Born 1981, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
2013 – 2014
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 – 2008
MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2002 – 2005
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2001 – 2002
Foundation Art and Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Solo Exhibitions
Forthcoming
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Centre d’art contemporain, la synagogue de Delme, Delme, France
2020
World as Lover, World as Self, Chapter One: City Pollen, Shimmer Shimmer, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019
Private Road,Galerie Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY
2018
As mist, description, South London Gallery, UK
2017
Hot Cottons, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Night Plants, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2016
Mustard, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Quarters, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
2015
Halted Paves, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
Particle of Inch, The Hepworth Wakefield, UK
Spring for a Ground, SculptureCenter, New York, NY
2014
Dinosaurs, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
In Lukes and Dregs, The Approach, London, UK
2013
Highly Liquid, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Out of Empty, Albert Baronian, Room, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Hands Down, Unsolo project room (1/9unosunove), Milan, Italy
2011
ON, The Approach, London, UK
2010
Weekend, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Background, IBID Projects, London, UK
2009
Background, La Salle de bains, Lyon, France
Some Surplus, Plan B Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
The Angle Between Two Walls, MOT International, London (with Brock Enright)
2006
Playstation: A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
2020
Prelude: Melancholy of the Future, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Gent, Belgium
WORLD AS LOVER, WORLD AS SELF, Chapter One: City Pollen by MAGALI REUS, Shimmer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This margin will be your vantage point, In Situ – Fabienne Leclerc, Romainville, France
2019-2020
The Extended Mind, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2019
How We Live: Selections from the Marc & Livia Straus Family Collection, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
who knows one (curated by Haim Steinbach), Vistamare, Pescara, Italy
La Stanza Analoga (works from Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collection), Palazzo Biscari, Catania, Italy
Material Encounters, The Hepworth Wakefield, UK
Delirious, Lustwarande at Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Hybrid Sculpture, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Familiar Machines, Backlit, Nottingham, UK
2018
Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK
True Luxury… Art Acquisitions 2012-2018, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
The Everyday and Extraordinary, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Towner art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
The 57th October Salon: The Marvellous Cacophony , cur. by Gunnar B. Kvaran and Danielle Kvaran), Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Serbia
DRAF + MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Smooth Transitions, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
The Everyday and Extraordinary, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
6C7N1H8O16S, The Island Club, Limassol, Cyprus
Die Zelle, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Germany
Jean-Marie Appriou, Martha Atienza, Dora Budor, Shara Hughes, Iman Issa, Justin Matherly, Tobias Pils, Magali Reus, Yves Scherer, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2017
20 Years, The Approach, London, UK
Future Eaters, Monash University Museum of Art, Victoria, Australia
EuroVisions: Contemporary Art from the Goldberg Collection, NAS Gallery, Australia
Inside Intensity, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Disobedient Bodies, The Hepworth Wakefield, UK
2016–2017
Conversation Piece, Part 3, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
High Anxiety: New Acquisitions, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
2016
Invisible Adversaries, CCS Bard, New York, NY
The Promise of Total Automation, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
Condo, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
2015
NATIONAL GALLERY II: EMPIRE, Chewdays, London, UK
NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Prix de Rome 2015, de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
British Art Show 8, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK; Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, UK; John Hansard Gallery and Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
Objects, Food, Rooms, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
I am here but you’ve gone, Fiorucci Art Trust, London, UK
Hybridize or Disappear, National Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon, Portugal
The Noing Uv It, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Fit for Purpose, Kunsthaus Glarus, Switzerland
2014
Monumental Fatigue, Freymond Guth, Zurich, Switzerland
Bill Bollinger, John Divola, Magali Reus, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Devolution of Culture, Rob Tufnell, London, UK
Theatre Objects, ETH Zürich and LUMA Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland
Till youth and genial years are flown, ZERO, Milan, Italy
Nature after Nature, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
To Meggy Weiss Lo Surdo, Happy Hours, CO2, Torino, Italy
Superficial Hygiene, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Pool, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Post / Postminimal. The Rolf Ricke Collection in Dialogue with Contemporary Artists, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland
Geographies of Contamination, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
2013
Rijksakademie Open, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Silent Hardware, David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Comrades of Time, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Shadows of a Doubt, Tallinn Photomonth 2013, Tallin, Estonia
SLIP, The Approach, London, UK
Notes (on declassing), cureated by Vincent Honore, Gelarie Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
Material World, NEST, The Hague, The Netherlands
Heavy duty, silent haze, racing hearts, Freymond Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland
Material World, NEST, The Hague, The Netherlands
Can’t Hear My Eyes, NoguerasBlachard, Barcelona/Madrid, Spain
2012
Group Show, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Other Surfaces, curated by Rebecca Gelard, Poppy Sebire, London, UK
2011
Rain, Cell Project Space, London, UK
Young London, V22 Collection, London, UK
Rehearsal, Galeri Non, Istanbul, Turkey
2010
Martijn Hendriks & Magali Reus, Walden Affairs, Den Haag, The Netherlands
From Ritual to Theatre, Ancient & Modern, London, UK
Fluorescent Adolescent, SCHUNCK, Glaspaleis, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2009
Là-bas’, Galerie Crevecoeur, Paris, France
Verité Tropicale, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland
Rotate, Contemporary Art Society, London, UK
2008
Sun Shine Shine, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, The Netherlands
ARTfutures, Bloomberg SPACE, London, UK
Bass Diffusion Mode, Fieldgate Gallery, London, UK
Rochav Aorech (Width Length), Darom Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bibliography and Press
Hamilton, Diana, Magali Reus’s Crisp, Tidy Beauty, Frieze, June 2019
Magali Reus, Private Road at Eva Presenhuber, New York, Mousse Magazine (Online), summer 2019
Magali Reus – Eva Presenhuber, Galleries Now (Online), summer 2019
Magali Reus – Private Road, Cura Magazine (Online), summer 2019
5 Artists on the Verge of a Breakthrough Whose Work You Can See This May, Artnet (Online), May 2019
2018
Judah, Hettie, Hepworth Prize for Sculpture 2018 Bristles with Lovers’ Locks, Glass Flutes and a World Aflame, Frieze, (Online), 30 October
Searle, Adrian, Hepworth Prize for Sculpture 2018 – from messy misery to a dash of magic, The Guardian, 26 October
40 under 40, Apollo Magazine, September
Smith, Laura, Magali Reus: As Mist, Description at South London Gallery, ArtReview, May
Turner, Matthew, Bodies Rest and Motion: Magali Reus at South London Gallery, The Quietus, May
Bennet, Alex, Magali Reus / South London Gallery, Flash Art (Online), 11 April
Smyth, Cherry, Magali Reus: As Mist, Description, Art Monthly, nr. 416, May
Bennet, Alex, Magali Reus / South London Gallery, Flash Art (Online), 11 April
Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhin, Magali Reus: Bergen Kunsthall, Artforum, Vol 56., no 7, March
Dziautaite, Modesta, Magali Reus, Interview, March
Fullerton, Elizabeth, Magali Reus’ liberated objects, Art Quarterly, Spring
2017
Thorne, Harry, Magali Reus: Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, Frieze, Issue 189, September
What it Means to Love Today: Real Review Interviews Magali Reus, Real Review, nr. 4, July
Magali Reus, Marfa Journal, nr. 7, Spring/Summer
2016
Elderton, Louisa, New Establishment: Magali Reus, Elephant, nr. 29, Winter 2016-17.
Stroband, David, Het stilstaan van de Tijd. Beeldend werk van Magali Reus, Ons Erfdeel, nr. 4, Nov 2016.
Hickey, Andria, Magali Reus in the Studio, Art In America, November 2016.
Niet normaal meer, Vogue Nederland, October 2016.
Leij, Machteld, Supersnel En Langzaam Traag, H ART, nr. 16, 6 October 2016.
Schons, Donna, In Amsterdam verwirrt Magali Reus Mit Bemerkenswerten Skulpturen, Monopol, nr. 9, September 2016.
Koen, Kleijn, Magali Reus, Dream Out Loud, De Groene Amsterdammer, nr. 4, 4 October 2016.
Magali Reus: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Blau Ein Kunstmagazin, September 2016.
Stroband, David, Magali Reus ou le temps figé, Septentrion, nr. 3, 2016.
Zes Vragen Aan: Magali Reus, Elegance, 2016.
Kruse, Ton, Kruipen en bukken, Magali Reus in het Stedelijk, Metropolis M, nr 5, 1 November 2016
Staffhorst, Maaike, Kunst met karakter, De Telegraaf, 10 September
Kleijn Koen, Echt nepvlees, De Groene Amsterdammer, 6 October, p. 51
Bier, Arielle, Reviews: Magali Reus, Modern Painters, September, p.104
ter Borg, Lucette, Hybride objecten met macho-kracht, NRC Handelsblad, 13 September
Elderton, Louisa, Magali Reus; Michael Dean; Das Institut; Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, Burlington Magazine, issue CLVIII, June 2016
Perlson, Hili, Magali Reus Will Bring You to Your Knees at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, ArtNet News, 21 April
Reus, Magali, Top Ten: Magali Reus, Artforum, 1 Mar
2015
Ekker, Jan Pieter, Prix De Rome voor uitvergrote sloten, De Volkskrant, 15 December 2015
Wilk, Elvia, Hybridize or Disappear, Frieze, Sep, p. 175
Inner Chaos, L’Officiel, Dec, p. 76-80
Smyth, Cherry, British Art Show 8, Art Monthly, Nov, p. 25-26
Chu, Christie, 15 Artists to Watch at Frieze, Artnet News, 15 Oct
Hontoria, Javier, Critics’ Picks, Artforum, 11 Oct
30 Artists to Watch at Frieze, Artsy, 8 Oct
Sumpter, Helen, Magali Reus: Particle of Inch, ArtReview, October, Vol. 67 No. 7, p. 137
Wright, Karen, In The Studio, The Independent, 11 Jul
Chu, Christie, 10 Exceptional Millennial Artists to Watch, Artnet News, 20 May
Hirst, Christopher, I’m Here But You’ve Gone exhibition smells of pandas, pop starts – and an awful lot of sex, The Independent, 30 Apr
Magali Reus and Michael E. Smith at SculptureCenter, Cura
Katrib, Ruba, Highlights, Kaleidoscope, Issue 23, 52-53
Herbert, Johnny, Searching for Terms: How do objects tell us things? Kunstforum.as, 19 Jan
Rijzende Sterren, NRC Handelsblad, Cultureel supplement, 8 Jan
2014
Rachel Withers, Magali Reus: The Approach, Artforum, Vol. 52 No. 9, May, pp. 329-330
Quaintance, Morgan, Magali Reus: In Lukes and Dregs, Art Review, April, Vol. 66 No. 3, p. 104
Sherlock, Amy, Something in the Water, Frieze, No. 162, April, pp. 98-101
Croomer, Martin, Critic’s Choice: Magali Reus, Timeout London, February 11-17th, p. 67
2013
Spotlight Magali Reus: Out of Empty, In conversazione con Nicoletta Lambertucci, Cura Magazine, No. 15, Autumn
Latimer, Quinn, Nicola Martini, Virginia Overton, Magali Reus, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Artforum, May, p. 342-343
Archey, Karen, Post-Materiality, Kaleidoscope, Issue 18, p.36-41
Gratza, Agnieszka, Magali Reus: Minimaal en Menselijk, Metropolis M, April, p.36-39
2012
Distance and Desire: A Conversation Between Magali Reus and Nicholas Deshayes, Mousse Magazine, Issue 36, December, p. 224-229
Bier, Arielle, Reviews: Magali Reus, Modern Painters, March, p. 76
2011
Braat, Manon, Solo: Magali Reus, Kunstbeeld no. 11
Fite-Wassilak, Chris, Rain, Art Monthly, no. 349, September
Basciano, Oliver, Rain, ArtReview, September
Mayhew, Alexander, Minimalisme, Britney Spears en pyromanie, MetropolisM.com, January
Woods, James, Review: Rain, AN Magazine, September
2010
Ruyters, Domeniek, MetropolisM.com, July
Ter Borg, Lucette, Bij Magali Reus blijft alles verstild, NRC Handelsblad, 26 June
Leij, Machteld, Magali Reus, Kunstbeeld, nr6
Allsop, Laura, Magali Reus, Frieze, no. 130, April, p.120-121
Milliard, Coline, Magali Reus, Artpress, April, no 366, p.81-82
2009
Basciano, Oliver, Magali Reus: Background, Art Review, December
Moulene, Claire, Nouvelle tete, Les Inrockuptibles, numero 732, 9 December
Trigg, David, Moot, Art Monthly, May
Mister Motley, no21, De Kunstenaar
2008
Guner, Fisun, Art reviews, Metro, 29 August
2006
de Jongh, Xandra, De illusoire wereld van vruchtensap, de Volkskrant, 21 June
Publications
2018
Magali Reus: Hot Cottons/As Mist Description, Sternberg Press, Berlin, Germany
2017
Magali Reus, First Monograph series, JRP | Ringier, Zurich, Switzerland
Future Eaters, Monash University Museum or Art, Caulfield East, Australia
EuroVisions: Contemporary Art from the Goldberg Collection, NAS, Sydney, Australia
I aint the noing UV it im jus onle the showing UV it, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Inside Intensity, Kunsthaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany
2016
How Does it Feel?, SculptureCenter, New York
Magali Reus: Spring for a Ground / Particle of Inch / Halted Paves / Quarters, Mousse Publishing, Milan
Invisible Adversaries, CCS Bard, New York
2015
Prix de Rome 2015, nai010 publishers, Rotterdam
British Art Show 8, Hayward Publishing, London
Spring for a Ground, SculptureCenter, New York
‘Bodies in Space’ in Mass Effect, Art and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century, MIT Press and New Museum, New York
2014
Theater Objects, gta Verlag, Zurich
2011
Effects, onestar press, Paris
Surfer, La Salle de bains, Lyon, les presses du réel
2009
Younger than Jesus: Artist Directory, New Museum, NY, Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman, Phaidon
Screenings
2016
Highly Liquid (2013), shown at Parallel: ICO Art and Cinema Weekend, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
2014
Highly Liquid (2013), shown at Flatness and Volume, Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
Highly Liquid (2013), shown at Artists’ Film Club: 21st Century Pop, Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Turner Contemporary, Margate; Mk Gallery, Milton Keynes; Cornerhouse, Manchester; Tramway, Glasgow
Backrgound (2009), shown at Territories II during Assembly: A Survey of Recent Artists’ Film and Video in Britain 2008–2013, Tate Britain, 27th January
2013
Artists’ Film Club: Masculine/Feminine, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Highly Liquid (2013), Background (2009), shown at 59th International Film Festival Oberhausen, curated by Shama Khanna and Anthea Hamilton
Flatness: Cinema after the Internet, screening, Oberhausen Film Festival
2011
Background (2009), shown at werelden van niks, selected by Arno van Roosmalen, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium
Prizes
2015
Prix de Rome
Collections
Arts Council Collection, UK
David Roberts Art Foundation, London
Kunstmuseum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
Lafayette Anticipation — Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, Paris.
Marieluise Hessel Collection of Contemporary Art, New York
Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate Collection, London
Zabludowicz Collection, London, Sarvisalo, New York
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
