HER SPOTLIGHT
9TH EDITION
We are very excited to announce and share with you the theme of 2024 and the 9th edition of the Festival of Murals “HER SPOTLIGHT”, where we will be promoting and putting in the ‘spotlight’ our local female artists, with their creative ideas and visions birthed into magnificent murals and other eventful projects.
More to come soon…
ARTISTS
EMONA DEDA
HAVEIT
EMILY HERR
ANTIKA VESELI
MADE BY STERN
ARBESA MUSA
ELBA GASHI
LEBIBE TOPALLI
EMONA DEDA
|MURAL FEST KOSOVA| HER SPOTLIGHT | EMONA DEDA|
As we are inching closer to the start of this year’s festival “HER Spotlight”, we are excited to start showcasing the lineup of artists that will be working to express their artistic concepts, contributing to the theme of the 9th edition, women.
Emona Deda is the first artist to be presented on the 9th edition’s lineup for “HER Spotlight”
Emona is one of our very successful local artists, that impresses us with all her work in several murals.
At just 23 years old, with a promising background in art and beyond, she will be gracing our line up and creating beautiful and meaningful expressions of her ideas.
#muralfestkosova #herspotlight #9thedition
HAVEIT
| MURAL FEST KOSOVA | HER SPOTLIGHT | HAVEIT | LINE UP | ARTIST |
We hope you’re ready for some female rage, because we’re happy to show it to you
Introducing @HAVEIT, a collective of 4 young women; Alketa Sylaj, Hana Qena, Vesa Qena and Lola Syla, who fight against discrimination and prejudice of any kind, including the oppression of women, nationalism and LGBTQ+ discrimination, through different artistic performances.
HAVEIT’s diligence and desire to bring forward injustice, showcase an emotive experience when witnessing their performances, which inspire us to see through the everyday problems different groups of individuals face in today’s society.
Their work remains a huge inspiration to us, and that is why they are our next artists to participate in the 9th edition’s lineup of MuralFest, “HER Spotlight”. The ideologies of HAVEIT are tied closely to this year’s theme and their artistic outputs in fighting for women’s rights create a strong example of female power in our tapestry of existence.
Join us in celebrating @haveeit‘s work and their performance in this year’s festival – “HER Spotlight”
EMILY HERR
| MURAL FEST KOSOVA | HER SPOTLIGHT | EMILY HERR | LINE UP | ARTIST |
A familiar face is on the horizon to join us!!
Emily Herr, an artist we know and love, is returning to Kosovo to be on this year’s edition of MuralFest!
Emily (@herrsuite) is an acclaimed mural artist based in Richmond, always giving life to the murals of her making. Her knowledge of art makes her work incredible to witness.
She has created murals in a multitude of places, counting even in our own colorful Ferizaj. Her experimental and flexible take on projects makes her an adaptable professional, taking every task with immense energy and ethic.
As mentioned above, this will be Emily’s second time collaborating with MuralFest, which makes us very content and excited for another successful project ahead!
ANTIKA VESELI
| MURAL FEST KOSOVA | HER SPOTLIGHT | ANTIKA VESELI | LINE UP | ARTIST |
We are almost halfway through the lineup for Mural Fest’s 9th edition “Her Spotlight”!
We meet Antika again, but this time she’s solo!
She joined our lineup a few years back in a group format, and even had her first experience with mural creations in 2019 with Mural Fest, on a project themed “Tolerance”. She has worked on many murals within a group and by herself, and this year she joins the other women as part of the lineup!
Antika is a vastly talented artist, having personalized her style, which is prominently showcased in her murals.
At just 21, Antika counts numerous murals around Ferizaj and beyond. With her work over the years being constantly displayed by Mural Fest, she will be adding one more to that list.
MADE BY STERN
| MURAL FEST KOSOVA | HER SPOTLIGHT | MADE BY STERN | LINE UP | ARTIST |
From Switzerland with love!
We welcome Krystel Suire, or as we know her, Made By Stern (@madebystern) to our lineup!
Being halfway through the lineup makes us very excited to get closer and closer to the Festival!
And we are thrilled to present you with Made By Stern, a Swiss artist living between Prishtina, Tirana and the rest of the world!
Her love for love, music and art have compiled her into an ecstatic artist portraying an array of colors and feels into her work!
We are very happy to have Krystel as part of our lineup this year, and her artistic expression to be showcased to us!
ARBESA MUSA
| MURAL FEST KOSOVA | HER SPOTLIGHT | HAVEIT | LINE UP | ARTIST |
We want to welcome Arbesa Musa to our lineup!
Arbesa is a multidisciplinary artist that works with different techniques and mediums such as painting, sculpture, sound, performance, text, installation and more.
Fragments of the daily life and her experiences as a woman are the main themes of her work. Gender, landscapes and memories take huge role in her research. She is also very connected to her motherland and concentrated in storytelling different topics that marked her life.
One of the themes Arbesa has been working on lately is traditional art or craft art, such as embroidery and weaving, which for her represents a dialogue with all the other women who worked with thread before her and were left out of art and education history.
