Artist Name: Leutrim Morina
Residency Dates: July – August 2026
Born: 1993
Hometown: Opterushe, Kosovo
Lives & Works: Stuttgart, Germany
Instagram: @leotrim_morina_
Education:
2017 – The University of Prishtina
Bio/Statement:
Leutrim Morina is the winner of the Artists of Tomorrow Award 2025 organized by Stacion CCA in Pristina.
Reflecting on his personal experiences and cultural background, Leutrim works across painting, performance, video, and photography. He uses artistic means to influence the perception of viewers and bring about positive change. Leutrim uses humor and irony to make complex and often difficult topics more accessible. At the same time, he strives to evoke a sense of calm and reflection in people. His projects and artworks explore the tension between life’s challenges and the possibility of recognizing the good, where he wants to show that, regardless of difficulties, there is room for hope, creativity, and positive transformation. His practice explores themes of freedom, expression, justice, memory, and trauma. Leutrim uses diverse forms and techniques to create experiences that provoke reflection, spark curiosity, and inspire resilience. His art is both personal and universal, connecting individual histories with shared human struggles, emphasizing that creativity and courage can transform life and offer hope.
“To hear the flower cry
I return to a performance of my childhood, revisited after twenty years in Stuttgart. Alone in a post-war home in Kosovo, art was forbidden for boys like me; space existed only for work, not play, not creation. Yet, unknowingly, art was everything I desired, everything that shaped my life. Painting, drawing, performance, patriotic gestures, pop music, dances, Adeline Ismaily, Britney Spears, all forms of forbidden expression. Questions remained unanswered, curiosity persisted: Why was a boy not allowed to move, to perform, to express? Each act, each mimicry, became a silent resistance, a fragment of memory, a mix of joy and trauma. Now, in my thirties, I reclaim these performances, seeking answers, confronting fear, and transforming fragments of the past into a living dialogue.” – Leutrim Morina
Support: Leutrim Morina’s residency is made possible with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
