Exhibition

Commemorative event in the frame of the Eugen Raportoru: Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen exhibition took place at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MNTR) in Bucharest. Curated by Cătălina Olteanu and coordinated by Ilina Schileru, Eugen Raportoru’s latest exhibition Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen opened in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the tragic events of 2 August, 1944 and in memory of the artist’s mother, one of the thousands children deported to Transnistria under Marshall Antonescu’s Romania in 1942.

We are here. We are everywhere. Europe would want to contain us, to control us, to destroy us. And still we survive. We survive. In multiple acts of resistance, we care for our children and our elders; we care for each other; we hold onto our love and our family. We are still here. The...

On 21 July at 5 pm, we open Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti, the exhibition within Manifesta 14 Prishtina – Western Balkans Project. With Roma Rajni: RomaMoMA Library featuring Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti, ERIAC brings together the painterly oeuvre of Farija Mehmeti and the RomaMoMA Library at the National...

Great opening of the first Roma Pavilion at the 23rd International Exhibition of Milan Triennale “Emília Rigová: And the One Doesn’t Stir without the Other”. We had an amazing time with Movimento Kethane, Roma and Sinti activists and community members from Italy.   The opening included speeches from Dijana Pavlovic, ERIAC Member and President of...

About Barvalo The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) in Marseille, France, have partnered to develop an exhibition about Romani cultures, pride, and contributions to European societies. The exhibition “BARVALO” opens in May 2023 in Marseille and is developed by a curatorial team composed of Jonah...

Over the course of the 127 year long history of the Biennale, the exhibition commissioned by ERIAC for the 59th International Art Exhibition is only the fourth occasion when a presence of Roma art is ensured. The current cultural underrepresentation of work made by Roma coupled with the continuing stereotypical representation of Roma by non-Roma...

RomaMoMA interviews curator Ilina Schileru. You are both an artist and a curator. How have these two practices influenced each other within you? Ilina Schileru: It all started with my need to create a community as an artist, and I envisioned it as an artist-led community. That is when I began negotiating for a space...

RomaMoMA interviews Eugen Raportoru. Among the most recognised painters of his generation in his country of origin, Eugen Raportoru (Bucharest, 1961) has always taken pride in his Roma origins. His recent experiments in installation narrate past memories from his childhood and often contain self-referential elements through which he creates a hidden genealogy of the unspoken...

  Manifesta 14 Prishtina_Co-Producing Common Space and Shaping Formations of Solidarity in the Western Balkans and Beyond – M14WB 22.07 – 30.10.2022 RomaMoMA Library ft. Daniel Baker and Farija Mehmeti Roma Rajni Curated by Timea Junghaus   By joining Manifesta 14 Prishtina_Co-Producing Common Space and Shaping Formations of Solidarity in the Western Balkans and Beyond,...

Interview with the Commissioners of the Roma Exhibition at the 59th Biennale Arte: Abduction from the Seraglio: Timea Junghaus, Executive Director of ERIAC, and Zeljko Jovanovic, Director of the Open Society Roma Initiatives Office, and Chairman of the Board of ERIAC RomaMoMA: What is the history of the presence of Roma art at the La...

On the occasion of the International Romani Day (8 April), ERIAC is hosting three young and upcoming artists representing contemporary Roma woman’s art in the exhibition GOSSIPS. Artists: Luna De Rosa | Dariya Kanti | Nataliia Tomenko

ERIAC is proud to partner with the Polish Pavilion’s exhibition project for Biennale Arte 2022, by the Polish-Roma artist and activist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas. The Re-enchanting the World project at the 59th International Art Exhibition is an attempt to expand the Polish and European iconosphere and art history with representations of Roma culture. Adhering to the...

We are delighted by the news from the Visual Arts Department of La Biennale di Venezia, approving the Roma Exhibition project, Collateral Event in the frame of the 59th International Art Exhibition. We congratulate artist Eugen Raportoru and curator Ilina Schileru on this milestone. For the fourth time in history, Roma visual arts are inhibiting important...

  TAJSA ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE PRIZE EXHIBITION 10.12.2021   On view in the National Theater Belgrade: Location: Francuska 3, Beograd 11000, Serbia   Curators: Timea Junghaus, ERIAC Executive Director  Nataliia Tomenko, ERIAC Intern [EN] According to the artist Robert Gabris, “Tajsa is the connection between yesterday and tomorrow, present energy between you and me, power,...

  The Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize was launched in 2019 by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).   Embodying the ERIAC founding principles, the Tajsa Prize honors a Roma individual who – by drawing from Roma cultural heritage – enriches the Roma arts and culture scene as well as shapes and...

On the occasion of the World Day of Romani Language on 5 November, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is releasing a collection of Romani language materials, under the umbrella of the Proud Roma Free Europe campaign. Barikane Roma Slobodo Evropa del pakiv pal o Dives le Romane Čhibjako To mark this year’s World Day...

  ROMANI ČHIB | ROMANI LANGUAGE 05.11.2021 – 31.03.2022   On view in the ERIAC gallery: Location: Reinhardtstraße 41-43, 10117 Berlin Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10-17h   Curators: Timea Junghaus, ERIAC Executive Director  Andrea Petrus, ERIAC Project Coordinator   [English ↓]   [ROM] ROMANI ČHIB                   ...

Following three previous editions in 2007 (Paradise Lost), 2011 (Call the Witness) and 2019 (FUTUROMA) featuring several Roma artists, in 2022 ERIAC will commission and support the establishment of the 2022 Exhibition. After a careful review of the curatorial concepts and exhibition proposals the international Jury selected the exhibition project Eugen Raportoru: The Abduction from...