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Ibrahim Kodra was born in Ishmi, a small village in Central Albania in 1918. In 1938 he leaves Albania, and goes in Italy to study in a Fine Arts University. He won a scholarship from the Italian government as an emerging talent. In 1944 he opens his first work-shop in Milan.
In 1948 he opens a personal and group exposition in the "Art Club" in Rome. He meets there Pablo Picasso, and makes friends with him. In 1950 he paints fresco's in the most important museums and buildings of Milan.
Kodra then opened an exposition together with Picasso, Rouault, Dufy, Matisse, Modigliani and others in the "Mostra dell Disegno" in Chiavari...
Personal expos take place during all his career, from 1955 to 1990, al around the world. The majr ones consist of:
-Collective exposition in "Paradise" with Picasso, Dali, Matta, Ernst, Levi, Panseca, Braque etc.
-Collective expo in the "Stone Gallery" in Newcastle with Corneille, Gear, Gleghorn, Michaux, Millares etc.
-Numerous collectives in Milan, "The Stone Gallery" in Newcastle, "Senator" in Stuttgart, and also in the "New Art Center" in Zurich.
-Personal expo in Modern Art Gallery in Prishtina.
-Personal expos in "Princess Hall" in New York, "2D Gallery" in Sassari.
His works are in the Museum of Vatican, in the Room of Deputies in Rome, in private collections all around the world: he has won a lot of international awards; including "Honour of the nation" Award from his country Albania in 1996.
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