The Ibrahim Kodra Swiss Foundation was established in Lugano with the purpose of respecting the will of Master Ibrahim Kodra who died in Milan in 2006, protagonist of the second half of the 20th century culture.
throught exhibition, projections, concerts, conferences and several events the Foundation improves cultural exchange between Ticino and the World in artistic, medical, social, educational, technical and humanitarian field;
participate or promote the establishment of institutions with similar public purposes.
The important cultural centre “Centro d’Arte Ibrahim Kodra” has been opened in Melide (Switzerland), a beautiful city where Master Kodra lived last years of his life and where he painted his last masterpiece “Lugano Fantastica”.
The Centro d’Arte Ibrahim Kodra hosts temporary art exhibitions, conference, concerts, and many cultural events. Also the Foundation organizes artistic classes, workshop and masterclass for children and teenagers.
Cultural and educational activities:
Exhibition of Dalip Kryeziu “Teste (Heads)’’ (Melide, Switzerland - 2010)
Exhibition of Giuseppe Rossicone– ceramic (Melide, Switzerland - 2010)
Exhibition of Luciano Ventrone (Melide, Switzerland - 2010-2011)
Exhibition of Siberian artist Viaceslav Shichkov (Melide, Switzerland - 2011)
Exhibition dedicated to pioneer photographer Ivan Bianchi in S. Petersburg (Melide, Switzerland - 2011)
Collective exhibition with park museum Swissminiatur “La mia famiglia (My family)’’ (Melide, Switzerland - 2013)
Tribute exhibition to Ibrahim Kodra (Melide, Switzerland - 2014)
Tribute exhibition to Ibrahim Kodra by young Kosovan Artists from Art School Da Vinci (Melide, Switzerland - 2015)
Exhibition of Domenico Trezzini- first architecture of S. Petersburg (Melide, Switzerland - 2016)
Charity concert with Friends of Hermitage dedicated to project “Arte Risveglia l’anima” with young autistic artists (Vico Morcote, Switzerland - 2017)
Exhibition of Ekaterina Borodulkina, young artist with congenital muscular dystrophy (Melide, Switzerland - 2017)
Exhibition and concert for “Sun children project” dedicated to down syndrome (Melide and Vico Morcote, Switzerland - 2017)
Exhibition of “Prince Sergey Golitzin, benefactor and patron’’ (Melide, Switzerland - 2018)
Tribute exhibition for 100 anniversary of Ibrahim Kodra’s birth (Melide, Switzerland - 2018-2019)
Exhibition Suvorov’s Swiss Campaign. 220 (Melide, Switzerland - 2019)
Exhibition Tribute to Viacheslav Shichkov (Melide, Switzerland - 2019)
Tribute to Ibrahim Kodra (Vaduz, Liechtenstein - 2020)
Collaborations
Chiarity event with “Lions Club Lugano-Monte Bre’’ for Women4Women International Kosovo (Monte Bre-Lugano, Switzerland - 2016)
Charity event with artist Alex Doll for “Sun Children’’ Down syndrome organization in Orenburg (Russia) (Vico Morcote, Switzerland - 2016)
Photographic exhibition “Energy of Kazakhstan - Expo 2017 Astana” with Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the UN Office in Geneva (Swissminiatur, Melide and Palace UN, Geneva, Switzerland - 2017)
Photo exhibition “Nature’’ for 90 years of the Leningrad Region with UNWTO (Campione d’Italia, 2017)
“Ecological Art Project 2017” with Russian Geographical Society during Cultural Forum S. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia - 2017)
Photo exhibition “Natural beauties of Kosovo’’ with Embassy of Kosovo in Bern (Switzerland), Tokyo (Japan), Paris (France), and General Consolate of Kosovo in Milan (Italy) (2017-2018)
REACH First International Conference, panel of Ibrahim Kodra Swiss Foundation (Hungarian National Museum in Budapest - 2018)
Christmas charity event at Museum Vincenzo Vela “Nessun Dorma” (Ligornetto, Switzerland 2018)
Exhibition “Christmas Mystery’’ with Ethnographic Museum in S. Petersbourg, at Città dei Balocchi (Como, Italy), Centro d’Arte Ibrahim Kodra (Melide, Switzerland), Christmas Mystery (St. Petersburg, Russia) (2018-2019)
Project “New Urbanistic - Natural and Cultural Cohabitation in Kosovo”, at Biennale of Venice, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, at the Embassy of Kosovo in Bern, at Club Suisse de la Press in Geneva, at the National Museum of Kosovo. Project in collaboration with European Cultural Centre, European Cultural Academy, GAA Foundation, European Parliament in Strasbourg, Government of Kosovo (Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports; Ministry Environment and Spatial Planning; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Diaspora), Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Brussels, Embassy of Kosovo in Bern, Embassy of Switzerland in Kosovo, General Consulate of Kosovo in Milan, General Consulate of Kosovo in Geneva, Municipality of Melide, National Museum of Kosovo in Prishtina, Art School «Adem Kastrati» in Gjilan, SOS Children’s Villages Kosovo, National Association of Autism in Kosovo, Swiss Press Club a Ginevra, Associazione Teuta Trento (Italy), schools of Losanna (Shkolla Shqipe Lausanne), Friburgo e Chémens (Switzerland) (2018-2019).
Bajram e Fahrija Mehmeti’s exhibition on the occasion of the 11th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of the Kosovo. Consul General of Kosovo in Milan with IKSF, National Museum of Kosovo, Art School “Adem Kastrati” in Gjilan, Kosovar designers Etnik Shala and Besa Neziri Rugova (Milan, Italy - 2019)
10th International Youth Carnival, a project by Biennale di Venezia Educational (Venice, Italy - 2019)
Final of Top Model Switzerland Ticino, with charity lottery with Top Model Ticino (Vico Morcote, Switzerland - 2019)
Tramedautore, a tribute to Albanian and Kosovan cinema, Cineteca di Milano with Consul General of the Republic of Albania, Consul General of the Republic of Kosovo, IKSF (Milan, Italy - 2019)
Participation at WopART Lugano 2019, Art on paper, with young students from “Adem Kastrati” Art School, Gjilan in Kosovo, and artists Alberto Amadori (architect, painter and sculptor), Alex Doll (painter), Alfred Basha (illustrator), Bajram and Fahrija Mehmeti (painters), Ellen Frank (artist), Engji Jaha (painter), Francesco Corbetta (photographer), Giulia Ilina (photographer and journalist), Grazia Giani (artist and art therapist), Irina Markova (painter), Luca Missoni (photographer), Viaceslav Vladimirovitch Shichkov’s Studio (V.V. Shichkov, Maria Pacolli Shichkova, Natalia Sivacheva, Sofia Shichkova), Zake Prelvukaj (painter, art critic and screenwriter) (Lugano, Switzerland - 2019)
Christmas charity event at Museum Vincenzo Vela “Quando una stella si ferma al vela” (Ligornetto, Switzerland 2019)
Project “Christmas Mystery’’ with Ethnographic Museum in S. Petersbourg, at Liechtenstein National Museum (Vaduz, Liechtenstein), Alte Handelsbörse (Leipzig, Germany), Swiss Diamond Hotel Lugano (Vico Morcote, Switzerland), Città dei Balocchi (Como, Italy), Centro d’Arte Ibrahim Kodra (Melide, Switzerland), St. Quirico e Giulitta’s Church (Melide, Switzerland), Christmas Mystery (St. Petersburg, Russia) (2019-2020)
Aspettando Babbo Natale, with Swiss Diamond Hotel, Museo In Erba, WopArt, Teatro delle Rose (Vico Morcote, Switzerland - 2019)
11th International Youth Carnival, a project by Biennale di Venezia Educational (Venice, Italy, 2020)
