Quiet Rebellion, oil and acrylic on canvas, gel medium transfer, 70 x 50 cm, 2025
Exhibited works
28th November 1912, screen print, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm, 2025
"Hope", screen print, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm, 2025.
Murat Toptani, oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm, 2025
Quiet Rebellion, mixed media on canvas, 70 x 50 cm, 2025
"Class Enemy", mixed media on canvas, 70 x 50 cm, 2025
Graduate show installation view
Artist statement
My practice is an exploration of Albanian cultural identity, political resistance, and memory. Central to my approach is the legacy of my ancestors, the Toptani family, and their struggle for independence after five centuries of Ottoman occupation. Through layered oil washes and fragmented transfers of archival imagery, I examine the interplay between national history and personal memory, revealing underrepresented narratives of my family’s experiences under Albania’s dictatorial regime, a past defined by censorship and political suppression. Ultimately, my work honours a legacy of resistance, whilst confronting the tragic recurrence of oppression in the wake of liberation.
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Other works
‘Në vlorë––’, intaglio on paper, 42 x 29.7 cm, 2024
Red As Memory, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, 2024
Forbidden Language, oil on canvas, 84.1 x 59.4 cm, 2024
Lef Nosi, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, 2024
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