CV | kinematix

Artistic and professional curriculum vitae

Born on 10.12.1974 in Chisinau, Rep. Moldova (former USSR);

1986-93 – Moldavian Republican Fine Arts school “I.Vieru” (drawing and painting); Chisinau, R.of Moldova

1993-99 – State Academy of Arts (department of Fashion Design); Chisinau, R.of Moldova.

2005-2007 – Sandberg Instituut (Fine Art Department); Amsterdam, Netherlands

Since 2005 I live and work in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

During last years I collaborated (sometimes repeatedly) with local art-centers, galleries and other cultural institutions such as W139, Veemvloer, DeAppel, Arti en Amicitiae, Mediamatic, EastArea, ArtEZ, DeBalie and others.

My international experience contains participation in such projects as –

- Body and the East, Museum of modern art, Ljubljana (1997)

- International forum of art initiatives, Moscow (1998)

- AFTER THE WALL, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (1999)

- “Unfortunately last Sunday afternoon somebody left the door open…”, Museum Het Domein,; Sittard (2000)

- AQUA ART SOUND BROADCAST – Art/Basel/Miami Beach 2005

- HISCOX Art Award – Amsterdam (2006)

- RELATIONS/DOCKING TOUR 01; Hannover (2007)

- RO-MD/Moldova in Two Scenarios; Chisinau (2008)

- City One Minute; Amsterdam-Shanghai (2009)

- ATLANTIS’11; project launched by HEICO network; 54th Venice Biennale (2011)

Since 2007 I work also in collaboration with musician and sound artist D.RIBA (Dmytro Biloiartsev).

Together we form STUDIO KINEMATIX.

Grants, awards, residencies -

1998 - Young Eastern European Contemporary Art (1st prize) - Zagreb, Croatia

2003 - Jan van Eyck Academie (Fine Art Department) - 2 years residence programm; Maastricht, Netherlands

2006 - HISCOX Art Award (nominated) - Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010 - European Cultural Foundation (project support)

2012 - European Cultural Foundation (project support)

Exhibitions, performances, presentations -

solo:

2013 – 100 spits (Priceless Art - 3rd action) – SPALATORIE Theatre; Chisinau, Moldova

2012 – (de)materializing PU (Priceless Art – 2nd action) – Amsterdam Single Viewer Gallery; Amsterdam Zuidoost, Netherlands

2012 – STENGAZETA 2 – SPALATORIE Theatre; Chisinau, Moldova

2011 – 63 BANI (Priceless Art – 1st action) – SPALATORIE Theatre; Chisinau, Moldova

2010 – Hip Hop on Bones - Norma gallery, Odessa, Ukraine

2009 – The Kidney/X-Ray Party – End of the Year Event; JVE Academie; Maastricht, Netherlands

2009 – FULL MOON; music performance, “Pakhuis Wilhelmina” Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008 – STARBATTLE or How To Become A Star - W139; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008 – BEVOR KAPUTT - Plattform für Künstler, Zurich, Switzerland

2007 – Don’t Touch My Crystal Dream – musical performance; PARADISO; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2005 – InhalExhale – launch HIP HOP ON BONES; Club 11; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004 – “Flight of the Though”, public action, Glaspaleis, Heerlen, Netherlands

group:

2014 – SOTU Festival No.3 – OCCII, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2014 – QU’EST-CE QUE C’EST symposium about pop music and contemporary art – Paradiso, Amsterdam

2013 – Myths and Legends of Eastern Europe – Gallery LWW, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2013 – Perestrojka festival - NDSM werf, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2012 – Festival of Civil Disobedience – DeBalie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2011 – PR Campaign of Phantom Pavilion – project launched by KSAK; Chisinau, Moldova

2011 – Atlantis’11 – 54th Venice Biennale; Palazzo Zenobio at Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael; Venice, Italy

2011 – Double Work – KunstKapel Zuidas; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010 – Visualizing Music – KSAK Center of Contemporary Arts; Chisinau, Moldova

2010 – City One Minute - World Expo, Shanghai, China

2009 – Expanding Identities, De Beeldende Kunst Voorbij – dAcapo ArtEZ; Arnhem, Netherlands

2009 – Odessa in 24 hours - City One Minute project; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008 – Oost-West Burlesc / Kunstfestival in Delfshaven – DEK22; Rotterdam, Netherlands

2008 – MD/RO in Two Scenarious – Chisinau, Moldova

2008 – GazProm – DeBalie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008 – Gastarbeider Dating – Mediamatic; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008 – Something Raw – performance festival; W139; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2007 – Personal = Political/REDUX – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2007 – FLOSS Fashion – Groningen, Netherlands

2007 – Woman in Paradise – festival of female creation; Paradiso; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 – RESfest 10th / The Dutch Mix – festival of innovative creativity; De Balie; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 - IMAGES OF THE EAST – RELATIONS DOCKING TOUR 01; Hannover, Germany

2006 – Amsterdam Film Experience; Westergasfabriek, Het Ketelhuis; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 – ROBODOCK – festival of arts and technology; NDSM; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 – PUSTO’06 – 5th edition of street videofestival; Moscow, Russia

2006 – NIGHTKRACHT festival; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 – Kunstvlaai’06 – Westergasfabriek; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 – HISCOX Art Award – gallery Arti en Amicitiae; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2006 – Party STAMPPOT – DeAppel; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2005 – AQUA ART SOUND BROADCAST – Art/Basel/Miami Beach 2005; Aqua Hotel; Miami, USA

2005 – “Music for the Artists” – Veemvloer; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2005 – CEMENT – theatre and performance festival; Maastricht, Netherlands

2005 – “Moldovan Invasion” – EastArea Gallery; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2005 – “The Mystery of New Art” - Bos en Lommer; Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004 – ArtDialog – young moldavian art; Deutsche Welle Bonn, Neue Sachsische Kunstverein Dresden, MDR Broadcasting Center Madenburg, Germany

2004 – FULL MOON; music performance, “Pakhuis Wilhelmina” Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004 – TRICHTLINNBURG; the DJ-VJ music nights, Maastricht, Netherlands

2004 – DONUmenta; international project between Danube countries, Regensburg, Germany

2003 – “Don’t touch my crystal dream”, music performance (with D.Riba), JVE, Maastricht, Netherlands

2002 – “O.K.” (with D.Riba, A.Nasonov, S.Anufriyev), Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2002 – ARDO, music performance (together with D.Riba), Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001 – “Principle of Super Light”, DJ-VJ music night, Chisinau, R.of Moldova

2001 – “INVASION”, Chisinau, R. Of Moldova

2000 – “KINOVARI (imitazia)”, Chisinau, Rep.Moldova

2000 – “Unfortunately last Sunday afternoon somebody left the door open…”, Museum Het Domein; Sittard, Netherlands

2000 – “Identity signs” – Museum of City History; Chisinau, R.of Moldova

1999 – Exhibition of Modern art Transit Napok’99; Cluj, Romania

1999 – WRO’99, Media Art Biennial, Wroclaw, Poland

1999 – After the Wall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

1998 – Senses Test Station – International forum of art initiatives, Moscow, Russia

1998 – Performance festival PERIFERIC 2, Iasi, Romania

1998 – Gioconda’s smile – from the mythical to techno ritual, performance festival, Chisinau, Moldova

1998 – Film festival MEDIAWAVE, Gyor, Hungary

1998 – Body and the East, Museum of modern art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1997 – Film festival VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad, Serbia

1997 – Film festival DaKINO, Bucharest, Romania.

1997 – Messages from Tzara - Reflections in RE, 2nd annual exhibition of SCCA Chisinau, Moldova

1996 – 6th Kilometer, 1st annual exhibition of SCCA Chisinau, Moldova

1996 – CarbonART – 1st edition of land art festival; Sadova, Moldova

Among my curatorial work are exhibitions and symposia like:

Video Marathon Night'99, - 3rd edition of video night, Chisinau, Rep. of Moldova (dedicated to the "Absolute Film" from William Moritz collection);
CarbonART'2000, 5th edition of creative camp, Chisinau, R. of Moldova,
International Exhibition "Identity Signs", Chisinau, Rep. of Moldova,
Kinovari (imitazia) – National Fine Arts Museum; Chisinau, Rep. of Moldova /http://www.art.md/kinovari/
DJ-VJ music night “Principle of Super Light”, Chisinau, R. of Moldova.
MOLDOVAN INVASION – EastArea Gallery; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Visualizing Music – series of lectures and workshop; KSAK Center of Contemporary Art; Chisinau, R. of Moldova.

I collaborated with Octavian Esanu in developing of the catalog "Gioconda's Smile. From Mythic to Techno-ritual”; had made research and organizing Moldovan materials for the publication "Unfortunately last Sunday afternoon somebody left the door open…", Sittard, Netherlands.

Currently I’m running the activity of Amsterdam Single Viewer Gallery in Amsterdam Zuidoost.