Maral Mavizi is an artist based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Her work has had a clear orientation that intertwines issues related to identity, origin, estrangement and liminality.
"It is natural to work with these issues when I live with them and try to understand what they mean. Art exists to try to understand my world, to try to understand myself."
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Born in 1995, Borås, Sweden
Lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden
Education:
Art educator/konstpedagogik, Umeå University 2021-2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts 2016-2019
Göteborgs Konstskola 2014-2016
Other artistic practices:
Art educator at Röda Sten Konsthall in Gothenburg, Sweden from 2023 - ongoing
Board member of the artist run gallery, Galleri BOX in Gothenburg, Sweden from 2023 - ongoing
Board member of the artist run gallery, Galleri Verkligheten in Umeå, Sweden from 2019-2023
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Mamut Art Project 10th jubilee, Istanbul
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 "Ingenmansland" Galleri gamla farsot, Gothenburg, Sweden
Group Exhibitions:
2023 "Inunder" Tegen 2, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 "Underland" Train station, Vindeln, Sweden
2020 "Nordisk indetitet" Fotocentrum Raseborg, Karis, Finland
2019 ”Sleeping with ghosts” Västerbottens museum, Umeå, Sweden
2019 ”Mamut Art Project 19”, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 ”I gazed at my world through the eyes of a cat” Galleriet, Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden - Curated by Heidrun Holzfeind
2018 ”Concentrate” Galleri Alva, Umeå, Sweden
2017 ”Goretext” Galleriet, Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden
2017 ”If I stay there will be double” Anna Nordlander museum (MAN) Skellefteå, Sweden
2017 ”Post Perfect” Gamla verket and Utopia shopping mall, Umeå, Sweden
Scholarships and lectures:
2023 Working grant for one year - Public Art Agency Sweden
2022 BRAK, artist presentation - Branschdagar för konst i norr
2021 Hemma residens Konstfrämjandet Västerbotten
2020 Umeå kommun Rese- och kulturstipendium
2020 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2015 Stiftelsen Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers fond
Publications and media:
13.11.2022 Västerbottenskuriren "9 frågor: ”Vill förstå vad det är att ha rötter – och vara rotlös”"
14.08.2020 Västra nyland "Tvärkonstnärligt om identitet"
20.05.2020 Via TT, Rese- och kulturstipendium till Maral Mavizi och Magda Andersson
03.05.2019 Västerbottenskuriren ”Magi, minnen och material"
01.04.2019 Art Spectacle International Asia"Preview Mamut Art Project 2019"
29.03.2019 Artful Living "Mamut Art Project Video Sanatçıları Mercek Altında -1-"
23.03.2019 Wall Street International Magazine "7th edition of Turkey's Mamut Art Project"
21.12.2017 Borås Tidning ”Hat, arv, tradition och tillhörighet i konstfokus”
20.06.2016 Sveriges radio ”Konstnären: Vi blev kallade för svartskallar"