BIOGRAPHY
I was born 1957 in Shkoder, Albania, a small sunny Mediterranean
country. During childhood I was interested in music. Little by little I abandoned
music for painting through which I better expressed myself.
I received my BFA from the Institute of Arts in Tirana, Albania
in 1981. In January 1988 I escaped from Albania for political and artistic freedom.
Same year emigrated to USA where I pursued my Master of Fine Arts at Michigan
State University, I graduated in 1991. Now I live in Yonkers, New York where
I enjoy my family life. Presently I'm runing my own Studio - Gallery, 191 Hillside
Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703.
Paintings at my gallery are colorful, textured, and technically
executed. My images weave images of music, my past and remains of my daily life,
Albanian and American patterns and compositions. Expressionistic, painterly,
and inspirational.
For more information please call: GR Art
Studio
(914) 434-1906 from 10:30 - 6:30 Tuesday - Sunday (New York time) e-mail: gpali@optonline.net
Exhibitions & Collections
- Excel Fine Art, 313 Columbus Avenue, New York, New York 10023
- On Going [Gallery Representation]
- Players Fine Art, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada
89109 On going [Gallery Representation]
- Coconut Grove Gallery, 2790 Bird Ave., Miami, Florida 33133
-On going [Gallery Representation]
- Gallery 444, 444 Post Street, San Fransisco, California
- On going [Gallery Representation]
- Aikona
Gallery, Bermuda, On going [Gallery Representation]
- IIIrd Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Ermitage
De Rioe, Mandelie, Cannes, FRANCE
- Broome Street Gallery, 498 Broome Street, SOHO, New York,
June 2004 (One man show)
- Walnut Street Gallery, 221 East Walnut St., Springfield,
MO 2002 [Represented ]
- Agora Gallery, 415 West Broadway, New York, NY 10012 [represented
from 3/2003 - 3/2004]
- New York Arts Equity Gallery, 498 Broome Street, SOHO, NYC,
Sep.1st, 2003 (One man show)
- Western Publishing, 350 Third Avenue, New York, NY - May-
June 2003 (One man show)
- Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, December
2003, Florence, ITALY
- The International Academy of Modern Arts, March 2003, Rome,
ITALY
- Images of Art, 540 Nepperhan, Yonkers, NY, Nov16-Dec 30
2002, (One Man Show)
- The Ninth Life Fine Art Gallery, St Thomas, US, Virgin Islands,
September 2002, (One Man Show)
- Gora Gallery, Montreal, Canada, June 19 - July 10, 2002
- Purple Gallery, New Rochelle, Two Year Round Show, November
1997 - November 1999
- Art Coalition of Manhattan, Group Show, 96 St. and Broadway,
New York City, December 1996
- The Wall Gallery, New York University, One Man Show, 44
West 4th St. SOHO New York City
- Ward Nasse Gallery, Prince Street, SOHO, NYC, Summer 1996
- Kresge Art Center, East Lansing Michigan, One Man Show,
1991
- Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
Group Exhibition, 1989
- Group Exhibition: Albania 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987.