An installation view of an exhibition titled Andra Ursuta: Void Fill at David Zwirner, Paris, in 2021.

(b. 1979) was born in Salonta, Romania, a town on the Romanian-Hungarian border, and left for the United States in 1997. She moved to New York in 1999, and received a BA in art history and visual arts in 2002 from Columbia University, New York.

From 2018 to 2019, a solo exhibition of the artist’s work, 

, was presented at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy. 

, which was on view in 2016 at the New Museum, marked the artist’s first museum show in New York. Ursuţa’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at prominent venues internationally, including Kunsthalle Basel (2015); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2014–2015); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2014); Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany (2014); and Peep-Hole Art Center, Milan (2014).

Ursuţa’s work has also been included in important group exhibitions worldwide, such as the 59th Venice Biennale (2022); ARS22: 

, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (2022);

, Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, France (2021­–2022); 58th Venice Biennale (2019); 

The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement

, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (2019); 

, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut (2017–2018); 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017); 

, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2016–2017); 13th Lyon Biennale (2015–2016); 

, The High Line, New York (2013–2014); 55th Venice Biennale (2013); 

In 2024, a sculpture by Ursuța was selected to be installed as the Fourth Plinth Commission in London's Trafalgar Square. The sculpture will be on view from 2028 through 2030.

Ursuţa has been represented by David Zwirner since 2020, and her first solo exhibition with the gallery, 

, was on view at David Zwirner, Paris, in 2021. In 2022, she received a solo exhibition, 

, at David Zwirner, London. Ursuţa’s work was included in the group exhibition 

, held at the gallery’s West 20th Street location in New York in 2020, and in the group exhibition 

, held at the gallery’s London location in 2022.

The artist’s work is held in public collections worldwide, including the Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Rubell Museum, Miami; Tate, United Kingdom; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Ursuţa lives and works between London and New York.

Edited by Karen Marta, Massimiliano Gioni. Text by Ali Subotnick.

Imbued with the collective memories of Romanian culture, Andra Ursuta's work uses her grim past to tackle our harsh present. This book includes an essay by Ali Subotnik on Ursuta's stark recreations of cultural turmoil.

Andra Ursuta: 2000 Words

Andra Ursuta: 2000 Words | Books

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