Adrian Paci was born in Shkoder, Albania, in 1969 and is based in Milan. Originally a painter, Paci also works in film, photography, sculpture and installation. The Albanian-Italian artist has attracted a good deal of attention for his story-telling art, which has often emanated from personal experiences of exile and rootlessness.
Adrian Paci is moving forwards with Per Speculum from the documentary element that was characteristic of his many earlier films. Members of his family and friends were often involved in his creative process, such as his breakthrough film Albanian Stories (1997) where the main character is one of Paci’s daughters and the narrator or, in Turn on (2004), where men from his home town Shkoder are at the centre of the action. The films have an intentional home-video feel and were made either in his native country Albania or his present home, Italy.
Adrian Paci has exhibited in solo shows and group exhibitions around the world. Previously he has exhibited at Brussels Art Biennial 2007 and Moderna Museet in 2005, amongst other places. In spring 2008 works by Adrian Paci can also be seen at Kunstverein Hanover and Tate Modern in London.