Luan Tashi

MA

Born in Prishtina, February 25, 1965
Resides at: “Ernesto Sabato” Str. no. 33, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
Tel. +383 49 144 018
Personal e-mail: [email protected]

Professional Experience and Qualifications

Professor / Lecturer, AAB College / 2021 – Present
“Elez Berisha” Street, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Teaching at Faculty of Mass Communication / Media Production

Graphic Designer / Desktop Publisher,

Koha Ditore Newspaper / Koha Group / 2009 – 2019
George Bush Boulevard, no. n.n., Prishtina, Kosovo

– Preparation of the daily newspaper Koha Ditore and the weekly magazine E Diela

– Design of books, covers, and various marketing materials

Graphic Designer / Owner, Ti-Sign / 2011 – 2016
Albi Mall, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Design and printing of T-shirts and marketing materials

– Business owner, designer, and supervisor

Graphic Designer, Zero Positive / 2008
“Behar Begolli” Street, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Design of marketing materials

– Branding and rebranding

Graphic Designer, B2 Agency / 2007
Mother Theresa Boulevard, RTK Building 7/72, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Design of marketing materials

Graphic Designer, United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)
Information Office / 2000 – 2008
Industrial Zone, Prishtina–Fushë Kosovë, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Design of media materials: magazines, brochures, posters, billboards, etc.

– Management of various public information campaigns

Graphic Designer – Owner, Rrota, Marketing Agency / 2000 – 2003
“Bashkim Fehmiu” St. no. 3, 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Design of marketing materials

– Preparation and design of comic books

Graphic Designer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Information Office / 1999 – 2000
“Radovan Zogoviq” St., 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

– Design of media materials: magazines, brochures, posters, billboards, etc.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts / Graphic Design / 2019 – 2020

University of Prishtina / Faculty of Fine Arts, Prishtina

“Agim Ramadani” St., no. n.n., 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

Graphic Design – Applied Arts with Distinction

Advertising Graphics, Typography with Calligraphy, Photography

 

Bachelor of Arts / Graphic Design / 1986 – 1990

University of Prishtina / Faculty of Fine Arts, Prishtina

“Agim Ramadani” St., no. n.n., 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo

Graphic Design

Advertising Graphics, Book Preparation, Typography with Calligraphy, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Art Teaching Methodology, Aesthetics, Art History

Titular Professor

Strategic Design, for the postgraduate MA program at the Faculty of Arts, Graphic Design and Multimedia track, AAB College, Prishtina

Brand Design, for the bachelor’s program at the Faculty of Arts, Graphic Design and Visual Arts, AAB College, Prishtina

Corporate Identity, for the bachelor’s program at the Faculty of Arts, Professional Graphic Design track, AAB College, Prishtina

 

AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST:

Graphic Design, Applied Arts, Art History, History of Albanians in World Art, History of the Albanian People, Media and Communication, Marketing, Music, etc.

LANGUAGES:

Fluent in Albanian, English, and Serbian; understands Turkish.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Awarded medals by the “Association for the Return of Albanians Displaced from Their Homeland, Prishtina” and the “Institute of Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of Albanians, Skopje” for the design of the Memorial Center Monument “Bllacë 1999” – 2022.

https://klankosova.tv/perurohet-ne-bllace-muri-i-kujtimit-video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NgT9zygj2U

https://ms-my.facebook.com/Radiofontana.org/posts/3904467413007238

https://kercova.net/nene-e-bije-ne-muralin-e-bllaces-foto/

https://kallxo.com/kulture/muri-i-kujtimit-mozaiku-qe-perjetesoi-fotografine-e-cila-tronditi-boten/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-ma-luan-tashi-6a909630/recent-activity/images/

 

Certificate “The World in Florence” from the Italian organization “Life Beyond Tourism – Travel to Dialogue Movement” for the creation of the project on the “Ancient City of Ulpiana, Artana Castle / Novo Bërdo, etc.” – 2021.

https://aab-edu.net/en/students-of-the-faculty-of-mass-communication-production-of-aab-college-participating-in-the-prestigious-festival-the-world-in-florence/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEG1B6FnQjc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-ma-luan-tashi-6a909630/recent-activity/images/

 

He is the laureate of the “Ali Hadri” Award for Historiography, from the “Union of Albanian Writers and Critics”, Prishtina – 2019.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-ma-luan-tashi-6a909630_%C3%A7mimi-ali-hadri-p%C3%ABr-historiografi-nga-activity-7031618149967966208-Cwse

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-ma-luan-tashi-6a909630/recent-activity/images/

Books (Full Authorship):

“Ali Pasha Tepelena in World Art”

Botuar nga Shtëpia Botuese “Prograf”, Prishtinë – 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm-k_BdnuKc

https://www.facebook.com/Ora7Official/videos/si-u-paraqit-ali-pash%C3%AB-tepelena-n%C3%AB-artin-bot%C3%ABror%C3%AB/312868265045125/?_rdr

“Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries”

Published by the Interministerial Commission for the Commemoration of the 550th Anniversary of Skanderbeg and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Prishtina – 2019

https://search.worldcat.org/es/title/Portrete-te-Skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve-:-themelues-i-identitetit-kombetar-shqiptar-Portraits-of-Skanderbeg-over-the-centuries-:-founder-of-Albanian-national-identity/oclc/1143794417

https://dukagjinibooks.com/en/books/18614

https://albanianbookstore.com/index.php?p=liber&l=2597

https://gjirafamall.com/portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve-luan-tashi-1

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL32262216W/Portrete_t%C3%AB_Skenderbeut_gjat%C3%AB_shekujve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-TbXHDVWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPG0yKXun4&t=77s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljokBtow0xk

The Book “Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries” is part of the catalog WORLD-CAT: (WorldCat.org is a global nonprofit library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs so that libraries can promote scientific research and innovation.

 

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma

https://bve.opac.almavivaitalia.it/opac2/BVE/CR/result

 

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/discovery/search?tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&vid=49BVB_BSB:VU1&offset=0&query=any,contains,9789951545174

 

Columbia University in the City of New York

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog?search_field=all_fields&q=on1143794417

 

Princeton University Library

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog?q=oclc_s%3A1143794417

 

Library of Congress – Washington

https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=STNO&searchType=1&recCount=25&searchArg=9789951545174

 

“100 Logos o Kosovo”,

Published by the publishing house “Botimet KOHA,” Prishtina – 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD5bZY01cu8

https://dukagjinibooks.com/en/books/18613

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEp-PQuVTGU&t=11s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mqDIGQdxZI

EDITOR OF BOOKS:

 

“The Encyclopedic Musical Dictionary of the Albanian Language”

Of the author Bajar Berisha

Published by the publishing house “Botimet KOHA,” Prishtina – 2014

https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjalor_enciklopedik_muzikor

https://albanianbookstore.com/index.php?p=liber&l=4692

 

“Photography in Kosovo 1900‐1950”

Of the author Shkuri Kaçaniku

Published by the publishing house “Botimet KOHA,” Prishtina – 2012

https://dukagjinibooks.com/en/books/22081

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K756NVyp_ts&t=29s&pp=ygUKTHVhbiBUYXNoaQ%3D%3D

EXHIBITIONS:

 

Virtual Exibition 360°

https://lapsi360.com/PortreteTeSkenderbeut/

 

Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries”

National Galery of Kosovo, Prishtina – 2020

https://www.vaticannews.va/sq/bota/news/2022-02/portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve-kushtuar-prishtine.html

https://ata.gov.al/2022/02/08/%E2%80%8Bartisti-tashi-sjelle-67-artefakte-ne-ekspoziten-portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve/

https://aab-edu.net/profesori-i-kolegjit-aab-luan-tashi-sjell-67-artefakte-te-skenderbeut-ne-galerine-kombetare/

https://kallxo.com/lajm/portretet-e-skenderbeut-pergjate-shekujve-ekspozohen-ne-prishtine/

https://www.arbresh.info/lajmet/165-artefakte-qe-lidhen-me-skenderbeun-parisi-perloti-profesorin-tashi/

https://gazetadielli.com/ne-prishtine-ekspozite-kushtuar-gjergj-kastriotit-skenderbeut-portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve/

https://www.zemrashqiptare.net/news/59565/rp-0/act-print/rf-1/printo.html

https://www.drini.us/ne-prishtine-ekspozite-kushtuar-gjergj-kastriotit-skenderbeu/

https://prishtinainsight.com/skanderbeg-portraits-over-the-centuries-exhibited-in-prishtina/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzvbEmFWevE&t=320s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS4v3Ot6o8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXNbTd6tfbw&t=19s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zRV8i_-HIw&t=345s

 

Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries”

Cultural Center “Malësia” Tuz, Montenegro – 2022

https://malesia.org/2022/04/11/ekspozite-portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve-ne-tuz/

https://tvboin.com/08/04/2022/te-henen-do-te-mbahet-ekspozita-portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve/

https://hi-in.facebook.com/KomunaTuzOpstinaTuzi/posts/1336407353526348

 

Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries”

Cultural Center Ulcinj, Montenegro – 2022

https://ulqini-online.com/sajti/?p=31068

https://ul-info.com/qendra-per-kulture-ekspozite-portrete-te-skenderbeut/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U13ObtwIQyk

 

Portraits of Scanderbeg over the Centuries”

Univercity “Luigj Gurakuqi” Shkodra, Albania – 2023

https://2023.unishk.edu.al/multimedia/fotogaleri/ekspozita-me-piktura-nga-autori-prof-luan-tashi-me-titull-portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve

https://www.starplus-tv.com/shkoder-ekspozita-me-imazhet-cilesore-te-skenderbeut/

https://www.facebook.com/tv1channelshkoder/videos/portrete-te-skenderbeut-gjate-shekujve-titullohej-ekspozita-e-%C3%A7elur-ne-mjediset-/5215260765207607/?locale=ms_MY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPcbyTFlSpw

THE AUTHOR of the MUSIC:

 

Album CD: The Hithat – 2004

https://www.discogs.com/release/24400556-The-Hithat-The-Hithat

 

Albui DVD: The Hithat Unplugged – 2006

https://dukagjinibooks.com/books/1736130

 

Album CD: Hithat Blues Trio – Family Tribute – 2014

https://www.discogs.com/release/24381170-Hithat-Blues-Trio-Family-Tribute

 

LIVE @ Rockuzine

Luan & Lum Tashi – 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUwEB5aD09M&t=11s

 

LIVE @ Rockuzine

Band Hithat Blues Trio – 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDh1LLCXod8&t=5502s

 

LIVE @ Hamam Jazz Bar

Band Hithat Blues Trio – 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRNm5Y2YIuc&t=574s

 

“Promotion of the album Family Tribute”

Band Hithat Blues Trio – 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsEoWtDc38&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Lk-ReUS4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1hIW8CcX2Q&t=420s

“Concert I The ODA Theatre”

Band Hithat Blues Trio – 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsEoWtDc38&t=2s

“Documentay (The Beginning)”

Band Hithat Blues Trio – 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDh1LLCXod8&t=5502s

 

“Video – Në zemër përjetë”

Band Hithat – 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OTNtebzZz0

 

“Video – Mori loçka jem”

Band Hithat – 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCtTPfYMxE