Maria Belova

*1995 in Moscow (RU), lives and works in Vienna since 2017

 
EDUCATION

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