Andrius Arutiunian (b.1991) is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist and composer based in Paris and The Hague. Arutiunian works with hybrid forms of sound through installations, film, sculpture and performances.

Sonic dissent, alternate modes of political and musical organisation, and playful investigation of esoteric and vernacular histories form Arutiunian’s most recent works. Through aural cosmologies, the use of non-western tunings and musical systems, as well as extensive studies of resonance and speculative instruments, the artist works with sound as a world-ordering method. Using hypnotic and enigmatic forms, Arutiunian’s works often question the complex histories of what is considered to be “in tune”.

Recent solo shows include the 59th Venice Biennale, Pavilion of Armenia, Gharīb (Venice, 2022); Diaphonics at Centrala (Birmingham, 2023), and Incantations at CTM and silent green (Berlin, 2021).

Selected group shows and performances include Le Fresnoy and Centre Pompidou (Tourcoing), M HKA (Antwerp), Stroom (The Hague), Stedelijk (Amsterdam), Survival Kit 13 (Riga), documenta 14 Parliament of Bodies (Kassel), Slavs and Tatars’ Pickle Bar and Radicants (Paris), FACT (Liverpool), Rewire Festival (The Hague), and Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius).

Selected residencies include DAAD Berlin, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, EMARE/EMAP Liverpool, Amant Siena, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Newcastle, and ZKM | Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Trained as a composer, Arutiunian studied music composition and sonology at the Royal Conservatory The Hague.

studio@andriusarutiunian.com

Solo shows

2023Medūza, Vilnius
Centrala Space, Birmingham, Diaphonics
2022The 59th Venice Biennale, Armenia Pavilion, Gharīb
CTM festival and silent green, Berlin, Incantations

Group exhibitions & performances

2023Le Fresnoy, Centre Pompidou, Tourcoing, Saodat Ismailova. Double Horizon
Slavs and Tatars, Radicants, Paris, Pickle Bar
Stroom, The Hague, Positions: Elsewheres
2022Survival Kit 13, Riga, The Little Bird Must be Caught
M HKA, Antwerp, EURASIA − A Landscape of Mutability
2021FACT, Liverpool, Unseen Data
Rewire festival, The Hague
werkleitz, Halle
BALTIC Contemporary Centre for Art, Newcastle, Opening the Archive

2020

Lucia Festival, Florence
Exrotaprint, Berlin (w/ Adapter ensemble)

2019

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (w/Ensemble Modelo62)
Sacrum Profanum Festival
Kablys, Vilnius
MO, Modern Art Museum, Vilnius (w/ Ensemble Synaesthesis)
Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam (w/ Marianna Maruyama)

2018

Centraal Museum, Gaudeamus Muziekweek festival, Utrecht
Yaga festival, Lithuania
Korzo, The Hague
Ephémère, Studio Loos, The Hague

2017

documenta 14, Parliament of Bodies (w/ Marianna Maruyama)
Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius
Melos Ethos festival, Bratislava (w/ Ensemble Synaesthesis)
RAST, Amsterdam
deSingel, Antwerp (w/ Nadar ensemble)
Gallery Nouvelles Images, The Hague (w/ Marianna Maruyama)
Radio Papesse, Florence

2016

MAZE festival, Amsterdam
Rewire festival, The Hague
Moments in the Pulse, Hong Kong

Residencies

2023DAAD, Berlin
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt
Cité internationale des arts, Paris
2022Rupert, Vilnius

2021

FACT, EMARE/EMAP, Liverpool
Cité internationale des arts, Paris

2020

Amant, Siena

2019

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
ZKM | Hertz Lab, Karlsruhe

2018

The Deep Splash, Vilnius
Quartertone, Yerevan

2015

Conlon Foundation, Utrecht

2014

National Cyprus Museum and Slagwerk Den Haag, Nicosia

Publications

2022The Book of Gharīb (Pavilion of Armenia and Hallow Ground)
2020Four Essays, w/ Raimundas Malašauskas, Marianna Maruyama, Isabelle Sully

2019

Portraits & Poets, digital release

Awards & grants

2020Talent Development Grant, Stimulerings Fonds, the Netherlands
Makersregeling Den Haag, the Netherlands
Stroom, Promise Grant, the Netherlands

2018

Young Artist of 2017, Lithuanian Composer’s Union

2017

JCDecaux award (nomination), Lithuania

Education

2010–2016BA & MA in Composition; The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague

Teaching & research

2016–ongoingSound researcher at the Sedje Hémon Foundation, The Hague

2016–2021

Guest tutor at the Master Artistic Research department, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague