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Margarita Maximova

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solo & duo exhibitions

  • 2026Stills/Rooms, with Maria Martini, Janitor, Brussels, BE
  • 2022The Young and the Beautiful, with Rose Lowder, ArtCinema OFFoff, Ghent, BE
  • 2021Harm and Charm, with Aisha Christison, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, BE
  • 2020The Affect Heuristic, De Vereniging (S.M.A.K), Ghent, BE
  • 2020A Cycle of Sustain and Decay, with Shana Moulton, Tick Tack, Antwerp, BE
  • 2018Ten Slotte, Het Bos, Antwerp, BE
  • 2018You’re On Your Own And All Over The Place, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE

selected group exhibitions & screenings

  • 2027(forthcoming) performance Slipper Orchid at KANAL, Brussels, BE
  • 2026what did you pass on to me, group show at le bailli, Brussels, BE
  • 2026Slipper Orchid, performance, Borderline Festival, Athens, GR
  • 2026Sycamore Dreams, screening at Cinema Nova, Brussels, BE
  • 2025The Jetty, screening, in collaboration with Billy Bultheel, Circa, Piccadilly Circus, London, UK
  • 2025bubbles beneath the surface, Kunsthal Mechelen, BE
  • 2025Blue Screen, Brussels, BE
  • 2025Barlinale, Tennis Bar, Berlin, DE
  • 2024Point of no Return, LUCA, Ghent, BE
  • 2024Orangery of Care, group show, nGbk, Berlin, DE
  • 2024Swarm Dust, performance, nGbk, Berlin, DE
  • 2024European Spirits, Soft Power, Berlin, DE
  • 2023Collection Presentation, group show, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, BE
  • 2023Bloch / Video Confrontation, group show with Basma Alsharif, Raymond Hains, Alain Le Quernec, Alain Rivière, Erika Vogt, FRAC Bretagne, FR
  • 2023Forest Wide Time at Reykjavík International Film Festival, Reykjavik, IS
  • 2022Exiting the Vampire Castle, Lichtekooi, Antwerp, BE
  • 2022Spring Equinox, suns.works, Zürich, CH
  • 2021Courtisane Festival, Sphinx Cinema, Ghent, BE
  • 2021Screenings X Forum, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
  • 2021Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, DE
  • 2021Navigating AquaGranda, A Digital Community Memory, Science Gallery, Venice, IT
  • 2021Fifth Wave, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Moscow, RU
  • 2020Just Call Him And See If He Picks Up (screening), Super Dakota, Brussels, BE
  • 2020Shelter in Place, Thomas Schulte Gallery, Berlin, DE
  • 2019Martians Send Videos Home, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, CN
  • 2019Artificial Scarcity, Video Club Stedelijk Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
  • 2019Objects In Love With Humans, Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague, CZ

awards & funding

  • 2026Flemish Government Funding Grant, BE
  • 2024Flemish Government Funding Grant, BE
  • 2023Honorary Mention for the artistic project AquaGranda: A Digital Community Memory, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT
  • 2023Flemish Government Funding Grant, BE
  • 2018Flemish Government Funding Grant, BE
  • 2014First laureate of Coming People, S.M.A.K, Ghent, BE
  • 2013Laureate thesis award, Luca School of Arts, Ghent, BE

lectures, workshops & readings

  • 2024Reading: You Have Within You Something Stronger and More Numinous, Soft Power, Berlin, DE
  • 2023Podcast: NICC To Meet You, with Shervine Sheikh Rezaei, NICC, Antwerp, BE
  • 2022Reading: You Have Within You Something Stronger and More Numinous, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, AT
  • 2021Workshop: Writing: A Waste Of My Time, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, DK
  • 2018Lecture: Memories From A Parallel Present, hosted by Bozar and Russian Turn, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE

collections

  • FRAC Bretagne, FR
  • Mu.ZEE, Ostend, BE

publications

  • 2021You Have Within You Something Stronger and More Numinous, published by Damien & The Love Guru

published writing

  • 2020Le Chauffage #1, edited by Emile Rubino and Felix Rapp

education

  • 2013Master in Visual Arts, Luca School of Arts, Ghent, BE

residencies

  • 202625AV, Onassis Stegi, Athens, GR
  • 2023Escola Das Transições, Vila Real, PT
  • 2013KHM Cologne, Paidia Institute, Sardinia, IT
  • 2012Migrating Art Academies, Goethe Institute, Nida, LT