Marianna Feher (b. 1989)
www.mariannafeher.com
www.tentativetransmits.com
www.secondaryarchive.org/artists/marianna-feher-nikolic/
Education
2018-2019 – Negotiations in Writing: Conflict and Responsibility in text, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2016-2018 – International Master’s Programme in Artistic and Curatorial Practice, Master of Arts, Stockholm University
2011-2014 – Culture Studies Program, Bachelor of Arts, Stockholm University
Selected solo and duo exhibitions
2027 – “PASSERS”, Inter Arts Center, Malmö (upcoming)
2025 – “In collective movement”, Konstfrämjandet, Gävleborg
2023 – “Under the sun, we will always have names”, with Stacey de Voe, Heerz Tooya Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo
2023 – “Walled up Whispers” Rosengård Library, Malmö
2019 – “OFF-RED”, Kropotkina 11, St. Petersburg
Selected group exhibitions
2027 – TBA, Ferrara/Bologna (upcoming)
2026 – “Ardor”, Telestaden, Stockholm
2026 – “spinning, serpents, sewing, supper”, Sulfur, Malmö
2025 – “In collective movement”, Filtmakeriet, Gävleborg
2025 – “Now or Now”, Annexet, Röda Sten Konsthall
2024 – “Signals 2 Noise”, Silent Green, Berlin
2024 – Institute Art Festival, Tornedalen/Vitsaniemi
2023 – “Transmissions”, Garaget Cultural Center, Malmö
2022 – "EasternDazed", WaterTower, Budapest
2020‐2021 – "Do it by Heart", MNAC, Bucharest
2020 – "last sunset for today", Skrapan Gallery, Stockholm
2019 – “Becoming Red”, Kropotkina 11, St. Petersburg
2018 – “Letters to K”, Lothringer_Halle 13, Munich
2017 – “A bath of self-esteem”, Galeria del Carbone, Ferrara
2016 – “Sheer Overtures”, Galleri Frank, Malmö
Selected performances, workshops, artist talks
2026 – Performative history lesson “Love Under Red Stars”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2025 – “Now or Now: Art, Resistance, and Student Movements” with Škart collective, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
2024 – Public presentation on Tentative Transmits, Silent Green, Berlin
2024 – Artist talk, Institutet, Vitsaniemi
2024 – Workshop “Transmission”, Bode Gallery, Havana
2024 – Workshop “Singing solidarities”, Cashmere Radio, Berlin
2023 – Artist talk with curator Olivia Berkowicz, Galleri Garaget, Malmö
2023 – Artist talk, Gallery Heerz Tooya, Veliko Tarnovo
2023 – Performance lecture “DUAL ACT”, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
2023 – Performance lecture “Between the medium and the message”, OSA, Budapest
2022 – Performance lecture “Symphony of Progress”, Zpațiu/Zpace, Muzeul Zemstvei, Chișinău
2021 – Artist talk, Akademie Schloss Solitude, part of "Magical Cohabitations"
2021 – Artist talk, Umeå Art Academy
2020 – Performative lecture, Umeå Art Academy
2020 – Book launch and performative reading of “Supramen”, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2019 – Solo-performance "OFF RED", Kropotkina 11, St. Petersburg
2019 – Performative reading, Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm
2018 – Solo-performance at Florida Lothringer Halle_13, Munich
2018 – Performative presentation of “Museum of Artistic Research” with Bogdan Szyber, Historiska Museet, Stockholm
2018 – Solo performance “Phoenix”, Norbergfestival, Norberg
2018 – Solo performance “Sheer Overtures II” Galleri Frank, Malmö
2018 – Artist talk, Galleria del Carbone, Ferrara
2018 – Workshop "Sensory Futures" at the seminar “THE URGE, THE ECHO”, Index, Stockholm
2018 – Workshop “Letting the days go by” with Resina collective, Index, Stockholm
2017 – Solo performance “Schivare La Noia and Its Double”, Gate/Porta, Ferrara
2016 – Solo performance “Altering Arcadia”, Fylkingen, Stockholm
2016 – Solo performance “Altering Arcadia”, Galleri Frank, Malmö
Other collaborations and artistic work
2024 – Sketch proposal for public art work in Malmö, with Stacey de Voe, commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden (winning proposal)
2023 – Lecture and listening session with Tentative Transmits and Meira Ahmemulic, Mint, Stockholm
2022 – Performer "Monologue" by Freja Hallberg, PotatoPotato, Malmö
2021 – Moderator "Critical thinking in Björn Lövin’s art practice" with Rasmus Fleischer, Maria Lind and Helena Mattson, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2020 – Moderator (Tentative Transmits) for talk between Sanja Horvatinčić och Larisa Crunțeanu as part of the exhibition “Do It By Heart”, MNAC – Muzeul Național de Artă Contemporană al României, Bucharest
2019 – Moderator “Petra Bauer, Emilie Reinhold and Cassandra Troyan in conversation: Sex Work” as part of the exhibition “Chris Kraus: FILMS BEFORE AND AFTER”, Index, Stockholm
2018 – Performer in "Immobilities" with Ari Benjamin Meyers, Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina
2017 – Performer in “Dynamis” by Georgia Sagri, Documenta 14, Athens/Kassel
2017 – Artist assistant to Georgia Sagri, Athens
2015-2016 – Artist assistant to Simone Forti, Los Angeles
2015 – Performer in Simone Forti’s pieces for the exhibition “Here It Comes. Works and Collaborations”, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
Public commissions
2024 – “A place is a story heard many times” with Stacey de Voe, permanent artwork in public space, commissioned by The Public Art Agency Sweden, to be installed in 2027 – Varvsstaden, Malmö, Sweden
Represented in collections
Tentative Transmits, digital archive
Secondary Archive, digital plattform
Artpool Research Center, Budapest – selection of prints
Teaching, curatorial and editorial work
2022 – Artistic research fellow for the project "The Cold War between the Medium and the Message: Performing the archive of the Non‐Aligned Movement", Open Society Archives, Budapest
2020-2022 – Artistic research fellow for project “Tentative Transmits”, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2020‐2022 – Guest lecturer, Umeå Art Academy, (MFA1)
2020-ongoing – Artistic director of the artistic and archival sound platform Tentative Transmits
2020-ongoing – Freelance writer, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2017 – mentorship Royal Institute of Art, Sweden
Artist Residencies
2027 – Aqtushetii, Omalo, Georgia (upcoming)
2026 – BAIR, Belgrade, Serbia
2023 – Arv International, Vishovgrad, Bulgaria
2022 – OSA, Budapest, Hungary
2021 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2017 – K-Hybrid, Athens & Hydra, Greece
2017 – Ferrara Art Residency, Italy
Selection of Grants and Scholarships
2026 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange grant
2026 – The Swedish Arts Council, project funding
2026 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2025 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working grant
2025 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2025 – Gothenburg City Council, project funding
2024 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange grant
2024 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2024 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange grant
2024 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2024 – Stockholm City, 3-year studio grant
2024 – Nordic Culture Fund, Opstart-project grant
2024 – Danish Art Foundation, research grant
2023 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2023 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2023 – Nordic Culture Fund, project grant for Tentative Transmits
2023 – The Swedish Art Council, project grant for Tentative Transmits
2023 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working grant
2022 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2022 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2022 – Creative Force, Swedish Institute, project grant
2021 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2021 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, exchange grant
2021 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2020 – Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, research grant
2020 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2020 – Visegrad Scholarship, Open Society Archives, Budapest
2020 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2019 – Stockholm City Council, project funding
2019 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, exchange grant
2018 – Fellowship Summer school as school, Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina
www.mariannafeher.com
www.tentativetransmits.com
www.secondaryarchive.org/artists/marianna-feher-nikolic/
Education
2018-2019 – Negotiations in Writing: Conflict and Responsibility in text, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2016-2018 – International Master’s Programme in Artistic and Curatorial Practice, Master of Arts, Stockholm University
2011-2014 – Culture Studies Program, Bachelor of Arts, Stockholm University
Selected solo and duo exhibitions
2027 – “PASSERS”, Inter Arts Center, Malmö (upcoming)
2025 – “In collective movement”, Konstfrämjandet, Gävleborg
2023 – “Under the sun, we will always have names”, with Stacey de Voe, Heerz Tooya Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo
2023 – “Walled up Whispers” Rosengård Library, Malmö
2019 – “OFF-RED”, Kropotkina 11, St. Petersburg
Selected group exhibitions
2027 – TBA, Ferrara/Bologna (upcoming)
2026 – “Ardor”, Telestaden, Stockholm
2026 – “spinning, serpents, sewing, supper”, Sulfur, Malmö
2025 – “In collective movement”, Filtmakeriet, Gävleborg
2025 – “Now or Now”, Annexet, Röda Sten Konsthall
2024 – “Signals 2 Noise”, Silent Green, Berlin
2024 – Institute Art Festival, Tornedalen/Vitsaniemi
2023 – “Transmissions”, Garaget Cultural Center, Malmö
2022 – "EasternDazed", WaterTower, Budapest
2020‐2021 – "Do it by Heart", MNAC, Bucharest
2020 – "last sunset for today", Skrapan Gallery, Stockholm
2019 – “Becoming Red”, Kropotkina 11, St. Petersburg
2018 – “Letters to K”, Lothringer_Halle 13, Munich
2017 – “A bath of self-esteem”, Galeria del Carbone, Ferrara
2016 – “Sheer Overtures”, Galleri Frank, Malmö
Selected performances, workshops, artist talks
2026 – Performative history lesson “Love Under Red Stars”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2025 – “Now or Now: Art, Resistance, and Student Movements” with Škart collective, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg
2024 – Public presentation on Tentative Transmits, Silent Green, Berlin
2024 – Artist talk, Institutet, Vitsaniemi
2024 – Workshop “Transmission”, Bode Gallery, Havana
2024 – Workshop “Singing solidarities”, Cashmere Radio, Berlin
2023 – Artist talk with curator Olivia Berkowicz, Galleri Garaget, Malmö
2023 – Artist talk, Gallery Heerz Tooya, Veliko Tarnovo
2023 – Performance lecture “DUAL ACT”, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
2023 – Performance lecture “Between the medium and the message”, OSA, Budapest
2022 – Performance lecture “Symphony of Progress”, Zpațiu/Zpace, Muzeul Zemstvei, Chișinău
2021 – Artist talk, Akademie Schloss Solitude, part of "Magical Cohabitations"
2021 – Artist talk, Umeå Art Academy
2020 – Performative lecture, Umeå Art Academy
2020 – Book launch and performative reading of “Supramen”, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2019 – Solo-performance "OFF RED", Kropotkina 11, St. Petersburg
2019 – Performative reading, Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm
2018 – Solo-performance at Florida Lothringer Halle_13, Munich
2018 – Performative presentation of “Museum of Artistic Research” with Bogdan Szyber, Historiska Museet, Stockholm
2018 – Solo performance “Phoenix”, Norbergfestival, Norberg
2018 – Solo performance “Sheer Overtures II” Galleri Frank, Malmö
2018 – Artist talk, Galleria del Carbone, Ferrara
2018 – Workshop "Sensory Futures" at the seminar “THE URGE, THE ECHO”, Index, Stockholm
2018 – Workshop “Letting the days go by” with Resina collective, Index, Stockholm
2017 – Solo performance “Schivare La Noia and Its Double”, Gate/Porta, Ferrara
2016 – Solo performance “Altering Arcadia”, Fylkingen, Stockholm
2016 – Solo performance “Altering Arcadia”, Galleri Frank, Malmö
Other collaborations and artistic work
2024 – Sketch proposal for public art work in Malmö, with Stacey de Voe, commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden (winning proposal)
2023 – Lecture and listening session with Tentative Transmits and Meira Ahmemulic, Mint, Stockholm
2022 – Performer "Monologue" by Freja Hallberg, PotatoPotato, Malmö
2021 – Moderator "Critical thinking in Björn Lövin’s art practice" with Rasmus Fleischer, Maria Lind and Helena Mattson, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2020 – Moderator (Tentative Transmits) for talk between Sanja Horvatinčić och Larisa Crunțeanu as part of the exhibition “Do It By Heart”, MNAC – Muzeul Național de Artă Contemporană al României, Bucharest
2019 – Moderator “Petra Bauer, Emilie Reinhold and Cassandra Troyan in conversation: Sex Work” as part of the exhibition “Chris Kraus: FILMS BEFORE AND AFTER”, Index, Stockholm
2018 – Performer in "Immobilities" with Ari Benjamin Meyers, Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina
2017 – Performer in “Dynamis” by Georgia Sagri, Documenta 14, Athens/Kassel
2017 – Artist assistant to Georgia Sagri, Athens
2015-2016 – Artist assistant to Simone Forti, Los Angeles
2015 – Performer in Simone Forti’s pieces for the exhibition “Here It Comes. Works and Collaborations”, Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
Public commissions
2024 – “A place is a story heard many times” with Stacey de Voe, permanent artwork in public space, commissioned by The Public Art Agency Sweden, to be installed in 2027 – Varvsstaden, Malmö, Sweden
Represented in collections
Tentative Transmits, digital archive
Secondary Archive, digital plattform
Artpool Research Center, Budapest – selection of prints
Teaching, curatorial and editorial work
2022 – Artistic research fellow for the project "The Cold War between the Medium and the Message: Performing the archive of the Non‐Aligned Movement", Open Society Archives, Budapest
2020-2022 – Artistic research fellow for project “Tentative Transmits”, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2020‐2022 – Guest lecturer, Umeå Art Academy, (MFA1)
2020-ongoing – Artistic director of the artistic and archival sound platform Tentative Transmits
2020-ongoing – Freelance writer, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2017 – mentorship Royal Institute of Art, Sweden
Artist Residencies
2027 – Aqtushetii, Omalo, Georgia (upcoming)
2026 – BAIR, Belgrade, Serbia
2023 – Arv International, Vishovgrad, Bulgaria
2022 – OSA, Budapest, Hungary
2021 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2017 – K-Hybrid, Athens & Hydra, Greece
2017 – Ferrara Art Residency, Italy
Selection of Grants and Scholarships
2026 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange grant
2026 – The Swedish Arts Council, project funding
2026 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2025 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working grant
2025 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2025 – Gothenburg City Council, project funding
2024 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange grant
2024 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2024 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange grant
2024 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2024 – Stockholm City, 3-year studio grant
2024 – Nordic Culture Fund, Opstart-project grant
2024 – Danish Art Foundation, research grant
2023 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2023 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2023 – Nordic Culture Fund, project grant for Tentative Transmits
2023 – The Swedish Art Council, project grant for Tentative Transmits
2023 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working grant
2022 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2022 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2022 – Creative Force, Swedish Institute, project grant
2021 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2021 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, exchange grant
2021 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2020 – Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, research grant
2020 – Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse, artist grant
2020 – Visegrad Scholarship, Open Society Archives, Budapest
2020 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, travel grant
2019 – Stockholm City Council, project funding
2019 – The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, exchange grant
2018 – Fellowship Summer school as school, Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina