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Erëmirë Krasniqi is an art writer, curator, and researcher based in Prishtina, Kosovo. She is the curator of The Echoing Silences of Metal and Skin, a sculptural installation by Doruntina Kastrati for the National Pavilion of the Republic of Kosovo at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Her curatorial methodology and research practice engages with archives, oral history, and critical fabulation to account for and redress absences in historical records. She has curated exhibitions in Kosovo and abroad. She regularly contributes to various publications in the fields of art, culture and the history of social movements.
As an independent curator, Krasniqi has led and curated projects for institutions such as the National Gallery of Kosovo and National Gallery of Arts in Albania as well as the 39th EVA International and Manifesta 14 Prishtina biennials.
Notable Projects
National Pavilion of the Republic of Kosovo, 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia: Curator of The Echoing Silences of Metal and Skin, the award-winning pavilion project by Doruntina Kastrati.
A Site of Political Struggle:Trepça Mine 1989: Curator of the research-based exhibition at the National Museum of Kosovo, tracing the history of the mining community in Mitrovica.
Secondary Archive, Manifesta 14: Co-curator of the Kosovo edition of the Secondary Archive, exploring gender and art in the region.
The Reconciliation of the Blood Feuds Campaign 1990-1991: Research lead of the archival presentation at the 39th EVA International, Limerick, Ireland, exploring storytelling and personal memory in response to historical events.
Research Interests
Krasniqi's research interests range from histories of socialist modernist art to grassroots expressions that challenge dominant historical narratives. From 2017 to 2024, Krasniqi led
Oral History Kosovo[2], a research platform which enables critical engagement with different forms of narrating, recollecting, and archiving. From 2022 to 2023, Krasniqi served as a member of the Initiating Council of the Museum of Contemporary Art, which is expected to be fully operational in the capital of Kosovo by 2028.
Publications
National Identity and Feminist Praxis (forthcoming), co-editor, National Gallery of Kosovo, 2024.
The Echoing Silences of Metal and Skin, editor, National Pavilion of the Republic of Kosovo at the 60th Venice Biennale, 2024.
Breaking Out[3], editor, Oral History Initiative, Prishtina, Kosovo, 2023.
July 22 - October 30, 2022: Co-curator of the Kosovo edition of the
Secondary Archive[23], part of the Good as Hell: Voicing Resistance curated by Catherine Nichols, at the Manifesta 14.
July 2 - August 22, 2021: Project lead of the research presentation,
The Reconciliation of the Blood Feuds Campaign 1990-1991[24], part of the guest program Little did they know curated by Merve Elveren, at the 39th EVA International, Biennial of Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland.
April 30 - June 30, 2021: Co-curator of the survey exhibition
Ambitions[25], National Gallery of Kosovo.
May 11 - July 11, 2021: Curator of Lirije Buliqi’s solo presentation, at the Gallery of the Ministry of Culture—Qafa, Prishtina, Kosovo.
February 1 - April 1, 2021: Co-curator of the survey exhibition,
Ambitions[26], at the National Gallery of Arts, Albania.
Special Mention: [28] The Echoing Silences of Metal and Skin, National Pavilion of the Republic of Kosovo at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Residency programs
2023 —
Visiting Critics Residency Program[29] in Vienna and Graz designed for four internationally-established art critics. The residency is organized by Vienna based association Verein K in cooperation with AICA – International Association of Art Critics Austria.
2016 — Recipient of a year-long
curatorial fellowship[30] provided by the Europäisches Kolleg Jena and Buchenwald and Mittelbau - Dora Memorials Foundation (Germany) for the curatorial program: Exhibiting Contemporary History - Representing the 20th Century.
2008 — Gulliver Connect Fellowship: A six-week mobility programme and work placement in Kultura Promjene Student Art Center in Zagreb, Croatia, awarded by the Central European Foundation (Bratislava), KulturKontakt (Austria) and The Felix Meritis Foundation (Amsterdam).