Esat Valla
Esat Valla (b. 1944 in Gjakova) is a Kosovar Albanian painter noted for his figuritive paintings of small animals or insects such as butterflies and birds.
He was born in Gjakova, at the time part of Nazi-occupied Albania (now Kosovo) and graduated from the Academy of Figurative Arts in Belgrade in 1971 studying the specialist art under Professor Zoran Petrovic. He is a member of the KAFA since 1976.[1]
He resides in Prishtina where many of his awards have been won.
Notable awards
- 1974 - The Public's Prize, Spring Salon, Pristina
- 1978 - League of Prizren Prize, Prizren
- 1980, The Public's Prize, Spring Salon, Pristina
- 1982, Mosa Pijade Prize, the ll-th Kosova Spring Salon, Pristina
- 1983 Prize at the 9th Biennial of Drawing, Pristina
- 1988 The Public's Prize, Spring Salon, Pristina
- 1994, Prize for Painting , The Migration contest