MARWA ARSANIOS

Over the past four years, Arsanios has been invested in these questions from a new and historical materialist perspective through investigating different feminist movements that are struggling for their land. Central to her research are questions of property, law, economy, and ecology tied to specific plots of land—which, along with the people who work them, become the main protagonists of her work. Arsanios’ practice encompasses many disciplines and is deployed in numerous collective methodologies and collaborative projects.

Solo shows of the artist include: BAK Utrecht (2024), Kunsthalle Bratislava (2023), Heidelberger Kunstverein (2023), Mosaic Rooms, London (2022), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2021); Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana (2018); Beirut Art Center (2017); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2016); Witte de With, Rotterdam (2016); Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2015); and Art in General, New York (2015). Her work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions including: Documenta 15 (2022), Mardin Biennial (2022), Sydney Biennial film program (2022), 3rd Autostrada Biennale, Pristina (2021); 11th Berlin Biennale (2020); The Renaissance Society, Chicago (2020); Gwangju Biennial (2018); Lülea Biennial (2018); Kunsthalle Wien (2019); 1st Sharjah Architecture Triennial (2019); SF MoMA, San Francisco (2019); Warsaw Biennial (2019); 14th Sharjah Biennale (2019); MAXXI Museum, Rome (2017); Ludwig Museum, Cologne (2016); Thessaloniki Biennial (2015); Home Works Forum, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut (2010, 2013, 2015); New Museum, New York (2014); 55th Venice Biennial (2013); M HKA, Antwerp (2013),); and the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011).Her films have been screened at MoMA, New York (2023), School of Art Institute, Chicago (Gene Siskel Film Center) (2023), Cinéma du Réel, Paris (2021); Rotterdam Film Festival (2021); Film Fest, Hamburg (2020); FID Marseille (2015, 2019, 2022); TIFF, Toronto (2019); Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (2019); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2017); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2011, 2017, 2022); and Berlin International Film Festival (2010, 2015).Arsanios was a researcher in the Fine Art Department at the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht from 2010 to 2012. She completed a PhD at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna.