TIRANA, June 11 /ATA/ Painter Kleo Nini’s exhibition, ‘A Life Between Film and Painting,’ celebrated its opening last night at the Galery of Fine Arts in Tirana.
Curated by Genti Gjikola and supported by the Central State Film Archive, this exhibition—graced by the artist himself at its opening—will remain at GAT until June 30. It charts the journey of a creative life spent navigating between canvas and cinema, blending tangible landscapes with the cinematic imagination. While mediums and functions shift, Nini’s unwavering faith in the drawn line as the most direct tool for understanding the world remains constant.
Spanning film and painting, his creative practice encompasses a diverse range of disciplines, including painting, drawing and costume and poster design.
Kleo Nini graduated in painting from the Higher Institute of Arts in Tirana in 1968. For decades, Kleo Nini worked at the “New Albania” Film Studio, in an environment where some of the most important names in Albanian visual culture of the second half of the 20th century operated. In addition to landscapes of different regions, his creativity also developed in the designs of costumes and film sets. He is the director of photography in several Albanian movies. /a.f/r.e/p.s./
