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Education and Training
2020- ongoing PhD. Candidate at University of Arts and Design, Cluj-Napoca
2021-ongoing Erasmus internship at Hosek Contemporary, Berlin
2011 - 2013 University of Arts and Design, Cluj Napoca Romania, graphic arts, MA
1 May - 31 July 2012 - Erasmus internship at Freies Museum Berlin
2011 - 2013 - Psychopedagogy and psychology of children, MA
2008 - 2011 - University of Arts and Design, Cluj Napoca Romania, graphic arts, BA
2008 - 2011 - Psychopedagogy and psychology of children, BA
2009 - 2010 - Erasmus scholarship, ASP Katowice, Poland
2004 - 2008 - Romulus Ladea Highschool of fine arts, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Work Experience
2016 - 2018 - Vice President for Visual Kontakt Gallery, Oradea & Cluj Napoca, Romania
2015 - 2018 - Manager for Visual Kontakt Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Residencies
2022 - AIR at Cité Internationale des arts, Paris; offered by European Investment Bank in Luxemburg
2019 - AIR Urban Nation, Stiftung Berliner Leben, Berlin, Germany
2018 - Styria-Artist-in-Residence (St.A.i.R.), Graz, Austria
2018 - Residency at Reactor de Creatie si Experiment, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2016 - Residency at Kultur Kontakt Austria, offered by Chancellery of Austria, Vienna, Austria
2013 - Residency at Visual Kontakt Gallery, Oradea, Romania
Personal Exhibitions (selection)
2022 Home, Cité international des arts, Paris, mentor: Tatiana Trouvé
2021 Homoerotic Revolution, Technopolis, Athens, curator: Alexis Fidetzis
2020 Despre Gri, CAVE - French Cultural Institut, Cluj-Napoca
2019 - Berlin Street Stories, AIR URBAN NATION Berlin, Germany
2018 - Under The Grey Dust, Creart Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, curator: Razvan Ion
2018 - #808080 - Pfeiffer Vacuum Romania, Apahida, Cluj, Romania
2018 - Installation/scenography for the theatre play Body of Defiance, Reactor de Creatie si Experiment, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2017 - #808080 - Iaga Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania, curator: Olimpia Bera
2017 - BBTGOGIAWIA - Shelter Club, Amsterdam, Nederlands
2016 - Simulacrum - Parallel Vienna, Vienna Austria
2015 - Crypto 2 - Make A Point Gallery, Bucharest Romania, curator: Catalin Valean
2014 - Crypto 1 - Reactor de Creatie si Experiment, Cluj Napoca, Romania, curator Catalin Valean
2013 - Sold Out - Visual Kontakt, Oradea, Romania, curator: Olimpia Bera
2013 - Cancerilizare - Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2022 Karambol, The Cosmic House Gallery, Cluj, curator: Gilda Ghinoiu
2022 WEITERBILDUNG - RESHAPED, Retramp Gallery, Berlin, curators: Katia Hermann & Linda Toivio
2022 Book Of Change, Høstutstillingen, Oslo, curators: Georgiana Dobre & Kjersti Vetterstad
2022 Poeme urbane, Arthub, Bucharest, curators: Nona Șerbănescu & Daniel Kozak
2022 Fazele Lunii, Contemporan Hair Space, Bucharest: Curator: Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu
2022 Lust Is In The Air, Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest, curator: Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu
2022 Queer Repertoire, Centrul de Proiecte, Timisoara, curator: Eugen Rădescu
2022 Unnatural Circumstances III, Romanian Cultural Institut, Berlin
2022 Mapping Frames, Muzeum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, curator: Olimpia Bera
2022 Flori și oameni /Homo homini flos est, Galeria 1001 Arte, Bucharest, curator: Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu
2021 Simți ~ Aluneci ~ Cânți (1- 245), Combinatul Fondului Plastic, București, curators: Dragoș Olea, Sandra Demetrescu
2021 Art Behaviour, ZÖNOTÉKA, Berlin, curator: Luca Roxana-EmiliaLeaving
2021 The Garden, National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, curator: Olimpia Bera
2021 Fetish, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin, curator: Simon Williams
2021 Superheroes/Antiheroes, Art Safari, Bucharest, curator: Raluca Ilaria-Demetrescu
2021 Yes HOMO, Cosmic House, Cluj-Napoca, curator: Cătălin Bocîrnea
2021 We`re here, Faber, Timisoara, curator: Daniel Kozak
2021 Partial Decomandat, National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, coordonted by Olimpia Bera, Aurel Codoban, Ioan Sbârciu
2021 Memoria Tăinuită a Locului, National Art Muzeum, Cluj-Napoca, coordinated by Prof. Ioan Sbârciu
2021 Neo-Manifest Romantic, Galateca Gallery, Bucharest
2020 Of Wondering Concrete And A Displaced Camera, Chrysalid Gallery, Rotterdam, curator: Marth Von Loeben
2020 Neo-Manifest Romantic, National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, curator: Ioan Sbârciu
2020 Pahllus Impudicus, Etaj - Artist Run Space, Bucharest, curator: Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu
2020 We`re here, NAG, Bucharest, curator: Daniel Kozak
2020 What If You Were In My Shoes?, National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, curator: Ioan Sbârciu
2020 L'Art s'invite dans l'industrie 2.0, Energom, Cluj-Napoca, curator: Horea Avram
2019 - Re:start - Muzeum of Art, Cluj Napoca, Romania, curator: Horea Avram
2019 - Seen in Berlin - POINT - Cultural Hub, Bucharest, Romania
2019 - OBIECT. Călător prin istorii publice și personale - National Museum of
Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania, project by Valentina Iancu & Vlad Viski
2019 - Walter Koschatzky Kunst-Preis - HOFSTALLUNGEN of the MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
2019 - Künstler*innenbücher von Stipendiat*innen des Landes Steiermark -Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek,
Graz, Austria, curator: Christiane Kada
2018 - BB8 after BB8 - CAC, LANDSKRONA, Sweden, curators: Nina Slejko Vlom & Conny Blom
2018 - BUCHAREST BIENNALE 8 - Bucharest, Romania, curators: Beral Madra and Razvan Ion
2018 - Diversitas - Reactor de Creatie si Experiment, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2018 - WOW - Visual Kontakt, Cluj Napoca, Romania, curator: Eugen Radescu
2017 - Dead Gardens - Visual Kontakt, Cluj Napoca, Romania, curator: Olimpia Lazar
2017 - Habitus - Iaga Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania, curator: Sabina Dragomir
2017 - War of Worlds - Nationa Muzeum of Art, Constanta, Romania, curator Eugen Radescu
2017 - War of Worlds - MORA Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, curator: Eugen Radescu
2017 - Mazipos - Laboratory VK, Oradea Romania, curator: Carlos Carmomedina
2016 - Unnatural Circumstances - Visual Kontakt Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2015 - Local Municipalities - Laboratory VK, curators: Olimpia Bera and Carlos Carmomedina
2015 - Muian - Visual Kontakt Gallery, Oradea, Romania, curator: Alina Staicu
2015 - Genesis - Jurmala City Museum, Jurmala, Latvia, curator Edmunds Lucis
2010 - Poster/Plakat - ASP Katowice, Poland, curator: Roman Kalarus
2010 - 4th edition of the international Student Biennale, Novi Sad, Serbia
Lectures/ Artist Talk
2019 - Lecture (about my art practice) at University of Arts and Design, Photo-Video
department, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2018 - Artist Talk (about my art practice) at HTBLVA Graz Ortweinschule, Austria
2018 - Artist Talk “HOME” at Atelier Schillerstrasse, Graz Austria, part of Styria Artist in
Residence
2018 - Bucharest Biennale - artist talk at Creart, Bucharest, Romania
2018 - Queer Art, artist talk at Fundatia Ratiu, Turda, Romania
2018 - Art Debate - Art Safari, BB8, RDW at Creart, Bucharest, Romania
2018 - Lecture (about my art practice) at University of Arts and Design, Photo-Video department, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2017 - Lecture - Dead Gardens exhibition at University of Arts and Design, Cluj Napoca, Romania
2017 - Lecture - WOW exhibition at ARCUB, Bucharest, Romania
2017 - Lecture (about my art practice) at Art High School "Romulus Ladea", Cluj Napoca,Romania, Curator
2018 - Diversitas - artists: Odeta Catana, Virginia Lupu, Remus Tiplea, Reactor de Creatie si Experiment, Cluj
2018 - The Garden - artists: Oana Maria Pop, Corina Oprea, Rosalba Di Pierro, Alexandra
Mocan, Vanessa Singenzia, Maria Brudașcă, Visual Kontakt Cluj
2018 - Gradual Decline - artists: Andreea Chirica, Razvan Ion, Visual Kontakt Cluj
2017 - Pleasure Hunt - artist: Corina Olaru, Visual Kontakt Cluj
2017 - Inside - artists: Odeta Catana, Sasha Bandi, Visual Kontakt Cluj
2017 - Smee - artist: Anna Olenicenco, Visual Kontakt, Cluj
2017 - Alter Ego - artist: Celina Cordos, Reactor de Creatie si Experiment, Cluj
2016 - A Journey Through Slavic Prints, 30 artists from slavic countries, curated with Rada Nita, Visual Kontakt, Cluj
2015 - Mater Familias - artist: Oana Maria Pop, Casa Tiff, Cluj
Collections:
• European Investment Bank, Luxemburg
• National Museum of Contemporary Art Romania
• Queer Museum, Bucharest, Romania
• Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
• Urban Nation Museum, Berlin, Germany
• Universal Museum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
• Tom Of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
• Visual Kontakt, Oradea, Romania
(private)
Italy: Verona
Germany: Berlin, Munchen
Austria: Graz, Vienna
USA: San Antonio, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Los Angeles
Romania: Cluj Napoca, Bucharest
Switzerland: Lausanne