Alexandru Raevschi

Alexandru Raevschi (b. 1979, Chișinău) is a Moldovan-born artist and independent curator based in Bonn/Cologne, Germany. Working across installation, performance, painting, moving image, digital sculpture, sound, and spatial interventions, he develops projects that integrate physical and virtual environments. His recent work engages technologies such as AI and VR as active agents in the production of perception, identity, and contemporary experience.

His interdisciplinary practice examines regimes of visibility and invisibility, as well as the social construction of identity and perception within post-Soviet and broader transnational contexts. He develops research-oriented projects exploring the relationship between individual and collective experience, institutional systems, and the production of historical narratives, with a particular focus on how systems of power shape collective understanding and forms of social participation.

He studied painting at the "Ion Creangă" Pedagogical State University in Chișinău (2000–2005), architecture at the State University of Technology (2005–2008), and public management at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Moldova (2008–2010), before completing a Master's degree in Fine Art at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design in Norway (2012–2014). In 2025 he received his Doctor of Arts degree from the Aalto University of Arts, Architecture and Design in Helsinki.

His work has been presented internationally at institutions, biennials, and exhibition platforms across Europe and Asia, including the Havana Biennial, the East Centric Architecture Triennial, the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Zachęta — National Gallery of Art (Project Room), Kunsthall Bergen, Palais am Festungsgraben, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Marburger Kunstverein, Kalmar Konstmuseum, and the Regensburg Museum of History, among others.

In parallel with his artistic practice, he has developed curatorial and organizational initiatives focused on independent cultural production and experimental forms of collaboration. In 2022 he established the Center for Contemporary Culture in Chișinău, an independent platform supporting the contemporary artistic and curatorial practices of Moldovan cultural actors.