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Zeqirja Rexhepi was born in 1955 in the village of Përlepnica in Gjilan/Gnjilane in Kosovo. He extensively exhibited his paintings in Kosovo and abroad and was commissioned as a muralist to create murals for several churches and mosques. He is a co-author with Demir Behluli of the monumental work in the Church of St. Anthony in Binçë of Gjilan "Martyrs of Karadak 1846 - 48".
During the war in Kosovo in 1999, Rexhepi and his family fled and spent more than a month in a refugee camp in Macedonia. The Rexhepi family became part of about seven thousand refugees from Kosovo who went to Canada with the help of the Canadian government.
Since his arrival in Canada, he has devoted every day to his profession and passion for painting, and throughout this time there have been many personal and group exhibitions, whose works have enriched the art scene not only in Canada. His paintings have been exhibited in the Art Gallery of Saint Mary University, Pier 21, the Nova Scotia Art Gallery, the Aviation Museum Gallery, the Dalhousie University Art Gallery, etc. Rexhepi is also known for his fruitful cooperation with the Embassy of Albania and Kosovo in Ottawa, with the Consulate General of Kosovo in Toronto, as well as with the Albanian community associations throughout Canada in many national and cultural activities.