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Marius Ritiu

Marius questions concepts such as nationhood, borders and nationalism, reflecting on global responsibility, collective consciousness, citizenship, and suggesting the potential for immensely varied human experiences to unite. Instead of being celebrated, our differences are made into symbols and ideologies meant to divide; they are turned into borders.

I’ve been working a lot with copper, copper being the physical material that connects the world. Its incorporation into technology (communication, transport) has enabled and increased the mobility of ideas, goods, and people, impacting the nature and physicality of borders. It has become important to my work for both its physical and philosophical characteristics.

I am using a technique called Repoussé, which does not require a highly equipped studio; rather it is more of a nomadic technique that I can use wherever I go, well-suited to my nomadic lifestyle.

"I consider myself not only a sculptor but also a storyteller, one who wishes to create somewhat open-ended tales, later finalized in the mind of the viewer."

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

Grants, Awards, 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

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