Manuel Pelmus

Manuel Pelmuş is a Romanian artist with a background in choreography. He works in different contexts such as exhibition, theater and public spaces. In 2013 he represented Romania at the 55th Venice Biennale together with Alexandra Pirici. His works have been shown in museums and biennials worldwide, among others: Kyiv Biennale; Tate Modern, London; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Para Site Hong Kong; OFF-Biennale Budapest; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin; SALT, Istanbul; BOZAR, Brussels; Gothenburg Biennale etc.

In 2019, he co-curated together with Pierre Bal-Blancthe exhibition Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score – Vienna 2019, a co-production of Kontakt Sammlung and Tanzquartier Wien. In 2012, Pelmuş was awarded the Berlin Art Prize for Performing Arts, and in 2014 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the National Dance Center in Bucharest.

Manuel Pelmuş is currently a research associate at the Oslo University of the Arts (KHIO). He lives and works in Oslo and Bucharest.

Research lab

Manuel will share the essence of his work with the participants of the Program: He often deploys continuous live presence within the context of exhibitions, using enactment as a strategy and the human body as a medium and a means to explore the body’s relationship to memory and the construction of history.