Born 27.07.1991
Prishtine, Kosovo
Education: Faculty of Arts-Theater Directing 2010.
Lives and studies in Prishtine, Kosovo.
+37744672532
astritismaili@gmail.com

Astrit Ismaili art is, subject and object, at the same time. He utilized the male body to develop his own self-knowledge. The images of the body that this young Kosovan is experimenting with suggest a diffuse intimacy while tending to dissuade a voyeuristic approach. Unlike most of the images we are faced with on a daily basis, where the body is treated like a commodity to be used and consumed, or an icon to adore at safe distance, Astrit Ismaili employs his body to initiate a dialog with himself. He places his body in familiar settings, though at the limits of our experience, presenting it as a symbol of receptivity, a meeting place between himself and the rest of the world, a communicative model in which information about his experience is presented and reflected upon. The portraits are stage-managed, with clothing, make-up, mise-en-scène and settings, carefully conceived to result in highly sophisticated pictorial compositions.He uses his own body as a model to investigate his own vision and not another's vision of his body. Ismaili's projects images and symbols, hopes and fears onto the male body. He uses it like a gesticulative vector not fully known to him, communicating to the viewer the novelty of his encounter.

Exhibitions

2011 "Artist of Tomorrow" The Kosova Art Gallery
Prishtine, Kosovo

2011 "New Tear"  Asma Sanat Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey

2011 "Face the Reflection" KC Grad
Belgrade, Serbia

2011 "Face the Reflection" Tetris
Prishtine, Kosovo

2010 "Right Turn, Turn Right, Traffic Gallery
Prishtine, Kosovo

2010 "Perspektiva 2010" Tetris
Prishtine, Kosovo

2007 "B-Negative" The National Museum of Kosova
Prishtine, Kosovo

Awards
Artist of Tomorrow 2011.