Andrius Arutiunian (b.1991) is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist and composer working with hybrid forms of listening, vernacular knowledges and contemporary cosmologies. His research experiments with perception of deep time, non-western knowledges, and alternate methods for world-ordering. Through playful investigation of hypnotic and enigmatic forms, Arutiunian’s installations, films, and performances challenge the concepts of musical and political attunement.
In 2022 Arutiunian represented Armenia at the 59th Venice Art Biennale with a solo show Gharīb. Other biennial shows include the 15th Gwangju Biennale, the 17th Lyon Biennale, the 14th Shanghai Biennale, the 15th Baltic Triennial, and documenta 14 Parliament of Bodies.
Other selected shows include Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Centre Pompidou (Paris), M HKA (Antwerp), Sapieha Palace (Vilnius), Stroom (The Hague), Survival Kit 13 (Riga), FACT (Liverpool), Rewire (The Hague), CTM festival (Berlin), Meduza (Vilnius), and Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius).
In 2024 Arutiunian was shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize. He is a 2023/24 DAAD fellow in Berlin.
Contact: studio@andriusarutiunian.com
Education
| 2010/16 | Music Composition, BA & MA; The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague |
Solo shows
| 2023 | Medūza, Vilnius, Counterfates |
| PYLON-Lab, Dresden, Silent Talking | |
| Centrala Space, Birmingham, Diaphonics | |
| 2022 | The 59th Venice Biennale, Armenia Pavilion, Gharīb |
| CTM festival and silent green, Berlin, Incantations |
Biennales
| 2024 | 15th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud |
| 17th Lyon Biennale, France, curated by Alexia Fabre | |
| 15th Baltic Triennial, Lithuania, curated by Tom Engels and Maya Tounta | |
| 2nd Riyadh Biennale, Saudi Arabia, curated by Ute Meta Bauer | |
| 9th Asian Art Biennale, Taiwan | |
| 2023 | 14th Shanghai Biennale: Cosmos Cinema, China, curated by Anton Vidokle |
| 14th Kaunas Biennale, Lithuania, curated by Alicia Knock and Inga Lāce | |
| 2022 | The 59th Venice Biennale, Armenia Pavilion, Gharīb, curated by Anne Davidian |
| Survival Kit 13, The Little Bird Must Be Caught, Latvia, curated by iLiana Fokianaki |
Group exhibitions & performances
| 2024 | Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev | |
| Palais de Tokyo, Paris | |
| Kadist, Paris | |
| Rewire Festival, The Hague | |
| 2023 | Le Fresnoy and Centre Pompidou, Tourcoing, Saodat Ismailova. Double Horizon |
| Slavs and Tatars, Radicants, Paris, Pickle Bar | |
| Stroom, The Hague, Positions: Elsewheres | |
| 2022 | M HKA, Antwerp, EURASIA − A Landscape of Mutability |
| 2021 | FACT, 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) | |
| deSingel, Antwerp (w/ Nadar ensemble) | |
2016 | MAZE festival, Amsterdam |
| Rewire festival, The Hague |
Residencies
| 2023 | DAAD, Berlin |
| Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt | |
| Cité internationale des arts, Paris | |
| 2022 | Rupert, 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 |
Bibliography
Publications
| 2022 | The Book of Gharīb (Pavilion of Armenia and Hallow Ground) |
| 2020 | Four Essays, w/ Raimundas Malašauskas, Marianna Maruyama, Isabelle Sully |
| 2019 | Portraits & Poets, digital release |
Awards & grants
| 2020 | Talent 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
Teaching & research
| 2016–ongoing | Sound 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 |