Gazmend Leka opens “Black box”

TIRANA, Jan. 20 – Gazmend Leka has opened a solo exhibition at the Zeta gallery in Tirana displaying a special cycle of drawings called “Black Box,” a symbol to the human being which contains suffering, anxiety, love, envy and creation. The exhibition of 14 works in the 70×100 cm format is Leka’s first solo encounter with public after many years.
“I open my human Black Box because I want to see the deep darkness inside me and I want to have you as witnesses,” said the painter.
Gazmend Leka, 58, is an Albanian painter, artistic director and scholar.
He finished his high school studies at the artistic “Jordan Misja” school in Tirana and graduated in painting and graphics at the 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” (“Shqip쳩a 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. As a painter he has made around 140 major painting exhibitions in Albania and abroad.
His artwork is typically in earthy tones such as brown or grey.