Lori Lako was born in Pogradec, Albania in 1991, currently lives and works in Florence, Italy. She received a BFA in painting (2012) and MA in Visual Arts and New Expressive Styles (2017) from the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. In 2015, she was a recipient of the Erasmus scholarship and studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich. In 2020, she was the winner of the Ardhje, Young Visual Artists Award, organised by Zeta Gallery, Tirana.
Recent shows and projects include: Assuming we can reach the sky, Residency Unlimited, New York, 2022, (USA);
Klosterwiesgasse 74 / Ich höre einen Vogel Klagen – I hear a bird lament, a project by Styria-Artist-in-Residence, (St.A.i.R) & <rotor> association for contemporary art, Graz, 2021, (AT); Made in Italy, OFF, a project curated by Sergio Risaliti, Museo Novecento, Florence, 2020, (IT).
2023 Artists in Residence