Myriam Gras
Artist + Curator
Tilburg (NL) - Helsinki (FI)

myriamgras@live.nl
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Founder of ringbaan kollektor

1/3 of Salt Collective

Member of Finnish Ice Research Association

Member of Catalysti

BIO
Myriam Gras' multidisciplinary practice includes photography, sculpture, installation and documentation as research methods, as well as curatorial projects. The practice focuses on site-specific relationships and infrastructures, including ecological change, labour-driven production systems and transnational narratives, and where a relational and process-based approach to matter plays an integral role.

Material is used in ways that highlight the intrinsic values and sensibilities of these connections, and exist in a literal and metaphorical state of becoming. The work is based on facts and research, but is transported into the realm of the imagination. Through its entanglement in different temporal and geographical settings, the work becomes the carrier of a transformative moment that taps into different knowledge systems, aiming to transcend specific domain-related knowledge and language.

By making relational transformations visible, or part of them, Gras explores how we can further approach relationships and contribute to the broader debate about our drive for progress. It questions our current and future navigation through our surrounding ecosystems in all their layers.

CV

EDUCATION
2021 - current | MA Visual Art Curating Contemporary Art - Aalto University, Espoo (FI)
2016 | BA Fine Arts - AKV| St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2013 | Internship Yasser Ballemans - EKWC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2012 | Art & Design - ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL)



GRANT
2024 | Project Grant, Aalto University (FI)
2023 | Travel Grant, Svenska kulturfondens (FI) - in collaboration with Cyane Findji
2023 | Travel Grant, SKR (FI) - with Salt Collective
2023 | Travel Grant, Taike Art Promotion Centre (FI) - with Salt Collective
2021 | Research Grant, Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds (NL)
2020 | Project Grant, Municipality of Tilburg (NL)
2020 | Material Grant, Municipality of Tilburg (NL)
2013 | Material Grant, Liquitex (NL)


COMING UP

Spring 2024 | Salt Collective residency at Cove Park ltd., Scotland 
Summer 2024 | Collaboration Tarfala Research Station, Sweden
Fall 2024 | Collaboration with Future Based x Robin Kersten

EXHIBITION

2023 | Catalysti Pikkujoulu exhibition - Outo Olo, Helsinki (FI)
2023 | Helsinki Biennal 2023, Helsinki (FI) | in collaboration with Cyane Findji
2023 | ABRA: Alchemy of Knowledge - Transdisciplinary entanglements of Artificial Biology, Robotics, and Art - aqb Project Space, Budapest (HU), in collaboration with Laura Beloff and Pia Ficker

2022 | Elon Kierre: Becoming with the land - Viikki Research Centre (Helsinki University), Helsinki (FI)
2022 | SALT | Collective Salt - Väre, Espoo (FI)
2022 | ABRA: Radical Speculations: Artificial Biology and Robotics meet Art and Architecture - Dipoli Gallery, Espoo (FI), in collaboration with Laura Beloff and Pia Ficker
2022 | In Between and Deep Under: Artistic Processes in Vuossaari Ecologies - Aalto University/Villa Lill Kallvik, Helsinki (FI)
2022 | Place to Be - Galerie Pouloeuff, Naarden (NL)

2021 | Screening videowork SEA - Aalto University - Espoo (FI)

2020 | 24x24 | curated by Liza Voetman + Eef Schoolmeesters - Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NL)
2020 | 24x24 | curated by Liza Voetman + Eef Schoolmeesters - Public space,  Tilburg (NL)
2020 | The Print Swap - BBA Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2020 | Murf in de H.U.T. - De NWE Vorst, Tilburg (NL)

2019 | Platform DOLLY: experimentele projectweken no.2 -  Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
2019 | Murf/Murw Magazine exhibition S01E01 - Pand P, Eindhoven (NL)
2019 | VERS 2019 - Bergarde Galleries - Heerjansdam (NL)
2019 | The Common Inn - Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam (NL)
2019 | Open Studio February - AADK Spain, Blanca (ES)

2018 | Moment of Trust - Club Solo x Tent Haus Oslo, Breda (NL)
2018 | In het midden 2018 - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)

2017 | Bad ART presents: LET THEM EAT FAKE! - Bones & Pearl Studios, Londen (UK)
2017 | Buiten Kaders - BKKC, Tilburg (NL)
2017 | The Monthly Cancan Competitions - LemoArt Gallery & Cancan, Berlin (DE)
2017 | Get Your Shit Together - MAMA, Rotterdam (NL)

2016 | Destillaat #18 - Extrapool, Nijmegen (NL)
2016 | I <3 CAMP - MAMA, Rotterdam (NL)
2016 | Design wallpaper, Knust Press/Extrapool, Nijmegen (NL)
2016 | Launch Graduation Show - AKV| St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)

2015 | oui, wie, we - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
2015 | Shack - AKV|St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)

2014 | Collectief WIT - Koningstheater/AKV|St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2014 | Afgeleid - Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL)


RESIDENCY
2020 | De Wachtkamer - Huisartsenpraktijk Van Hillo, Dordrecht (NL)
2019 | Platform DOLLY: experimentele projectweken no.2 - Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
2019 | February Open Studio - AADK SPAIN, Blanca (ES)
2018 | In het midden 2018 - TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
2016 | Destillaat 18 - Extrapool, Nijmegen (NL)


CURATORIAL + MEDIATION
2023 | Art of Research Conference exhibition - Aalto University, Espoo (FI) // Assistant curator
2023 | UIT ZICHT - Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NL) // curatorial, co-curated with Julia Fidder
2023 | Demo Day Spring 2023 - Aalto University, Espoo (FI) // curatorial
2023 | The Helsinki Biennial Art Mediation Forum 2023: An Anthology - Helsinki Biennal 2023, Helsinki (FI). in collaboration with Cyane Findji // mediation series

2022 | Hosting  and curating Demo Day Winter 2022 - Aalto University, Espoo (FI) // curatorial
2022 | Research + curating assistant - Aalto University, Espoo (FI)
2022 | Scrying into a Shell: Co-curator, Podcast + Public program - HAM, Helsinki (FI) // curatorial

2021 | RINGBAAN KOLLEKTOR: City Edition, NS16, Tilburg (NL) // curatorial
2021 | Docent aan de opleiding Docent Beeldende Kunst - Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten - Tilburg (NL) // teaching
2021 | Hotel Solo, Club Solo, Breda (NL) // prodcution
2021 | Zaaltekst Solo 29: Aaron van Erp - Club Solo, Breda (NL) // editorial
2021 | Randprogramma Solo 29: Aaron van Erp - Club Solo, Breda (NL) // prodcution

2020 - 2021 | Core member, educatie educator - Club Solo, Breda (NL) // teaching, production
2020 | Randprogramma World Press Photo with Beam It Up - Cacao Fabriek, Helmond (NL) // curatorial, production, teaching

2018 | Art advisor + curator existing collection - SBK Kunstuitleen & Galerie, Eindhoven (NL) // curatorial, production:
2018 | The Silkscreen Show - SBK Kunstuitleen & Galerie during Dutch Design Week 2018, Eindhoven (NL) // curatorial
2018 | Exhbition The Colourful Road - SBK Kunstuitleen & Galerie, Eindhoven (NL) // curatorial

2016 | Co-Curator oui, wie, we - TAC, Eindhoven (NL) // curatorial
2015 | Co-Founder art student collective TenToon - collaboration with Willem2Fabriek, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL) // curatorial



PUBLICATION + other
2023 | Publication The Helsinki Biennial Art Mediation Forum 2023: An Anthology for Helsinki Biennal 2023, Helsinki (FI) | in collaboration with Cyane Findji // published essay
2020 | Publication Meeting Grounds: The Colonization of the Rural Zine - Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL)
2020 | Featuring MurfMurw Magazine no.6 - Tilburg (NL)
2019 | Interview - Platform Dolly x Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
2019 | Artist Talk - Platform DOLLY -  Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
2019 | Publication Moment of Trust - Club Solo x Tent Haus Oslo, Breda, NL
2019 | Featuring MurfMurw Magazine no.3 - Tilburg (NL)
2019 | Interview  AADK Spain - Blanca (ES)
2017 | Interview digital magazine - Peripheral ARTeries Art Review (UK)
2016 | Publication 'Cardgame'- Destillaat #18, Extrapool & Knust Press, Nijmegen (NL)
2016 | Publication Launch graduation show - AKV| St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch (NL)
2014 | Publication Afgeleid - Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL)