Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan
Since 2011, Anca Benera (b. 1977) and Arnold Estefan (b. 1978) have collaborated on installation, video, and performance projects that use research-based methodologies to expose the invisible patterns underlying historical, social, and geopolitical narratives. Their recent works focus on the phenomenon of man-made landscapes, where the transformation of territory is inseparable from state violence and the overexploitation of resources.
They are recipients of the Birgit Jürgenssen Prize (2022), awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and are currently Creative Fellows at the Postsocialist Art Centre, University College London. Their work has been presented internationally, including at Manifesta 15, Barcelona Metropolitana (2024); the Creative Time Summit, BAM New York (2024); Museum Tinguely, Basel (2023); the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2023); the Trafó Galéria, Budapest (solo, 2021); the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich (2021); MUCEM, Marseille (2019); FRAC des Pays de la Loire (2018); and mumok, Vienna (2017).
