Edona Kryeziu, born in Saarlouis, studied European studies at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and political science at the Yeditepe University, Istanbul, after working in Buenos Aires primarily as a theatre educator.
She was also active in the independent scene during her studies, creating her own projects as a director and dramaturg. She then completed the MA Migration and Diaspora Studies at the SOAS University of London in the field of visual anthropology. During her masters she worked as a curatorial assistant at the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in London. In 2019 she participated in the Stacion Summer School for contemporary art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.
From that point on, Edona has worked at the junction of art and intersectionality, as well as translocal (post-)migrant knowledge production. As an arts and culture journalist, she has written for publications such as Kosovo 2.0 and SeeStage; as an artist she has presented her video works in venues including the National Gallery of Arts in Albania, the Zurich Short Film Festival and the Autostrada Biennale. Edona has been a dramaturgy assistant and junior dramaturg at the Gorki since 2020. Together with Yunus Ersoy she curated the ‘61-’91-’21: Immer wieder Deutschland programme accompanying the exhibition Offener Prozess – Aufarbeitung des NSU-Komplexes. Edona is the dramaturg for the exhibition, which is being hosted by the Gorki through the end of February 2022.