New ASP 11 show!!
Join us this evening for the opening of our exhibition, Decagon 🛠️🎨🪵
🗓️ Private View: 30th Jan 6-9pm
Saturday 31st Jan & Sunday 1st Feb 10-5pm
📍ACME Studios, Glassyard
276 Oak Square, Stockwell, London SW9 9AW
(8 minute walk from Stockwell station)
Poster Design: @pedroresendezz@associate_studio_programme
TIRANA ART WEEKEND, Second Edition 2025
Where Do Thoughts Go? / Ku Enden Mendimet?
Invited by @shkodra_arthouse to be their representative artist🌟 Such an honour and immensely grateful - thank you for having me🧡
// The series follows the journey of thoughts as they move from mind to wall: from private reflection to a visible mark. Documenting graffiti across Prishtina, I observe spaces where voices take form - revealing the culture behind the society.
Through photo transfer onto wood, I preserve the paradox of a public diary, one that blurs the lines between confession and suppression. Some words are left to fade, others altered or covered - forming an ongoing cycle of disjointed communication. Though these surfaces continually shift, these pieces explore what endures within the city and in the minds of those who wrote or encountered them. \\
🗓️ 27-30th Nov ‘25
📍AVAN Villa (Institute for Integration of former political prisoners)
Curated by: @tea.paci@_stefanoromano
Public Event organised by: AVAN @albanianvisualartsnetwork
Photography: @zenialia_ Courtesy of AVAN
HOMEWARD, back in September 2025…
An exhibition celebrating 10 years of @shkodra_arthouse - bringing together 33 artists across four editions of the Art House School Residency.
Works were presented across various locations in Shkodër: ART HOUSE / CIVIC GALLERY OF SHKODRA / MARUBI NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY / OLD PACI HOUSE / RADIO SHKODRA / FRANCISCAN AUDITORIUM
Exhibited: The Rooms of Grand Hotel Prishtina, 2024
🗓️ 13 Sep - 13 Oct ‘25
📍Civic Gallery of Shkodra / Galeria e Arteve
Curated by: Luçjan Bedeni, Tea Paci, Zef Paci, Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou
Produced by: @kube_studios
Photography: (4,6) @milani_photography (5) @jetmiridrizi_jetko (8) Kube Studios Video Promo
MEET THE ARTIST
Jona Krasniqi is a London-born artist from Kosovo, who recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (UAL). Her practice encompasses both traditional and digital mediums, often repurposing her photographs. She has participated in several exhibitions across London, showcasing work that explores and documents the invisible weight of overlooked moments.
Jona Krasniqi është një artiste nga Kosova e lindur në Londër dhe e diplomuar së fundmi për Arte të Bukura në Central Saint Martins, Universiteti i Arteve të Londrës (UAL). Praktika e saj përfshin si mediumet tradicionale ashtu edhe ato dixhitale, shpesh duke i ripërdorur fotografitë e saj. Ajo ka marrë pjesë në disa ekspozita në Londër, duke shfaqur punë që eksplorojnë dhe dokumentojnë peshën e padukshme të momenteve të anashkaluara.
Where Do Thoughts Go? / Ku Enden Mendimet?
curated by/ kuruan nga Stefano Romano & Tea Paci
📍 AVAN Villa (Institute for Integration of former political prisoners)
🗓️Tirana Art Weekend
Opening: November 27th, 19:30
🔁On view until November 30th
Where Do Thoughts Go? / Ku Enden Mendiment?
curated by/ kuruar nga Stefano Romano & Tea Paci
📍 AVAN Villa (Institute for Integration of former political prisoners)
🗓️Tirana Art Weekend 2025 Opening: November 27th, 19:30 🔁On view until November 30th
Jona Krasniqi presents a new series tracing the journey of thoughts from mind to wall — moving from private reflection to visible mark. Documenting graffiti across Prishtina, she observes the places where voices take shape, revealing the cultural layers of the city.
Through photo transfers onto wood, she preserves the paradox of a public diary: words that fade, get altered, or are covered, forming an ongoing cycle of disjointed communication. Though these surfaces continually shift, these pieces explore what endures within the city and in the minds of those who wrote or encountered them.
The Rooms of Grand Hotel Prishtina nga Jona Krasniqi
@metalstems
📍 Galeria e Arteve në Shkodër
Jona Krasniqi është një artiste nga Kosova, e lindur në Londër dhe e diplomuar së fundmi për Arte të Bukura në Central Saint Martins, Universiteti i Arteve të Londrës (UAL).
Praktika e saj përfshin si mediumet tradicionale ashtu edhe ato dixhitale, shpesh duke i ripërdorur fotografitë e saj. Ajo ka marrë pjesë në disa ekspozita në Londër, duke shfaqur punë që eksplorojnë dhe dokumentojnë peshën e padukshme të momenteve të anashkaluara.
Në Homeward ajo vjen me The Rooms of Grand Hotel Prishtina që cek vulnerabilitetin e kohës dhe hapësirës në kapërcime të mëdha të historisë. Punët e saj mund t’i vizitoni në Galerinë e Arteve në Shkodër nga e hëna në të premte prej orës 09:00-16:00 dhe të shtunave prej 09:00-13:00.
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Me rastin e 10 vjetorit të Art House / On the Occasion of 10th Anniversary of Art House
Kuruar nga / Curated by
Luçjan Bedeni, Tea Paci, Zef Paci, Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou
@lucjan_bedeni@tea.paci@zefpaci@niovi_zc
Prodhuar nga / Produced by
@kube_studios
Në bashkëpunim me / In collaboration with
Galeria e Arteve e Shkodrës / Civic Gallery of Shkodër
Muzeu Kombëtar i Fotografisë “Marubi” / Marubi National Museum of Photography
Radio Shkodra
Auditori Françeskan / Franciscan Auditorium
Mbështetur nga / Supported by
@meki.gov.al@raiffeisen.invest.shqiperi@euinalbania@jkn.al@ambasadagjermanetirana@iictirana@goethezentrum_tirana@rtshqiptar@universiteti.luigj.gurakuqi@bashkia_shkoder@miramart_collection@mrizi_i_zanave
Thank you to everyone who came to our first ASP 11 open studio!! ⭐️ It meant so much to share our work and process with you <3 More to come!
@associate_studio_programme
Ghost Houses of Kosovo
8.3’’ x 5.8’’
Photograph Transfer on Acrylic Sheet
&
MDF Wooden Relief
(11-12th July 2025)
Our first ASP 11 Open Studios !! 🌞 Hope to see you there :) @associate_studio_programme
Friday, 11th July
5-9pm
Saturday, 12th July
2:30-5:30pm
📍Acme Studios, Glassyard, 276 Oak Square, SW9 9AW
Lovely poster design by: @pedroresendezz !!
I’m a London-born artist from Kosovo. My family fled right before the war in search of refuge, eventually settling in the UK. Over time, both personally and artistically, I’ve found myself returning to that past, seeking to understand its impact.
Much of my recent work centers on Kosovo’s brutalist architecture, particularly the remnants of Prishtina’s Grand Hotel. Despite the haunting traces of the 1998 war etched into its walls, it remains partially open and continues to welcome visitors - a poignant symbol of resilience and redemption.
As part of my research, I spoke with local residents and family members, gathering stories that stretched across decades. Isa Rexha, the hotel’s director who began working there as a young security guard, spoke about the hotel’s enduring place in the cultural life of Prishtina. His recollections of the early days, the pride he took in the building, and what it once represented - deepened my understanding of the hotel’s shifting role in Kosovo’s social, political and architectural history. He shared details that might have otherwise gone unrecorded, offering a perspective so valuable that I felt a responsibility to share it.
I hold closely the importance of contributing to ongoing conversations around preservation. Through intimate reflection and documentation, I aim to encourage deeper understanding - or at the very least, ensure the dialogue continues. Keeping the conversation alive is the only way to protect what might otherwise be lost.
CSM DEGREE SHOW WORK 2024
(3) Jesmonite model of The Grand Hotel of Prishtina, 2024
5’’ x 1.2 ‘’ x 3.5’’
(4) The Grand Hotel of Prishtina, 2024
8.3’’ x 1.3’’ x 11.7’’
Photograph Transfer onto MDF Wood
(5,6) The Rooms: Grand Hotel Prishtina, 2024
7.1” x 1.3” × 5.4”
Photograph Transfer onto MDF Wood
Wooden reliefs!
My process involves transferring my photographs onto sculptural forms. I apply these images onto MDF wood using photo-transfer techniques or project them directly onto the surface. I use a minimalistic approach to emphasise the structural depth of the architecture.
As Rachel Whiteread said, ‘Surfaces of daily life can disappear and reappear, bearing the traces of their previous lives.’
These projects give me the chance to place viewers in spaces they might not otherwise encounter. A chance to maybe feel those very ‘traces’ embedded in the details.
(5,6) Photo-transfer onto MDF Wood
(7) Projection onto MDF Wood
Heyy I’m Jona (@metalstems ) - ASP 11✴️I’ll be taking over for a bit! I’m excited to show you the kind of work I make, my process and what I’ve been working on since moving into the Stockwell studio!
… A bit about my practice!
I work with both traditional and digital mediums, often repurposing my photographs. Central to my practice is a desire to delineate and document the invisible weight of overlooked moments. Unravelling the past and longing for its preservation…
(1) Me !! photo by @samelabalazi
(2, 3) Twenty Four, 2022
16.2’’ x 11.5’’ - Photography and Projection of Animation onto Wood.
(4) Semblance, 2023
4’’ x 2.6’’ x 7.3’’ MDF Wood, HDF Wood - Removing the basic function of a window and our ability to see through it.
(5, 6) Echo, 2024
5’’ x 7’’ and 7’’ x 5’’ Acrylic Sheet, LED Spotlights - An installation piece that seamlessly merges light and shadow, reminiscent of echoes reverberating through space.
