Mikeli Okiana

A young artist born in Tirana (Albania) and arrived in Italy in November 1998 with her family.
She uses mainly oil technique on canvas, wood or cardboard canvas.Other favorite techniques are acrylic on canvas board, water color, pastels, charcoal, ink, pencils.
She does also some works in sculpture for the more bas-reliefs in metal and paper mache.
She paints primarily the human figure prefering portraits to express any mood of person.
In her paintings stand out the contrasting colours and the subject is always female.

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
1996: PRIZE FOR A PORTRAIT OF WOMEN IN COMPETITION ORGANIZED BY ART GALLERY OF TIRANA (ALBANIA)
1996: AWARD "TOP WRITING AND READING" THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN TIRANA (ALBANIA)
1997: AT A PRIVATE COURSE DESIGN PAINTER ALBANIAN
1998: PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST '"INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ART" OSLO (NORWAY) WINNING TWO "SPECIAL AWARD" AS FIRST PRIZE
1999: PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST DRAWING FOR CHILDREN "Bravo Bravissimo" AND AWARDED FOR THE DESIGN "Eve" (PENS ON PAPER)
2001: PARTICIPATION FOR THE FIRST TIME TO REVIEW THE STREET THEATRE "MONTONE BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE MOON" (Abruzzo) with a score of PORTRAITS IN OIL ON CANVAS EXPOSED IN A PERSONAL WALL.
2003: PARTICIPATION FOR THE SECOND TIME AS A PAINTER COLLABORATRICEE "MONTONE BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE MOON." HOW TO WORK leading "THE CONQUEST OF FREEDOM", a Muslim woman RITTRATTO DISCOVERS HER FACE.
2005: PARTICIPATION IN A SCHOOL EXHIBITION GIULIANOVA (Abruzzo) WITH A COPY OF AUTHOR ("WOMAN WITH POMEGRANATE" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti ACRYLIC ON WOOD), CREATION OF JARS OF CLAY JARS AND DECORATING CERAMICS.