His work “constantly negotiates the borders between economical power, fictional democracy and social disparity in a global context.” Lulaj is the founder of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art.

After completing his studies at the Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum of Tirana, he left Albania for Italy a week after the murder of Azem Hajdari, a member of the Albanian parliament, in 1998.

In 2015, he was selected to represent Albania at the 56th Venice Biennale with the solo show ‘’Albanian Trilogy: A Series of Devious Stratagems’’, curated by Marco Scotini.

[12] An eponymous catalog, edited by Marco Scotini and with texts by Jonida Gashi, Boris Groys, Hou Hanru, Armando Lulaj, Edi Muka, Elidor Mëhilli, Marco Scotini, was published in 2015 by Sternberg Press to accompany the project at the occasion of the 56th Venice Biennale.

No Man's Land, Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Athens (2006); Action Field Kodra, Boundary Lines, Thessaloniki (2006);[16] Sweet Taboos, Mini Tirana Biennial, Apexart, New York (2006);[17] 4th Gothenburg Biennial (2007);[18] Italian Vision Film Festival, Cineteca di Bologna (2007);[19] Laws of Relativity, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2007);[20] Opening Hours, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens (2007); 8th Baltic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Szczecin (2009);[21] 6th Berlin Biennale (2010);[22] 63rd Berlin International Film Festival (2013);[23] Utopian Days, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (2014);[24] Lost in Landscape, MART Museum, Rovereto (2014);[25] Uninspired Architecture: Public Space and Public Memory in Albania, Sincresis Spazio d’arte, Empoli (2014);[26] 56th Venice Biennale - Albanian Pavilion (2015);[27] Workers Leaving the Studio.