He graduated in Painting at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prishtina in 2001, where he continued and completed his postgraduate studies in 2005. He has participated and presented his works in numerous exhibitions and conferences of a regional nature and international, including events organized by the Italian association for architecture, art and urban restoration / Italy, in 2012. He currently works as a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at AAB in Pristina.

From 2003 to 2007, he was the Chairman of the Association of Figurative Arts for the region of Gjilan, where he organized numerous artistic events with adults, but also young people and children, including artistic colonies, the Olympics of Games without borders for children in Gjilan and many exhibitions for the members of the Association of Figurative Arts. He has also participated in personal and collective exhibitions in Kosovo and abroad. From 2000-2002 he organized joint France-Kosovo artistic colonies, in cooperation with the ALFA association from the city of Vernon in France.

Study visits: France, England, Albania, USA, Italy, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia. In 2000, he won a scholarship from the HeinrichBellStiftung.

Personal exhibitions:
2000 – Vision of students, Pristina and Philipe Auguste, Vernon, FRANCE (also in 2009);
2001 – Former Executive Committee of UNMIK, Pristina and Department of Culture, Pristina;
2009 – American Embassy, Pristina, ICO, Gjilan and Department of Culture, Pristina;
He has also participated in over 20 collective exhibitions and three artistic colonies in the country and abroad.

Teaches subjects:

• Drawing II
• Free drawing 2
• Drawing/Illustration

She was born in Lezhë, Albania. She completed her basic studies in the field of British and American cultural studies at the University of Shkodra “Luigj Gurakuqi” in 2008. She then completed her master’s studies at the Philological University of Tirana for “Intercultural Communication-Tourism and Linguistics” in 2010.

She is currently continuing her doctoral studies in Sofia, Bulgaria at the NBU University, Department of Design, with the thesis “Visual Culture, Visual Communication and Digital Culture as interdisciplinary fields from tradition to innovation”.

Elisa Nikolla has joined AAB College since 2013 as a lecturer in the Faculty of Arts.

She has been a coordinator in many cultural projects in various organizations such as CAAP, Terres des Hommes, World Vision, H.A.N.A as well as for several years as a collaborator of the “FLATRA” magazine dedicated only to art and lifestyle.

Elisa Nikolla has served as an external advisor to the Book and Projects Sector, in the Management Directorate of Centers for Openness and Dialogue (COD) in the period December 2021 – December 2022, Tirana.

She holds the position of Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the AAB College from 2020 onwards.

She has made a series of study visits to Italy, Greece, Germany, Bulgaria, Finland, Croatia, Estonia and Macedonia, while she has participated in various cultural-artistic exhibitions and colonies with AAB College students both abroad and within the country.

International personal exhibition:

• 2020-Fort Worth Community Art Center, Texas, USA

National exhibition:

• Prishtina Map 21/Station-Center for Contemporary Art

Teaches subjects:

• English language 1
• English language 2
• Professional Architectural Terminology

Medina Çeko was born on June 30, 1987, in Prizren, where she completed her primary and secondary education.

In 2009, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at AAB College in the field of “Architecture,” and in 2010, she completed her studies at the Faculty of Arts in the field of “Interior Design.”

In 2016, she completed her postgraduate studies at Trakya University in Turkey, earning a Master of Science in Architecture (Mr.Sc) with the thesis:

“Evaluation of Spatial Accessibility for People with Disabilities in the City – Case Study of Kosovo.”

Between 2009 and 2016, she worked in various architecture companies such as A Design, Tiki Design, and Ferizi Architects, gaining valuable experience in architectural and interior design projects.

During this period, she was licensed by the Chamber of Architects of Kosovo with Level A.

In 2022, she enrolled in the PhD program at Trakya University and is currently working on her dissertation:

“Proposal of a Method for Preserving Vernacular Houses of Kosovo – The Kulla,” in the Architecture profile.

Professional and Academic Experience

• Junior Architect at Ferizi Architects

• Senior Architect at Tiki Design – managed the showroom and a team of designers

• Founder of MA Design Studio

• Lecturer Assistant at AAB College – teaching key courses such as Collective Housing Buildings, Administrative Buildings, and Fundamentals of Architecture.

• Expert for digitization in a European Union project with B&S Europe, working with the ARIS (Address Registry Information System) in the municipalities of Prizren and Mamusha.

• Consultant for adapting spaces for people with disabilities in various projects and for judicial institutions.

• Author of self-evaluation reports for the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at AAB College. Link: https://aab-edu.net/fakultetet/arkitekture/stafi-akademik/

• Expert evaluator for cultural projects for the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports

International Projects (COST Actions)

• CA23128 – “Archiving Landscape Architecture”
  Participated in drafting standards for architecture archives at the meeting held in Budapest in March 2025. https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23128/

• CA23117 – “Connecting Critical Pedagogies, Inclusive Art Forms and Alternative Barometers for Urban Sustainability – CircularARTs”
  Active in two working groups focused on inclusive design and urban arts. https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23117/

Other Projects

During 2023–2024, she was Project Coordinator for the development of an executive project in interior design and innovation, funded by:

• USAID

• University of Bologna

• AAB College

Publications and Conferences

• “Principles, Politics and Practice of the Design, Implementation and Use of Learning and Teaching Spaces in Higher Education”
  Co-authors: Theodor Leiber, Sofia Bruckmann, Medina Spahiu Çeko, and others (2022). Link

• “Report of the site visit at WU Vienna” – ResearchGate, 2022
  Link

• “Evaluation of Urban Physical Space for Persons with Disabilities” – Conference at AAB College (2021)
  https://aab-edu.net/documents/book-of-proceedings-2021-2/

• “Sustainability of Vernacular Architecture in Dranoc – Kosovo” – ALICE 7th International Conference, Ljubljana (2023)
  https://fd.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/novo.pdf

With a deep commitment to architectural design and social inclusion, Medina Çeko represents a professional who balances practice, academic research, and education. She continues to contribute to international collaborations and the sustainable urban development of Kosovo and beyond.