Silva Agostini born 1979 in Tirana, is a multimedia artist living and working in Berlin. She attended the Academy of Arts in Tirana and the Berlin University of the Arts, where she graduated as master student in 2005.

Her works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany and Europe, including: Elevation 1049, Draussenstadt – Call for action, the National Gallery Tirana, Bazament Tirana, Belvedere 21 Wien, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Basis Frankfurt, Grieder Contemporary Zürich, Macedonian Museum of contemporary art Thessaloniki, the Muzeul National de arta contemporana Bucharest, Gallery Isabella Czarnowska Berlin, Kunstsammlung Gera, as well as at the Tirana Biennale. She received the Onufri Award in 2014 and has attended the TICA Residency in 2016 and the Art House in Shkodra 2018. She is a founding member of the project space “Very” in Berlin.

1998-99  Studium an der Akademie der Künste Tirana
1999-04  Studium an der Universität der Künste Berlin
2004-05  Meisterschülerin - Universität der Künste Berlin
2005-07  Kunst im Kontext - Studium an der Universität der Künste Berlin 
2018 - 2021  Mitbegründerin und Mitglied der Project Space “Very” Berlin

Förderungen und Residenzen 

2021      Draussenstadt - Berliner Projektfonds Urbane Praxis
2021      Recherchestipendium – Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa 
2018      Arte Polino Residency, Basilicata 
2017      Arthouse Residency, Shkodra
2016      TICA Residency, Tirana
2014      ONUFRI  Award, Tirana
2008     Artist-in-residence, City of Gera
2007-08   NaFöG Fellowship 

Einzelausstellungen 

2022   Three Times Black, Harabel Contemporary Art Platform Tirana / Manifesta 14  
2021    Music Requisites, (intervention in public space) Berlin Kreuzberg
2018    With open eyes, with eyes closed, Bazament, Tirana 
2016    Forms of Presence, Miza Gallery, Tirana 
2014    on display, Basis, Frankfurt 
2013    Kino der Kunst, Gallery Jo Van de Loo, München 
2012    Perp Walk, TÄT Berlin
2011     Steady Cadence, Gallery Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
2009   Am hellichten Tag, Gallery Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin 
            Zwischen den Zeilen, Kunstsammlung Gera, Gera
2008   Obstacle, TÄT, Berlin

Gruppenausstellungen 

2023  Elevation 1049, Luma Foundation, Gstaad 
           Silver Lining, Bazament, Tirana
2021   Ambitions, National Gallery Tirana & National Gallery Pristina  
2019   As seen in Demi-gross, Kwadrat, Berlin 
          Dal Tempo Fossile - Matera 2019/ Artepollino Latronico 
2018  Ex Gratia, Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone, Milano, 
          Conteso 2018, Edolo, 
          Like Quack Grass, Bar Babett Berlin 
2016  TICA Residency Final Exhibition, Tirana 
2015  This is not a Palm Tree, Neurotitan, Berlin
          Grieder Contemporary, Zurich
2014  Hausbesetzung, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
          Le Ping Le Pong, Gallery Jo van de Loo, München
          je ne sais quoi III, Berlin
2013  Praise of Doubt, Onufri Preise, National Gallery, Tirana 
          Pieces, Kwadrat, Berlin 
          Save as, science, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin
2012  Once Upon, Kunstverein Arnsberg
          Berlin Status, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
          Berliner Zimmer, Kunstpavillon Beograd/Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb 
2011   Halleluhwah! Hommage à CAN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 
          Lo Stupore, Associazione Marco Magnani award, Sassari 
          Baumann & Fuchs, Anton von Werner Haus, Berlin
          Berlin Passage, Muzeul National de arta contemporana, Bukarest
          Berlin Passage, Macedonian Museum of contemporary art, Thessaloniki
2010  Envos Preis Junge Kunst 2010, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
          Ein Fest für Boris Akt 1 und 2, Vittorio Manalese gallery, Berlin
          AKA SYMBOL II und II, HBC, Berlin Forgotten bar Project, Berlin
          Das Geschehen 2, Appartment, Berlin
          Salon Österreich zu Gast, Kunstverein Aschersleben
2009  Berlin Meets Vienna, Salon Österreich, Vienna
          Dank an, Czarnowska gallery, Berlin
          Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin
          Tirana Biennale 4, Tirana
2008  Galerie Andata Ritorno, Geneva
           5. Biennale des Arts, Tunis
           Knorke Gören, KWADRAT, Berlin
           My Space, Galerie Fap, Tirana
           My Space, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
           Constructed Space, Deutsche Welle, Berlin

Screening 

2019    Schermo del Arte, Art House Shkodra
            Dejuner avec Marubi, Belvedere 21/Museum of Contemporary Art Wien
2017    Acts and Practices, Moves #162, Image Movement, Berlin         
2018    9 hours Away – Screening at Pica, Portland 
2016    Davor, Freilichtkino Weißensee, Berlin

Film Festivals

2018  Film Festival Oberhausen, Image Movement Program Selection 

Kollektionen

Collection of the National Gallery of Arts Tirana