Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović (b. 1946, Belgrade) has recently held solo exhibitions at Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice; Gropius Bau, Berlin (2026); Albertina Modern, Vienna (2025); Kunsthaus Zürich; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2024) and Royal Academy of Arts, London (2023). She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and biennials, including at Palazzo Rocca Contarini Corfù, Venice (2026); Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025); Whitney Biennial, New York (2004); the 47th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (1997); the 4th Istanbul Biennial (1995); documenta 9, Kassel (1992); the 4th Biennale of Sydney (1982); documenta 7, Kassel (1982); the 3rd Biennale of Sydney (1979); documenta 6, Kassel (1977) and the 37th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (1976). Her large-scale stage performance Balkan Erotic Epic has been presented at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Ruhrtriennale, Bochum (2025); Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (2026) and Aviva Studios, Factory International, Manchester (2025). She lives and works in New York.
The Marina Abramović Institute (MAI) is comprised of Marina Abramović, Thanos Argyropoulos, Serge Le Borgne, Paula Garcia, Rebecca Davis and Billy Zhao. Through its artist-driven work across the world, the Institute fosters a multidisciplinary approach to performance, especially long-durational work, and invites interdisciplinary collaboration between practitioners of all disciplines, including art, science, technology and spirituality.
In 2023, MAI opened its space in Karyes, Greece, to support creative processes around performance art and generate collaborative thinking. The Institute hosts Cleaning the House, a workshop developed by Abramović to reset the body and help understand physical or mental limits. The workshops are open to public participants coming from any discipline.
Globally, MAI runs communal participatory projects that critically engage with time, place and human experiences. To date, it has presented performances in São Paulo (2015), Athens (2016), Kyiv (2017), Bangkok (2018), Istanbul (2020), Amsterdam (2022), London (2023), Adelaide (2024) and Zurich (2025).
Jointly invited by Mudam, Philharmonie Luxembourg and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Marina Abramović is the featured artist in the fourth edition of the red bridge project. Previous editions featured Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (2017–18), William Kentridge (2020–21) and Lemi Ponifasio (2023–24). Established in 2017, the project brings the three institutions together in a collaboration spanning different artistic disciplines and addressing a range of audiences and communities.
