Genti Korini

Born in 1979 in Tirana, Albania, Genti Korini studied painting at the Cluj-Napoca University of Art and Design in Romania. In 2002, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arts in Tirana.

Genti has created his own place in the Albanian art scene through the use of non-figurative forms in a traditional way. His paintings represent an abstraction of the architecture, shapes, and colour of Tirana. using elements and structures from modernism and geometric abstraction to reflect on specific social and cultural contexts.

His latest solo exhibitions took place at BeersLondon Gallery in London (2017), Martin Asbaek Gallery in Copenhagen (2016), Jecza Gallery in Timisoara (2014), and the National Gallery of Art in Tirana (2013).

Genti’s work has been exhibited in numerous group shows all around Europe including the Riccardo Crespi Gallery in Milan, Italy (2018); Glassyard Gallery in Budapest (2018); Museum of Conetemporary Art, Zagreb (2018); Klorikarnia Contemporary Museum in Warsaw (2017)..

He has attended art-in-residency programmes at Andtraitx in Mallorca, Spain (2017); in New York (2015); and Berlin (2013). He lives and works in Tirana.