Stephanie Rizaj is a visual artist who splits her time between Brussels, Vienna and Prishtina. Her practice ranges from performative sculptures and installations to videos, where she weaves together biomythological narratives with a critique of production conditions and power relations. Her work explores the brutality of everyday life through accompanying identity shifts, power structures, class relations, the search for collective being, and the desire to belong.
Rizaj has exhibited work internationally in various exhibitions and festivals, including Manifesta 13 Marseille (FR), Loop Barcelona, (ES), Stedelijk Museum (NL), Botanique (BE), Diagonale (AT), Dokufest (XK), Galerie 17 (XK), Galerie Emila Filly (CZ) oder Ebute-Metta, Lagos (NG). Amongst other prizes, she has been awarded the Theodor Körner Prize (AT).
Rizaj has exhibited work internationally in various exhibitions and festivals, including Manifesta 13 Marseille (FR), Loop Barcelona, (ES), Stedelijk Museum (NL), Botanique (BE), Diagonale (AT), Dokufest (XK), Galerie 17 (XK), Galerie Emila Filly (CZ) oder Ebute-Metta, Lagos (NG). Amongst other prizes, she has been awarded the Theodor Körner Prize (AT).
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Silent Polyglot
Solo Exhibition
LLS Paleis
llspaleis.be
Paleisstraat 140, 2018 Antwerpen (BE)
Opening
17.11. 2024
Exhibition
18.11. - 22.12.2024
Deep Rivers Run Silent
Screening
organised by Meno Avilys
invited by Rupert
Vilnius (LT)
menoavilys.org
rupert.lt
07.08.2024
Parcours d’artistes Ixelles
Brussels (BE)
Exhibition
17 Abbaye de la Cambre
11.09. - 15.09.2024
Rupert, Vilnius (LT)
Studio Residence
rupert.lt
supported by
Federal Ministry for Arts,
Culture, the Civil Service
and Sport of Austria
Programme for Visual Artists
06.05. - 06.07.2024
Ekrani i artit, Shkodra (AL)
05.06. - 09.06.2024
Screening at Art House
arthouse.al
09.06.2024
Frans Masereel Centrum,
Kasterlee (BE)
Center for Contemporary Art
Production Residence
supported by
Federal Ministry for Arts,
Culture, the Civil Service
and Sport of Austria
08.01. - 16.02.2024
Belgium Art Contest,
Botanique, Brussels (BE)
Group Exhibition
15.12.2023 - 20.02.2024
SAFFCA Europe, Brussels (BE)
Studio Residence
saffca.com
09.2023 - 09.2024
Fieldresearch
Prizen (XK)
Prishtina (XK)
05.08-22.08.2023
supported by
Artist Mobility Stipendium
Land Burgenland (AT)
Anti / Monumental by Stanislava Pinchuk,
Untersberg marble stone quarry,
Summer Academie Salzburg, Salzburg (AT)
Workshop
17.07. – 05.08. 2023
Group exhibition
05.08.2023
Përpara,
Scanning the region, Galeria 17,
curated by Ilir Bajri, Prishtina (XK)
Group exhibition
24.01. - 24.03.2023
A Glittering Ruin Sucked Upwards, Gosset Site,
curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman,
Brussels (BE)
Group exhibition
02.12. - 29.01.2023
Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation, Statenpassage Tweede Kamer,
curated by Radek Vana, The Hague (NL)
Group exhibition
24.11.2022 - 13.01.2023
Open Studios, Higher Institute of Fine Arts,
Gent (BE)
Solo exhibition
13.05.2022 - 16.05.2022
Architects of Identity by the Orchid and the Wasps, NDSM Fuse, curated by Maud Oonk,
Amstedam (NL)
05.05.2022 - 29.05.2022
Loop Barcelona, Galerie Ron Mandos,
Barcelona (ES)
16.11. - 18.11.2021
Visite #9 We fight back, Het Bos, curated by De Imagerie, Antwerpen (BE)
Group exhibition
11.11. - 14.11.2021
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (BE)
Production Residence
22.10.- 29.10.2021
Kaleidoskop. Fragmente. Im Kino: INSIGHT (FAST FORWARD), LE STUDIO Film und Bühne,
invited by CineCollective, Vienna (AT)
Screening
05.01.2021
Open Studios, Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Gent (BE)
Solo exhibition
17.09. - 20.09.2021
Spacial Disruption, SIGN,
Groningen (NL)
Project Residence
18.07. - 31.08.2021
The HISK Affair, Gosset site,
Brussels (BE)
Group exhibition
24.06.- 18.07.2021
PUT YOUR FINGER, Galerie Emilia Filly,
Usti Nad Labem (CZ)
Group exhibition
18.06. - 13.07.2021
Diagonale 21’, Festival of Austrian Film,
Graz (AT)
Screening
08.06. - 13.06.2021
Inframince infra-mince infra mince, Heiligenkreuzerhof, curated by Gudrun Ratzinger und Franz Thalmair, Vienna (AT)
Group exhibition
12.05. - 02.07.21
Open Day, Gerrit Rietveld Academie,
Amsterdam (NL) (online)
Screening
29.01.2021
IFFBHLA, Bosnia-Herzegowina Looks Around, Bottrop (DE) (online)
Screening
11.11. - 18.11.2020
Started ‘20, Coronadisplay at Berlinskej Model, organised by Pavel Vančat, with Lenka Glisnikova and Oded Arad, Prag (CZ)
Group exhibition
30.10. - 03.11.2020
CHANGE, Fondation Francès,
Senlis (FR)
Group exhibition
17.09. - 23.12.2020
TIFF, Tirana International Film Festival,
Tirana, AL (online) (S)
Filmfestival
19.09. - 25.09.2020
Manifesta 13 Les Parallèles du Sud, with Marvin Kanas, Marseille (FR)
Duo exhibition
28.08. - 19.09.2020
Traces, Manifesta 13 Les Parallèles du Sud,
Marseille (FR)
Project Residence
10.07. - 27.08.2020
Silent Polyglot
Solo Exhibition
LLS Paleis
llspaleis.be
Paleisstraat 140, 2018 Antwerpen (BE)
Opening
17.11. 2024
Exhibition
18.11. - 22.12.2024
Deep Rivers Run Silent
Screening
organised by Meno Avilys
invited by Rupert
Vilnius (LT)
menoavilys.org
rupert.lt
07.08.2024
Parcours d’artistes Ixelles
Brussels (BE)
Exhibition
17 Abbaye de la Cambre
11.09. - 15.09.2024
Rupert, Vilnius (LT)
Studio Residence
rupert.lt
supported by
Federal Ministry for Arts,
Culture, the Civil Service
and Sport of Austria
Programme for Visual Artists
06.05. - 06.07.2024
Ekrani i artit, Shkodra (AL)
Solitude and Multitude
Filmfestival05.06. - 09.06.2024
Screening at Art House
arthouse.al
09.06.2024
Frans Masereel Centrum,
Kasterlee (BE)
Center for Contemporary Art
Production Residence
supported by
Federal Ministry for Arts,
Culture, the Civil Service
and Sport of Austria
08.01. - 16.02.2024
Belgium Art Contest,
Botanique, Brussels (BE)
Group Exhibition
15.12.2023 - 20.02.2024
SAFFCA Europe, Brussels (BE)
Studio Residence
saffca.com
09.2023 - 09.2024
Fieldresearch
Prizen (XK)
Prishtina (XK)
05.08-22.08.2023
supported by
Artist Mobility Stipendium
Land Burgenland (AT)
Anti / Monumental by Stanislava Pinchuk,
Untersberg marble stone quarry,
Summer Academie Salzburg, Salzburg (AT)
Workshop
17.07. – 05.08. 2023
Group exhibition
05.08.2023
Përpara,
Scanning the region, Galeria 17,
curated by Ilir Bajri, Prishtina (XK)
Group exhibition
24.01. - 24.03.2023
A Glittering Ruin Sucked Upwards, Gosset Site,
curated by Yann Chateigné Tytelman,
Brussels (BE)
Group exhibition
02.12. - 29.01.2023
Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation, Statenpassage Tweede Kamer,
curated by Radek Vana, The Hague (NL)
Group exhibition
24.11.2022 - 13.01.2023
Open Studios, Higher Institute of Fine Arts,
Gent (BE)
Solo exhibition
13.05.2022 - 16.05.2022
Architects of Identity by the Orchid and the Wasps, NDSM Fuse, curated by Maud Oonk,
Amstedam (NL)
05.05.2022 - 29.05.2022
Loop Barcelona, Galerie Ron Mandos,
Barcelona (ES)
16.11. - 18.11.2021
Visite #9 We fight back, Het Bos, curated by De Imagerie, Antwerpen (BE)
Group exhibition
11.11. - 14.11.2021
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (BE)
Production Residence
22.10.- 29.10.2021
Kaleidoskop. Fragmente. Im Kino: INSIGHT (FAST FORWARD), LE STUDIO Film und Bühne,
invited by CineCollective, Vienna (AT)
Screening
05.01.2021
Open Studios, Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Gent (BE)
Solo exhibition
17.09. - 20.09.2021
Spacial Disruption, SIGN,
Groningen (NL)
Project Residence
18.07. - 31.08.2021
The HISK Affair, Gosset site,
Brussels (BE)
Group exhibition
24.06.- 18.07.2021
PUT YOUR FINGER, Galerie Emilia Filly,
Usti Nad Labem (CZ)
Group exhibition
18.06. - 13.07.2021
Diagonale 21’, Festival of Austrian Film,
Graz (AT)
Screening
08.06. - 13.06.2021
Inframince infra-mince infra mince, Heiligenkreuzerhof, curated by Gudrun Ratzinger und Franz Thalmair, Vienna (AT)
Group exhibition
12.05. - 02.07.21
Open Day, Gerrit Rietveld Academie,
Amsterdam (NL) (online)
Screening
29.01.2021
IFFBHLA, Bosnia-Herzegowina Looks Around, Bottrop (DE) (online)
Screening
11.11. - 18.11.2020
Started ‘20, Coronadisplay at Berlinskej Model, organised by Pavel Vančat, with Lenka Glisnikova and Oded Arad, Prag (CZ)
Group exhibition
30.10. - 03.11.2020
CHANGE, Fondation Francès,
Senlis (FR)
Group exhibition
17.09. - 23.12.2020
TIFF, Tirana International Film Festival,
Tirana, AL (online) (S)
Filmfestival
19.09. - 25.09.2020
Manifesta 13 Les Parallèles du Sud, with Marvin Kanas, Marseille (FR)
Duo exhibition
28.08. - 19.09.2020
Traces, Manifesta 13 Les Parallèles du Sud,
Marseille (FR)
Project Residence
10.07. - 27.08.2020