fate velaj, mas
art and culture manager, curator, painter, photograph and essayist/narrator
 

lives and works in vienna and vlora (on ionian sea) with an austrian and an albanian passport

 

2003-in federal chancellery of austria became  the medal “bundesehrenzeichen”-federal decoration for services to the republic of austria

2003-in sanremo,italy won the "golden medal" as the best artist in internationally competition of art
2006-diploma for "art & cultural communication management" at the university of applied arts, vienna

2009-creates the project "100 steps toward europe-europe boulevard" -which was realized in pogradec on lake ohrid from the city's municipality

2010-in novoli, italy won the "focara" first prize for international contemporary photography

 tv http://top-channel.tv/video.php?id=12267 

fate velaj is:
since 2001-CEO and curator of "forum weltoffen international"

2004-2008 artistic director of  "wmc artforum vienna"

since 2007-CEO of europeanforum al

since 2009-CEO of "vlora forum for international dialogue"
since 2002-board and honorary member in different international organizations

 

fate velaj speaks: german, englisch, italian and albanian

 

about fate velaj's activities  higher personalities from art, culture and politic have spoken:

imre kertész–nobel prize winner in literature, vaclav havel-playwright, essayist, former dissident and politician, josé manuel durao barroso-president of the european commission, henz fischer-austrian president, werner faymann-austrian chancellor, benita ferrero waldner-eu commissioner, péter balázs-hungarian foreign minister, michael spindelegger-austrian foreign minister, bernhard vogel-ministerpräsident a.d.-vorsitzender konrad adenauer stiftung berlin, elisabeth gehrer-austrian minister for culture, claudia schmidt-austrian culture minister, riccardo illy-presidente della regione autonoma friuli venezia giulia, alfred gusenbauer-austrian chancellor, herbert stepic-ceo raiffeisen international bank-holding ag, doris pack-member of european parliament, hannes swoboda-member of european parliament, emil brix-historian and diplomat, wolfgang petritsch-diplomat, erhard busek-president of eropean forum alpbach, ursula plassnik-austrian minister for foreign affairs, george papandreou-greece foreign minister,  dora bakoyanis-mayor of athens, panayotis lukakos-head of the culture department in the city of athens, hannes swoboda-member of european parliament, christa prets-member of european parliemnt, elisabeta kancevska-milevska-culture minister of macedonia, josefina topalli-president of albanian parliament, aleksandar petreski-mayor of ohrid, samir faraag-president of the national cultural centre of egypt, henri çili -european university of tirana, martin kramer-austrian consul, rainer sulzberger-austrian consul in albania, franz morak-austrian state secretary for culture, andreas pawlitschek-diplomat, ferdinand trauttmansdorf-austrian ambassador in egypt, philipp hoyos-austrian ambssador in mocedonia, bernd borchardt-german ambassador in albania, visar zhiti-poet, perparim kabo-philosoph and publicist, luan topciu-analist und diplomat, henri cili-analist, andera stefani, analist, alexander cipa-analist,  the mayors of wels, mödling, baden, gaming, gresten, durres, pogradec, korca, werfenweng, gumpoldskirchne, ried, weisenkirchen, vienna, gostivar, etc. 

for more information please see opinions  and publications 

 

initiator and organizer of different international symposiums with the participation of higher personalities from art, culture and politic:
2001-renner institute
2001-university of vienna
2002-house of literature
2002-schrack ag
2002-city hall of scheibbs
2003-cultural centre of athens, greece "xenos"
2003-diplomatic academy,vienna book presentation-“albanien” from christine von kohl
2004-oberbank, vienna "macedonia"
2004-diplomatic academy
2004-cultural centre of czech republic,vienna "eu enlargement-also cultural?"
2005-romanian centre,vienna-book presentation „paradigm of the longing" from luan topciu
2005-mc vienna-"albania:take me to the ionian sea"
2005-managementclub-"bulgaria-art,economy,politic"

2005-art school of vlora - "art positioins"
2005-managementclub-"croatia-art,economy,politic"
2005-managementclub-"macedonia-art,economy,politic"
2006-academy of fine arts tirana "orgies mysteries theatre" from hermann nitsch
2006-europaen forum alpbach "albania - differently seen”
2007-university of vlora "europa-so far so near"

2008-"the new positions in the contemporary photography" in art school of vlora

2009-"vlora forum for international dialog"

  

initiator and curator of international exhibitions and cultural initiatives with the participation of international acclaimed artists: hermann nitsch, adolf frohner, theodoros papayannis, zaharias avranitis, robert kabas, oliver dorfer, kyoko adanyia, zora stancic, aurel vlad, omar el nagdi, etc.
selcted:
2001-"weltoffen" in austrian parliament, vienna
2002-“art improves the time” in city hall of vienna
2002-"art improves the time" in national cultural centre of macedonia, skopje
2002-“between danube and nile” in egyptian cultural centre, vienna
2002-"between danube and nile" in national art centre of egypt, cairo
2003-“good morning, balkan” in art centre of athens, greece

2004-"new art from neighbours" romanian art centre, vienna
2004-"good morning, balkan" in national museum of romania, bucharest
2005-"good morning, balkan" in  national gallery of albania, tirana
2005-"into the south's blue" art colony in radhima beach
2005-"artist of the month"–klaus joachim keller
2005-"artist of the month"–erwin maria hafner
2005-"artist of the month"–mario grubisic
2005-"artist of the month"–nadja dimitrova

2005-"a japanese in florisdorf " kyoko adanyia
2005-"artist of the month"–alex bilc
2005-"artist of the month"–sinasi bozatli
2005-"artist of the month"–reshat ameti, flora emurlai
2005-"artist of the month"–valentina koleva
2005-"artist of the month"-jasna sukalo
2005-"artist of the month"–fate velaj
2006-"good morning, balkan"in national gallery of kosovo,pristina
2006-"good morning,balkan" in gallery of the city trieste,italy
2007-"heat" in the gallery of the city vlora, albania
2007-"good morning, balkan" national gallery of macedonia, ohrid

2008-"good morning, balkan" european forum alpbach

2008-"light&shadow"- new photography from macedonia
2009-"100 steps towards europe-europa boulevard " in pogradec on lake ohrid

2010-"die donau-(k)ein langer, ruhiger fluss"-art exhibition in palais kabelwerk, vienna

2010-"eu-between me and you"-eu/albania in gallery of the city vlora

2010-"eu-between me and you"-germany/albania in gallery of the city vlora

 

for more information please see  views of activities