Education
In 1979, he graduated with distinction from the Academy of Arts, Branch of Monumental Sculpture, in Tirana, Albania.
In 1979, he graduated with distinction from the Academy of Arts, Branch of Monumental Sculpture, in Tirana, Albania.
Since 2 July 2007, he has lived in United States. He sculpts in a variety of materials such as marble, granite, stone, wood, bronze, metal and chrome but is not limited according to his visions and variably to different textures, medias and colors. As a teacher he spread knowledge and experience at the Center for the Implementation of Art Works and lectured at the Academy of Fine Arts-Branch of Figurative Arts in Tirana.
Also continued to organize private fine art classes in Omaha, Nebraska.
His sculpting expanded through projects for the Ministry of Education, the Albanian League of Writers and Artists, and with the following commissions:
1982 – triptych of monumental sculpture, Museum Erseka, Albania (bronze, 9m x 3m x 70 cm)
1984 – monument of Helmes, Skrapar, co-author Albania (artificial stone, 8m x 120 cm x 1,20 cm)
1985 – monument Kordelja (Ribbon) dedicated to the Women"s Institute, co-author, Tirana, Albania (bronze & artificial stone, 4m x 250 cm x 250 cm)
1986 – A Woman Singer, a park sculpture, Tirana, Albania (bronze, 2m x 1m x 1m)
1988 – A Woman Swimmer, a park sculpture, National Park Sports Center, Tirana, Albania (bronze, 250 cm x 70 cm x 50 cm)
1992 – memorial dedicated to the martyrs of Palokaster Village, Gjirokastra, Albania (artificial stone, 350 x 1m x 1m)
1999 – monument of Jakov Xoxe, Fier, Albania (granite and bronze, 3m x 50 cm x 50 cm)
2003 – Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, Nebraska
2004 – Bellevue University, Bellevue, Nebraska
2004 – Hot Shop Festival of Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2004 – Open House Artists Impressions, Ralston, Nebraska
2004 – Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, Nebraska
2004 – Hot Shop Art Center Open House, May and December, Omaha, Nebraska
2004 – Hot Shop Art Center-Barker Studio Project Omaha, Nebraska
2005 – Collective Exhibition Hot Shop Art Center, Tsunami Relief, Omaha, Nebraska
2005 – Exhibition, Embassy of Albania, Washington, District of Columbia 2007 – Exhibition in Armory Center, Zanesville, Ohio
2009 – Exhibition at Ohio University, Zanesville, Ohio.
