Andrius Arutiunian (b.1991) is an Armenian-Lithuanian artist and composer. He works with hybrid forms of sound, focusing on aural fabrications, speculative and vernacular sonic materials, as well as the politics of listening. He often works through installations, sound objects, and time-based collaborations with musicians and performers.
Education
| 2014 – 2016 | MA Composition, The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague |
| 2010 – 2014 | BA Composition, The Royal Conservatoire, The Hague |
Upcoming
| 2021 | FACT, Liverpool (15th September – 15th October 2021) |
| Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (16th October – 24th October 2021) | |
| Rewire festival, Korzo, solo performance (10th September 2021) |
Exhibitions & performances
| 2021 | New World Disorder, werkleitz, Halle (18th June – 4th July 2021) |
| Opening the Archive, BALTIC Contemporary Centre for Art, Gateshead (online, w/ Eloise Sweetman) | |
| 2020 | Lucia Festival, Florence |
| Rainy Days festival (postponed) | |
| Artificial Empathy, ZKM | Hertz Lab, Karslruhe (postponed) | |
| Exrotaprint, Berlin (w/ Adapter ensemble) | |
| Crossroads Festival, Yerevan (postponed) | |
| Muzikos Ruduo Festival, Vilnius (w/ Anton Lukoszevieze) | |
| 2019 | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (w/ Ensemble Modelo62) |
| Sacrum Profanum Festival | |
| TAC, Eindhoven (w/ Ensemble Modelo62) | |
| Kablys, Vilnius | |
| MO, Modern Art Museum, Vilnius (w/ Ensemble Synaesthesis) | |
| Kaunas Artist’s House (w/Ensemble Synaesthesis) | |
| Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam (w/ Marianna Maruyama) | |
| 2018 | Centraal Museum, Gaudeamus Muziekweek festival, Utrecht |
| Yaga festival, Lithuania | |
| Korzo, The Hague | |
| De Nieuwe Regentes, 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 | |
| Gaudeamus Sessies, Utrecht | |
| 2016 | MAZE festival, Amsterdam |
| Rewire festival, The Hague | |
| Moments in the Pulse, Hong Kong |
Residencies
| 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
| 2020 | Four Essays, w/ Raimundas Malašauskas, Marianna Maruyama, Isabelle Sully |
| 2019 | Portraits & Poets, digital release |
| CD complilation Another Point of View, Ensemble Synaesthesis, Music Information Centre Vilnius | |
| CD compilation Far Away But Ever Closer, Music Information Centre Vilnius |
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 |
Teaching & research
| 2016 – ongoing | Sound researcher at the Sedje Hémon Foundation, The Hague |
| 2016 – 2019 | Guest tutor at the Master Artistic Research department, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague |