Biography:
Shefqet Avdush Emini, an international recognized artist, is born in Davidovc in Kosovo on 2 June 1957. He studied Visual Arts as a young man at the Art Faculty - University of Prishtina (Kosovo) and worked, after finishing his education, as an artist and art teacher in several towns in Kosovo. Since two decennia, when war broke out in Kosovo, Shefqet Avdush Emini is living in the Netherlands, together with his family. As an artist and art teacher he is able to live and work all over the world, though he always will be connected with his roots to Kosovo. In several works of his hand you will be able to discover these roots and his mixed feelings of living abroad. Shefqet Avdush Emini is an academically educated artist who developed his own style, his own ‘signature’, which made him famous. The list of exhibitions of his artworks in museums and art galleries worldwide is long. Zweden, Denemarken, Turkije, Egypte, China, Oostenrijk, Nederland, Duitsland, Italië, Groot Brittannië, Spanje, Portugal, Frankrijk (Luver), België, Roemenië,Bulgarie, Macedonië, Slovenie, Kroatië, Servië, Bosnië, Kosovo , Albanië,Marokko,Brazi,Washington,Kuwait. Besides, he is regular invited to join art symposia where local and international artist do come together to create art and get inspired. Shefqet is also connected to the Filarski Academy, a private Academy in The Netherlands founded by the artist Marian Filarski, as a teacher for master classes in painting.
November 2011, Ina Eskes MA of Art history
www.shefqet.comMember:
Permanent collection of the Modern Art Museum,Kuwait 2012
Permanent collection of the Museum MAC Brazil 2011
Permanent collection of the Gallery Tetovo, Macedonia 2010
Permanent collection of the Gallery Aiud, Romania 2010
Permanent collection of the Museum Tepecik,turkey 2010
Aperon Art Plus Gallery, Istanbul 2010
Gallery Tornby Denmark 2010; RKD as from2003;
Foundation Symbiose Sittard as from 2003;
Foundation art centre keeps out 2003;
Aida as from 1994 Stichting
Kunstcentrum Weert as from 2003;
Permanent collection of the National Gallery of art in Tirana 1999
Artist figurative association of the Kosovo as from1989;
President of the foundation 'Zef Kolombi ' Ferizaj Kosovo as from 1988-1992
Member of foundation art centre ' Zef Kolombi ' Ferizaj Kosovo as from 1982;
