Dragos Burlacu - biografie

Born: 1978 Bacau (RO)
1999 Founder of the group E((O

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Understanding History" Carturesti, Bucharest
2008 "Gloria pictura" Frunzetti Gallery, Bacau
2006 "Insomnia II" Museum of Contemporary Art George Apostu, Bacau
2004 "1234..." Velea Gallery, Bacau
2003 "Insomnia" Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2002 "Trafic" Arta Gallery, Bacau

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Why the black is not white", Actionfields Gallery, Bruxelles (BE)
2009 Young Romanian Art # 7 "Cynicism and fear " Romanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research - Venice,
           curator Mircea Nicolae
          "B.B.C." Muzeul de Arta Cluj Napoca
          "7 actual size" Visual Arts Center, Bucharest
2008 "Colonia" Frunzetti Gallery, Bacau
          "Colonia" Apollo Frunzetti, Bucharest
          "Sapte" Frunzetti Gallery, Bacau
          "Five daily views " Veroniky Gallery, Bucharest
          "Zoomorfe", Eleussis Gallery, Iasi
2007 ‘’Colonia’’ Museum of Bistrita - Nasaud
           "New Identities in painting and sculpture in Romania after 1990" Dana Gallery, Iasi
2006 " Art Mix " archive of contemporary young artists, Universitatii Square, Bucharest
           " I Love Bucharest " public show of visual art, Arthur Verona street, Bucharest
           "36 young artists " ING & Hart Gallery Catalog presented at MNAC, Bucharest
2005 “Colonia” Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2004 "Identities and Visual Codes: Images of Violence / Violence of Images" Biennale of Young Artists, Bucharest
2003 “Docufiction” video project Bucharest, curator Alina Serban
          "International Art Simposion" Bistrita- Nasaud
          ‘’Here they came ‘’ Alfa gallery, Bacau
           "Beyond photography, painting “ Galeria Noua, Bucharest, curator Aurora Kiraly
2002 "Graduation exhibition" Romanian Parliament Gallery C.Brancusi, Bucharest
          "Graduation exhibition " National Theatre “Floor 3/4, Bucharest
2001 “Lascar Vorel” Biennale, Piatra Neamt
2000 “I.Andreescu” Biennale, Buzau
1999 "Experiment", Alfa Gallery, Bacau
1998 " Ex-libris G. Calinescu”, Bacau
           “Exercises”, Galla Gallery, Bucharest
           "Experiment exhibition of Thursday Night “group, Bacau
                                                                                                  , Oradea
1996   "Ex-libris Tristan Tzara “, Bacau

E((O GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 “On Difference#1” – Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart Germany
2004 “Iridescent E((O” Marriott Hotel – Bucharest
2003 “Docufiction” video project Bucharest- curator Alina Serban
            “14 years in the wrong direction?!” Performance-video installation, Atelier 35 Gallery, Bucharest
            "Progress" Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest
2001 ”Cosmogonflabil “Galla Gallery, Bucharest
2000 ”Unpack yourself” apartment art, Bucharest
1999 “Black Light” Galla Gallery, Bucharest

AWARDS
2008 Union of Plastic Artists from Romania Award for « A35«
2007 Award for best visual artist of 2007, Cultural Foundation Cancicov
2002 Prize of the Culture Ministry of Romania,”Moldavian Salons”
2001 Second Prize “Ex-Libris -G. Enescu”,Bacau
2000 First Prize “Ex-Libris - M. Eminescu “, Bacau
1999   Second Prize “Ex-Libris - G. Calinescu”, Bacau

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Andra Matzal, Victoria Anghelescu - Pictorii intra in carti - Adevarul 16 septembrie 2009
DUMITRESCU Ada - Ceausescu, idolul cool al artistilor - Romania Libera 17 liulie 2009
ANGHELESCU Victoria - Ceausescu, dupa 20 de ani - Adevarul 16 iulie, 2009
ZORZINI Adina, Artmark - Licitatia de primavara 2009, pag.193,194
NAE Cristian , Gloria Pictura, mai 2008
PILAT, D., O expozitie de pictura inspirata din realitatea imediata, in Ziarul Desteptarea, mai 2008
HUIBAN, Laura, Dragos Burlacu face un "rebranding stylish" unei Romanii amortite, in Ziarul de Bacau, mai 2008
CRISAN, Maria Magdalena, Cinci viziuni asupra cotidianului, Observator cultural, Nr. 150 / 31 ianuarie - 6 februarie 2008
Catalog, On Difference#3/ Politics of Space, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 2006 pag.202,204,636
GUTA, Adrian , in catalogul Noi Identitati in Pictura si Sculptura Romaneasca dupa 1990
Catalog, Simpozion National de Pictura Bistrita 2006 , pag. 24
CIUCA, Valentin, Luciditatea ca drama, in Vitraliu, nr. 3-4, iunie 2006
MANESCU, Val, Insomnia si descompunerea fiintei umane, in Vitraliu, nr. 3-4, iunie 2006
Catalog, Bienala Tinerilor Artisti, Identitati si coduri vizuale: Violenta imaginilor - Imaginea violentei, 2004, pag. 36, 37
POPESCU, Dan, p. 203, in Catalogul 32 Romanian Painters, editat de H’art Gallery, Bucuresti, decembrie 2005
Catalog, Young Colours, Pictura tanara astazi, Bucuresti, 2004
NASTAC, Simona, Free your mind..., in Revista Observator Cultural, numarul 193, noiembrie 2003
STEFANESCU, Marius, Insomnii Cromatice la Televizor , Cotidianul , noiembrie 2003
NASTAC, Simona, Dincolo de fotografie...pictura, in revista Arhitext, august 2003
GUTA, Adriana , Atentie la Ecou, Observatorul Cultural, Nr. 6 , 2000