monica maria moraru (b. Bucharest, Romania) is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work traces hyphenated sensorial resonances across a patchwork of temporal, material, and relational encounters. Drawing equally from collected research as from personal encounter, overheard scraps and narrative reimaginings, her work situates collaged notions of ‘history’, archive and storytelling within the apparatus of visual language. These encounters often result in a dialogue of poetic and political ligatures, culminating in sculpture, video, moving image and sound installations.

Her work has been exhibited at Centre CLARK D’art et Diffusions (Montreal, CA), Meduza Gallery (Vilnius, LT), Rupert (Vilnius, LT), Bunker 2 (Toronto, CA), Trinity Square Video (Toronto, CA), among others. Her latest film, I Am Also Part of the Three Turns premiered at the European Media Arts Festival in 2024, where it won the EMAF award. Her work has screened internationally at festivals such as Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Stuttgart, GE), London Shorts Film Festival (London, EN), Rencontres International: Paris/Berlin (Paris, FR), Diffusions (Toronto, ON), among others. She is in post-production of her first fiction film, to be completed in late 2025.

• 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCAD, Toronto, Canada
• 2013 Mobility Program, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

• 2025 The Foundation Pit, Centre Clark, Montreal, Canada (solo)
• 2024 DIFFUSION Festival, Toronto, Canada
• 2024 Earthbonds II, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2024 European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
• 2022 An Ant In The Mouth of a Furnace, Bunker 2, Toronto, Canada (solo)
• 2020 There, There, Now, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Vermont, USA (solo)
• 2018 The Moving Copy, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada
• 2017 In My Bedroom Noon Is The Darkest Time Of Day, Xpace, Toronto (solo) Murmurs, Long Winter, The Great Hall, Toronto, Canada

• 2024 Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2022 Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2019 Vermont Studio Centre, Johnston, Vermont, USA
• 2017 Trinity Square Video, Themed Commission Production Residency, Toronto, Canada

• 2024 EMAF Award, I Am Also Part of the Three Turns, Osnabrück, Germany
• 2024 Residency Grant, Canada Arts Council
• 2023 Research & Creation Grant, Canada Arts Council
• 2023 Visual Artist Creation Grant, Toronto Arts Council
• 2022 Visual Artist Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
• 2022 Media Artist Creation Grant, Toronto Arts Council
• 2022 Project Development & Mentorship Grant, Canada Arts Council
• 2022 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
• 2021 Media Arts Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
• 2021 Project Grant for New Generation Artists, Ontario Arts Council
• 2021 Visual Artist Creation Grant, Toronto Arts Council
• 2020 Research & Creation Grant, Canada Arts Council
• 2020 Visual Artist Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council
• 2019 Visual Artist Creation Grant, Toronto Arts Council
• 2019 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council

• 2019 Variations on Maryon Kantaroff, Zwig Foundation, Toronto, Canada
• 2018 Shifting Sands, in conversation with curator Joseph Henry, CUNY, New York, USA

• 2023 The Plumbraiser, The Plumb, Toronto
• 2022 CONTACT Photography Festival, Core Program, An Ant in The Mouth of a Furnace
• 2019 Salon 44 Fundraiser, Gallery 44
• 2017 Xpace Auction & Fundraiser, Xpace, Toronto
• 2017 Stupid Sun, solo exhibition by Julian Hou, co-produced exhibition with Xenia Benevolski, presented by 8eleven
• 2017 A Brightly Coloured Cluster of Tangerines, Risograph artist multiple, editioned, distributed by Art Metropole

last updated monday 24 Jan 2025