• Marcel Mrejen
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Marcel Mrejen (FR/DZ) born in 1994 (Paris, FR) is a visual artist and filmmaker exploring the articulation of technology within living and economic metabolisms. The form of his work spans various time-based media — installations, filmmaking, sound, and machine-learning


Upcoming:

  • 2024

    Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

Exhibitions:

  • 2023

    Panorama 25, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2022

    Panorama 24, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2022

    Dancing with the Trouble, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2021

    Refresh: Future Proof, Paimpol (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2019

    GROWTH, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2018

    Moonshine Mondays, REDO, Pristina (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2018

    Ant Drop Ant, This Art Fair, Amsterdam

  • 2018

    Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

  • 2018

    No Pain, No Gain, Short-Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand

  • 2017

    ISOLA 3000, ISO, Amsterdam

  • 2017

    $wiss Llif3, Studio Laurenz Brunner, Zurich

  • 2017

    Always in Risk, yet never in Danger, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

  • 2017

    Tentaculum (Rietveld Uncut), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

  • 2017

    Self is Plural, Het Finjout Theater, Amsterdam

  • 2017

    Foam Fusion Festival, FOAM, Amsterdam

  • 2017

    Tentaculum (Rietveld Uncut), KunstRAI, Amsterdam

  • 2016

    Dotclope.com (Rietveld Uncut), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam

  • 2016

    R. Stayfunny, fanfare, Amsterdam

Curating:

  • 2021

    Refresh: Future Proof, Paimpol (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2019

    GROWTH, Laurel Project Space, Amsterdam (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2018

    Le Trouble, ISO, Amsterdam (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

Education:

  • 2015

    BA Arts & Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

  • 2013

    BTS Graphic design, ÉSAA Duperré, Paris

Residencies:

  • 2023

    Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing

  • 2023

    Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice

  • 2019

    Overtoon, Brussels

Grants & Awards:

  • 2023

    Amsterdam Fonds voor de kunst, project grant

  • 2023

    Creative Industries fund NL, digital Culture Fund

  • 2022

    Mondriaan Fonds, Kunstenaar Start

  • 2021

    Creative Industries fund NL, Talent Development Fund

  • 2020

    Mondriaan Fonds, project grant for Ecologies of the Non-Living

  • 2020

    The Best Dutch Book Design 2020 (Student jury selection)

  • 2019

    Creative Industries fund NL, grant for L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère, le reste c’est du fouma-fouma

  • 2018

    Creative Industries fund NL, grant for Le Trouble at REDO

  • 2018

    Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, grant for Le Trouble at ISO

  • 2017

    The Best Dutch Book Design (Student jury selection)

Publications:

  • 2021

    Deep Scroll, Anne de Vries, Onomatopee, Eindhoven

  • 2020

    Kichta, Témoin, Brussels

  • 2019

    L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère,
    le reste c’est du fouma-fouma, Jungle Books, St. Gallen

  • 2018

    GRAPHIC #38, Seoul

  • 2018

    Diorama, Paris

  • 2017

    *See Also, Amsterdam

Teaching, Workshop, Talks:

  • 2023

    Workshop for 2nd year students, 3IS, Paris

  • 2022

    Relating to Land(scape), Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven

  • 2022

    Artist talk and guest-teacher, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam