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ABOUT HELIDON XHIXHA
Helidon Xhixha has, in recent decades, affirmed his position as a leading figure in today’s contemporary art scene, with his work going on to receive much critical success on an international platform. Upon discussing Xhixha’s iconic stainless steel sculptures, the prominent Italian art critic Luca Beatrice is quoted as calling the artist “one of the most interesting sculptors on the contemporary scene”. Currently based in Milan and Dubai, Xhixha holds a prestigious role in the international art scene sharing his innovative vision and technique through monumental examples of public art and redefining the relationship between a sculpture and its environment.
Having inherited a passion for the arts from his father, Helidon Xhixha took the decision to study in Italy, where he was able to develop his technique whilst at Milan’s prestigious Brera Art Academy. In 1998 the artist was awarded a scholarship to attended London’s Kingston University where he was given the opportunity to work with new materials, including stainless steel, that would go on to become the signature medium through which he would lay down his artistic legacy over a 15 year period. Throughout his artistic trajectory, Xhixha’s three-dimensional stainless steel sculptures have shed light upon the inherent relationship between the artwork and its surrounding environment. As famously stated by Xhixha, “I don’t sculpt materials; rather I use materials to sculpt light.”
Ever since his academic years, Helidon Xhixha has been commissioned to design works in various countries across Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States. One of Helidon Xhixha’s most prolific artworks was included in the Cornice Venice International Art Fair in June 2007 to pay tribute to the victims of 9/11. The 6-meter high installation, depicting the American flag as two towers, was titled “The Renaissance of the twin towers” and has since been displayed in numerous cultural capitals such as Florence and Berlin as a reflection of our desire for hope and optimism.
In 2015 Helidon Xhixha’s symbolism and artistry was famously included during the 56th Venice Biennale; representing the Syrian pavilion. Helidon Xhixha’s floating installation “ICEBERG”, a four-meter high stainless steel sculpture, captivated audiences, garnering much attention from industry professionals and the media alike; as it floated through the Canal Grande and the Venetian lagoon. This outstanding reflective sculpture made a statement for global warming and the potential impact it could have on a place such as Venice in the near future.
Soon after, Helidon Xhixha exhibited a contemporary response to Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” titled “Everlasting” at Milan-Malpensa Airport. Twelve pillars made of polished stainless steel stood before twelve panels depicting The Last Supper painting. Each stainless steel column designed to represents one of the twelve apostles standing firmly in place around the largest, central figure, Jesus Christ, in perfect symmetry. Contrasting these slick objects, Xhixha has created a column made of dull, browned Corten steel to depict Judas, the traitor. A juxtaposition of materials highlights the themes of good versus evil, eminent notions within da Vinci’s masterpiece. Featured in such a prominent exhibition space the installation was viewed by some 20 million passing spectators.
In 2016 Xhixha’s success from the previous year lead him to present a major solo exhibition entitled “Shining rock” in the historical town of Pietrasanta on the coast of Northern Tuscany. The artworks were designed and placed across the town to accentuate Pietrasanta’s beauty and rich history. The reflective nature of the work drew over 50,000 visitors during a period of 4 months, who travelled to admire the visually striking sculptures made using marbles - coming from the Cervaiole quarry, Monte Altissimo - bronze and stainless steel. By paying homage the famous history and tradition of marble sculpting in the area, Helidon Xhixha not only made works that were relevant to their setting, but he presented a shift in his practice where he moved beyond the use of stainless steel and into the realms of exploring materials taken directly from the Earth.
During the same year Helidon Xhixha was given the ‘Public medal Award’ for Best Installation at the first ever London Design Biennale. The event at Somerset House exhibited Xhixha’s installation titled “Bliss” in the central forecourt, the most prominent location in Somerset House. Within this exhibition, that included works coming from 37 different countries inspired by the theme of Utopia, the public had the opportunity to interact, socialize and self-reflect with his sculpture. This installation was sought to blur the line between art and design in order to create a stimulating and progressive experience of Plato’s concept of ‘Utopia’ as an individual and a community in an ideal city.
The summer of 2017 Helidon Xhixha, invited in person by the Director of the Uffizi Galleries, Eike Schmidt, unveils a major new exhibition set within the stunning scenery of the Boboli Garden’s in Florence. For this exhibition the artist has sought to explore the deeply complex themes of Chaos and Order, by taking inspiration from nature and sacred geometry. The exhibition can be understood as being split into two separate sections, where a clearly discernable difference between the worlds of chaos and order are apparent. In the Limonaia of the Boboli Garden’s the artist has looked to nature in order to discover Chaos. By taking inspiration from the crystal caves of Naica, Mexico, Xhixha has designed a complex response to the seemingly random selenite formations.
For the artist’s response to Order, monumental structures have been placed in prominent outdoor locations around the Boboli Gardens, inspired by sacred geometric principles, whose roots are again found in nature. Perhaps most striking of all are the large-scale sculptures placed in front of the Palazzo Pitti; Conoscenza and Infinito. Situated at either side of the palace entrance, these works display intricate levels of geometric regularity that instantly capture the viewer’s attention.In 2019, two major open-air exhibitions, Riflessi di Luce, curated by Eike Schmidt, presenting twenty monumental sculptures throughout the city of Lugano and Steel and Stone, held in the city of Forte dei Marmi, featuring a series of monumental sculptures by Helidon Xhixha made in stainless steel and marble.
In July 2019 Helidon Xhixha presents an environmental project called “The Twin Bottles: Message in a Bottle” in collaboration with photographer Giacomo Braglia. The monumental installation features two stainless steel bottles floating on the Venice Grand Canal in front of the Vendrain Calergi Palace creating awareness on plastic pollution in the oceans. The site specific environmental installation is designed to remain in water and to tour the world due to its ability to adapt continuously to the environment in which it is hosted, generating a new work of art on each occasion while renewing its symbolic meaning.
On invitation by the National Institute of Contemporary Art, Helidon Xhixha installs nine monumental sculptures in the historic city center of Casale Monferrato in a solo Open Air exhibition entitled “Casale Risplende”. The exhibition held from October 2020 to February 2021 is curated by Anselmo Villata.In December 2020, “Luce, La rinascita di Venizia” curated by Klodian Dedja, witnesses six monumental installations placed at the Arsenale of Venice in occasion of an exhibition evoking rebirth and reawakening after the global pandemic.
Xhixha embraces the role of the monument not only as a solid, physical object but also as a reflection and abstraction of our external environment. His artistic trajectory has redefined the boundaries of contemporary sculpting and will continue to reshape our vision in the coming years.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Trails of Light, Porto Cervo, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy.
IMPRINT, Firetti Contemporary Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
Unione di Luce, Italian Embassy in Tirana, Albania.
Reflexes: Sculture di Luce, 50 Anni di Forme nel Verde 2021, San Quirico d'Orcia, Siena, Italy.
2020
Spaces of Light, Imago Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland. Ghiacciai d'Acciaio, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Casale Risplende, Casale Monferrato, Italy.
Luce: La Rinascita di Venezia, Arsenale di Venezia, Italy.
2019
Steel and Stone: The Energy of Matter, Forte dei Marmi, Italy Lugano: Riflessi di Luce, Città di Lugano, Switzerland.
2017
Helidon Xhixha: In Ordine Sparso, Boboli Garden, Florence, Italy
Volare Arte 2017, Monumental Exhibition, Pisa Airport, Florence Airport, Italy.
2016
Shining Rock, Bozzetti Museum, Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi, Lido di Camaiore, Italy Refractive Vibes, ContiniArtUK, London, UK
Captured Radiance, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Action and Thought, The Royal Palace Museum, Turin, Italy
Luce in Giardino, Hotel Cristallo, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
2015
Helidon Xhixha: Everlasting – Homage to Leonardo da Vinci “The Last Supper”, La Porta di Milano, Malpensa Airport, Terminal 1, Milan, Italy
Fashion and Art, La Tenda Experience, Expo Milano 2015, Milan, Italy
Helidon Xhixha, St. Regis Resort, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Nutrirsi d’Arte, Banca Mediolanum, Padua, Italy
Expo Arte Italiana, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Varedo, Italy
Monolite d’Acciaio, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Bal Harbour, Florida, USA
2014
Mostra di Sculture, Palazzo Mantegazza, Lugano, Switzerland
Helidon Xhixha at Art Wynwood, Lausberg Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA Sculpting Light, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany
A Light in the Space, Houses of Art Gallery, Marbella, Spain Oceano, Muse Sales Gallery, Sunny Isles Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
2013
Energia dell’Acciaio attraverso l’Arte, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
Light in Paris, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
The Moulding Power of Light, La Galerie Nationale, Dubai, UAE
Echo Brickell, Sales Center’s Launch Party, Miami, USA
Les Arts dans l’habitation, Continental Art Gallery, Port de Plaisance, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Contemporary Art at Its Best, Houses of Art Marbella, Marbella, Spain
Light in Miami, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
20 Anni di Electronic Art Café, E.A.C. Performance, Bologna, Italy
ARTISSIMA, solo booth installation, Gallery on the Move, Turin, Italy
International Art Fair Vienna, solo booth installation, Gallery on the Move, Vienna, Austria
2012
Riflessi di Storia, Presidential Palace of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Sound of Steel, Museo del Violino, Stradivari Foundation, Cremona, Italy Sculpting Declinations, Fienil Arte, Pietrasanta, Italy
MiART, solo booth installation, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Riflessi dal Cielo, Palazzo della Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy
Gateway of Light, AD Magazine, Milan, Italy
2011
Elliptical Light, Hotel Melia, Dubai
Lampi di Luce in Città, Marco Monti Art Gallery, Monza, Italy
Lampi di Luce in Città—Una città Museo, Municipality of Monza, Monza, Italy
ART Verona, solo booth installation, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
Summer Show, Houses of Art, Marbella Club Hotel, Marbella, Spain
The Moulding Power of Light, Ex-Convento S. Lucia e Agata, Matera, Italy
Luce d’Estate, Spirale Milano, Marina di Varazze, Varazze, Italy
Plasmare la Forma attraverso la Luce, Progetto Artevita, Matera, Italy
The Solo Project, De Primi Fine Art Gallery, St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
Modellare la Luce attraverso l’Acciaio, Villa Durazzo, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genoa, Italy
2010
Renaissance of Towers – Il Peso del Palio, Piazza IV November, Legnano, Italy Light as steel, Galleria Como Arte, Como, Italy
Acciaio e Kauri, Museo del Legno, Riva 1920, Cantù, Como, Italy
La Forza del Metallo, Mazzoleni Art Gallery, Forte Village Resort, Sardinia, Italy Il Peso del Palio, Banca di Legnano, Legnano, Italy
Energie, Museum Magi ‘900, Bologna, Italy
Luce, Castelmonastero, Colonna del Grillo, Siena, Italy
Renaissance of Towers - Leggero Come l’Acciaio, Mazzoleni Art Gallery, Bergamo, Italy
2009
Leggero come l’Acciaio, Piazza Alessandro Volta, Galleria ComoArte, Como, Italy
From Columbus to Columbus, Sala Verdi, Conservatorio di Milano, UECO Foundation, Milan, Italy
2008
Opere Monumentali, Golf Club Bogogno, Novara, Italy
Energy, Urban installations, Palazzo Melchionni, Alessandria, Italy
Tu vuoi essere Attore...o comparsa?, Barclays Premier, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy Renaissance of Towers, Brooks Brothers and Bang & Olufsen, Florence, Italy Renaissance of Towers, Stark, The Humboldt Transformer Station, Berlin, Germany
2006
Urban installations in the City of Novara, Novara, Italy Questura di Novara, Novara, Italy
2004
Luce, New Art Gallery, Borgomanero, Italy
2003
Horses, Personal Exhibition, Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Bad RagARTz 2018, 7th Swiss Triennal of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. NFT I IRL, Firetti Contemporary Gallery, Dubai, UAE.
2019
Texas Contemporary, IMAGO Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Grand Art, IMAGO Art Gallery, Milano, Italy.
2018
Biennale Architettura 2018 - 16th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy Bad RagARTz 2018, 7th Schweizeriche Triennale der Skulptur, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland Group exhibition, Casa della Consulenza – Banca Mediolanum, Milan, Italy
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
ArteFiera Bologna, Gallery On The Move, Bologna, Italy
Art Monte-Carlo, Cortesi Gallery (Milano), Montecarlo, Italy Grand Art, Imago Art Gallery (Lugano), Milano, Italy
Kunst, Imago Art Gallery (Lugano), Zurigo, Switzerland
2017
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
Arte Fiera Bologna, ContiniArtUK, Bologna, Italy
Made In Forte : Percorsi di Arte e di Luce, Forte dei Marmi, Italy
2016
Art Miami, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
London Design Biennale 2016, representing Albania, London, UK
Color and Matter, Promenade du Port, Porto Cervo, Italy
Hymn to Life, The Prize Mother Teresa of Calcutta, USA Pavilion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy ArtGeneve, Gallery on the Move, Geneva, Switzerland
WopArt, ContiniArtUK, Lugano, Switzerland
International Art Fair Warsaw, ContiniartUK, Warsaw, Poland
2015
56th Venice Biennale, Syrian Pavilion, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy
Art Miami, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
Breaking Through Miami, Charity auction, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Bal Harbour, Florida, USA Artissima, Gallery on the Move, Turin, Italy
Acquae, Venice 2015, Venice Pavillion, Expo 2015, Milan, Italy
Hymn to Life, The Prize Mother Teresa of Calcutta, USA Pavilion, Expo 2015; Milan, Italy
Art Market Budapest, Millenaris Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
Collective exhibition, Rosenberg Contemporary, St. Regis Bal Harbour; Bal Harbour, Florida, USA Art Southampton –Nova’s Ark Project, Southampton, New York, USA
Art Brussels, Gallery on the Move, Brussels, Belgium
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
From Enlightenment to Light, Miami Country Day School, Miami, Florida, USA
Art Wynwood, Rosenbaum Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA
Stemperando, International Bienniale of Artworks on Paper, Turin, Italy
Vicenza Oro, Monolite d’Acciaio, Vicenza, Italy
Art Stage Singapore, Contini Art UK, Singapore
Art in the Park, Muse Sunny Isles, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, USA
2014
Art Miami, Galerie Lausberg, Miami, Florida
At a Glance, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Cologne, Germany
Art Verona – Art Project Fair, Verona, Italy
Art Southampton, Lausberg Contemporary, Southampton, New York, USA
Mese della Cultura e della Lingua Italiana, Collective Exhibition of Italian Contemporary Artists, Yacht Club of Monaco, Principality of Monaco
Yachting and Art, Continental Art Fair Gallery, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Group exhibition, ContiniArtUK, London, UK
Art Cologne, Gallery on the Move, Cologne, Germany
MiART, Gallery on the Move, Milan, Italy
“All about these...Ladies and Gentlemen,” video screening, Co-Pilot Project, Istanbul, Turkey
2013
Art Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Principality of Monaco Art Miami, Galerie Lausberg, Florida, USA
Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE
First Friday Art Walk, Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
2012
Naturalmente, Italy-China Bienniale, Monza, Italy MiArt, Milan, Italy
Art Verona, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
2011
Art Paris, De Primi Fine Art Gallery, Paris, France
Strappi, Graffi e Bagliori, Galleria Mondo Arte, Milan, Italy
MiArt, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Art Monaco, Galleria Ferrari, Grimaldi Forum, Principality of Monaco
Tra le Briccole di Venezia, IMM Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Tra le Briccole di Venezia, Museum of Applied Arts (MAKK), Cologne, Germany
2010
IULM Open Air, IULM University, Milan, Italy
The Present and the Future, Mazzoleni Art Galery, Place du Manoir, Geneva, Switzerland Arte Verona, Galleria Ferrari, Verona, Italy
Chiedimi il Rosso, Overlook Centro d’Arte, Pistoia, Italy
Riflessi in Laguna, Le briccole di Venezia, Riva 1920, Venice, Italy
Riflessi in Laguna, Le briccole di Venezia, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
MiArt, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
2009
Luxury on the Lake, Galleria la Perla, Villa Erba, Como, Italy
9th Edition of the National Prize for Sculpture and Paintings, Salone Arengo, Palazzo Borletto, Novara, Italy
Art Verona, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
Blue Note, Emma Re’s Concert, Milan, Italy
Steel Walls, Salusperaquam XLVIII Fuorisalone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
MiArt, Spirale Milano, Milan, Italy
Steel Walls, BAU International Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, Munich, Germany
2008
ARTOUR-O MUST, International Culture Hall, Yiwu, China
ARTOUR-O MUST, Grand Hotel Minerva, Florence, Italy
Il Lusso delle Opere di Helidon Xhixha, BEspoke, Fair of Luxury, Milan, Italy
Arte Verona, Spirale Milano, Verona, Italy
ArteForte, Spirale Milano, Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy
Il Lago in Mostra: Passato, Presente e Futuro dell’Arte, Pallanza Villa Giulia, Verbania, Italy
2007
Renaissance of Towers, Cornice Art Fair, Venice, Italy
2002
Palazzo Borletto, Salone Arengo, Novara, Italy Luci ed Ombre, Galleria Magenta, Milan, Italy
2001
Agora Gallery, New York, NY, USA
One Company Brain, Think Finance, Milan, Italy Summer Show, Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan, Italy Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2000
Opened Factories, Procos Spa, Cameri, Italy
Nudo per l’Estate, Art and Culture, Milan, Italy
Black Health Gallery, London, UK
Art in the Park, Mulino Vecchio, Bellinzago Novarese, Italy
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Albania
Cosmic S, Zogu I Zi Square, Tirana
Omega Steel, CFO Pharma, Tirana
Riflessi di Storia, Presidential Palace, Tirana S Infinito, Tirana, Albania
France
Seahorse, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Côte d’Azur
Germany
Renaissance of Towers, STARK The Transformer Station Humboldt, Berlin
Italy
Airone, Magnani Ricotti, Square Novara
Bas-Relief, Marinone Square, San Pietro Mosezzo Cavallino Rampante, Ferrari Headquarters, Maranello
Everlasting, La Porta di Milano, Terminal 1, Malpensa Airport, Milan Horses, Martiri della Libertà Square, Banca Popolare di Intra, Novara Iceberg, Venice Biennale, San Servolo Island, Venice
Light and Shade, Gemine Muse, Novara
Light Collision, Lombardy Regional Government Building, Milan
Lighted Runways, Terminal 1, Malpernsa Airport, Milan
Luce sulla Laguna, Centurion Palace, Venice
Monolite d’Acciaio, Leonardo Da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology, Milan Oceano, 24th Edition of FAI Day (Italian Environmental Fund)
Pillars of Light, Venice Biennale, San Servolo Island, Venice
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Alessandro Volta Square, Como
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Corso Umberto I, Stresa
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), de’ Rucellai Square, Florence
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), IV Novembre Square, Legnano
Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Provincial Authorities Bld, Bergamo Renaissance of Towers (Travelling Installation), Vigili del Fuoco Square, Milan
Renaissance of Towers, Santa Maria Novella Square, Florence
Riflessi dal Cielo, Lombardy Regional Government Building, Milan
Steel and Kauri, Riva 1920, The Museum of Wood, Via Milano 110, Cantù
Suono d’Acciaio, The Violin and Contemporary Art Museum, Stradivari Foundation, Cremona Testa di Cavallo, El Alamein Square, Novara
The Coil, Arvedi Steel Plant, Cremona
The Four Elements, Venice Biennale, San Servolo Island, Venice
Waterfalls, Giuseppe Bussolin Square, Padua
Oceano, Piazza XIV Magio, Marina di Pietrasanta (LU)
Radiant Energy, Olbia Airport, Olbia (SS)
Luce della Laguna, Olbia Airport, Olbia (SS)
Riflessi di Luna, Linate Airport, Linate (MI), Italy
The Twin Bottles. Message in a Bottle, Helidon Xhixha and Jack Braglia, Ca’ Vendramin Calergi and The Arsenale of Venice, Venice, Italy.
The Twin Bottles. Message in a Bottle, Helidon Xhixha and Jack Braglia, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Principality of Monaco
Vela, New Yacht Club de Monaco, Monaco
Switzerland
Mantegazza, Palazzo Mantegazza, Riva Paradiso, Lugano Riflessi Lunari, Helsinn Healthcare SA, Pazzallo
The Three Monoliths, Montanstahl Headquarters, Stabio. Big Data, Parco Ciani, Luano
UAE
Elliptical Light, Grand Hotel Melia, Port Rashid, Dubai
USA
Endless Melody, Melody Tower, Miami
Light Gate, Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Oceano, Muse Sunny Isles Sales Gallery, Sunny Isles Beach The Mirror, The Atrium Building, Miami
The Wall, Bayfront Park, Miami
Thunder Light, St. Regis, Bal Harbour
COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUM
Albania
Presidential Palace, Tirana
France
Pierre Cardin, Paris
Italy
Arvedi Group, Cremona
Associazione “Ali Spahia”, Milan
Banca Mediolanum, Padua
Ferrari Headquarters, Maranello, (MO)
Francesca Rava Foundation, Milan
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa
Henraux Foundation, Lucca
Humanitas Foundation, Milan
Laureus Foundation, Milan
Luciano Pavarotti Foundation, Milan
MediaFriends Onlus, Milan
Municipality of Legnano, (MI)
Municipality of Novara, Giulio Cesare Project, Novara Municipality of San Pietro Mosezzo, (NO)
Municipality of Stresa, (NO)
Museo del Legno Riva, Cantù
Museo del Violino, Stradivari Foundation, Cremona
Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci”, Milan Museo Magi 900, Bologna
Regione Lombardia, Milan
Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa
Roma Foundation, Rome
San Patrignano Foundation, San Patrignano (RN)
Veneto Banca, NovaraPrincipality of Monaco
Yacht Club Monaco
Qatar
Qatar Foundation, Doha
Switzerland
Helsinn Corporate, Lugano Montanstahl Group, Stabio Palazzo Mantegazza, LuganoUAE
Grand Melia Hotel, Dubai Suwaidi Group, Abu Dhabi
USA
Diabetes Research Institute, Miami, Florida Melo Group, Miami, Florida
Property Markets Group, Miami, Florida St. Regis Hotel, Bal Harbour, FloridaThe Atrium Building, Miami, Florida
AWARDS
2017
London Design Biennale, Public Medal for best installation, London, UK
2016
Cultural Classic Award 2016, Premio Eccellenze, Naples, Italy
2009
Lifetime Achievement Award, ninth Edition of the National Art Award, City of Novara, Italy Organized by the artistic and cultural association Art Action, under the patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and culture of the Piedmont Region, the Province of Novara and FIAF (Italian Federation of Photographic Association)2003
First Prize for “Light and Shade”, 2nd Edition of the “Gemine Muse Young Artists in Italian Museums”, Novara, Italy
Excellent Photographer Award, 6th Edition China Jinan International Photography Biennale, ChinaSELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Helidon Xhixha: Spaces of Light, solo exhibition catalogue, Imago art Gallery, Lugano, Bandecchi e Vivaldi, Pontedera, 2020
Helidon Xhixha and Jack Braglia, The Twin Bottles: Message in a Bottle, Venice, P. Bonvicini, Peruzzo Editoriale, Padua, 2019.
Helidon Xhixha: Steel and Stone, exhibition catalogue, Forte dei Marmi, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, Pontedera, Italy, 2019Helidon Xhixha: Riflessi di Luce, exhibition catalogue (Lugano, Switzerland), Peruzzo Editore, Padua, Italy, 2019
Helidon Xhixha: In Ordine Saprso, exhibition catalogue, Firenze Musei, Galleria degli Uffizi, (Florence, Italy) essays by Eike Schmidt, Bianca Maria Landi, Diego giolitti, Sillabe 2017. Helidon Xhixha: Shining Rock, exhibition catalogue (Pietrasanta, Italy) essays by Luca Beatrice, Pacini Editore, Pisa, 2016.Helidon Xhixha: Refractive Vibes, exhibition catalogue (London, UK) essays by Richard Cork, London, Contini Art UK, London, 2016.
Helidon Xhixha: Everlasting. L’Ultima Cena, exhibition catalogue, (Milan, Italy), edited by Luciano Bolzoni, Idesia, Trento, 2015.All the World’s Futures, 56th Venice Biennale Catalogue, Venice, Italy, 2015.
Helidon Xhixha: Plasmare la forma attraverso la luce, essays by Francesco Poli, Carlo
Cambi Editore, Poggibonsi, (Siena), 2011.
Helidon Xhixha: Leggero come l’acciaio, essay by Badellino Enrico, Skira Editore, Milan, 2009.
