1978 born in Bacau, RO
works and lives in Bacau, RO
Studies
2006 - 2008 M.A., National University of Art, Bucharest, RO
1997 - 2002 B.A., Luceafarul Art Academy, Bucharest, RO
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Shows
2023 Under the same sky, Gallery Fantom, Berlin, DE
2023 Panoramic, Galeria Dana, Iasi, RO
2023 Despre arbori si nu numai, duo cu Razvan Neagoe, Etaj Artist Run Space, Bucharest, RO
2021 Breathe In ,Breathe Out , curator Lina Tarmure, Diptych Art Space, Bucharest, RO
2020 Shaping duality, 35 - 37 Church St. Marylebone, London, UK
2019 Un punct, doua cercuri, curator Constantin Tinteanu, Galeria Karo Bacau, RO
2018 Catch and release, curator Adriana Oprea, The Art Museum Arad, RO
2016 Back to the Roots, New Gallery, Bacau, RO
2016 I’m fine only missing, curator Simona Nastac, Water Plant, Suceva, RO
2016 I’m fine only missing,Museum of Contemporary Art, George Apostu, Bacau, RO
Tranzit, curator Cosmin Nasui, Aiurart, Bucharest, RO
2009 Understanding History, curator Cosmin Nasui, Carturesti, Bucharest, RO
2008 Gloria pictura, curator Cristi Nae, Frunzetti Gallery, Bacau, RO
2006 Insomnia 2, Museum of Contemporary Art George Apostu, Bacau, RO
2003 Insomnia, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2002 Trafic, Alfa Gallery, Bacau, RO
Selected Group Shows
2023 Contemporary Drawing in Romania, Scemtovici&Benowitz Gallery, Bucharest.RO
2023 Salonul National de Arta Contemporana, C.A.V., Bucharest. RO
2023 Traversand h'ARTA, galeria Alfa, Bacau, RO
2020 Forest, Galeria Karo Bacau, RO
2020 Scurt circuit, Diptych Art Space, Bucharest, RO
2019 AnimaL, Diptych Art Space, Bucharest, RO
2018 Galbenul intens si alte pete de culoare rezistente la sens, curator Mirela Ivanciu, Complexul Muzeal Bistrita Nasaud, Bistrita, RO
2017 From Infinite to indefinite, Space 43, Rivoli Building, Bruxelles, BE
2017 Ledge, Velea Gallery, Bacau, RO
2017 Interruption, LIBRARY, St Martin’s Lane, London, UK
2017 Simpatie si semnificatie. Inaintea labirintului vertical si in spatele liniei rosii, curator Anca Mihulet, Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei, Bucharest, RO
2016 Portraits, Espace Valles, Grenoble, FR
2016 Colonia21 , Galeria T.Pallady, Iasi, RO
2014 Imago Mundi- L'Arte dell'Umanità,Treviso, IT
2013 End of Empires, February 2013, Corke Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2012 Colouring the Grey-State of Body, curator Cosmin Nasui, Liverpool Biennial Independents 2012, UK
2012 The importance of beeing original, curator Niccolò Bonechi, Perlini Arte, Padova, IT
2012 Origin'Art, curator Cosmin Nasui, DoROthy's Gallery, Paris, FR
2012 Eclectic 1000, Fundatia LÖWENDAL, Bucharest, RO
2011 Colouring the Grey - State of Mind, curator Cosmin Nasui, The Artists’House, Tel Aviv, IL
2011 Colouring the Grey, Special Project of Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curator Cosmin Nasui, Art Play Design Centre, RU
2011 I am Romanian, Ben Gurion University of Negev, Beer-Sheeva, IL
2011 Ich kenne drei Farben auf Erden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, DE
2010 Why the black is not white, Actionfields Gallery, Bruxelles, BE
2009 Young Romanian Art # 7, ROmanian Institute for Culture and Humanistic Research, Venice, IT
2008 Colonia, Frunzetti Gallery, Bacau/ Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2008 Five daily views, Veroniky Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2007 New Identities in painting and sculpture in Romania after 1990 Dana Gallery, Iasi, RO
2006 36 young artists, MNAC, Bucharest, RO
2005 Colonia Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2004 Identities and Visual Codes: Images of Violence/Violence of Images Biennale of Young Artists, Bucharest, RO
2004 Young Colors, M.N.A.C., Bucharest, RO
2003 Docufiction, video-installation, I. Mincu University, curator Alina Serban, Bucharest, RO
2003 Beyond photography, painting, Galeria Noua, curator Aurora Kiraly, Bucharest, RO
E((O group exhibitions
2005 On Diffenrences # 1, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgardt, DE
2004 Irridescent E((O, performance, Assemblage Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2003 Docufiction video-pROject, curator Alina Serban, Bucharest, RO
2003 PROgress, Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2002 Cosmogonflabil, Galla Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2002 Despacheteaza-te, ap-art, Bucharest, RO
1999 Black light, Galla Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Awards
2023 S.N.A.C. Award 2023, U.A.P. Romania
2013 Nominated for International Strabag Art Award
2008 U.A.P. Romania Award for special activity in the section "A35"
2002 Ministry of Culture Award at Moldavian Salons
Residencies
2023 Fantom Gallery, Berlin
2018 Face to face, Cincsor, RO
2016 Destelheide, Dworp, BE
2008 – 2023 Colonia 21, Tescani, RO
Art Fairs
2016 Art Safari, Bucharest, RO
2015 Art Safari, Bucharest, RO
2013 Art Copenhagen, DEN
2011 Art VeROna, IT
Selected bibliography
Maria Bilasevschi Panoramic, Galeria Dana, ISBN 978-630-6528-09-7
Mirela Ivanciu Dragos Burlacu, The imperfect power play, ISBN 978-1-71-506982-7
Mirela Ivanciu Galbenul intens si alte pete de culoare rezistente la sens, Nosa Nostra, Bistrita, 2018, pp 16 - 23
Danielle Mauren Portraits, Grenoble, 2016
Anca Mihulet Colonia 21, Charmides, Bistrita, 2016
Silviu Padurariu O radiografie in triptic - Dragos Burlacu,Bucharest, 2014 unrestbucharest.com
Luciano Benetton, Claudio Scorretti, Cosmin Nasui, Snapshot ROmania, Artists from Romania, Italy, Fabrica Store, 2013, pp 91 - 92
Niccolò Bonechi The Importance of Being Original, Italy Padova, Perlini Arte, 2012, pp 4-14
Cosmin Nasui Colorand griul, Bucharest,Vellant , pp 10- 39
Cosmin Nasui Colorand griul /Starea de spirit, Bucharest,Vellant, pp 28- 41
Adriana Oprea, Cosmin Nasui, Noul figurativ in pictura dupa 2000, Bucharest, Revista Arta, pp 90, 157, 192, 193
Haim Maor, Maayan Rubinvitz , Iris Tresman I am a Romanian: The Bucharest - Tel Aviv Route, Israel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 2010, pp 37 - 130
Maria Magdalena Crisan, Exercitiul privirii, 2010, Iasi Printco, p 18
Maria Magdalena Crisan, Cinci viziuni asupra cotidianului, Bucharest Observatorul Cultural, nr. 150
Adrian Guta, Noi Identitati in Pictura si Sculptura ROmaneasca dupa 1990, Iasi, Editura Performantica, 2007, pp 14, 15
Iris Dressler, On Difference#3/ Politics of Space, Stuttgart, Ed.: Iris Dressler, Hans D. Christ, 2006 pp 202,204,636
Alexandru Chira, Adriana Barna, Simpozion National de Pictura Bistrita 2001 - 2006, Bistrita , Editura Chermides, editor Gavril Tarmure, 2006, p 24
Simona Nastac, Dezirabil si contingent idealul, Ideal Decor nr.16, pp 34-36
Dan Popescu 32 ROmanian Painters, Bucharest, H’art Gallery, 2005, pp 202-205