Agim Sulaj

Personal Info

1960 - Year of birth in Tirana (Albania) 1979 - Winner of the special and encouragement reward at the traditional yearly competition of satire and humor organized by the “Hosteni – Satire and Humor Magazine” for the cartoon “Elegy” 1982 - Winner of the first prize at the traditional yearly competition of satire and humor organized by the “Hosteni – Satire and Humor Magazine” for the emblem of the “70-th anniversary of the independence of Albania” 1984 - Winner of the third prize at the traditional yearly competition of satire and humor organized by the “Hosteni – Satire and Humor Magazine” for the caricature on the title page “ Assortment and the global” 1984 - Winner of the special reward at the competition in occasion of the 40-th anniversary of the liberation of Albania organized by the High Institute of Fine Arts in Tirana for the cartoon “The man with two faces” 1985 - Graduate from the Fine Arts Academy of Tirana (Albania) 1986 - Winner of the first prize at the traditional yearly competition of satire and humor organized by “Hosteni – Satire and Humor Magazine” for the cartoon “ My smoke over the all others” 1986 - First exhibition at the National Gallery in Tirana (Albania) 1988 - First prize in the Balkan Cartoon Prize “Man and Enviroment”, Seres (Greece) 1990 - Exhibition at the Greek National Museum “Ali Pascia”, Joanina (Greece) 1990 - Special prize "Aydin Dogan International Cartoon Competition" in Ankara (Turkey) 1992 - Personal exhibition at the “Meeting” event in Rimini (Italy) 1993 - Personal exhibition at the Town Hall in Brindisi (Italy) 1997 - Publication of some works in the collection “1997 Artists & Graphics Designers’ Market”, New York (USA) 1998 - First prize in “Eurohumor”, Cuneo (Italy) 1998 - Personal exhibition at the Podesta Palace in Rimini (Italy) 1999 - Personal exhibition at the “Immagine Gallery” in Rimini (Italy) 1999 - Prize of honor to International cartoonist competition, Tolentino (Italy) 2000 - Collective exhibition at the Stefano Forni Gallery in Bolonia (Italy) 2000 - Prize to the international competition "Omaggio a Charles Shulz" in Cuneo (Italy) 2001 - Exhibition in the Fregoso fortress in Sant’Agata (Italy) 2001 - Collective exhibition “ Europei Erranti” at the Forni’s Gallery in Bolonia (Italy) 2002 - Exhibition at the Forni’s Studio in Milan (Italy) 2002 - International Special Prize “Eurohumor” in Cuneo (Italy) 2003 - Collective exhibition at the Forni’s Gallery in Bolonia (Italy) 2003 - Winner of two special prizes in the International Humoristic Art Festival in Tolentino (Italy) 2003 - Member of the internatonal jury of the Special Competition about Europe, Cuneo (Italy) 2004 - Winner of the “Festival of Humor” in Cuneo (Italy) 2004 - Collective exhibition at the National Gallery in Tirana (Albania) 2004 - Personal exhibition at the National Gallery in Tirana (Albania) 2005 - Special Prize at the European Cartoon Competition "The painter’s house" (Belgio) 2005 - Personal exhibition at the Stefano Forni Gallery in Bolonia (Italy) 2005 - Partecipated in the national manifestation about the figure of albanian national hero Skenderbeu, by the National Gallery of Tirana and the Fine Art Gallery, Pristina (Kosovo) 2005 - Special Prize at the 23 th International Humoristic Art Festival, Tolentino (Italy) 2005 - Personal exhibition at the “Emigranti” Gallery, Tirana (Albania) 2006 - MUSICARTE Collective exhibition at the Stefano Forni Gallery - Bologna (Italy) 2006 - INTERAZIONI Personal exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale di Podestà - Rimini (Italy) 2006 - KOSOVA CARTOON WORLD 2006 - Prize Grand Prix with "Indipendence" - (Kosova) 2006 - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION CARTOONIST TOURCOING 2006 - First prize with "Lo Straniero" - (France) 2006 - “Eurohumor” International Humoristic Art Festival “School, a teacher of life ?" - First Classified with "Nelle orme del padre" - Cuneo (Italy) 2007 - Best Entry of the EUROPEAN UNION, Biennal international Kruishoutem - Belgium 2007 - Partecipated in the collective exhibition "ACQUA" at the Forni Gallery, 4 May/30 June - Bologna (Italy) 2007 - EXHIBITION at "1° ULUSLARARASI BURSA KARIKATUR BIENALI" - Bursa (Turchia) 2007 - His work "The pipe of uncle Norman" goes to became part of the museum dedicated to the big american painter Norman Rockwell in Stockbridge (MA) USA 2007 - Silver Medal , 2° Biennal Interational Humoristic Graphics "Dulcinea", Tobozo (Toledo) - Spain 2007 - Special Prize at the International competition "Stuttgart Award 2007" - " Fascination Automobile", Stuttgart (Germany) 2007 - SPECIAL PRIZE International Competition theme "Censorship" - Aachen (Germany) 2007 - Partecipated at collective exhibition "Premio Michetti" - 58° edizione - Francavilla al Mare, Chieti (Italy) 2007 - Partecipated at collective exhibition "Acqua" - Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena (Italy) 2007 - Prize of honor to 27° International Cartoon Competition " Nasradin Hodja" - Istanbul (Turkey) 2007 - First Prize, Bursa International Cartoon Competition Blue Gold " WATER" - Bursa (Turkey) 2007 - Personal Exhibition, "Galleria D'Arte Stefano Forni" - Bologna (Italy) 2007 - Member of the international yuri "Black Cat" - Baku (Azerbajian) 2007 - The best illustrations prize: Master Cup International Cartoon and Illustracion - Beijing (China) 2007 - Partecipation in the collectiv exhibition "Artecento", Palace of the Governator, Cento - Ferrara 2008 - "Future children" First international Cartoonnet Contest honorable mention Teheran - Iran 2008 - "The Dreamer" Personal Exhibition from National Gallery of Tirana - Albania 2008 - Awarded International competition in the "Cinema and Women" Izmir - Turchia 2008 - Special prize, International cartoon contest "Culture" - Damascus - Syria 2008 - Exhibition at the "Next Art Gallery" - Arezzo - Italy 2008 - First Prize, "1 Bienal de Humor Luis d'Oliveira Guimaraes" Penela - Portugal 2008 - Success Awards and International Cartoon Competition "Aydin Dogan", Istambul - Turchey 2008 - Second Prize and International Cartoon Competition "Aydin Dogan", Istambul - Turchey 2008 - Participant in the collectiv Exhibition "RECALL" Gallery of Art Stefano Forni, Bologna - Italy