Anri Sala

Anri Sala (born 1974) is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video.
Life and career
Sala studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris and film direction in Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing. He lives and works in Paris.
Sala's video installation Dammi i colori ("Give me the colors") was on display at Tate Modern in London. The installation reflects on the transformation of Tirana in 2003 by means of colors. The installation includes a conversation with Tirana's mayor, Edi Rama, a personal friend of the artist's and the force behind this transformation. Sala will participate in ROUNDTABLE: The 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012).
Answer Me (2008) was filmed in a Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic dome in Berlin, a former NSA surveillance tower, which was constructed on the Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain).
He represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
Sala presented Le Clash (2010), Tlatelolco Clash (2011) and Doldrum (2014) as a mixed installation in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, and in November 2014 he won the Vincent Award.
He is in a relationship with Rosario, Princess of Preslav.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2016
Anri Sala: Answer Me, New Museum, New York
2013
Ravel-Ravel-unRavel, French Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia
2011
No Formula One No Cry, The Promenade Gallery, Vlora
Anri Sala, Serpentine Galleries, London
2005
Dammi i Colori, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin
Videos, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Long Sorrow, Nicola Trussardi Foundation, Milan
2004
Alfonso Artiaco, Neapel
Anri Sala - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2003
Blindfold, Galerie Johnen and Schöttle, Köln
Kunsthalle Wien, Wien
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italien
2002
Programa, Mexico City
OPA (artist-run space), Guadalajara, Mexico
2000
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam
Galerie Johnen and Schöttle, Cologne (with Martin Boyce)
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (with Torsten Slama)
2001
Galerie Chantal Croussel, Paris
2002
Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
Group exhibitions
2009
"Closer", Beirut Art Center
2005
Situated Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2004
Delay, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Situations construites, attitudes espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva
utopia station: auf dem weg nach porto alegre, Haus der Kunst, Munich
Time Zones: Recent Film and Video, Tate Modern, London
Point of View - An Anthology of the Moving Image, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Terminal 5 In 2004, the dormant Saarinen-designed TWA Flight Center (now Jetblue Terminal 5) at JFK Airport briefly hosted an art exhibition called Terminal 5 curated by Rachel K. Ward and featuring the work of 18 artists including Anri Sala. The show featured work, lectures and temporary installations drawing inspiration from the idea of travel — and the terminal's architecture. The show was to run from October 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005 — though it closed abruptly after the building itself was vandalized during the opening party.
2003
Fast Forward, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
In den Schluchten des Balkan - Eine Reportage, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Cassel
Dreams and Conflicts: the Dictatorship of the Viewer, Venice Biennale
Die Erfindung der Vergangenheit, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Hardcore - vers un nouvel activisme/towards a new activism, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Witness, The Curve, Barbican Centre, London
2002
el aire es azul – the air is blue, Casa Museo Luis Barragán
Missing Landscape, Galerie Johnen and Schöttle, Cologne
In Search of Balcania, Graz
The mind is a horse, Bloomberg Space, London
Geschichte(n), Salzburger Kunstverein
Haunted by Details, DeAppel, Amsterdam
Cardinales, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo
2001
Berlin Biennale
Yokohama Biennale, Japan
Believe, Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster
Tirana Biennale, Albania
2000
Media City Seoul 2000, Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul
Geographies: Darren Almond – Graham Gussin – Anri Sala, Galerie Chantal Croussel, Paris
voilà- le monde dans la tête, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris
Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The world in mind, ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Wie Weg - Disappeared, Association for Contemporary Art, Graz
Wider Bild Gegen Wart- Positions to a political discours, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna
Man muss ganz schön viel lernen, um hier zu funktionieren, Frankfurter Kunstverein
1999
After the wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Albanischer Pavillon, 47. Venice Biennale
1997
Ostrenanije-97, Video Festival, Bauhaus, Dessau
1995
Tunnel 95, National Gallery, Tirana
Spring 95, First Prize, National Gallery, Tirana
Symposium Kultur Kontakt, Kunsthaus Horn, Austria
Short films
1999
Quelle histoire? (Mirage Illimité), Paris
Nocturnes (Le Fresnoy), Tourcoing. Selected at the Rencontres cinématographiques, Tourcoing (1999); selected at the Short Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand (2000)
1998
Intervista - finding the words (Ideale Audience, ENSAD), Paris. Best Film Award, Estavar Video Festival, Estavar. Best Documentary Film Award, Entrevues Festival, Belfort. Best Short Film Award, Amascultura Festival, Portugal. Best Documentary Film Award, International Documentary Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1999). Best Documentary Film Award, Filmfest 2000, Tirana
Recognition and awards
Vincent Award (2014)
Absolut Art Award (2011)
Young Artist Prize at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001)
Prix Gilles Dusein, Paris (2000)
Best Documentary Film Award from the Filmfest in Tirana (2000)
International Film Festival in Santiago de Compostela (1999).
Hugo Boss Prize (2002)
Essential bibliography
Mark Godfrey, "1000 words: Anri Sala", Artforum, New York, April (2015)
Christine Macel, "Anri Sala - Ravel Ravel Unravel", Venice Biennale (2013)
Christopher Mooney, "Anri Sala", Art Review, London, Summer (2013)
Michael Fried, Joshua Simon, "Anri Sala", Serpentine Gallery, London (2011)
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Mark Godfrey, Liam Gillick, "Anri Sala", Phaidon, London (2006)
Lynne Cooke, Mark Godfrey, Jan Verwoert, "Anri Sala", Parkett, Zurich (2005)
Massimiliano Gioni, Michele Robecchi, "Anri Sala: Unfinished Histories", Flash Art, Milan, no. 219, July–September (2001)
Laurence Bosse, Hans Ulrich Obrist, "Anri Sala: When the Night Calls", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1999)
See also
Albanian art
Modern Albanian art
References
External links
An Award Winning Clash (11/2015)
No Formula One No Cry at The Promenade Gallery: Anri Sala
Hauser & Wirth: Anri Sala
frieze review (04/2008)
Artforum review (06/2004)
Article
Anri Sala in the Video Data Bank
ICP: Anri Sala (01/2008)
Anri Sala: A Spurious Emission / MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Video at VernissageTV.
ANRI SALA on re-title.com
Anri Sala at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
Anri Sala at Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Anri Sala at culturebase.net
Brooklyn Rail article (11/2011)
Music before language. An interview with Anri Sala Video by Louisiana Channel
Anri Sala exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries 2011
1974 births
Living people
Artists from Tirana
Albanian artists
Video artists
University of Arts (Albania) alumni