Antan Tutra was born in the town of Durres, in 1964, in Albania, near the sea. The city has an ancient history. The amphitheatre, the therms and the mosaics are a small part of the original antic glory of this city. Tutra started to paint when he was very young. In 1982, he graduated from a Fine Arts High School for painting graphic design. From this school, he learned the bases of representional arts. Furthermore, the perspective and methodology of art. After these studies, he worked three years as a graphic designer in Durres. After, he won the competition to continue at the Academy of Arts in Tirana, from which he graduated in Painting and Scenography. Tutra relocated to Italy and began working. With his exhbitions with Italian artists, he became the representative of Albanian art. Tutra was acknowledged by numerous prestigious artists, as well as public and private collectors. While in Italy, he met in Milan the big postcubist artist, Ibrahim Kodra, who was also born in his hometown, Durres. After a decade in Italy, Tutra moved to New Jersey, always looking to widen his scope in the other continent. His paintings were influenced by his strong emotional responses to nature and its beauty and balance. His contemporary improvisational style now concentrates on re-creating the true identity of his subjects in form, light and shape. Tutra still resides and paints in the United States. His works are exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Greece and Albania.
