• 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:

  • 2025

    Clermont Ferrand ISFF (Screening), Clermont-Ferrand

  • 2025

    Eyes on Art (Screening), Eye Museum, Amsterdam

Exhibitions:

  • 2024

    Rencontres Internationales Amsterdam/Loods6, Amsterdam

  • 2024

    Some Strings, La Compagnie, Marseille (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

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

  • 2023

    Panorama 25, Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains

  • 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

Screenings:

  • 2024

    Visions du Réel, Nyon (Jury Prize for Best Short Film) (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham

  • 2024

    São Paulo International Short Film Festival, São Paulo (API Award) (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris

  • 2024

    Dokufest, Prizren (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    Reykjavík Film Festival, Reykjavík

  • 2024

    Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo

  • 2024

    Indie Cork, Cork

  • 2024

    FIC Monterrey, Monterrey

  • 2024

    Passaggi d’Autore (Grand Jury Award), Sant’Antioco

  • 2024

    Festival du film d’Amiens, Amiens (read more)⁠⁠()⁠⁠

  • 2024

    13th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival , Athens

  • 2024

    Beijing International Film Festival, Beijing

  • 2024

    Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur (read more)⁠⁠()⁠⁠

  • 2024

    Message to Man IFF, Saint Petersburg

  • 2024

    Uppsala ISFF, Uppsala (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    The Mosaic Rooms, London

  • 2024

    États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    25 FPS, Zagreb (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    FID Marseille, Marseille (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    Syncro Film Festival, Buenos Aires (read more⁠⁠()⁠⁠)

  • 2024

    Rencontres Cinématographiques de Béjaia, Béjaia

  • 2024

    Sign of the Night, Bangkok

Grants & Awards:

  • 2024

    Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Visions du Réel, Nyon

  • 2024

    API Award, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, São Paulo

  • 2024

    Grand Jury Award, Passaggi d’Autore, Sant’Antioco

  • 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)

Residencies:

  • 2023

    Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice

  • 2019

    Overtoon, Brussels

Curatorial:

  • 2021

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

  • 2019

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

  • 2018

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

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

Education:

  • 2023

    Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains

  • 2015

    BA Arts & Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

  • 2013

    BTS Graphic design, ÉSAA Duperré, Paris