| Xhovalin Delia | |
| Birth Date: | 29 April 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Pukë, Albania |
| Nationality: | Albanian |
| Occupation: | Painter, publicist, film director |
| Signature: | Xhovalin Delia (nënshkrim).svg |
Xhovalin Delia (born April 29, 1959) is an Albanian painter, publicist and film director from Pukë, Albania who lives in Florence, Italy.
Xhovalin Delia received his degree in Painting at the Fine Arts Academy of Tirana in 1985. After his studies, Delia worked in an animation studio, "AFA Film Animation," as both a director and a painter.
From 1994 to 2013, Delia opened painting and visual art exhibitions in Florence, Italy. In 2004, he was part of a group exhibition of Albanian artists who had either fled or migrated from Albania during a previous regime.[1] Delia also stayed linked in the capital of Albania and continued to perform various media there, such as installation and video art, particularly at Pyramid of Tirana or International Center of Culture and Museum in Tirana, Albania.
In 1990, Delia, before leaving Albania, was the winner of first place in the National Animation Film Festival of Albania.