ABOUT / CV
Matteo Holyoke Marangoni combines music with visual art, theatre, and new technologies. He develops robotic instruments and artificial creatures to compose spaces in which sound is experienced with the whole body and all the senses. His work draws inspiration from animal communication, bioacoustics, and ecoacoustics, exploring how sound can mediate relationships between humans, machines, and other life forms, and proposing embodied and ecological notions of intelligence, consciousness and subjecthood. His work is presented in museums, concert halls, festivals, public spaces, and research contexts in formats ranging from site-specific sound installations, music theatre performances, lectures and workshops.
In parallel to his artistic practice, as a community organiser he has initiated grass roots initiatives facilitating cooperation amongst artists and advocating for the position of artists within society. In The Hague he co-founded iii (instrument inventors initiative), an artist-run community platform promoting the field of ArtScience, and WD4X, a cultural incubator providing 2500 m2 of affordable workspaces to artists. His past curatorial work includes Proximity Music, an exhibition programme initiated by iii and Rewire, connecting music, architecture, technology, ritual, and play, and the nomadic performance series No Patent Pending organised with iii.
Exhibitions & Performances (own artistic work, selected)
2025
De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
IJsselbiënnale, Bronkhorst, NL
2024
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL
2023
Rewire, The Hague, NL
EKKO Festival, Bergen, NO
Struer Tracks, DK
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
2022
Serralves, Porto, PT
Kikk festival, Namur, BE
Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland, NL
Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL
IJsselbiënnale, Bronkhorst, NL
2024
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL
2023
Rewire, The Hague, NL
EKKO Festival, Bergen, NO
Struer Tracks, DK
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL
2022
Serralves, Porto, PT
Kikk festival, Namur, BE
Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland, NL
Het Hem, Zaandam, NL
2021
Klankvorm presents Kinetic Sounds, Rotterdam, NL
Villa Romana, Florence, IT
2020
Into The Great Wide Open, NL
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, ES
2019
Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin, DE
Audio Art Festival, Krakow, PL
Tetem, Enschede, NL
Kunstkapel, Amsterdam, NL
Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, NL
Centrala Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2018
KIKK Festival, Namur, BE
Kunstenlab, Deventer, NL
Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Klankvorm presents Kinetic Sounds, Rotterdam, NL
Villa Romana, Florence, IT
2020
Into The Great Wide Open, NL
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, ES
2019
Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin, DE
Audio Art Festival, Krakow, PL
Tetem, Enschede, NL
Kunstkapel, Amsterdam, NL
Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, NL
Centrala Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2018
KIKK Festival, Namur, BE
Kunstenlab, Deventer, NL
Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Amsterdam, NL
2017
Quartair, The Hague, NL
Korzo, The Hague, NL
Highlight festival, Delft, NL
2016
NCCA, Kaliningrad, RU
SIGN, Groningen, NL
Spektrum, Berlin, DE
2015
Sin Pin Pier gallery, Kaoshiung, TW
Cardelli & Fontana, La Spezia, IT
NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod, RU
Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, NL
Artefact Festival, STUK, Leuven, BE
Audiopolis, CentroCentro, Madrid, ES
Quartair, The Hague, NL
Korzo, The Hague, NL
Highlight festival, Delft, NL
2016
NCCA, Kaliningrad, RU
SIGN, Groningen, NL
Spektrum, Berlin, DE
2015
Sin Pin Pier gallery, Kaoshiung, TW
Cardelli & Fontana, La Spezia, IT
NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod, RU
Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam, NL
Artefact Festival, STUK, Leuven, BE
Audiopolis, CentroCentro, Madrid, ES
2014
Volkspaleis, The Hague, NL
TodaysArt festival, The Hague, NL
NIME, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Signal Raum, Munich, DE
bb15, Linz, AT
2013
November Music, Den Bosch, NL
Triennale di Milano, IT
Drodesera, Centrale Fies, Dro, IT
Deep Wireless Festival, NAISA, Toronto, CA
Ethnologische Museum, Berlin, DE
2012
Re-New - Digital Arts Festival, Copenhagen, DK
Museumnacht, Stroom Den Haag, NL
Q-O2, Bruxelles, BE
Fabbrica Europa, Firenze, IT
Biennial of Contemporary Music, Koper, SI
Volkspaleis, The Hague, NL
TodaysArt festival, The Hague, NL
NIME, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
Signal Raum, Munich, DE
bb15, Linz, AT
2013
November Music, Den Bosch, NL
Triennale di Milano, IT
Drodesera, Centrale Fies, Dro, IT
Deep Wireless Festival, NAISA, Toronto, CA
Ethnologische Museum, Berlin, DE
2012
Re-New - Digital Arts Festival, Copenhagen, DK
Museumnacht, Stroom Den Haag, NL
Q-O2, Bruxelles, BE
Fabbrica Europa, Firenze, IT
Biennial of Contemporary Music, Koper, SI
Curatorial work
Proximity Music: Visceral Acts, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2023)
Proximity Music: Sensing After Thought, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2022)
Proximity Music, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2021)
No Patent Pending performance series, 43 editions (2012-2022)
Sound Art Exhibitions for November Music festival, Den Bosch, NL, 4 editions (2016 – 2019)
Hubs Immersive Festival, DNR, The Hague, NL, 2 editions (2017, 2019)
Performance, Objects Bodies, Quartair, The Hague and Tetem, Enschede, NL (2017)
Sand Songs – playing the elements at the Zandmotor, The Hague, NL (2016)
Rites for a New Utopia, Grote Kerk, The Hague, NL (2015)
Wonderwerp performance series, 10 editions, Studio Loos, The Hague, NL (2014-2015)
Eavesdropping, Villakabila, The Hague, NL (2011)
Taming Technology, Le Murate, Firenze, IT (2011)
Residencies
TU Delft, Crossing Parallels (2025)
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space (2023)
Veenfabriek, Leiden, NL (2017)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL (2016)
MoKS, Mooste, EE (2015)
Bb15, Linz , AT (2014)
Centrale Fies, Dro, IT (2013)
NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013)
STEIM, Amsterdam (2012)
Signal Raum / Villa Waldberta, Munich, DE (2012)
Studio Loos, Den Haag, NL (2012)
Artist Initiatives
Vereniging Instrument Inventors Initiative (founding chairman, 2013-2024), member (2013- ongoing)
Stichting WD4X (founding treasurer, 2017-2025)
Stichting Sammersweg 2 (treasurer, 2012-2016)
Stichting ArtScience (founding chairman, 2010-2011)
Proximity Music: Visceral Acts, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2023)
Proximity Music: Sensing After Thought, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2022)
Proximity Music, iii & Rewire, The Hague (2021)
No Patent Pending performance series, 43 editions (2012-2022)
Sound Art Exhibitions for November Music festival, Den Bosch, NL, 4 editions (2016 – 2019)
Hubs Immersive Festival, DNR, The Hague, NL, 2 editions (2017, 2019)
Performance, Objects Bodies, Quartair, The Hague and Tetem, Enschede, NL (2017)
Sand Songs – playing the elements at the Zandmotor, The Hague, NL (2016)
Rites for a New Utopia, Grote Kerk, The Hague, NL (2015)
Wonderwerp performance series, 10 editions, Studio Loos, The Hague, NL (2014-2015)
Eavesdropping, Villakabila, The Hague, NL (2011)
Taming Technology, Le Murate, Firenze, IT (2011)
Residencies
TU Delft, Crossing Parallels (2025)
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space (2023)
Veenfabriek, Leiden, NL (2017)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL (2016)
MoKS, Mooste, EE (2015)
Bb15, Linz , AT (2014)
Centrale Fies, Dro, IT (2013)
NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013)
STEIM, Amsterdam (2012)
Signal Raum / Villa Waldberta, Munich, DE (2012)
Studio Loos, Den Haag, NL (2012)
Artist Initiatives
Vereniging Instrument Inventors Initiative (founding chairman, 2013-2024), member (2013- ongoing)
Stichting WD4X (founding treasurer, 2017-2025)
Stichting Sammersweg 2 (treasurer, 2012-2016)
Stichting ArtScience (founding chairman, 2010-2011)
Lectures, Workshops, Symposia
Fiber Festival, Amsterdam (2025)
Marres, Maastricht (2024)
Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL (2024)
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, NL (2023)
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space, NL (2023)
Orpheus Institute, Ghent, BE (2023)
Interstices Festival, Caen, FR, (2023)
We Are Ocean, Venice, IT (2022)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA (2021)
Media Culture Fast Forward, Brussels, BE (2020)
Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), USA (2020)
AUB, Beirut, LB (2019)
West, The Hague, NL (2019)
Seongang University, Seoul, KR (2018)
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, NL (2018)
Copenhagen Art Week, Copenhagen, DK (2017)
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, NL (2017)
AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL (2017)
Groniger Museum, Groningen, NL (2017)
Hangar, Barcelona, ES (2016)
Institute of Sonology, The Hague, NL (2015-2016)
National University of the Arts, Taipei, TW (2015)
Art Academy of Carrara, Carrara, IT, (2015)
Trans-X symposium, NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013).
Prizes, Commissions, Grants (artistic work, selected)
Creative Industries Fund NL, project grant for Chorusing Symbionts (2025-2026)
Municipality of The Hague, project grant for Chorusing Symbionts (2025)
Performing Arts Fund NL, working contribution music author (2024)
Creative Industries Fund NL, project grant for Komorebi (2020)
Performing Arts Fund NL, composition scholarship (2014)
Sonic Arts Award, mention for Quiet Before the Storm (2014)
Humboltd Lab Dahlem, Musik Sehen commission (2013)
Stroom Den Haag, PRO Invest grant (2012)
Grants (organisational work, selected)
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Creative Industries Fund NL, annual program grants for iii, six times, 2014-2019
Municipality of The Hague, annual program grant for iii, 2020
Municipality of The Hague, subsidie Broedplaatsen, over 10 times for various programs, 2011-2019
Stroom Den Haag, art program grants for iii, 8 times, 2013-2020
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, project grants for iii, 3 times, 2015-2017
Municipality of The Hague, Broedplaatsen budget for renovation of artist studios for over 45 artists at WD4X, 2017
Fiber Festival, Amsterdam (2025)
Marres, Maastricht (2024)
Niewe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL (2024)
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, NL (2023)
TU Eindhoven, Innovation Space, NL (2023)
Orpheus Institute, Ghent, BE (2023)
Interstices Festival, Caen, FR, (2023)
We Are Ocean, Venice, IT (2022)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA (2021)
Media Culture Fast Forward, Brussels, BE (2020)
Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), USA (2020)
AUB, Beirut, LB (2019)
West, The Hague, NL (2019)
Seongang University, Seoul, KR (2018)
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, NL (2018)
Copenhagen Art Week, Copenhagen, DK (2017)
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, NL (2017)
AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL (2017)
Groniger Museum, Groningen, NL (2017)
Hangar, Barcelona, ES (2016)
Institute of Sonology, The Hague, NL (2015-2016)
National University of the Arts, Taipei, TW (2015)
Art Academy of Carrara, Carrara, IT, (2015)
Trans-X symposium, NAISA, Toronto, CA (2013).
Prizes, Commissions, Grants (artistic work, selected)
Creative Industries Fund NL, project grant for Chorusing Symbionts (2025-2026)
Municipality of The Hague, project grant for Chorusing Symbionts (2025)
Performing Arts Fund NL, working contribution music author (2024)
Creative Industries Fund NL, project grant for Komorebi (2020)
Performing Arts Fund NL, composition scholarship (2014)
Sonic Arts Award, mention for Quiet Before the Storm (2014)
Humboltd Lab Dahlem, Musik Sehen commission (2013)
Stroom Den Haag, PRO Invest grant (2012)
Grants (organisational work, selected)
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Creative Industries Fund NL, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2025-2028
Municipality of The Hague, 4 year structural grant for iii, 2021-2024
Creative Industries Fund NL, annual program grants for iii, six times, 2014-2019
Municipality of The Hague, annual program grant for iii, 2020
Municipality of The Hague, subsidie Broedplaatsen, over 10 times for various programs, 2011-2019
Stroom Den Haag, art program grants for iii, 8 times, 2013-2020
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, project grants for iii, 3 times, 2015-2017
Municipality of The Hague, Broedplaatsen budget for renovation of artist studios for over 45 artists at WD4X, 2017