Maria Belova
*1995 in Moscow (RU), lives and works in Vienna since 2017EDUCATION
2023
Fine Art (Mary Evans), Chelsea College - University of the Arts London
2020 – now
Transmedia Art (Brigitte Kowanz, Jakob Lena Knebl), University for Applied Arts Vienna
2019 – 2020
Art Photography (Anja Manfredi), Schule Friedl Kubelka Wien, with the teaching contributions by Elfie Semotan, Josephine Pryde, Timm Rautert & others
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
UPCOMING
ReA! Art Fair, Milan, Italy (12-15 October, 2023)
Stealth Wealth: Navigating the Conspicuous Consumption, Zacherlfabrik, Vienna (Spring 2024)
Sammlung Falckenberg⎪Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany (Spring 2024)
2023
PARALLEL VIENNA 2023, Vienna
curated by Marlene Stahl
Memoire Clouds; inner mental explosion, KOLLEKTIV KAORLE, Vienna
curated by Ines Kaufmann
2022
Figures of Imagination. Trans..., Georg Kargl Permanent, Vienna
curated by she.said / Anna Zwingl, Eva Chytilek
Wishlist, hosted by Okay Works, Vienna
curated by Sophie Halder
Soft Machine, Phileas Project Space, Vienna
curated by Jakob Lena Knebl
Anti–Anti–Anti: de-visibility, unbiased biases and friends, Angewandte Festival, Vienna
curated by Mauricio Ianes de Moraes
Get It While You Can!, Never At Home, Vienna
curated by Maria Belova, Ganaël Dumreicher, Isolar Mesec, Felix Schellhorn, Marlene Stahl, Iris Writze
Ищи Своих (Search for Your People), performative action with Mariya Vasilyeva, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
A shop is a shop is a shopbeta. Conceptual store, Kunsthalle, Vienna
curated by Klaus Speidel
2021
Maria Belova: Unspoken, solo show in Konzilgedächtniskirche, Vienna
curated by Gustav Schörghofer SJ
The 8th Catholic Arts Biennial, The Verostko Center for the Arts, PA, USA
curated by Andrew Julo
Metaphorically together, Angewandte Festival, Vienna
curated by Martina Menegon & Wolfgang Obermaier
REALITY, Kunstsalon FLUC, Vienna
curated by Anna Zwingl & Brigitte Kowanz
2020
Stille Räume, das Weisse Haus, Vienna
curated by Itai Margula
Bingo!, performative solo intervention, Belvedere 21, Vienna
Net Works, with Darja Shatalova, Kara Agora European Art & Research Center, online
curated by Julia Hartmann
Disjunkte Mengen, performative intervention into public space with Daria Shatalova & Jennifer Posny, Innere Stadt + Pferd, Vienna
Post-Internet Art Generation, die Schöne, Vienna
curated by Art-Kolkhoz
2019
Ya I Ona, performance with Darja Shatalova, Improper Walls, Vienna
curated by Smaranda Krings, Osama Zatar & Justina Speirokaite
Zyklus, durational performance, ega: frauen im zentrum, Vienna
COOPERATION
2021 – now
Social Media Responsible & Digital Designer
viennacontemporary
2020 – now
Freelance art documentation & Content creator
(with viennacontemporary, Phileas, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN gallery, Question Me & Answer, Improper Walls gallery, Porn Film Festival Vienna, lt.art festival, AA Collections, room69, multiple individual artists)
2022
PR & Communications Responsible
A shop is a shop is a shopbeta. Conceptual store
Kunsthalle, Vienna
CURATORIAL WORK
2024
Stealth Wealth: Navigating the Conspicuous Consumption, Zacherlfabrik, Vienna
Co-curated with Smaranda Krings & Ilya Lobanov
2022
Get It While You Can!, Never At Home, Vienna
Co-curated with Ganaël Dumreicher, Isolar Mesec, Felix Schellhorn, Marlene Stahl, Iris Writze
2020
Post-Internet Art Generation exhibition, die Schöne, Vienna
Co-curated with Art Kolkhoz Verein, Vienna
2023
Fine Art (Mary Evans), Chelsea College - University of the Arts London
2020 – now
Transmedia Art (Brigitte Kowanz, Jakob Lena Knebl), University for Applied Arts Vienna
2019 – 2020
Art Photography (Anja Manfredi), Schule Friedl Kubelka Wien, with the teaching contributions by Elfie Semotan, Josephine Pryde, Timm Rautert & others
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
UPCOMING
ReA! Art Fair, Milan, Italy (12-15 October, 2023)
Stealth Wealth: Navigating the Conspicuous Consumption, Zacherlfabrik, Vienna (Spring 2024)
Sammlung Falckenberg⎪Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany (Spring 2024)
2023
PARALLEL VIENNA 2023, Vienna
curated by Marlene Stahl
Memoire Clouds; inner mental explosion, KOLLEKTIV KAORLE, Vienna
curated by Ines Kaufmann
2022
Figures of Imagination. Trans..., Georg Kargl Permanent, Vienna
curated by she.said / Anna Zwingl, Eva Chytilek
Wishlist, hosted by Okay Works, Vienna
curated by Sophie Halder
Soft Machine, Phileas Project Space, Vienna
curated by Jakob Lena Knebl
Anti–Anti–Anti: de-visibility, unbiased biases and friends, Angewandte Festival, Vienna
curated by Mauricio Ianes de Moraes
Get It While You Can!, Never At Home, Vienna
curated by Maria Belova, Ganaël Dumreicher, Isolar Mesec, Felix Schellhorn, Marlene Stahl, Iris Writze
Ищи Своих (Search for Your People), performative action with Mariya Vasilyeva, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
A shop is a shop is a shopbeta. Conceptual store, Kunsthalle, Vienna
curated by Klaus Speidel
2021
Maria Belova: Unspoken, solo show in Konzilgedächtniskirche, Vienna
curated by Gustav Schörghofer SJ
The 8th Catholic Arts Biennial, The Verostko Center for the Arts, PA, USA
curated by Andrew Julo
Metaphorically together, Angewandte Festival, Vienna
curated by Martina Menegon & Wolfgang Obermaier
REALITY, Kunstsalon FLUC, Vienna
curated by Anna Zwingl & Brigitte Kowanz
2020
Stille Räume, das Weisse Haus, Vienna
curated by Itai Margula
Bingo!, performative solo intervention, Belvedere 21, Vienna
Net Works, with Darja Shatalova, Kara Agora European Art & Research Center, online
curated by Julia Hartmann
Disjunkte Mengen, performative intervention into public space with Daria Shatalova & Jennifer Posny, Innere Stadt + Pferd, Vienna
Post-Internet Art Generation, die Schöne, Vienna
curated by Art-Kolkhoz
2019
Ya I Ona, performance with Darja Shatalova, Improper Walls, Vienna
curated by Smaranda Krings, Osama Zatar & Justina Speirokaite
Zyklus, durational performance, ega: frauen im zentrum, Vienna
COOPERATION
2021 – now
Social Media Responsible & Digital Designer
viennacontemporary
2020 – now
Freelance art documentation & Content creator
(with viennacontemporary, Phileas, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN gallery, Question Me & Answer, Improper Walls gallery, Porn Film Festival Vienna, lt.art festival, AA Collections, room69, multiple individual artists)
2022
PR & Communications Responsible
A shop is a shop is a shopbeta. Conceptual store
Kunsthalle, Vienna
CURATORIAL WORK
2024
Stealth Wealth: Navigating the Conspicuous Consumption, Zacherlfabrik, Vienna
Co-curated with Smaranda Krings & Ilya Lobanov
2022
Get It While You Can!, Never At Home, Vienna
Co-curated with Ganaël Dumreicher, Isolar Mesec, Felix Schellhorn, Marlene Stahl, Iris Writze
2020
Post-Internet Art Generation exhibition, die Schöne, Vienna
Co-curated with Art Kolkhoz Verein, Vienna