Martin Balint 

(b. 1982, Constanta, Romania)

Martin Balint's art practice is focused on mix media, interactive and serial installations. He works and lives between Lugano (CH) and Bucharest (RO). He received his BA and MA (2nd degree specialisation) in New Technologies for the Arts within Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, Italy. He has won the National Art Prize of MIUR in 2003 (Italy) and the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Grant in 2004. He has participated in collateral events of the Venice Biennale in 2005 and 2007, OPEN – International exhibition of sculptures and installations (10th, 11th and 14th edition) and Manifesta 7 (2008). He is also a finalist of the Arte Laguna Prize (2008) and Francesco Fabbri Art Prize (2014), winning the Jury Mention. He won the grant of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) in Bucharest for the SenzArt exhibition in 2014. The same year he also won two Internetics awards for Best Interactive Brand Experience and Best Use of Technology.
Martin Balint is a co-founder of the international art group CREAM (Creativity and Research in Arts and Media). 

In 2016-2018 Martin Balint had four solo shows in Bucharest: TROPHIC at Carusel Cărturești, Hagiografia Ginandromorfica at Transmedia Intervention Territory (TIT), Terror Error at Kube Gallery and Feeding Idle curated by Răzvan Ion at Creart Gallery.

In 2018 he is one of the invited artists to be part of Bucharest Biennale 8, curated by Beral Madra and Razvan Ion.

EDIT YOUR FUTURE (Bucharest Biennale 8)
Curators: Beral Madra and Razvan Ion
Bucharest, Romania, 2018

TERROR ERROR
Self Curated
Kube Musette
Bucharest, Romania, 2016

FRANCESCO FABBRI AWARD
The BIM PIAVE Mention for MEM-NON | The Butterfly Process
Curator: Carlo Sala
Piave di Soligo, Italy, 2014

SENZART
Curator: Raluca Velisar
National Museum of Contemporary Art
Bucharest, Romania 2014

MINIARTEXTIL
Curator: Luciano Caramel
Paris, France, 2013

AGORA
Curator: Luciano Caramel
Como, Italy, 2012

OPEN 14
International exhibition of scultures and installations
Curators: Paolo de Grandis, Gloria Vallese
Lido Venice, Italy, 2011

EMBRACE
Local Library and Art Gallery - Casa dei pensieri
Curator: Gloria Vallese
Preganziol (TV), Italy, 2011

BRIDE – A Portable Royal Palace
Four Events for Caterina Cornaro (1454-1510)
Larnaka Medieval Castle
Curator: Gloria Vallese
Larnaka, Cyprus, 2011

THE CREAM SOCIETY
Fondazione La Fornace dell`Innovazione
Curator: Carlo Sala
Asolo, Treviso, 2009

CROSSBREEDS Platform 09
WUK (WERKSTATTEN - UND KULTURHAUS)
Curator: Anita Kaia
Vienna, Austria, 2009

ARTE LAGUNA – INTERNATIONAL ART PRIZE,
SCULPTURE SECTION
Curator: Igor Zanti
Venice, Italy, 2008

IL VUOTO E LE FORME
Curator: Anna Caterina Bellati
Chiavenna (Sondrio), Italy, 2008

CREAM ON MADNESS/STRAITJACKETS - Special
show within OPEN 11, International Exhibition of
Sculptures and Installations
Curator: Gloria Vallese, Paolo de Grandis
San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy, 2008

MANIFESTA 7 - AIRSWAP PROJECT
Curator: Arianna Callegaro
Rovereto, Italy, 2008

OPEN 10 - International Exhibition of Sculptures
and Installations
Curators: Achille Bonito Oliva, Paolo de Grandis,
Alanna Heiss, Gloria Vallese, Chang Tsong-Zung,
Venice Lido, Italy, 2007

52. Venice Biennale dell’architettura (Collateral event) - P3Project - PERFORMATIVE PAPER
PROJECT
Curators: Emiliano Bazzanella, Max Ceschia, Carlo
Damiani, Guglielmo Di Mauro
Venice, Italy, 2007

90° COLLETTIVA – BEVILACQUA LA MASA
FOUNDATION
Curator: Angela Vettese
Venice, Italy, 2006-07

10. International Architecture Exhibition – Venice
Biennale dell’arte (collateral event)  - ICZ_VPI2006
Curators: Carlo Damiani e Studio Eclettica.
Venice, Italy, 2006

51. Venice Biennale dell’arte
ATELIER APERTI/ WORK IN PROGRESS
Curator: Gloria Vallese
Venice, Italy, 2005

National Art Prize of MIUR (Ministero per l’Università e Ricerca Scientifica), Technological Art section, Rome, Italy 2003