Born in Tirana, Albania, in 1974, Anri Sala began to make experimental videos during his studies. His work has been collected by many prestigious art institutions and has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Boss Prize nomination in 2002. Sala has had solo exhibitions at major institutions such as the Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection, Serpentine Galleries, Centre Pompidou, Centro Botín and Mudam Luxembourg, and has participated in several international film festivals and major biennials such as the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Biennale, the Berlin Biennale, the Gwangju Biennale, and the Kassel Documenta.