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Based in Yerevan 

Arnold Veber's projects emerge from his exploration of the world and its ontology, offering knowledge that is free from academic rigor.
Their purpose is to disrupt established perspectives, prompting transformative metanoia.
Veber, originally a photographer, delved into the interplay between conditioned behavior and macro-political events, revealing intricate links with everyday micro life. He now conceives of himself as a manifestation of reality—a unique fusion of events, experiences, and recontextualized data that generates a sense of novelty. Veber expresses concerns about the rapid advancement of hyperstition and the dominance of virtual realms as forms of expanded ontology, challenging the boundaries between what is real and what is not.
Acknowledging the inherent entanglement of life and fiction, he proposes that we primarily exist within a fantasy—a disjunctive yet grounded reality closely intertwined with our conventional everyday existence.

Education:
2012 — 2015 MOSCOW RODCHENKO ART SCHOOL

Solo shows:
2023 QUAYA_REMIX / KACHRETI ABANDONED SCHOOL / KACHRETI VILLAGE, GEORGIA
2021  YOU CAN CHEW THIS BUBBLE GUM FOREVER / PRIVATE PROPERTY KUNSTHALLE, MOSCOW
2020 ENTROPY GROWS / HOUSE ON THE EMBANKMENT APPARTAMENT, MOSCOW
2016  LAST NIGHT WE DONE / HOUSE ON THE EMBANKMENT APPARTAMENT, MOSCOW

Collaborations:
2020 HOTEL BEETHOVEN / BOZAR, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM
2017 #GODNORMATIVITY / TRIUMPH GALLERY, MOSCOW with Antonina Baever

Group shows:
2023 THERE BACK AND AGAIN / CHILDREN RAILROAD, YEREVAN, ARMENIA
2023 CONTEMPLAINING DOGS / RIA KEBURIA FOUNDATION, GEORGIA
2020 2ND TRIENNIAL OF RUSSIAN CONTEMPORARY ART - A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE / GARAGE,  MOSCOW
2019 TRAUMA OF THE OTHER / GOETHE-INSTITUT, RIGA
2019 FOR AND AGAINST / ARTPLAY SPB, ST. PETERSBURG
2019 PÉRIPHÉRIQUE / LE CAP, SAINT-FONS, FRANCE
2019 EMERGENCY TRAINING / WINZAVOD, MOSCOW
2018 ABOUT ME PLEASE, ABOUT ME / 25KADR GALLERY, MOSCOW
2018 CIRCULATIONS FESTIVAL / 104 CENTRAL, PARIS
2017 DIRECT LOOK / SAKHAROV CENTER, MOSCOW
2017 7TH KRASNOYARSK MUSEUM BIENNALE — MIR THE WORLD AND THE VILLAGE / KRASNOYARSK
2017 ENDLESS WEEKEND / TEXT MUSEUM SESSION #1 / KULTURHOTELLET, HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN
2017 UNITY AT THE CORE / CAA x ALPBAU, MOSCOW
2016 RODCHENKO ART SCHOOL 10 YEARS / MAMM, MOSCOW
2016 5TH MOSCOW BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ART — ONLY UNOFFICIAL / WINZAVOD, MOSCOW
2016 5TH MOSCOW BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ART — YOUNG BLOOD / WINZAVOD, MOSCOW
2016 BIENNALE OF PHOTOGRAPHY / MMOMA, MOSCOW
2015 WHAT TO SAY WHEN THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY / UDARNIK THEATER, MOSCOW
2015 GENERATION NEXT / MAMM, MOSCOW
2015 MOSKAUER / ATELIER AM ECK, DUSSELDORF
2014 VOICE OF MOSCOW / THE EKATERINA CULTURAL FOUNDATION, MOSCOW
2014 TOMORROW DAY AFTER TOMORROW / GALLERY YAMA, KRASNODAR
2014 RUSSIAN BEACH / TYPOGRAPHY CULTURE CENTER, KRASNODAR
2012 NEW YEAR MADNESS / MOSCOW RODCHENKO ARTSCHOOL, MOSCOW

Сontests:
2017 DIRECT LOOK PHOTOCONTEST / THE PROBLEM 1ST PLACE
2017 PHOTOBOOKFEST SHORT LIST
2017 INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST / YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 21ST CENTURY 20-25 AGE GROUP 1ST PLACE
2013 SILVER CAMERA NOMINATED

Works in public and private collections:
MOSCOW HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPY
CULTURIAL AND HISTORICAL CENTER OF THE MUSEUM "WORLD SQUARE" KRASNOYARSK

Residencies and fellowships:
2023 RIA KEBURIA PROGRAM / JANUARY - MARCH
2020-2021 GRANT PROGRAM OF THE MUSEUM GARAGE
2015 DÜSSELDORF KULTURAMT LANDESHAUPTSTADT / SEPTEMBER — OCTOBER
2013 KRASNODAR INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KICA) / AUGUST

Porfolio viewing:
2019 — ANKARIA FOUNDATION / MAMM, MOSCOW


Publications:
2018 Vision magazine #175 07 & 08 China
2018 Haunting photos of Moscow’s young ravers and their lives after dark - Dazzed Digital
2018 Une soif incroyable d’autodestruction - Fisheyemagazine
2018 Interview for Lifo.gr
2015 Arnold Veber - Dekoder
2015 Last night i'm Done - Colta.ru
2015 Arnold Veber portfolio - Birdinflight