Homeward
– Celebrating 10 Years of the Art House-
Shkodër, Albania |13.09.2025 – 13.10.2025
Opening: Saturday 13.09.2025, at 18:00, Radio Shkodra (Sheshi Demokracia 22)
Artists: Abi Shehu, Alket Frashëri, Alketa Ramaj, Bib Frrokaj, Bora Baboçi, Doruntina Kastrati, Edson Luli, Elsamina Musiq, Elton Gllava, Erdiola Kanda Mustafaj, Ergys Vela, Erjola Zhuka, Fatlum Doçi, Haveit Collective, Iva Lulashi, Jetmir Idrizi, Jona Krasniqi, Jozefina Vokrri, Laura Paja, Lek M. Gjeloshi, Lori Lako, Luka Cvetkovich, Marina Sula, Marlin Dedaj, Nazli Moripek, Nora Bzheta, Orestia Kapidani, Remijon Pronja, Samela Balazi, Saša Tatić, Silva Agostini, Stefano Romano, Xhulian Millaj
The Art House celebrates its tenth anniversary with Homeward, a citywide exhibition exploring memory, identity, and belonging. Bringing together 33 artists across five venues in Shkodër, the exhibition reflects on a decade of shared growth while envisioning the future of the Art House as a living, evolving part of the community.
Unfolding as a constellation of voices and practices including painting, performance, installation, sculpture, and moving image, Homeward addresses urgent and intimate themes such as displacement, borders, climate justice, love, and domestic violence. The participating artists return after having taken part in the Art House School residency, a program based on peer-to-peer learning, reflection, and exchange across the region. The exhibition also pays tribute to Ferdinand Paci (1940–1975), presenting his drawings fifty years after his passing. His presence serves as both guest and host, bridging generations and linking memory, legacy, and continuity within the broader narrative of the Art House.
For this special occasion, Homeward expands beyond its original home to four partner institutions and introduces a new cultural venue for the city: the Radio Shkodra building, is transformed for the first time into a cultural venue and a living historical exhibit for the first time. Homeward is a symbolic journey back to the roots of what first set everything in motion, while opening space to ask: can we imagine the next ten years? Perhaps not entirely. But certainly yes.