Born in 1980 Constanta (RO), lives and works in London, UK

Education:

2002-2004: Visual Arts Master Degree – National University of Bucharest

1998 – 2002: National University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applying Arts and Design

 

Founding’s focAR group and Association S.A.C.

Members of Professional Artists Union from Romania (U.A.P.R.)

Members of   “Asociatia din Pod” and Involved in “I love Bucharest”– Public Art Program

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions/performance:

2009    

Personal Project: 218-studio no.5, Bucharest, Romania

2008    

RED SPOT-Museum of Romanian Peasant, Bucharest, (RO)

RED SPOT – urban intervention, seminal projects, Bucharest, (RO)

mObile gallery/TELEPHONE – The bank of images – PUBLIC TELEPHONE – a side event to the INTERVENTIONS3* project, Oberliht, Moldavia Republic

“U.T.–Global Warming”– curator Cristiana Radu, MORA gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

2007    

“U.T.44,26” – Urban Pollution – Galateea gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

“Urban Traces. Cluj – Urban Pollution“ OLD Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, (RO)

“Urban Traces.Iasi”, “Cupola” gallery, curator Cristiana Radu, Iasi, (RO)

“Urban Traces. “There is a HOUSE upstairs in the block”,Bucharest, (RO)

“Urban Traces”, Grigore Mora Gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

2004  

”CERAMICS”, installation, “Galateea” gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

 

Performance:

 2009    

“Agenda” program “Tomorrow is another day”, Corvin forest, Constantza, RO

“Agenda” program “The blue route…”, Vadu commune, Constantza, RO – together with Alexandru Bounegru

“Agenda” program – “You can’t live a life from memories” project, together with Alexandru Bounegru, performance and documentation, Constantza, Bucharest, Romania

MOnuMENTS, start project, performance, Constantza – Bucharest route, Romania

2008    

“EXIST”, Phone Box-EXIST/Urban Traces project, Bucharest, RO

Red Spot, White night galleries#2 programs, Studio Transition, Bucharest, RO

2007   

“PROTEST” in cadrul “U.T.44, 26”, galeria Galateea, Bucuresti RO       

dambovitAPArty in cadrul “stART Dambovita “, Bucuresti, RO

The Courier”, in cadrul Street Delivery, Bucharest, RO

2006    

“TRECerea”, “HUMAn”program, Cucuteni, Iasi, RO

“Tourist II”, Zlakusa Symposium, Zlakusa Serbia

2005    

“Tourist”, London, UK

2003-2005

Raku, National symposium Art Bistrita, Bistrita-Nasaud Museum, Romania

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2009    

“Once upon a time” Kurye International Video Archive, IMC5533 space, curators Kurye Video Organization and Marcus Graf, Istanbul, Turkey

The 5th International Festival for video art and experimental film ATTITUDE, artistic director Biljana Petrovska Isijanin Bitola, Macedonia

Urban-Jealousy – the 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, 1st station: Istanbul,Turcia; 2nd station :  Berlin, Germany ,3rd station Belgrade, Serbia – curators Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal

2008    

Bucharest metro Art-Art is watching you!” projects for decoration of the Underground station ”Victory Square” Carturesti Library, Bucharest, (RO)

PROJECTOTHEQUE « LABORATOIRES ARTISTIQUES URBAINS »(Action dans le cadre du projet « Archives urbaines actives/créatives » initié par Banlieues d’Europ’est) – coordinator Silvia Cazacu, Faculté des Arts et de Design, Timisoara, (RO)

ART within: The Artist in the Workspace, screening Geborgen Kamers, Holland

White night galleries#2(NAG#2), unconventional space, Bucharest, (RO)

2007    

“stART Dambovita” – action, performance, Halelor zone, Bucharest, (RO)

Street Delivery, “Urban Traces. Courier” projects Bucharest, (RO)

“Kolonija Umetnicke Keramike Zlakusa 2006″, Art Gallery Pozega, Pozega Serbia

National Art Salon, Palate Parliament, Bucharest, (RO)

“ Projects B” –“ I love Bucharest ” Carturesti library, Bucharest, (RO)

2006    

”HUMAn“, “Ad-Hoc” Gallery, Chisinau, Moldova Republic

“Turist II”, performance, Zlakusa, Serbia

Roll Up ART – National Theatre facade, Bucharest (RO)

“ I love Bucharest ” – Mora Gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

2005

“Colony“, Apollo gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

2004    

Biennial “Fire Art”, Apollo gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

Exposition Visual Arts Master Degree National University of Bucharest – MNAC, Sale Rond, Artexpo, Bucharest, (RO)

2003    

INTERNACIONALNI UMETNIÈKI JEZIK, Gradska galerija Užice  Uzice-Serbia

Form – Genes, Performance-Open studio Assemblage gallery, Grand Marriott Hotel, Bucharest, (RO)

2002    

“Alternative”, ceramics, “Conexion concrete”, Sale Dalles, Bucharest, (RO)

“Recipient”, “Orizont” gallery, Bucharest, (RO)

Exposition National University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applying Arts and Design, MANC Galeria “Etaj 3/4″ – TNB, Bucharest, (RO)

“Vadastra – “Revitalize Romanian’s Tradition Ceramic”, National History Museum, Bucharest, (RO)

2000    

ceramics exposition, History Museum, Slatina, (RO)

 

Selected Workshop/action/experiment/symposium:

2008    

Bucharest metro “Art is watching you!” non conventional space, decorating the underground station Northern Rail Way Station – Bucharest, (RO)

2007    

Workshop Decorating ST. Macrina Foundation a communitary art project in cooperation with FREEFORM Arts TRUST in LONDON, Bucharest (RO)

“Street Delivery” – Urban Culture with projects “The portrait Gallery” and “The Messenger” Arthur Verona Street, Bucharest (RO)

2006  

National symposium Art Bistrita 2006, (RO)

Street – fest “Art Delivery” an official debut of the programme “I love Bucharest” Arthur Verona Street Bucharest, (RO)

International symposium Ceramics, Zlakusa, Serbia

2005    

National symposium Art Bistrita 2005, (RO)

2003    

International symposium Ceramics Zlakusa, Uzice-Serbia

National symposium Art Todireni, Botosani, (RO)

2002    

International Experiment “Vadastra – “Revitalize Romanian’s Tradition Ceramic”, Romania

2000    

International Experiment “Vadastra 2000 “, (RO)

 

Fellowship/Artist-in-residence/Award/Other:

2009

Award public prize “Henkel” Romania – national selection, (MOnuMENTS projects) – Romania

2008    

prize for “you are spectator? Attitudinal!” –Urban Violent category-focAR group

Co-curator “Phone Box – EXIST/Urban Traces” project, Bucharest, (RO)

2007    

prize for young artists Romanian Union Artist – Rural Traces project “ASEZareaTRECereaCERCul” – focAR group

Artist-in-residence and Symposium, Zlakusa, Serbia

2006    

Artist-in-residence and Workshop Riga, Latvia

Book Ilustration “Razele Initiatice ale Arhanghelilor“ writers Elena Cocis and Nicolae Oprica – Editura For You –

2005    

December 2005 – January 2006 documentation travel for Tourist, London, UK

2002    

Second prize – Art Salon Bucharest tem “Alternative”, Section “Concrete Connation”

2001    

Resident and Artist-in-residence and Exposition “University of Bournemouth”,

London, UK

Artist-in-residence Academia di Romania din Roma Italia

2000    

Fellowship Exposition “Vadastra 2000″, Lisbon, Portugal

2000-2002

Involved in “Vadastra” international experimental

 

Bibliography:

BILJANA Petrovska Isijanin, “STAV” Catalog 5th International Video and Experimental Film Festival, pag.7

ONISEI Ana-Maria, “Personal Project: Ilinca (218)”, Tabu magazine (photo Cosmin Bumbut), may 2009

KERSTIN Niemann, “focAR group-MOnuMENTS”, Saatchi Online, march 2009

Catalog “I Love Bucharest” November 2008

NADOLEANU Stela, “Red for building” Timeout Bucharest magazine, nr.97/5-11 December 2008, pag.54

APOSTOL Mariana, “Instantaneous”, Compact newspaper

LAVRIC Tudor, “Red Spot”, Cronica Romana newspaper, nr.4769, 10 december 2008

MARINESCU Veronica, “I love Bucharest” and Red Spot”, “Curierul National” newspaper, Anul 13, nr. 5315.

SEBESTYEN Monica. “Red Spot”, “stART dambovita” book, 2007, page 88-89

SOARE Simona, “Red Spot”, “Adevarul” newspaper, 28 November 2008

ROSCA Carola “Art for urban identity”, Timeout Bucharest magazine, nr.53, 25-31 ianuarie 2008

Catalog, International Symposium “HUMAn”, Iasi, Romania 2008 page. 5-6

BALOIU Raluca, “Kalokagathia”, financial newspaper – Sunday newspaper, 11-01-2008

PULPA Oana, “Art in street”, Money Express nr68 (35), 8-09-2008

CRISTIANA Radu, “Art Telephone and Communication”, Timeout Bucharest magazine nr.84, 5-11 sept.2008

Catalog “stART dambovita” UAUIM (University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”

LUCACI Cristina  “Stars of HUMAn’s”, Iasi newspaper 22-08-2008

CRISTIANA Radu, “U.T.” Financial newspaper – Sunday newspaper, 8-02-2008

CRISTIANA Radu, “Identities, trance and urban traces”, Altitudini newspaper, nr.17 (iulie 2007) and Financial newspaper – Sunday newspaper, NR.2069 09.02.2007

Catalog “I Love Bucharest” – Red Spot project Mora gallery, Bucharest, Romania

CRISTIANA Radu, “Intervention in public space”, Timeout Bucharest, nr.38,

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BAZAVAN Cristina “Our Exposition versus family”, “TABU” magazine photo Cosmin Bumbut – nr.58 – may 2007

BALAN Robert, “stART Dambovita”, Gandul newspaper, 20-07-2007

LASCU Dana, “stART Dambovita”, project for our river”, Compact newspaper 20-07-2007

Catalog International Symposium HUMAn, Iasi, Romania

IANCU Stefan, ”Dambovita river, water for life”, Romania Libera newspaper, Joi, 19 Iulie 2007

SCARLAT Anca, “Virus Urban”, Jurnalul National newspaper, 11.04.2007

LASCU Dana, “Urban Traces” Mora gallery, Compact newspaper, nr.187, 1-02-2007,pag.14