Alina Lupu is a Romanian born and bred, Dutch-based post-conceptual artist and writer. The focus of her practice is on precarious living and working conditions for art workers and labourers in general. She has a background in psychology, photography and an incomplete education in fine arts. In 2019 she released a publication entitled “This is a Work of Fiction”. The novella goes through real and imagined situations touching upon the fragility of the artistic profession and the many compromises that come with it. She was alternately employed and contracted by Deliveroo, Helpling, Foodora, Uber, Thuisbezorgd, Hanze Groningen, Willem de Kooning Rotterdam, and Poké Perfect Amsterdam. Her pension will eventually total a bit over 2 Euros per month. And her work has infiltrated: Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; W139, Amsterdam; Onomatopee, Eindhoven; Drugo More, Rijeka; Rheum Room, Basel; European Lab, Lyon and Diskurs, Giessen, among others.
As of September 2020 she is also on the programming committee of Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag and since 2021 on the board of Platform BK, in Amsterdam.
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