Ibrahim Kodra

Who was Ibrahim Kodra?

Ibrahim Shaban Likmetaj Kodra was an Albanian artist. He was born in Ishëm, Albania. In 1938, he went to Italy to study at the Fine Arts University, where he won a scholarship from the Italian government as an emerging talent.

In 1944 he opened his first workshop in Milan; in 1948 he opened a personal and group exposition in the "Art Club" in Rome, where he met Pablo Picasso. In 1950 he painted frescos 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 del Disegno in Chiavari.

He had many other personal expos all around the world, including:

⁕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 Pristina.

⁕Personal expos in Princess Hall in New York, "2D Gallery" in Sassari.

His works are in the Museum of Vatican, in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament in Rome, in private collections all around the world. In 1996 he won the “Honour of the nation” award from Albania, and in 1997, shortly after painting Albania Fantastica he was given a diplomatic passport to the Republic of Albania.