Virginia Ariu


born 1992 in Turin, IT
lives and works in Zurich


EDUCATION

2015-2017 – MA in Visual Arts (with distinction) - Écal University of Art and Design Lausanne, CH
2011-2015 – BFA in Painting (summa cum laude) - Albertina Fine Arts Academy, Turin, IT
2014 – Erasmus+ - Doguş University, Istanbul, TR
2006-2011 – Diploma in Fine Arts Conservation and Restoration - Liceo d'Arte Aldo Passoni, Turin, IT


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Upcoming, curated by Otto Bonnen, Mikro, Zurich, CH
2024
What´s Got Into Me, City Galerie Wien, Vienna, AT
2021
End No. 1, Come Over Chez Malik’s, Hamburg, DE
2020
The Brink, Almanac, Turin, IT
Pierced, Forgo, Berlin, DE
2019
House Show, curated by Roger Van Voorhes, Brooklyn, New York, US
Domiciles, Ateliers Bellevaux, Lausanne, CH
2018
Inner Elegance, No Conformism, Milan, IT
2017
Harsh Heavenly Contact, Degree Show, Écal, Renens, CH


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Bureau Bollito, curated by Uhrs Zahn, Robert Walser Zentrum, Bern, CH

2023
Systemet, Royal Flush Gallery, Oslo, NO
EMOZIONALE 3 Part 2, City Galerie Wien, Vienna, AT
Open Studios Summer, La Becque, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH
Schwellenangst, Kunsthaus Zurich Restaurant, Zurich, CH
EMOZIONALE 3 part 1, City Galerie Wien, Vienna, AT
Didactic Poetry, Galerie Kirchgasse, Steckborn, CH
LLLLAMPENSHOWP FANTASTIQUE, curated by Nora Halpern, Sara Zuni Halpern and Julia Künzi, Zurich, CH
The Last Straw, Borgenheim Rosenhoff, Basel, CH

2022
Dä 13. / Holiday Bonus, Unanimous Consent, Zurich, CH
Presents Presents, Sihl Delta, Zurich, CH
Wäre ich Feuer, würde ich die Welt wegbrennen, curated by Julia Künzi and Chantal Kaufmann, Stiftung BINZ39, Zurich, CH
La Chambre, Düsseldorf Photo+, Visual and Sonic Media Biennial, Düsseldorf, DE
Fourth Wall, curated by Julia Hegi and Antonia Truninger, Hamlet, Zurich, CH
On Secrecy and Secret Societies, Solutions, Milan, IT

2021
Excuse Me the Mess, curated by Nadja Schmid, Sihl Delta, Zurich, CH
Avalanche, Regatta2, Düsseldorf, DE
n/a/s/l, Mexico City, MX

2019
Ford Every Stream, curated by Antonia Lia Orsi, Galleria Acappella, Naples, IT
Mentor, Alienze, Lausanne, CH

2018
Response, curated by Emanuel Rossetti, Weiss Falk, Basel, CH

2017
Terrasse, Silicon Malley, Prilly, CH
The Imposter, Oficina de Arte, Mexico City, MX
How to Avoid Trauma, SOMA, Mexico City, MX
Tutto subito, possibilmente due volte, No Conformism, Prilly, CH

2016
Every Table is a Potential Tent, Les Mouches, Geneva, CH
!vהי†, Basel, CH