Born in Tirana, Albania, 1974
Postgraduate Studies in film directing, Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France, 1998-2000
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (video), Paris, France 1996-98
National Academy of Arts (BA Painting), Tirana, Albania, 1992-96
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2010
About Change Studio, ‘Anri Sala: Creating Space where there appears to be none’, Berlin, Germany
2009
Marian Goodman Gallery, ‘Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight’, New York NY
Johnen Galerie, ‘Answer Me’, Berlin, Germany
CAC Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight’, Cincinnati OH (Travelling Exhibition)
2008
De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Long Sorrow’, Tilburg, Netherlands
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, ‘Anri Sala: Purchase Not By Moonlight’, Miami FL (Travelling Exhibition)
Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, ‘La Mano di Dio’, Naples, Italy
CCA Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu Project Gallery, ‘Anri Sala’, Kitakyushu, Japan
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, ‘Overthinking’, Munich, Germany
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst im Haus des Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
2007
Hauser & Wirth London, ‘A Second Look’, London, England
Extra City, ‘Thinking Architecture # 1 – Anri Sala’, Antwerp, Belgium
Johnen Galerie, ‘Air Cushioned Ride’, Berlin, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York NY
2006
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
2005
Kosovo Art Gallery, ‘Historia nisi të luajë me jetën time. History started playing with my life’, Prishtina, Albania
Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, ‘Long Sorrow’, Milan, Italy
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, (cur. Slizinska, Milada), Warsaw, Poland
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, ‘Anri Sala-Artist in Focus’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR, ‘Anri Sala-Artist in Focus’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The RISD Museum, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, ‘Anri Sala. Time after Time’, Rhode Island RI
DAAD Galerie, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, ‘Dammi i Colori’, Berlin, Germany
The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, ‘Anri Sala: Dammi i colori, presented in The Mildred S. Lee Gallery’, Waltham MA
Galeria EXIT (Exit Contemporary Art Institute), ‘Anri Sala’, Pejë, Kosovo
2004
Yeans, ‘Anri Sala’, Göteborg, Sweden
Exit Contemporary Art Institute, ‘Anri Sala’, Pejë, Kosovo
Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Naples, Italy
Hauser & Wirth London, London, England
ARC Musée d’Art Moderne, ‘Entre chien et loup/When the Night Calls it a Day’, Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, ‘Wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen’, Hamburg, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
The Art Institute of Chicago, ‘Now I see’, Chicago IL
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York NY
Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Art Institute, Chicago IL
2003
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Anri Sala’, Vienna, Austria
Residence-Project Gallery at CCA Kitakyushu, Center for Contemporary Art, ‘All Gone’, Kitakyushu, Japan
Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
2002
OPA Oficina para Proyectos d’Arte (artist run space), Guadalajara, Mexico
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Amplified Absorbers’, Zurich, Switzerland
Trans-area, ‘Missing Landscape and Promises’, New York NY
Dallas Museum of Art, ‘Concentrations’, Dallas TX
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, ‘Naturalmystic (tomahawk #2)’, Munich, Germany
Programa, Mexico City, Mexico
2001
Galerie Chantal Crousel, ‘it has been raining here’, Paris, France
Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (with Martin Creed)
2000
De Appel, ‘Unlimited nl-4’ (cur. Kortun, Vasif), Amsterdam, Netherlands (with Christian Jankowski)
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (with Torsten Slama)
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany (with Martin Boyce)
Mamco, Le Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, ‘Nocturnes’, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2010
Palazzo Fabroni, ‘Viaggio in Italia sguardi internazionali sull’Italia contemporanea’, Pistoia, Italy
South London Gallery, ‘Divider’, London, England
Mart Rovereto Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, ‘Languages and Experimentations. Young artists in a contemporary collection’, Rovereto, Italy
Ludwig Museum, ‘...on the Eastern Front. Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989-2009’, Budapest, Hungary
Kunsthaus Graz, ‘Catch Me! Geschwindigkeit fassen’, Graz, Austria
Temporäre Kunsthalle, ‘Auto-Kino’, Berlin, Germany
Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Calvert22, ‘Photo I, Photo You’, London, England
Centro José Guerrero, ‘Chromochronies. The Poetic of Colour in Image-Time’, Granada, Spain
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Mortality’, Melbourne, Australia
2009
HKW – Haus der Kulturen der Welt – The House of World Cultures, ‘The Spirit of the Haus – 20 Jahre Haus der Kulturen der Welt’, Berlin, Germany
City of Bordeaux, ‘Evento – the artistic and urban rendez-vous of Bordeaux’, Bordeaux, France
Theater Basel, ‘Il Tempo del Postino’, Basel, Switzerland (Travelling Exhibition)
Siobhan Davies Dance & Victoria Miro Gallery, ‘The Collection’, London, England (Travelling Exhibition)
Ikon Gallery, ‘The Collection’, Birmingham, England (Travelling Exhibition)
Tabakalera, ‘Look Again. Five Visions in Contemporary Video’, San Sebastian, Donosti, Spain
Model Arts & Niland Gallery, ‘Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War’, Sligo, Ireland
City Gallery, ‘Monument to Transformation’, Prague, Czech Republic
Galeria Habana, ‘Estdo de Exceptciòn’, Havana, Cuba
Le Fresnoy. Studio national d’arts contemporains, ‘Vidéos Europa. Dans le cadre de Lille 3000, Europe XXL’, Tourcoing, France
Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, ‘better than grey: a serious consideration of colour’, Suffolk, England
MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, ‘Gender Check’, Vienna, Austria
2008
Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard,‘The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art’, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
Parsons The New School for Design, ‘Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding’, New York NY
International Center of Photography, ‘Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art’ (cur. Enwezor, Okwui), New York NY
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘Medium Religion’, Karlsruhe, Germany
La Centrale Electrique – European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, ‘Modern Ruin’, Brisbane, Australia
Villa Manin, ‘God &Goods. Spirituality and Mass Confusion’, Codroipo, Italy
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Die Lucky Bush’, Antwerp, Belgium
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum – Kunstmuseen Krefeld, ‘Der Grosse Wurf / Falling right into place – Faltungen in der Gegenwartskunst / The Fold in Contemporary Art’, Krefeld, Germany
Museum Haus Esters – Museum Haus Lange, ‘Der grosse Wurf’, Krefeld, Germany
Moderna Museet, ‘Eclipse – Art in a Dark Age’, Stockholm, Sweden
Museion, ‘Peripheral look and collective body’, Bozen, Italy
Kunsthalle Kiel ‘Collection Videos & Films Isabelle & Jean-Conrad Lemaitre’, Kiel, Germany
Atlas Gallery, ‘Word, tale and motley narration: a video parade from different points’, Ankara, Turkey
Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, ‘Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War’, Mississauga CA
Zentrum Paul Klee, ‘Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels’, Berne, Switzerland
Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, ‘Stop. Look. Listen.’, Milwaukee WI
Kunstmuseum Bern, ‘Ego-Documents. Das Autobiografische in der Kunst’, Berne, Switzerland
Hacettepe University Art Museum, ‘World Tale: Mixed Narrations: A Video Parade from Different Points’, Ankara, Turkey
MUCA – Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, ‘The implications of image’, Mexico City, Mexico
Hong Kong Film Archive (in collaboration with Goethe-Insitut Hongkong), ‘History Will Repeat Itself – Strategies of Re-enactment in Contemporary Art’, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Loop International Festival & Fair for Video Art, Barcelona, Spain
Rubell Family Collection, ‘Euro-Centric, Part 1: European Art from the Rubell Family Collection’, Miami FL
Neues Museum Weserburg, ‘The Morning After – Videoarbeiten der Sammlung Goetz’, Bremen, Germany
MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, ‘Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas’, Vigo, Spain
Statens Museum for Kunst, ‘Reality Check’, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
Contemporary Art Collection, Ellipse Foundation, ‘Come, come, come into my world’, Cascais, Portugal
Musac – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, ‘Existencias’, Leon, Spain
Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, ‘Rethinking Dissent’, Goteborg, Sweden
Manchester International Festival, Opera House Manchester, ‘Il tempo del postino’, Manchester, England (Travelling Exhibition)
MARTa Herford Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, ‘MARTa schweigt’, Herford, Germany
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ‘Silence’, Turin, Italy
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, ‘L’oeil – écran ou la nouvelle image’, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Centre culturel suisse, ‘e-flux VIDEO RENTAL’, Paris, France
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, ‘Airs de Paris’, Paris, France
Museum of Cycladic Art, ‘Her(his)tory’, Athens, Greece
Israeli Center for Digital Art, ‘History started playing with my life’, Holon, Israel
Ex Carceri del Complesso di San Michele a Ripa, ‘Inbetweeness’, Rome, Italy
Tampa Museum of Art, ‘Memorials of Identity. New Media from the Rubell Family Collection’, Tampa, Liechtenstein
Galeriji Studentskog Centra, ‘Vokalnoverbalino/ Vocal Verbal’, Zagreb, Croatia
Moskau Biennale, ’2. Moscow Biennale 2007’, Moscow, Russia
MFA, ‘War and Discontent’, Boston MA
MARCO Vigo, ‘Between Borders’, Vigo, Spain
MIT List Visual Art Center, ‘Sensorium Part II’, Boston MA
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘In the Eye of the Storm/Im Auge des Zyklons’, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galerie Art & Essai, ‘Architectures: Situations locales’, Rennes, France
MAN, Museo d`arte della provincia di Nuoro, ‘L`Ombra/ The Shadow’, Nuoro, Italy
The Model Arts Center & Niland Gallery ‘The Secret Theorie of Drawing’, Sligo, Ireland
Centre Atlantico de Arte Moderna, ‘Imagenes del otro lado’, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Isola Art Center, ‘Absolute Beginners’, Milan, Italy
Galerie Commune, Ecole Régionale Supérieure d’Expression Plastique de Tourcoing, ‘Double Sens’, Tourcoing, France
Witte de With, ‘Eclipse’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Musée des Beaux Arts de la ville de Paris, ‘Intrusions au Petit Palais: le Fonds municipal d’art contemporain’, Paris, France
MAN – Museo d’Arte della Provincia di Nuoro, ‘D’Ombra’, Nuoro, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Ababbaye Saint-André, ‘Je est il Je sont ils?’, Meymac, France
Austin and Canary Islands, ‘E-Flux Video Rental’, Istanbul, Turkey
2006
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ‘Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Hauser & Wirth’, Paris, France
Pallazzo delle Arti Napoli, ‘Dedica- Vent’anni con Alfonso Artiaco’, Napoli, Italy
Le Grand Café, ‘HISTOIRE’, Saint-Naizaire, France
Städtisches Museum Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich, ‘Personal Affairs’, Leverkusen, Germany
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, ‘Fremd bin ich eingezogen’, Kassel, Germany
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, ‘Imaginations of the Past’, Budapest, Hungary
Musée de Rochechouart, ‘Retour, Paysages d`une collection’, Rochechouart, France
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, ‘Slow Motion’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
SMAK – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, ‘Mankind. Story of a Wound’, Gent, Belgium
Palazzo Papesse, ‘D’Ombra’, Siena, Italy (Travelling Exhibition)
Villa Arson, ‘Intouchable. L’idéal transparence’, Nice, France
TKG Editions, ‘point of view’, Tokyo, Japan
Family Park Harry Malter, ‘ZOO Logical Garden’, Mechelen, Belgium
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, ‘Grenzgänger’, Regensburg, Germany
Kunsthalle Göppingen, ‘Vom Pferd erzählen’, Goppingen, Germany
Irish Museum of Modern Art, ‘all hawaii eNtrées / luNar ReGGae’, Dublin, Ireland
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Fussball goes Art’, Vienna, Austria
Whitstable Biennial, ‘The Waiting Place’, Whitstable, England
The Drawing Room, ‘The Secret Theory of Drawing’, London, England
Contour Mechelen, ‘NOCTOUR’, Mechelen, Netherlands
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, ‘Reprocessing Reality’, Long Island City NY
MIT List Visual Art Center, ‘Sensorium Part I’, Boston MA
15th Biennale of Sydney 2006, Sydney, Australia
The Israeli Center for Digital Art, ‘Em, Eretz, Medina’, Holon, Israel
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, ‘Interrupted Histories’, Lubljana, Slovenia
4. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst 2006, ‘Of Mice and Men’, Berlin, Germany
Villa Manin Centre For Contemporary Art, ‘Infinite Painting’, Codroipo, Italy
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’Art Contemporain, ‘Raconte-Moi/Tell Me’, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Taipei Fine Art Museum, ‘Altered States’, Teipei, Teiwan
Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain d’Ile-de-France Le Plateau, ‘Archipeinture’, Paris, France
Gallery at REDCAT, ‘An Image Bank for everyday revolutionary life’, Los Angeles CA
Afghan Foundation for Culture and Civil Society, ‘Painting Ruins’, Kabul, Afghanistan
International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Haus am Waldsee. Ort internationaler Gegenwartskunst, ‘Anstoss Berlin – Kunst macht Welt’, Berlin, Germany
The Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporaries Culture, Bard College, ‘Tale of Places’, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
2005
7. Medien und Architektur Biennale, Graz, Austria
BAK, Basis for actueele Kunst, ‘Soft Target: War as a daily, first hand reality and undercurrents’, Utrecht, Netherlands
MAC – Miami Art Central, ‘Irreducible’, Miami FL (Travelling Exhibition)
Bronx Museum of the Arts, ‘Irreducible’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Spacex Gallery, ‘Universalism at Stake’, Exeter, England
Martin Gropius Bau, ‘Rundlederwelten’, Berlin, Germany
Kunstsammlung im Städehaus, ‘Ambiance’, Dusseldorf, Germany
Museum Ludwig Köln; ‘FRAC. Mouvement’, Cologne, Germany
N. O. Gallery, ‘multiplo 2’, Milan, Italy
Anyang Public Art Project, Anyang, Korea
Leeds City Gallery, ‘Something of the Night’, Leeds, England
Kölnischer Kunstverein, ‘Projekt Migration “Roadmap to Europe”’, Cologne, Germany
Palast der Republik, ‘Fraktale IV – Tod. 25 Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst zum Phänomen Tod’, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Chantal Crousel, ‘Lecon Zero’, Paris, France
Kader van Beyond, ‘Pursuit of Happiness’, Leidsche Rijn, Netherlands
Seedamm Kulturzentrum, ‘Realit;-)T. 30 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz in München’, Pfäffikon, Switzerland
Hamburger Bahnhof. Museum für Gegenwart, ‘Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst 2005’ (short list: Anri Sala, Monica Bonvicini, John Bock, Angela Bulloch), Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof. Museum für Gegenwart, ‘Fast Nichts – Minimalistische Werke aus der Sammlung Flick’, Berlin, Germany
MUMOK-Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, ‘Nach Rokytnik – Die Sammlung der EVN’, Vienna, Austria
K1 Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, ‘Auf beiden Seiten des Rheins “Ambiance”’, Dusseldorf, Germany
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, ‘No Manifesto’, Bergamo, Italy
Galerie Chantal Crousel, ‘Land Marks’, Paris, France
Hebbel am Ufer, ‘X Wohnungen Suburbs 2005’, Berlin, Germany
GI Glasgow International, Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow, England
CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporànea, ‘3’, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
RISD, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, ‘Videos in Progress, a series of videos looping continuously during museum hours: Anri Sala: Time After Time (2003) + Gary Hill: Blind Spot 82003)’, Providence RI
Barbican Art Gallery, ‘Colour after Klein’, London, England
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ‘Bidibidobidiboo. La Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per i dieci anni della Fondazione’, Torino, Italy
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, ‘Point of view: An Anthology of the Moving Image’, Ithaca NY
Chateau de Nyon. Filmfestival Vision du Réel, ‘Reprocessing Reality’, Nyon, France
Van Abbe Museum, ‘EindhovenIstanbul’ (cur. Meyer Hermann, Eva, Esche, Charles), Eindhoven, Netherlands
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Faces in the Crowd’, Rivoli, Italy
MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, de Castilla y Leon, ‘Emergency’, Leon, Spain
Contemporary Art center Klink & Bank, ‘Reykjavik Art Festival’, Reykjavik, Iceland
Nederlands Fotomuseum, ‘ Screentests’ (cur. Carels, Edwin), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Situated Self: Confused, Compassionate and Conflictual’, Belgrade, Serbia (Travelling Exhibition)
Tennis Palace Art Museum, ‘Situated Self: Confused, Compassionate and Conflictual’, Helsinki, Finland (Travelling Exhibition)
Stedelijk Museum, ‘New Video, New Europe’, Amsterdam, Netherlands (one-time projection 10 February 2005)
Centro Cultural Conde Duque, ‘Fast forward. Avance ràpido. Media Art de la Coleccion Goetz’, Madrid, Spain
2004
UCLA Hammer Museum, ‘Point of view: An Anthology of the Moving Image’, Los Angeles CA
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The Encounters in the 21st Century / Polyphony-Emerging Resonances’, Kanazawa, Japan
Bergen Kunsthall, ‘Down here’, Bergen, Norway
National Gallery of Art, ‘Onufri 2004 Prize’, Tirana, Albania
Schirn Kunsthalle, ‘3’, Frankfurt, Germany
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, ’2004 Taipei Biennial’ (cur. Lu, Esther, Filipovic, Elena), Taipei, China
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, ‘Delay’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, (cur. Perez Rubio, Agustin), Leon, Spain
Attitudes, Espace d’arts contemporains, ‘Situatios construites’, Geneva, Switzerland
Institut d’Art Contemporain, ‘Communauté 2’ (cur. Snauwaert, Dirk), Villeurbanne-Lyon, France
Institute of Contemporary Arts, ‘Artists’ Favourites’, London, England
The Biennial of Contemporary African Art, ‘DAK’ART’, Dakar, Senegal
Tate Modern, ‘Time Zones’, (cur. Morgan, Jessica, Muir, Gregor), London, England
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ‘Privatisierungen. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Osteuropa’, Berlin, Germany (Initiative of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes in Cooperation with ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany)
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, ‘Special Program’, Oberhausen, Germany
57th Locarno International Film Festival, ‘In.Progress section’, Locarno, Switzerland
Yokohama Museum of Art, ‘NON-SECT/RADICAL. Contemporary Photography III’, Yokohama, Japan
Collection Lambert en Avignon, ‘A Fripon. Fripon et demi’, Avignon, France
Limerick City Art Gallery, ‘ev+a The Exhibition of Visual Art’, Limerick, Ireland
Whitechapel Art Gallery, ‘Faces in the Crowd’, London, England
Deichtorhallen, ’15 Jahre Deichtorhallen’, Hamburg, Germany
Arc en Reve, ‘E-W/N-S – séquence 2’, Bordeaux, France
Haus der Kunst, ‘Utopia Station’, Munich, Germany
Musée de Rochechouart, ‘Paysages invisibles’, Rochechouart, France
5th Biennale Cetinje, ‘Love it or Leave it’, Cetinje, Montenegro
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, ‘Die Zehn Gebote’, Dresden, Germany
MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, ‘Mediterraneans-Arte Contemporanea’, Rome, Italy
La Casa Encendida, ‘Paisaje y Memoria’, Madrid, Spain
New Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Point of view: An Anthology of the Moving Image’, New York NY
2003
De Appel Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Haunted by Detail’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Le Quartier. Centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, ‘Appel à témoins. A call for Witnesses’, Quimper, France
Centro Parragà, ‘Categories: Post-Verité’, Murcia, Spain
ZKM, ‘fast forward. Media Art/Sammlung Goetz’, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kunsthaus Bregenz, ‘Remind’, Bregenz, Austria
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, ‘Moulène-Sala Sao Paulo 2002’, Nantes, France
Tirana Biennale 2, ‘U-Topos’, Tirana, Albania
Istanbul Biennale, ‘Poetic Justice’, Istanbul, Turkey
Kunstmuseum Thun, ‘Gesellschaftbilder/Images of Society’, Thun, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, ‘In den Schluchten des Balkans’, Kassel, Germany
Guggenheim Bilbao, ‘Moving Pictures’, Bilbao, Spain
Galerie Museo AR/GE Kunst, ‘Balkan Visions’, Bozen, Italy
Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, ‘Writing Identity. Autobiography in Art’, Leipzig, Germany
La Biennale di Venezia, ‘Utopia Station’, Venice, Italy
Martin-Gropius-Bau, ‘Warum! Bilder Diesseits und Jenseits des Menschen’, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Essl, ‘Blut und Honig’, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Pinakothek der Moderne, ‘Manfred Pernice-Neo Rauch-Francis Alys-Anri Sala. Die Erfindung der Vergangenheit’, Munich, Germany
Palais de Tokyo, ‘Hardcore, Towards a New Activism’, Paris, France
Barbican Gallery/The Curve, ‘Witness. Contemporary Artists document our time’, London, England
Index, Contemporary Art Foundation, ‘Anri Sala, Carl Johan Erikson, Veli Granö’, Stockholm, Sweden
MUSEION – Museum of modern and contemporary art, ‘Moltidudini-Solitudini’, Bozen, Italy
FRAC – Le Fonds régional d’art contemporain, ‘Les 20 ans de FRAC’, Paris, France
2002
Salzburger Kunstverein, ‘(hi)story’, Salzburg, Austria
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de vigo, ‘ÍCardinalesÎ’, Vigo, Spain
Museum of Modern Art Oxford, ‘Trauma’, Oxford, England
Sao Paulo Biennal, Ibirapuera Park, ‘XXV Sao Paulo Biennal 2002’, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Contemporary Art Museum, ‘Sao Paulo Biennal 2002 (with Jean-Luc Moulène)’, Chile
Bloomberg Space, ‘The Mind is a Horse (Uomoduomo)’, London, England
Casa Museo Luis Barragàn, ‘Œel aire es azul-the air is blue’, Mexico City, Mexico
Programma Art Centre, ‘Moulène-Sala Sao Paulo 2002’, Mexico City, Mexico
De Appel Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Haunted by Detail’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BBL Cultural Centre, ‘ForwArt’, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Chantal Crousel, ‘Geographies (#2)’, Paris, France
Yvon Lambert, ‘Superstudio’, Paris, France
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joannum, ‘In Search of Balkania’, Graz, Austria
Luhring Augustine, ‘Continous Play (Nat. mystic)’, New York NY
‘Do It’, Online project curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, ‘Slow Motion’, Aachen, Germany
Collection Lambert en Avignon, ‘Photographier’, Avignon, France
Kunsthalle St. Gallen, ‘Protest Respekt’ (cur. Jetzer, Gianni), St. Gallen, Switzerland
Musée des Beaux-Arts, ‘des goûts et des couleurs’, Lons-Le-Saunier, France
New International Cultural Center, ‘Viewmaster’, Antwerp, Belgium
24 Biennal de Sao Paulo, ‘Jean-Luc Moulène et Anri Sala’, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, ‘Martin Creed, Martin Boyce, Anri Sala, Wilhelm Sasnal’, Cologne, Germany
Salle audiovisuelle du Jeu de Paume, ‘Un inventaire contemporain’, Paris, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, ‘Le regard de l’autre’, Rouen, France
Le Plateau, ‘Objets de réflexion’, Paris, France
Manifesta 4, Frankfurt, Germany
International Biennale of Young Art, ‘Big Social Game’ (cur. Pistoletto, Michelangelo), Torino, Italy
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth’, Zurich, Switzerland
Le Fresnoy, ‘C’est pas du cinéma’ (cur. Nuridsany, Michel), Tourcoing, France
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Handlungsanweisungen – Kunstpfad am Karlsplatz 2002-2004’, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Modern Art, ‘Trauma’, Oxford, England (Travelling Exhibition)
2001
Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, ‘Unpacking Europe’ (cur. Hassan, Salah, Dadi, Iftikhar), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, ‘Solos for Video’, Dusseldorf, Germany
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, ‘Passwor(l)ds’, Stuttgart, Germany
Raum Aktueller Kunst, ‘Manon De Boer Anri Sala Xavier Veilhan’, Vienna, Austria
’2. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst’, Berlin, Germany
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
Westfälischer Kunstverein, ‘believe’, Munster, Germany
National Gallery, ‘The Escape’, Tirana, Albania
Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
La Biennale di Venezia, ‘XLVIII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte 2001’, Venice, Italy
Yokohama 2001, ‘International Triennale of Contemporary Art’, Yokohama, Japan
Kunst-Werke Berlin, ‘Arrêt sur image – zeitgenössische Kunst aus Frankreich’, Berlin, Germany
IFA Galerie,‘Beautiful Strangers’, Berlin, Germany
Palazzo delle Papesse, ‘The Gift, generous offerings, threatening hospitality’, Siena, Italy
Dundee Contemporary Arts (in collaboration with Hayward Gallery), ‘Trauma’, Dundee, England (Travelling Exhibition)
Delfina Project Space, ‘Nocturnes’, London, England
Haus der Kultur der Welt, ‘Unpacking Europe’, Berlin, Germany
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, ‘Uniform: Order and Disorder’, New York NY
Kunstverein Frankfurt, ‘Neue Welt’, Frankfurt, Germany
2000
Biagiotti Progetto Arte, ‘Finale Di Partita/Endgame/Fin De Partie’, Florence, Italy
Galerie Chantal Crousel, ‘Geographies: Darren Almond – Graham Gussin – Anri Sala’, Paris, France
Seoul Metropolitan Museum, ‘Media_City Seoul 2000’, Seoul, Korea
Frankfurter Kunstverein, ‘Man muss ganz schön viel lernen um hier zu funktionieren’, Frankfurt, Germany
Placentia Arte, ‘Coast to Coast’, Piacenza, Italy
National Gallery, ‘In & Out’, Tirana, Albania
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ‘Voilà – Le Monde dans la Tête’, Paris, France
Manifesta 3, ‘Biennale Européenne de l’Art Contemporain’, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rotor Association for Contemporary Art, ‘Wie Weg – Disappeared’, Graz, Austria
Raum Aktueller Kunst, ‘Wider Bild Gegen Wart – Positions to a political discourse’, Vienna, Austria
1999
Museum Ludwig, ‘After the Wall: Art and Culture in Post-Communist Europe’, Cologne, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Moderna Museet, ‘After the Wall: Art and Culture in Post-Communist Europe’, Stockholm, Sweden
La Biennale di Venezia, ‘XLVII Esposizione Internationale d’Arte 1999’ (Albanian Pavillion),
Venice, Italy
1997
Bauhaus, Video Festival ‘Ostrenanije – 97’, Dessau, Germany
1995
Galerie Nationale, ‘Tunnel 95’, Tirana, Albania
Galerie Nationale, ‘Spring 95’, (1st prize), Tirana, Albania
Kunsthaus Horn, ‘Symposium Kultur Kontakt’, Horn, Austria
1994
Galerie de l’Academie Nationale des Arts, ‘Paysage Ecologique’, Tirana, Albania
Galerie Janos Gat, ‘Albanian Contemporary Art’, New York NY
Awards, Grants & Nominations
2005
Nomination for Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst 2005 (with John Bock, Monica Bonvicini, Angela Bulloch)
2002
Nomination for The Hugo Boss Prize (with Francis Alys, Olafur Eliasson, Koo Jeong-a, Kazuhiko, Pierre Huyghe [winner])
2001
La Biennale di Venezia (Young Artist Prize), Venice, Italy
2000
Prix Gilles Dusein, Paris, France
Best Documentary Film Award, Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival, New York
Best Documentary Film Award, Filmfest, Tirana, Albania
1999
Silver Award, 33rd Annual New York EXPO-sition of short film and video, New York NY
Best Documentary Film Award, International Documentary Film Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Best Film Award, Estavar Video Festival, Estavar, France
1998
Best Short Film Award, Amascultura Festival, Lisbon, Portugal (‘Nocturnes’)
Best Documentary Film Award, Entrevues Festival, Belfort, France
