[1] Mustafa Arapi was born on 23 July 1950 in Tiranë, Albania with family roots from Arapaj, a village in Durrës which explains his surname.

After graduating in the Art Academy under the guide of the Albanian Sculptor Kristaq Rama, he was assigned in the Institute of the Cultural Monuments in Tirana.

Mustafa Arapi has brought to light hundreds of square meters of frescoes and many of the Onufri icons are restored by him.

Arapi has held more than 20 personal art exhibitions[4] all over the world and has also participated in the International Biennale of Ankara in 1085 and Alexandria in 1987.

[5][failed verification][6] He has been honored by the Albanian Parliament with the “Naim Frasheri Order” in 1989 for high level of artistic performance and has also won the First Honorary Prize in the 2nd International Biennal Raciborz in Poland, first Prize in the Onufri International contest in Tirana, Honorary Award at the Third International exhibition contemporary arts World Conceptin Budapest etc.