Gazmend Leka

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Gazmend Leka
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Gazmend Leka

(1953-10-11)11 October 1953
NationalityAlbanian
Known for Painting

Gazmend Leka is an Albanian painter and artistic director and scholar.

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Biography

He finished his high school studies at the artistic "Jordan Misja" school in Tirana. He finished studies for painting and graphics at the ILA (today's Academy of Arts).

He was responsible for designing the interior of the "Gjergj Kastrioti-Skanderbeu" museum in Kruja. From 1982, for ten years he worked in the film studio "New Albania" ("Shqipëria e Re") as a painter and artistic director. He worked on two films and won an international award "Dea Fortunata" in Naples.

Since 1992 he has been Professor at the Academy of Arts, Tirana. [1] As a painter he has made around 140 major painting exhibitions inside and outside Albania.

His artwork is typically in earthy tones such as brown or grey.

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References

  1. "Agim Zajmi". Albania art.com. Retrieved October 18, 2009.