon became a personal diary. Line and light became essential instruments for giving form to shapes born from memory, identity, and lived experience. In 1999, I enrolled at the Prenke Jakova School of Music in the figurative arts program, specializing in painting. Under the guidance of artists such as Ismail Lulani, Zef Paci, and Agron Mesi, I discovered an intense attraction to art. This passion led me to move to Turin to continue my studies at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, where in 2007 I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Painting and a Master’s degree in 2011. During this period, I also explored other disciplines, such as theater and graphic arts, broadening my visual language. In 2012, I embarked on a new journey in sculpture, approaching the plasticity of form and questioning my artistic certainties. My research evolved through a fusion of classical forms from tradition with more conceptual perspectives, culminating in 2016 with the completion of a Second-Level Diploma in Sculpture. Today, my artistic language is multidisciplinary. My work moves between figuration and conceptuality, exploring light and shadow as elements that define form and preserve memory. My art arises from a deep desire to express emotions and inner life, with a language that combines technical rigor with poetic sensitivity. I have participated in numerous exhibitions in Italy and abroad and collaborated on editorial and interdisciplinary projects. My work is distinguished by an experimental approach, the blending of traditional techniques with new technologies, and a constant search for an identity in dialogue with matter and light.
See you at my studio at FlashBack Habitat, Corso Lanza 75, Turin.
EDUCATION
2025
University Training and Teaching Qualification Program – Teaching Qualification, Subject Area A009: Graphic, Pictorial and Scenic Design, obtained at eCampus University, Turin
2024
University Training and Teaching Qualification Program – Teaching Qualification, Subject Area A014: Plastic, Sculptural and Scenic and Set Design, obtained at the University of Turin
2016
The Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, Post-Diploma, Sculpture
2011
The Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, Post-Diploma, Painting
2007
The Albertina Academy of Fine Arts, First-level, Painting, Visual Arts and Performing Arts
2003
Artistic High Schools music school "Prenke Jakova", Painting end Graphic
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2025 64° Edizione, Mostra della Ceramica di Castellamonte - Sezione Italia Concorso Ceramics in Love 2025 - artisti selezionati a cura di Giuseppe Bertero c/o Palazzo di Botton, Castellamonte (TO)
2021 Selezionata come finalista- Arte Laguna Prize 15 - Venezia
2019 Selezionata per il progetto speciale FISAD II Edizione “100 Incisori per il futuro” a cura di Marilena De Stefano,
Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Torino
2015 Selezionata per FISAD, Il Senso del Corpo – The Sense of the Body – Primo festival internazionale delle Scuole d’Arte e Design, c/o Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Torino
2010 ET VErbUM caro facTUM EST - Il verbo che si fece carne a cura di Guido Curtoc/o la Citroneria Juvarriana della Reggia di Venaria, Torino
2010 Selezionata per il 10° Concorso Nazionale di Pittura, Fondazione Gaetano Morgese Onlus, Bari
2009 Selezionata per il 9° Concorso Nazionale di Pittura, Fondazione Gaetano Morgese Onlus, Bari
2002 Vinto 2° premio in Arti Applicate c/o Centro Giovani Scutari, Albania
PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2025
Le ceramiche del Nord Ovest (North-West Ceramics). Baia della Ceramica, Castellamonte, Mondovì.Curated by Museo Carlo Zauli, with Christiana Fissore, Matteo Zauli, Sandra Baruzzi, Gabriele Resmini. In collaboration with AiCC Italian Association of Ceramic Cities. c/o Museo Carlo Zauli, Via della Croce 6, Faenza
64° Edizione, Mostra della Ceramica di Castellamonte - Sezione Italia(64th Edition, Castellamonte Ceramics Exhibition - Italy Section) Ceramics in Love 2025 Competition - artists selected by Giuseppe Bertero c/o Palazzo di Botton, Castellamonte (TO)
Open Day FlashBack Residents - Studio Giada Pucci | Mirela Strora c/o Flashback Habitat, Pavilion A, Corso Giovanni Lanza 75, Turin
Residenti di FlashBack In dialogo con Accostamenti Imprevisti (FlashBack Residents in Dialogue with Unexpected Juxtapositions) PARI - Center for Relational and Irregular Arts c/o Flashback Habitat, Pavilion A, Corso Giovanni Lanza 75, Turin
Arte e musei d’arte per espressione e creatività artistica (Art and Art Museums for Expression and Artistic Creativity) Kunstmuseum Bonn, Helmut-Kohl-Allee 2, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Le ceramiche del Nord Ovest, Baia della Ceramica, Castellamonte, Mondovì AiCC and Museo Carlo Zauli together for Contemporary Ceramics. MOMUC - Museum of Ceramics, Mondovì Curated by Christiana Fissore, Matteo Zauli
2024
Drawing the City, The Albertina Academy and Turin between Eclecticism and Art Nouveau, Metaquadreria Students’ Works of the Albertina Academy Italian Cultural Institute New York, 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 - USA, 2024
Printed catalog, ISBN 978-88-7336-992-9
XX.XX VentiperVenti edizione 2024 (XX.XX TwentyTwenty Edition 2024), Contemporary Art Collection Rittana Civic and Cultural Center (ex Rectory) of the Municipality of Rittana (printed catalog)
2022
Pianeta B (Planet B). Circular Art and Regeneration, Assoreca, RemTech Expo 2022 Curated by Roberta Toscano, Ferrara Fiere, brochure
Metamorfosi 8Metamorphosis), The Land of Venice, Villa Roberti. Curated by Arte Laguna Prize, Villa Roberti, Brugine, Padua
2021
Premio Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea, Arte Laguna Prize 15|14 Contemporary Art Exhibition in Venice (International Contemporary Art Prize, Arte Laguna Prize 15|14 Contemporary Art Exhibition in Venice) 240 Artists, Finalist of 14|15 Editions. Modern and Contemporary Art MoCA, Arsenale Nord, Venice. Brochure publication
Assonanze, discordanze, forme e libertà di movimento al tempo del nuovo Rinascimento (Assonances, Discordances, Forms and Freedom of Movement in the Time of the New Renaissance) Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art curated by Claudia Migliore Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan. Printed catalog
Assonanze, discordanze, forme e libertà di movimento al tempo del nuovo Rinascimento (Assonances, Discordances, Forms and Freedom of Movement in the Time of the New Renaissance) Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art curated by Claudia Migliore Gallerie Esposizioni Palazzo Ghirlanda Silvia, Brugherio (MB). Printed catalog
Assonanze, discordanze, forme e libertà di movimento al tempo del nuovo Rinascimento (Assonances, Discordances, Forms and Freedom of Movement in the Time of the New Renaissance) Group Exhibition of Contemporary Art curated by Claudia Migliore With the Patronage of the Council of the Lombardy Region and the Municipality of Solza. Castello Colleoni di Solza, Piazza Colleoni 3/b, 24030 – Solza (BG). Printed catalog
2020
L’opera d’arte nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica e al tempo del Covid-19 (The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technical. Reproducibility in the Time of COVID-19) Unconventional project carried out during the COVID-19 Arte Curated by Paola Zorzi – NEWS ART Zero Gravità, Villa Cernigliaro for Arts and Culture. Sordevolo, Biella
Anche se siamo chiusi, l’arte non si ferma (Even If we're closed, art doesn't stop). Instagram project, Street View Art Gallery, Turin
2019
100 incisori per il futuro, FISAD II Edizione (FISAD II Edition “100 Engravers for the Future), curated by Marilena De Stefano, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Turin, Turin
Alveari (Hives) – Contemporary Nests in Connection. EdicolArte for Aurora & e_50035, Palazzuolo sul Senio, Florence
La spina che Incide, Arte sulla Spina (The Thorn That Engraves), curated by Marilena De Stefano, La Galleria della Spina, via A. Cesalpino 11/A, Turin
FO – TO, curated by Roberta Toscano and Togaci at EdicolArte, Ettore Fico Museum – MEF, Corso Vercelli 36, Turin
Start, 24° Mostra di Arte Contemporanea, Il labirinto dei segni (The Labyrinth of Signs), curated by Togaci. Castiglia di Saluzzo, Saluzzo
VI Biennale Democrazia, il Gioco della Democrazia (VI Biennale Democracy, The Game of Democracy) curated by Gerardo Di Fonzo, Giardini Alimonda, Turin
2018
The others – Edicolarte per Aurora. Arte Urbana Arte a perdere (The Others – EdicolArte for Aurora. Urban Art, Ephemeral Art) curated by Togaci. Maria Adelaide Hospital, Lungo Dora Firenze 125 bis, Turin
September 29–30, AccaAtelier
HERE 3, Cavallerizza Irreale, via Verdi 9, Turin
2017
Ornella Rovera DI-SEGNO FEMMINILE inganno e reificazione (Ornella Rovera DI-SEGNO FEMMINILE Deception and Reification) With the participation of the artist Daniela Zarro, with the work Grazie del rossoand the video by Mirela Strora. The exhibition is presented by Zero Gravità Villa Cernigliaro for Arts and Culture Association. Sordevolo, Biella
HERE 2, Cavallerizza Irreale, via Verdi 9, Turin
2016
HERE, Cavallerizza Irreale, via Verdi 9, Turin
2015
Paratissima 11 (Paratissima 11) – Turin Exhibitions, c.so Massimo D’Azeglio 11 – Turin
FISAD - il senso del corpo - THE SENSE OF THE BODY - First International Festival of Art and Design Schools, at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts – Turin
arTaNDo 2015/16 - Un anno di arte in capitanata - arTaNDo 2015/16 – A Year of Art in Capitanata– International traveling exhibition, Carpino, Gargano, Puglia
L’incisivo senso del corpo, esposizione di fine anno del corso di Tecniche dell’Incisione (The Incisive Sense of the Body, end-of-year exhibition of the Printmaking Techniques) – Art Graphics course, curated by Marilena De Stefano, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts – Turin (related to FISAD 2015)
Esposizione di fine anno del corso di Tecniche del marmo (End-of-year exhibition of the Marble Techniques course), curated by Luca Marovino, Albertina Academy of Fine Arts – Turin (related to FISAD 2015)
2014
ParaTiSSiMa 10 (ParaTiSSiMa 10) – Turin Exhibitions, c.so Massimo D’Azeglio 11 – Turin
Mostra collettiva arTEPUbbLica (arTEPUbbLicagroup exhibition), June 2, 2014 Le Nuove” Prison Museum, Turin
Selezionata per il “il ventaglio del presidente” (Selected for The President’s Fan) – Rome
TirAR•Tardi 2014 TORINO - “L’OSTACOLO” rassegna d’arte contemporanea “I Profili DEL TEMPO” (TirAR•Tardi 2014, Turin – The Obstacle, contemporary art showcase The Profiles of Time)
2013
Sottotorchio - exhibition curated by Prof. Maria Marilena De Stefano, at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts – Turin
2011
dal giocatolo musicale all'universo del futuro (From the musical toy to the universe of the future) - Group exhibition curated by Prof. Antonio Fortunato – Municipality of Grugliasco – Turin
2010
ET VErbUM caro facTUM EST - il verbo che si fece carne. (the Word made flesh). Ministry of Education, University and Research (MiUR) – Rome.
ET VErbUM caro facTUM EST - il verbo che si fece carne.(the Word made flesh). Exhibition curated by Guido Curto, La Citroniera Juvarriana of the Royal Palace of Venaria – Turin.
10th National Painting Competition “Fondazione Gaetano Morghese Onlus” – Bari.
Selezionata per il “il ventaglio del presidente” (Selected for The President’s Fan) – Rome
2009
Premio in pittura artisti emergenti (Painting Award for Emerging Artists), “Libra Art Party” Award in collaboration with the Rodolfo Viola Foundation, at Le Meridien Turin Art-Tech – Turin.
Taormina Arte. Artistic exhibition of Fine Arts Academies on the theme of Aida – initiative organized by the Ministry of Education, University and Research, in collaboration with the Municipality of Taormina. Palazzo dei Congressi, Taormina.
9th National Painting Competition “Fondazione Gaetano Morghese Onlus” – Bari.
2008
Giovani Talenti 2008 (Young Talents 2008) by American Appraisal – Turin
2007
Passante Project – Work in Progress 2007, Garibaldi Station, Milan. Experiences of drawing and painting in the underground space. Prefigurations of the Milan railway bypass, didactic research coordinated between R.F.I., Albertina Academy of Fine Arts – Turin, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Politecnico Turin, Politecnico Milan, Brera State Art High School.
contemporaneo 2 (Contemporaneo 2) young artists from fine arts academies, Open 11
2003
Organized group exhibition, Artistic High School and “Prenke Jakova” Music School, Shkoder, Albania
2002
Selected for the design competition “Lo spazio pubblico ‘lulishtja 1 maji’ (1st May Garden)” organized by the Municipality of Shkoder, Albania
2nd prize – Applied Arts Competition “Centro Giovani Scutari” – Albania
2001
Group exhibition organized by IOM International Organization for Migration – Ministry of Culture and Sciences of the Albanian Republic, Shkoder, Albania
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