Nimon Lokaj

Nimon Lokaj (1941) was born and raised in Pobergje, a village in Kosovo’s western Deçan municipality. After graduating from the secondary school of art in Peja, Lokaj continued his education at the art academy in Belgrade, from which he graduated in 1969 with the title of Academic Painter. Since then, he has given art lessons in the secondary school named for Vëllezërit Frashëri in Deçan. Over decades, the artist has participated in many personal and group exhibitions in Kosovo, the former Yugoslavia and Europe.

During his long professional career, he has created a large body of work, primarily paintings and drawings, in different techniques; he is particularly known for his pointillist work. Lokaj creates with oil on canvas, aquarelle, pencil drawing, ink, oil and dry pastel. During the Kosovo War, more than 300 of Lokaj’s paintings and drawings were stolen from his personal art gallery in Deçan. A significant portion of his portfolio has yet to be presented publicly.