Artist Talk: Lori Lako

Artist Talk: Lori Lako

Lori Lako is one of the participating artists in the exhibition Make me coffee make me a sandwich, with the work On fog, blur and other uncertainties. You will be able to understand more about the concept of her work for this exhibition during the talk, as well as about her artistic practice in general

Lori Lako was born in Pogradec, Albania in 1991. She has studied Painting BA (2009-2012) and Visual Arts and New Expressive Styles MA (2014-2017), at the Academy of Arts, Florence, Italy. In 2014 she won the Erasmus scholarship and attended her studies during the academical year (2014-2015) in the Academy of Arts, Munich, Germany. In 2020 she was the winner of ‘‘Ardhje Award’’, national prize for visual artists under 35, organised by Zeta Gallery, Tirana.

Her artistic practice reflects on the condition of postmodernity in a fast moving world among a multitude of images and information that hinder historical remembrance and the research of personal identity. One of the important elements of her artistic work is the investigation of the contemporary mediation of the internet and digital devices, whether in historical or personal occurrences.

Among her recent exhibitions and screening: Ekrani i Artit, curated by Art House, Teatri Migjeni, Shkodra, 2021,(AL); Klosterwiesgasse 74 / Ich höre einen Vogel Klagen – I hear a bird lament, a project by Styrian-Artist-in-Residence (St.A.I.R)& <rotor> association for contemporary art, Graz, 2021,(AT); Given, Infrared curated by Blerta Hoçia, Fondacioni 17, Ex-Kino Rinia, Prishtina,2020(KS); Ardhje Award, Finalists exhibition curated by Alban Hajdinaj, Zeta Gallery,Tirana, 2020,(AL).