Agim Sulaj Explained

Agim Sulaj
Birth Name:Agim Sulaj
Birth Date:6 September 1960
Birth Place:Vlora, Albania
Field:caricaturist, illustrator, painter
Training:Tirana School des Baux Artes
Movement:Fine, surreal satirical illustration
Works:The head of Ali Pasha, to Sultan (1989)
Website:www.agimsulaj.com

Agim Sulaj (born 6 September 1960, in Vlora, Albania) is an Albanian painter, living in Rimini, Italy since 1990 and having Italian citizenship.[1]

Biography

After high school, in 1978 Agim Sulaj entered the Tirana Academy des Baux Artes, and completed his studies at the Fine Arts Academy of Tirana in 1985.[2] As a painter, he started working in the political and satirical magazine Hosteni, producing illustrations and caricatures. At the same time, he was developing the skill of hyperrealistic painting.[3] He started to make his own works and he became famous by the Large scale oil paint "The Head of Ali Pasha Tepelena, presented to Sultan Mahmut II" (today the Museum of Ali pasha, Ioannina, Greece). Agim Sulaj won the 2010 edition of the "Cartoonsea" Italian national award for humor and satire,[4] [5] [6] presided the jury in the 'CartoonSea 2011' edition[7] and won second prize in the international competition "Brothers of Italy".[8] His work has been called "a fine, surreal satirical illustration, metaphor for the state of the environment and the failure to protect it".[9]

Art activity

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agim+Sulaj+-+Siglo+21+-+No.JPG (1279x1600 pixels) . 3.bp.blogspot.com . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20121205145426/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NuDC201bAVo/TVCYQG50BtI/AAAAAAAAB0k/yRagoxSKcSY/s1600/Agim%2BSulaj%2B-%2BSiglo%2B21%2B-%2BNo.jpg . 5 December 2012 . dead.
  2. Web site: Agim Sulaj / Italy . Irancartoon.com . 2013-01-21.
  3. http://www.agimsulaj.com/img/Biografia.jpg Biografia
  4. Web site: CartoonSea - 2° Premio Nazionale di Umorismo e Satira 2010 . Fanofunny.com . 2013-01-21.
  5. Web site: Il primo portale d'informazione delle Marche . GoMarche.it . 2013-01-21.
  6. Web site: Giunto alla terza edizione il premio nazionale di satira "CartoonSea" . Fanoinforma.it . 2006-09-22 . 2013-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325222553/http://www.fanoinforma.it/Eventi/art25316/6_giugno_11/Fano_giunto_alla_terza_edizione_il_premio_nazionale_di_satira_cartoonsea.html . 2012-03-25 .
  7. Web site: CartoonSea Premio Nazionale di Umorismo e Satira - Index . Fanofunny.com . 2013-01-21.
  8. Web site: Albania / Guida al Paese delle Aquile . 2011-06-20 . 2012-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321051437/http://www.far.al/1918-agim-sulaj-second-prize-italy . dead .
  9. Web site: CartoonSea 2010 "Mi rifiuto" . https://archive.today/20130218092814/http://www.fanoinforma.it/Eventi/art19922/17_luglio_10/Fano_cartoonsea_2010_%93mi_rifiuto%94.html . 2013-02-18 . Fanoinforma.it . 2006-09-22 . 2013-01-21 . dead .