Marius Ritiu (1984, Satu Mare, Transylvania)
contact@mariusritiu.com
Based in Antwerp and New York
2014 - Master`s Degree - Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Antwerp, Belgium
2009 - Master`s Degree - University of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2007 - Bachelor`s Degree - University of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Residencies:
2023 - Arteventura, Aracena, ES
2022 - Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
2021 - Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, USA
2021 - Arteventura, Aracena, ES
2019 - Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC, USA
2018 - ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), New York, USA
2017 - ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), New York, USA
2010 - Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
Awards, grants & fellowships:
2022 - Kunsten en Erfgoed, Brussels, BE
2021 - Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship, Minneapolis, USA
2021 - Ernest Albert Prize, Mechelen, BE (nominee)
2020 - Kunsten en Erfgoed, Brussels, BE
2019 - Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship, NYC, USA
2018 - Kunsten en Erfgoed, Brussels, BE
2017 - Kunsten en Erfgoed, Brussels, BE
2011 - ARTE/cutlog Prize for the project No Borders Equals Tolerance, presented during the cutlog Art Fair, Bourse du Commerce, Paris, FR
Commisions:
2022 - Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, BE
2018 - Vetis City Hall, Satu Mare, RO (public monument)
2016 - Thalie Art Foundation, Brussels, BE
2012 - DE SOKKEL #3, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, BE
2012 - Tweespoor, De Warande, Turnhout, BE
Solo exhibitions:
2023 - Go With the Flood, Slag/RX Gallery, Paris, BE
2021 - Is There Anybody Out There?, DMW Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2020 - Odysseus, Edition Populaire, Antwerp, BE
2020 - The Apocalypse (Sisyphus Part IV), Slag Gallery, New York, USA
2020 - Non-Ferrous Appetite, SAC, Bucharest, RO
2019 - The Alley of the Universe, DMW Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2019 - Highway to the Moon (Sisyphus part III), MOONSTREET Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2019 - Milky Way, Sisyphus Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2017 - The Tale of a Found Dimension, Slag Gallery, New York, USA
2015 - Venus Von Hamburg, Open Source Gallery, New York, USA
2014 - Eleven Thousandth of a Second Long Ride, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, BE
2013 - Eleven Thousandth of a Second Long Ride, project presentation (supported by ARTE TV France), The Clemente, New York, US
2012 - Different Perspective “Contest/Exhibition”, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, BE
2012 - DE SOKKEL #3 - Kunstinterventie in het Antwerpse Stadspark, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, BE
2012 - Magic Carpet, project presentation at Slick Art Fair/Galerie Marion De Cannière, Brussels, BE
2011 - Mas(s) Moving, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, BE
2011 - Stressing State, Trajector Art Fair/Galerie Marion De Cannière, Brussels, BE
2010 - How to Become Famous in One Month, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, BE
Group exhibitions (selection):
2023 - Burcht Malpertuus, CC Sint Niklaas, Sint Niklaas, BE
2023 - Vol-Ledig, Ysebaert Gallery, Sint Martens Latem, BE
2023 - Amare, Damme, BE
2022 - Finis Terrae, Antwerp, BE
2022 - Stealing Thunder, Barbe Urbain Gallery, Ghent, BE
2022 - Making Fun, De Warande, Turnhout, BE
2022 - The Most Sunny Hour of Your Night, TI-Pi Art Space, Ghent, BE
2022 - Stormloop, Herentals, BE
2021 - Return to Sender (Sisyphus Part VI), Franconia Sculpture Park, Minneapolis, US
2021 - Scapes, Slag Gallery, New York, US
2021 - Orangerie, Het Paviljoen, Ghent, BE
2021 - Circus Gambit, Circus Studios, Antwerp, BE
2021 - I Am a Glitch in the System (Sisyphus Part V), Ballroom Projects, Antwerp, BE
2021 - Superstudio, Antwerp, BE
2021 - Ernest Albert Prize, Mechelen, BE
2021 - Pacificaciestraat 13, Antwerp, BE
2019 - The Socrates Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, US
2019 - Deep Time, WARP Contemporary Art Platform, Sint Niklaas, BE
2018 - Festival des 5 saisons, Chaudefontaine, BE
2018 - P(ART)cours / Par(KUNST) Biennial, Brussels, BE
2017 - Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE
2017 - Independent Brussels, Slag Gallery, Brussels, BE
2016 - Volta Basel, Slag Gallery, Basel, CH
2016 - What are we building down there? Bucharest Biennale 7, RO
2016 - Ringland: A city is not a road, Bernaerts Auction House, Antwerp, BE
2016 - Tamango, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RO
2015 - Art Contest, De Markten, Brussels, BE
2015 - cutlog Paris, artists recommended by ARTE France, Paris, FR
2015 - Closer/ Dichterbij Festival, Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp, BE
2015 - 120 Minutes,curated by Frank Koolen & Lieven Segers, Art Brussels, BE
2015 - A Belgian Politician, Marion De Cannière Art Space, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 - Noli me tangere, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2014 - The Patron of the Travellers, BORG Biennial, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 - Public Intimacy, Art Brussels/Galerie Marion De Cannière, Brussels, BE
2014 - Park + Ride, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2013 - Reframe Festival, TAC, Eindhoven, NL
2013 - P.R.E.S.T.I.G.E., Plateau ROZIER, Ghent, BE
2012 - Sideways Festival, Turnhout, BE
2012 - Tweespoor, De Warande, Turnhout, Be
2012 - Twelve Thousandth Three Hundred Forty-Five , Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2011/2012 - The Tiberius Principle (Exit 2011 – Entrée 2012), Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, BE
2011 - cutlog Art Fair/Galerie Marion De Cannière, Bourse du Commerce, Paris, FR
2011 - Photocollages, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE
2010/2011 - Certified Copy, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE
2010/2011 - Trou de ville, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE
Press (selection):
2023 - Openhouse Magazine
2023 - Nieuwsblad
2022 - Klara Pompidou
2022 - OKV
2022 - Gazet Van Antwerpen
2022 - De Volkskrant
2022 - De Morgen
2021 - Gazet Van Antwerpen
2021 - Jegens & Tevens
2020 - STIR World
2020 - H ART Magazine
2019 - The Art Newspaper
2019 - De Tijd
2019 - H ART Magazine
2017 - ARTNews
2017 - White Hot Magazine
2016 - ARTE TV
2015 - ARTE TV
2015 - NRC Handelsblaad
2015 - De Standaard
2015 - De Standaard
2014 - H ART Magazine
2013 - ARTE TV
2013 - ARTE TV
2012 - Collect (no. 431, Dutch version)
2012 - Collect (no. 431, French version)
2012 - Gazet van Antwerpen
2012 - Art Croissance (issue no. 5)
2012 - Wall Street International
2012 - ARTE TV
2012 - Gazet van Antwerpen
2012 - Gazet van Antwerpen
2012 - Canvas TV
2011 - Beaux Arts Magazine
2011 - The New York Times
2011 - ARTE TV
2011 - Art Media Agency
2011 - Kunstbeeld
2011 - Art Press
2010 - De Morgen