Petrit
Halilaj
Born in 1986 in Kostërrc, Kosovo
Lives and works between Germany, Kosovo, and Italy
Lives and works between Germany, Kosovo, and Italy
Petrit Halilaj considers exhibitions as means to alter the course of personal and collective histories, creating complex worlds that claim a space for freedom, desire, intimacy, and identity
Museo Tamayo, Mexico, 2023
La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2017
Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, 2020
The MET, New York, 2024
NGV International, Melbourne, 2023
Ocean Space, Venice, 2023
Mennour, Paris, 2022
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, 2023
Fondation Giacometti, Paris, 2025
Museo Tamayo, Mexico, 2023
La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2017
Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, 2020
The MET, New York, 2024
NGV International, Melbourne, 2023
Ocean Space, Venice, 2023
Mennour, Paris, 2022
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, 2023
Fondation Giacometti, Paris, 2025
Museo Tamayo, Mexico, 2023
La Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2017
Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, 2020
The MET, New York, 2024
NGV International, Melbourne, 2023
Ocean Space, Venice, 2023
Mennour, Paris, 2022
Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, 2023
Fondation Giacometti, Paris, 2025
portfolio
2024
“Abetare The Roof Garden Commission: Petrit Halilaj”, The MET Museum, New York
2023
“Petrit Halilaj: Runik”, curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy, Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
“Petrit Halilaj (Unfinished Histories)”, curated by Elisa Rusca, The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
“Lunar Ensemble for the Uprising Seas” with Alvaro Urbano, The Ocean Space, Venice, Italy
2022
“Petrit Halilaj”, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
“Very volcanic over this green feather (Papagall)”, curated by Amy Zion, Mennour, Paris
Artworks
Petrit Halilaj
Here to Remind You (Amazona albifrons), 2023
Petrit Halilaj
They are Lucky to be Bourgeois Hens, 2023
Petrit Halilaj
When the sun goes away we paint the sky, 2022
Petrit Halilaj
Very volcanic over this green feather (Magenta Peacock and Bullets), 2021
Petrit Halilaj
Abetare (Eye with a Drop), 2025
Petrit Halilaj
Abetare (Flying Birds), 2025
exhibitions
Petrit Halilaj
Syrigana
Sep 5, 2025 - May 31, 2026
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Petrit Halilaj
God Human Animal Machine
Jun 21 - Sep 5, 2025
Kunsthal 44 Møen, Fanefjordgade, Askeby, Denmark
Petrit Halilaj
Bounding Histories. Whispering Tales - Timișoara Biennial
May 30 - Jul 13, 2025
Garrison Command, Timișoara, Romania
Summer Show
May 23 - Jul 19, 2025
Mennour, 5 rue du Pont de Lodi
© Petrit Halilaj.