Cem A.

Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje

SAHA supports Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje within the scope of Cem A’S solo exhibition titled Museum open until further notice between 18 September – 27 October 2025.

The exhibition “Museum open until further notice” approaches the museum not simply as a an institution, but as a living organism that grows or stagnates depending on culture, power relations, and social dynamics intersect. The artist asks: when we say that a museum is “open,” do we mean it is physically accessible, genuinely inclusive, or is it merely a formal, declarative gesture that conceals structures of exclusion?
Cem A. develops his practice at the intersection of digital culture and institutional space. He shifts institutional critique away from the elitist language of theory, toward popular, everyday communication, precisely where critical thought can be most effective. His works, graphic signs, short texts, ready mades, and installations, use the мeme as an accessible and democratic medium, a form that is comprehensible, shareable, and often subversive.

Cem A. is an artist with a background in anthropology. He is known for running the art meme page @freeze_magazine and for his site-specific installations. His work explores themes such as virality and performativity, often through collaborative projects.

Cem A.’s selected solo exhibitions and interventions include Barbican Centre, ZKM Karlsruhe, Berlinische Galerie, Louisiana Museum, Künstlerhaus Bethanien and Museum Wiesbaden. His work was also included in documenta fifteen, Istanbul Modern, Mudam Luxembourg, Klima Biennale Vienna, Temporary Gallery and 14. Biennial of Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje. He has held lectures at Royal College of Art London, HEAD Geneva, KASK Ghent and Universität der Künste Berlin.

About The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) – Skopje 

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) – Skopje is a symbol of solidarity which, as a lasting value, remains carved in the collective memory of the Macedonian public. Founded in 1964 as a result of numerous donations of art works to the city of Skopje coming from artists and institutions from all over the world, the mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to nourish and disseminate the values of the modern and contemporary art defining the living culture and society of our times.