Anca Benera

Group XLI, 2015
ARCHITECTURE

www.ancabenera.ro

Born 1977 in Constanta, Romania
Lives in Bucharest, Romania

Education

Art, National University of Art, Bucharest, Romania
Art History & Theory, National University of Art, Bucharest, Romania

Selected Exhibitions

2015
- “The School of Kyiv,” The Biennale, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 “Our Land / Alien Territory,” special project of 6th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
- “GLOBALE: Global Control and Censorship,” ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
- “Under the current circumstances...,” IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria (solo show)
- “Austeria,” BWA Sokol, Nowy Sącz, Poland
- “Walking Without Footprints,” Tranzit.sk, Bratislava, Slovakia
- “Ideas for Change,” Vienna Biennale, MAK, Vienna, Austria
- “Check Your Head!,” Off Biennale Budapest, Hungary
- “Embodied Resilience,” Peninsula.land, Berlin, Germany
- “Pocket Revolutions,” Korea Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
- “Private Nationalism,” Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2014
- “Der Brancusi-Effekt,” Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
- “Sights and Sounds. Global Film and Video”, The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
- “Ways of Working, According to an Office Desk,” Upominki, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- “A Few Grams of Red, Yellow, Blue,” CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
- “Art Under a Dangerous Star: The Responsibilty of Art”, Tranzit.hu, Budapest, Hungary
- “Hot & Cold: Revolution in the Present Tense, public art event, Cluj and Timisoara, Romania
- “Mundus vadit retro,” Kibla, Maribor, Slovenia
- “Spatii in Asteptare /Waiting Spaces,” Public Art Festival, Timisoara, Romania
- “Like a Bird. Avian Ecologies in Contemporary Art,” Tranzit.ro, Bucharest, RO
- “Private Nationalism,” m 21 Gallery, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs, Hungary

2013
- “Mom, am I barbarian?,” 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
- “Like a Bird. Avian Ecologies in Contemporary Art,” Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “oeconomy, an already tumultuous landscape where phantasms cross,” Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany
- “Video a-i-r,” Galerie ArtPoint, Vienna, Austria
- “Days of Labour, Nights of Leisure –Art as the Disruption of Everyday Life,” Knoll Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “Come and Go,” Swiss Embassy, Vienna, Austria
- “Measures of Saving the World,” < rotor >, Graz, Austria
- “We were so few and so many of us are left,” Tranzit.hu Budapest, Hungary (solo show)
- “We were so few and so many of us are left,” Tranzit.ro Bucharest, Romania (solo show)
- “Compensation for the Lack of Resources,” Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (solo show)

2012
- “Intense Proximity.” La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- “Winning Hearts and Minds,” lecture performance within the project conducted by Critical Art Ensemble at dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany
- “Global fara globalizare. De la matematica pana în China,” Salonul de Proiecte, Bucharest, Romania
- “Inexactly This,” Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- “Art or Life: aesthetics and biopolitics”, curated by_vienna 2012, Vienna, Austria
- “Pacta sunt Servanda,” Teatru Spalatorie, Chisinau, Moldova (solo project)

2011
- “Navigating London's Lost Rivers,” Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
- “BIEFF”, Experimental Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
- “Catedra de Istorie Temporara,” Magma Contemporary, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania

Awards

2015
- “Create Your Bucharest!” 1st Vienna Biennale, MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria (special prize)

2012
- Henkel Art Award Romania (winners)
- Henkel Art Award Central and Eastern Europe, mumok Museum, Vienna, Austria (nomination)

Selected Projects within the framework of Centre for Visual Introspection

2015
- “The Imaginary Institution,” La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- “The Imaginary Institution,” “Inexactly This,” Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2011
- “Self Publishing in Times of Freedom and Repression,” lectures and workshop, CVI Bucharest, Romania
- “Inventory,” within the project of Archive Kabinett Berlin, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale, Greece

2010
- “Where Art Does Take Place in the End Times?,” Caminul Cultural, Bucharest, Romania
- “Making Off,” CVI, Bucharest, Romania

2008
- “Ars Telefonica,” public art project, Bucharest, Romania

Fellowships

2015
- AIR Krems, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria

2013
- KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria

Selected Publications, artist books and contributions

2015
- “River Ecologies: Contemporary Art and Environmental Humanities on the Danube,” published by Translocal Institute, Budapest, Hungary

2014
- “38,88%,” published by pplus4 Association and Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
- “From object to subject,” IDEA art + society, nr. 44 (24 page insert), Cluj, Romania

2011
- “Bucharest: Matter & History. The public monument and its discontents” (author Anca Benera), published by ICR, Bucharest, Romania
- “Hard Edit. Self Publishing in Times of Freedom and Repression,” publication published by CVI Bucharest, Romania

JURY

Elke Delugan-Meissl
Christian Höller
Marko Lulic
Kimberli Meyer
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Phillip Van den Bossche

Arnold Estefan

Group XLI, 2015
ARCHITECTURE

www.arnoldestefan.ro

Born 1978 in Targu Secuiesc, Covasna, Romania
Lives in Bucharest, Romania

Education

Art, National University of Art, Bucharest, Romania

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015
- “Under the Current Circumstances,” IG Bildende Kunst Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2013
- “We Were So Few and So Many Of Us Are Left,” tranzit.hu Budapest, Hungary
- “Compensation for the Lack of Resources,” Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
- “We Were So Few and So Many Of Us Are Left,” tranzit.ro Bucharest, Romania

2012
- “Pacta sunt Servanda, Teatru Spalatorie, Chisinau, Moldova

2011
- “Catedra de Istorie Temporara,” Magma Contemporary Art Space, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania

Group Exhibitions

2015
- “GLOBALE: Global Control and Censorship,” ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
- “Austeria,” BWA Sokol, Nowy Sącz, Poland
- “Our Land/Alien Territory,” special project of 6th Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
- “The School of Kyiv” – The Biennale, Kiev, Ukraine
- “Ideas for Change,” 1st Vienna Biennale, MAK, Vienna, Austria
- “Check Your Head!,” Off Biennale Budapest, Hungary
- “Embodied Resilience,” Peninsula.land, Berlin, Germany
- “Pocket Revolutions,” Korea Foundation, Seoul, South Korea
- “Private Nationalism,” Open Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2014
- “Der Brancusi-Effekt,” Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
- “Sights and Sounds, Global Film and Video,” The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
- “Ways of Working, According to an Office Desk,” Upominki, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- “A Few Grams of Red, Yellow, Blue. New Romanian Art,” CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
- “Art Under a Dangerous Star: The Responsibilty of Art,” tranzit.hu, Budapest, Hungary
- “Hot & Cold: Revolution in the Present Tense,” public art event, Cluj and Timisoara, Romania
- “Mundus vadit retro,” KIBLA PORTAL, Maribor, Slovenia
- “Waiting Spaces,” Public Art Festival, Timisoara, Romania
- “Like a Bird. Avian Ecologies in Contemporary Art,” tranzit.ro, Bucharest, Romania
- “Private Nationalism,” m 21 Gallery, Zsolnay Cultural Quarter, Pécs, Hungary

2013
- “Mom, am I barbarian?,” 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
- “Like a Bird. Avian Ecologies in Contemporary Art,” Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “oeconomy, an already tumultuous landscape where phantasms cross,” Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany
- “Video a-i-r,” Galerie ArtPoint, Vienna, Austria
- “Days of Labour, Nights of Leisure –Art as the Disruption of Everyday Life,” Knoll Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- “Come and Go,” Swiss Embassy, Vienna, Austria
- “Measures of Saving the World,” < rotor >, Graz, Austria

2012
- “Intense Proximity,” La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- “Winning Hearts and Minds,” lecture performance within the project conducted by Critical Art Ensemble at dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany
-“Global fara globalizare. De la matematica pana în China,” Salonul de Proiecte, Bucharest, Romania
- “Inexactly This,” Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- “Art or Life: aesthetics and biopolitics,” curated by vienna 2012, Vienna, Austria

2011
- “BIEFF,” Experimental Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania

Awards

2015
- “Create Your Bucharest!,” 1st Vienna Biennale, MAK, Vienna, Austria (special prize)

2012
- Henkel Art Award Romania (winner)
- Henkel Art Award Central and Eastern Europe, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria (nomination)

Selected curatorial projects within the framework of Centre for Visual Introspection

2012
- “The Imaginary Institution,” La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
- “The Imaginary Institution,” “Inexactly This,” Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2011
- “Self Publishing in Times of Freedom and Repression,” lectures and workshop, CVI Bucharest, Romania
- “Inventory,” within the framework of Thessaloniki Biennale 3, Thessaloniki, Greece

2010
- “Where Art Does Take Place in the End Times?,” Caminul Cultural, Bucharest, Romania
- “Making Off,” CVI, Bucharest, Romania

2008
- “Ars Telefonica,” public art project, Bucharest, Romania

Residencies and Scholarships

2015
- AIR Krems, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria

2013
- KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria

Selected Publications, Artist Books and Contributions

2015
- “River Ecologies: Contemporary Art and Environmental Humanities on the Danube,” published by Translocal Institute, Budapest, Hungary

2014
- “38,88%”, published by pplus4 Association and Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
- “From object to subject,” IDEA art + society, nr. 44 (24 pages insert), Cluj, Romania

2011
- “Bucharest: Matter & History. The public monument and its discontents” (author Anca Benera), published by ICR, Bucharest, Romania
- “Hard Edit. Self Publishing in Times of Freedom and Repression,” publication published by CVI Bucharest, Romania

JURY

Elke Delugan-Meissl
Christian Höller
Marko Lulic
Kimberli Meyer
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Phillip Van den Bossche

Daniel Springer

Group XLI, 2015
ARCHITECTURE

Born 1982 in Krumbach, Germany
Lives in Berlin, Germany

Education

Architecture, State Academy of Art & Design, Stuttgart , Germany
Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Architecture, Technical University, Vienna, Austria

Work Experience

2015
- Freelance Architect, Studio Dreigegeneinen, Berlin, Germany

2014
- Freelance Architect, Studio Miessen, Berlin, Germany

2012
-Assistant ‚ “72 Hour Urban Action,“ Stuttgart, Germany

2011 / 12
- Booksales, Walther König Art & Architecture Bookshop, Stuttgart, Germany

2011
- Intern, PLOT Magazine - Creative Spaces, Stuttgart, Germany

2009
- Intern, ZUS - ZONES URBAINES SENSIBLES, IABR 2009, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2008
- Intern, “Stadt:Werk:Lehen,“ Transparadiso, Vienna, Austria
- Contributor, XXI (Turkish architectural magazine)

2007
Intern, “Beyond the Blue,“ Coop Himmelb(l)au, Vienna, Austria

Teaching

2014 / 15
- Research and Teaching Fellow, Architecture and Landscape Department, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

2011 / 12
- Student Assistant, Digital Fabrication, State Academy of Art & Design Stuttgart, Germany

Exhibitions

2013
- “The Library of Unbabel,“ International Biennial Scenography, Stuttgart, Germany

2012
- “Unfinished‘ - a self-organised curatorial project of photography and fashion design in Berlin, Germany

2011
- “Avalon,” “Quartier Quartett Rosenstein,” Stuttgart, Germany

2009
- “Penetrate the History,” Flakturm Vienna, Austria

Awards & Scholarships

2014
- Herta-Maria-Witzemann Prize (1st Prize) for “The Library of Unbabel“
- German-Polish BDA-SARP Award (Nomination) for “The Library of Unbabel“

2012
- Architectural Association Visiting School Scholarship for “Active Matters,“ Tel Aviv, Israel

Publications

2014
- “Architecture through the lens of Music,“ ongoing interview project
- “The Library of Unbabel,“ „Horizonte,“ 9th issue

2013
- “The value of a war-scarred ruin in Beirut,“ „Failed Architecture“ (Dutch online platform)
- “Kreativquartier,“ unpublished urban research book on four case study buildings
- “Unfinished Situations,“ unpublished book on the attraction of unfinished architectural situations

2008
- Reviews for architectural magazine XXI on exhibitions like “Beyond the Blue“ and “Dwelling on the Dunes“

Competitions

2015
- Entry for Bauhaus Museum Dessau in collaboration with architecture collective “Enter this“

2014
- Entry for ThinkSpace Zagreb, guest curated by Keller Easterling, on the theme of subtraction
- Entry for "Folly 20xx," Socrates Sculpture Park, New York City, United States

JURY

Elke Delugan-Meissl
Christian Höller
Marko Lulic
Kimberli Meyer
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Phillip Van den Bossche

Thea Moeller

Group XLI, 2015
FINE ARTS

www.theamoeller.de

Born 1985 in Hannover, Germany
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015
- “Veranda Louisiana,” Deborah Schamoni, Munich, Germany

2014
- “Adria Zement,” Startgalerie Musa, Vienna, Austria
- “Garage Inc.,” zumikon lounge, Nuremberg, Germany
- “Thea Moeller,” Introduce #12, Schneiderei, Vienna, Austria

2013
- “Betonfeld fehlt,” Ve.sch, Vienna, Austria

2012
- “Space house neu bau,” Vitrine, Nuremberg, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015
- “Thea Moeller/ Mads Westrup,” Bianca D’Alessandro, Copenhagen, Denmark
- "dienstag abend," Baba Vasa’s Cellar, Shabla, Bulgaria
- “Import/Export,” Skulpturinstitut, die Angewandte, Nordbahnhof Vienna, Austria
- “asdf,” Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna, Austria

2014
- “Let’s mingle,” Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna, Austria

2013
- “Oil on Canvas,” Christian Andersen Galerie, Copenhagen, Denmark

Scholarships and Grants

2014/15
- Lenikus Artists in Residence Program, Vienna, Austria

2014
- Honorary Prize (Diploma), Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria
- Project grant, City of Nuremberg, Germany

2012
- British American Tobacco Prize

JURY

Elke Delugan-Meissl
Christian Höller
Marko Lulic
Kimberli Meyer
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Phillip Van den Bossche

Sofia Porto Bauchwitz

Group XL, 2015
FINE ARTS

www.sofiabauchwitz.com

Born 1988 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives in Madrid, Spain

Education

Art, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Art, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions

2015
- "Puedes encontrarme?," El Patio de Martín de los Heros, Madrid, Spain

2012
- “A Speculum of,” Casa de Ribeira Cultural Foundation, Natal, Brazil

2011
- “Your Absence, My Presence,” Capitania das Artes Foundation, Natal, Brazil
- “Passa-gens,” Conviv’art Gallery, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

2009
- “Literary Animals,” Capitania das Artes Foundation, Natal, Brazil

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
- “C.R.O.M.A.,” La Casa Franca, Madrid, Spain
- “XV Salão de Artes Visuais de Natal,” Natal, Brazil
- “EXTENDIDO 2013,” Il Festival de Arte Emergente Ciudad de Cencua, Spain
- “Janos: The inmaterial Worker,” C Arte C, Madrid, Spain
- “Portas Abertas,” Fundaçao Eugenio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal
- “Mostra Nordeste de Artes Visuais,” Museo Murillo la Greca, Recife, Brazil / Pinacoteca do Estado, Natal, Brazil
- “SeAlquila Mercado (SeAlquila Proyecto),” Mercado de la Cebada, Madrid, Spain
- “Il Haciendo Barrio,” Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
- “Coletivo Urbanário,” Espaço Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Publications

2010
- “Arte y Revelación de la deidad en Mark Rothko,” (Art and the Revelation of Deification in Mark Rothko), IN: XVI Congreso Nacional de Filosofia – Buenos Aires. 182.

2009
- “Ir a los toros: la intimidad española de las corridas,” (Go to the Bulls: The Spanish Intimacy of Bullfighting), IN: Anais da XVII Semana de Humanidades, Natal: CCHLA-UFRN. 1-5.

JURY

Kirsty Bell
Bettina Götz
Hou Hanru
Markus Schinwald
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Monica Rizzolli Gomes

Group XL, 2015
FINE ARTS

www.monicarizzolli.com

Born 1981 in São Carlos, Brazil
Lives in Kassel, Germany

Education

Art, Kunsthochschule Kassel, Prof. Johannes Spehr, Kassel, Germany
Art, Instituto de Artes da UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
Art, Escola de Belas Artes da UFMG Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions

2010
- “QUEDA,” Central Galeria de Arte, curator: Fernanda Lopes, São Paulo, Brazil

2008
- “SEMELHANTE,” Centro Cultural Sede Avenida, São Carlos, Brazil

Selected Group Exhibitions


2013
- “Atrás da prta verde,” Epicentro Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil

2012
- “Not exclusive,” Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany

2011
- “Octopus Garden,” Central Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2010
- “Whodunnit?,” Art Association Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, USA
- “Coletiva de Desenho,” QUINA Galeria, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- “Ainda Desenho,” Decó Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil

2009
- “A Paixão de Mickey,” Atelie 397, São Paulo, Brazil

2008
- “Monica Rizzolli e Paula Ordonhes,” AAMAM, São Paulo, Brazil
- “Gabinete,” Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil

Residencies and Prizes

2013
- Sweet Home, Halarenarte, Madrid, Spain
- UPK-Kunstpreis 2013, “Menschen & Perspektiven,” Kassel, Germany

2012
- Creatives in Residence, Sunhoo Industrial Design Park, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

JURY

Kirsty Bell
Bettina Götz
Hou Hanru
Markus Schinwald
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Christoph Meier

Group XL, 2015
FINE ARTS

www.christophmeier.net

Born 1980 in Vienna, Austria
Lives in Vienna, Austria

Education

Art, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Prof. Heimo Zobernig, Vienna, Austria
Architecture, Technical University, Vienna, Austria

Selected Exhibitions

2015
- “Display of the Centuries. Friedrich Kiesler and Contemporary Art,” Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, United States
- “The Rules of the Game,” Studio Museum Achille Castiglioni, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy

2013
- Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany

2010
- “Where do we go from here?,” Secession, Vienna, Austria

2009
- “Proposal for a Discotheque,” Kiosk Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

JURY

Kirsty Bell
Bettina Götz
Hou Hanru
Markus Schinwald
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Lukas Stopczynski

Group XL, 2015
ARCHITECTURE

Born 1984, Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Lives in Stuttgart, Germany

Education

Architecture, State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany
Architecture, Academy of Fine Art / IKA, Vienna, Austria

Selected Exhibitions

2012
- “Make-Shift-Make,” Tutaj, Kronika, Poland

2011
- “Neubau 4,” ASK 2016 Katowice, Poland

2010
- Photosummer Stuttgart, Germany

2009
- “Neubau 3,” Summer Exhibition, State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany

2008
- videoperformance, UAMO Art Festival, Munich, Germany

Work Experience

- Kronika Center for Contemporary Art
- Medusagroup / Medusaindustry
- HP4 Daniel Schönle
- VONM Architects
- Atelier Nagel-Thiessen

Teaching

2012
- lecture: “What Comes After,” Denksalon Voralberg, Austria
- lecture : “Border – Chaos & Order,” Designer & Artists Conference 2012, Görlitz, Germany
- tutor, Prof. Blaschitz, Baukunst Klasse, State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany

2011
- workshop: “Make-Shift-Make,” in cooperation with KRONIKA, Bytom, Poland
- workshop: “Architecture for Children,” in cooperation with KRONIKA, Bytom, Poland

2009
- research assistant, Prof. Quednau, Urban studies, State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany

Awards

2013
- Academy Award for group installation, Abk-Stuttgart, Germany

2012
- appointment to Baukonvent, Bundestiftung Baukultur, Potsdam, Germany
- 1st Prize, Int. Hugo Wolf Akademie (Corp. Design)
- 1st Prize, Aviation Award, Sculpture Airport STG

2009
- 2nd Prize, Rudolf Lodders Prize
-1st Prize, CDC4 Monolithic-Xploring Versatility

Scholarships

2013
- “Downtown Cairo” Workshop, DAAD, Cairo, Egypt

2012
- “Active Matters”, AA Visiting School, Tel Aviv, Israel

2011
- urban research, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- fellowship, German National Merit Foundation

2010
- Masterclass Istanbul, CDC4 curated by Valerio Olgiati

JURY

Kirsty Bell
Bettina Götz
Hou Hanru
Markus Schinwald
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein