Name: Ilir
Surname: Kaso
Date of birth: 09/05/1982
Address: PO Box 8302, Tiranë, Albania
Cel.: + 355 067 2222570
E-mail: i_kaso@hotmail.com
Mother tongue: Albanian
Other languages: English, Italian

EDUCATION

• 1996-2000 / Arts school “Jordan Misja”, Tirana, Albania
• 2001-2005 / University of Arts, Tirana, Albania
• 2011- 2013 (expected) / MSc in Anthropology, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Art Studies, Tirana, Albania.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• 2006 - currently / Lecturer in the Graphic department, University of Arts, Tirana, Albania.

AWARDS

• 2012 / Winner of “BEST ANIMATION FILM” Prize in “Albania Film Festival”.
• 2010 / Winner of “BEST IMAGE” on “AniFest ROZAFA” International Children’s Animation Film Festival, 1st Edition.
• 2009 / Winner of “PUBLIC AWARD” on “TIFF” Tirana International Film Festival 7th Edition.
• 2007 / Albanian Mobile Communications award for the Best Contemporary Artist, National Competition.
• 2005 / Winner of the “Special Diploma” for experimental in graphic and drawing animation, International Festival of animation “Ballkanima”, 2nd edition.

CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

• 2013 / Solo exhibition in Beton7Gallery, Athens, Greece.
• 2013 / International jury member in ANIBAR, International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo.
• 2013 / Participant in 8th Konitsas Sumer School in Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans. University of Ioannina, Greece.
• 2013 / Participant in 7th ANIMART, organiser of the workshop in pihole photography, Monodendri, Greece.
• 2013 / Group exhibition, in “Poétique du Temps”, curated by Anne Jean-Richard, Martigny, Switzerland.
• 2012 / Group exhibition "Concrete Mushroom" Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland.
• 2012 / Solo exhibition “Oxymoron” in Lokal - int, Biel, Switzerland.
• 2012 / Participant in 7th Konitsas Sumer School in Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans. University of Ioannina, Greece.
• 2012 / Group exhibition "D case" curated by Ardian Isufi, Hekla Center, Tirana Albania
• 2012 / Solo exhibition "Reality dreamers" curated by Ardian Isufi. Fap Gallery, University of Arts, Tirana, Albania.
• 2012 / Group exhibition "Udha" curated by Suzana Varvarica Kuka, Tirana, Albania.
• 2011 / Group exhibition "Guri Madhi" curated by Suzana Varvarica Kuka, Korca, Albania.
• 2011 / Group exhibition "My Odisea" Hekla center, curated by Ardian Isufi, Tirana, Albania.
• 2011 / Participant in Balkan Snapshots Festival, Kriterion, Amsterdam, Holland.
• 2011 / Participant in "Dokufest", Prizren, Kosovo.
• 2011 / Participant in Fototage, “Journées photographiques de Bienne”, curated by Hélène Joye-Cagnard and Catherine Kohler, Bile, Switzerland, www.jouph.ch
• 2011 / Part of the project "Individual Utopias Now and Then”, participant in the 1st workshop "Memory revived", Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina.
• 2011 / Participant in “Ardhje” exhibition organized by Tika, curated by Tina Finnäs, Tirana, Albania.
• 2011 / Participant in the 1st workshop “Who is afraid of the big bad crises” Skopje, Macedonia.
• 2011 February / Video art in Experimental Dance Theatre “ Ne-Ku-Nder” “ We Against”, Tirana, Albania.
• 2010 / Participant in the 1st Edition on “Albanian Film Festival” Skopje, Macedonia.
• 2010 / Participant in the 1st Edition on “AniFest ROZAFA”(International Children’s Animation Film Festival) Shkodra, Albania, Winner of “BEST IMAGE”
• 2010 / Participant in Council of Ministers of Culture of South East Europe, Cetinje, Montenegro.
• 2009 / Participant in the 7th Edition on “TIFF 2009” (Tirana International Film Festival) Tirana, Albania, Director, scripter, animator of the animation movie “ THE CAMION”. Winner of “PUBLIK AWARD”