Born: 1968, Pitesti, Romania
Lives: Bucharest, Romania
Education
1998 BA in painting, University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania
Solo Exhibitions
2021
H'art Gallery / Malmaison, Bucharest, curator Smaranda Ciubotaru, Dan Popescu
2020
THE GENERAL GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS
MAREA SCHEMA GENERALA A TUTUROR LUCRURILOR
INVITRO Gallery, Cluj, curator Smaranda Ciubotaru, Dan Popescu
2019
Comă la H’art, H'art Gallery, Bucharest, curator Dan Popescu, 22 March 2019 -
2015
organised by Aiurart and H'art Gallery — at Cărturești Carusel, Bucharest
Curator: Silviu Pădurariu, Unrest/Bucharest
2015
"Ordeful, mezanplasul și harneala"
H`art Gallery, Bucharest, curator Ioana Marinescu
2014
I can see no revolution, Galerie Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke, Düsseldorf, Germany,
opening Dr. Bernhard Serexhe Chief Curator ZKM, Karlsruhe
SAMBAdy must dye in this CITY, H`art Gallery, Bucharest, curator Dan Popescu. Special Event WHITE NIGHT OF THE ART GALLERIES / NAG#8 Bucharest 2014
The Thermal Rehabilitation. Intervention on Lenin monument pedestal. Piata Scanteii, Bucharest, Romania. Part of Project 1990. Curator Ioana Ciocan. Reabilitarea termica impotriva tuturor vicisitudinilor sortii soclului.
2013
Dâmbovița, ITARICON-Art Gallery, Dresden, Germany
2012
ON ROAD, Galerie Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke, Düsseldorf, Germany
RHEIN, Curator Michael Voets. Comanescus Gastatelier, Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf - Kulturamt, Düsseldorf, Germany
DNA: Dust Narrative Analysis, Curator Adina Zorzini. Zorzini Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2011
Nicolae Comănescu _ Berceni, MNAC, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania, Invited by Ruxandra Balaci
2010
H'art gallery, Bucuresti,
curator Dan Popescu
2009
3 in 1: MUSTAR, CENUSA & NOROI Curator Adrian Bojenoiu
26 Gallery, Bucharest
Trebuie sa plec. Poate ma repet. Curator Adrian Bojenoiu
IF Gallery, Bucharest
2008
Paintings with dust, 26 Gallery, Bucharest
2007
Paintings by Nicolae Comanescu.
Curator Stefan Tiron.
An exhibition at KO.KE.M Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc, Csikszereda, Romania
"Beach Boy", Side A - 26 Gallery, Bucharest, Curator: Andreiana Mihail
"Beach Boy", Side B - IVAN Gallery, Bucharest, Curator: Andreiana Mihail
2005
Siemens_artLab, Wien, Austria.
2004
Grand Prix Remix, ( Visual Shampoo Consumer Product _ mid city shower
version ), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Etaj 3/4 Gallery,
Bucharest (cat.). Curator: Stefan Tiron
2003
Nofocus-DEMO, Trieste Contemporanea, Istituto Tommaseo, Trieste
(cat.). Curator: Ruxandra Balaci
2001
Lex Luthor Found Projects, Gad Photogallery/Artexpo Foundation, Bucharest
2000
Briemberg algorithm, with Floe, Atelier 35, Bucharest
Group Exhibitions
2021
"Arta și Orașul 1974 – 2021", MARe, Muzeul De Arta Recenta / The Recent Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Erwin Kessler and Carola Chișiu, 25 Nov 2021 – 27 March 2022 (cat)
Things in the rear-view mirror are closer than they appear, ART 9TEEN, Vienna, Austria, curated by Erwin Kessler, 10 May 2021 - 02 Jul 2021
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2020
From Near to Far. Visual Cartographies of the Spaces 2 Mai and Vama Veche. National Romanian Peasant Museum, Bucharest, an exhibition organised by tranzit.ro/București. Curated by Iuliana Dumitru, 15 Oct 2020 – 15 Nov 2020
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2019
"Fair Maidens: The Feminine Ideal from Nicolae Grigorescu to Ion Grigorescu”, MARe, Muzeul De Arta Recenta / The Recent Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Ioana ȘERBAN and Erwin KESSLER, 27 March 2019 - 15 Sep 2019 (cat)
Art Shoes - Shoes in Contemporary Art, Kunstraum Neureut e.V., Karlsruhe, Germany, curated by Jens Andres, 04 Apr 2019 - 28 Apr 2019
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2018
Stylistic diversity Ltd., Diversitate stilistică cu răspundere limitată, MARe, Muzeul De Arta Recenta / The Recent Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Erwin Kessler, (cat)
Seeing History – 1947-2007. The Mnac Collection, MNAC The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania, Nov 15, 2018 - Sep 26, 2021
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2017
Talking to Strangers, H'art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Kristin Wenzel, 26 May 2017 - 16 July 2017
´ART SHOES-shoes in contemporary art Odapark´, Odapark, center for contemporary art, Venray, Netherlands (in cooperation with Petra Nostheide-Eÿcke Gallery Düsseldorf) curated by Marijke Cieraad and Pascalle Mansvelders, 25 June 2017 - 29 Oct 2017
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2016
Extension.ro, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Curators Dan Popescu (Bucharest), Yana Smurova (Moscow) 19 Feb 2016 - 13 Mar 2016
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2014
Bucharest Artistic Education and Romanian Art After 1950, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, Romania, Curator: Adrian Guță, 28 Nov 2014 - 29 Nov 2015
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2013
OSTRALE´013 – Wir überschreiten den Rubikon / We cross the Rubicon. Dresden, Germany, (cat)
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2012
22 FACHGESCHÄFTE, Lichthof, Mischpoke e.V., Mönchengladbach, Germany
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2011
curated by_vienna 2011 Portraits and Self-Portraits in Private Collections, Knoll gallery, Wien, Austria, curated by Liliana Popescu;
NEW FIGURATIVE, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest, Romania, October 27 2011 - November 15 2011
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2010
Badly Happy: Pain, Pleasure and Panic in Recent Romanian Art
The Performance Art Institut, San Francisco, curator Erwin Kessler, catalogue;
ZOOMANIA.RO National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, Romania, Curator: Mihai Oroveanu, August 5, 2010 - November 15, 2010
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2006
Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia; Bularia
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2005
Depot - "This is not an exhibition", National Museum of Contemporary
Art, Bucharest. Curator: Mihai Oroveanu
CENTRAL. New Art from New Europe, Siemens AG Österreich, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Wien / Österreich;
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2004
"Romanian artists (and not only) love the Ceausescus Palace?!" , National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (cat.) Curator: Ruxandra Balaci;
CENTRAL. New Art from New Europe, Siemens artLAB, Max-Gandolf-Bibliothek, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Salzburg / Österreich;
"VIDEOSPRITZ" Trieste Contemporanea, Istituto Tommaseo, Trieste;
Romanian Contemporary Painting, selection of commissioner Gunter
Verheugen, European Commission, curator Petra Erler, Bruxelles, Belgium (cat.);
Docu Fiction, REX Cultural Centrum, Belgrade, Curator Alina Serban;
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2003
National Museum of Contemporary Art,
Bucharest. Curator: Ruxandra Balaci
Docu Fiction UAUIM Hall, Bucharest, Curator Alina Serban
Emergent Art on the Romanian Art Scene-video-screening in MACRO, Rome.
Curator: Ruxandra Balaci
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2002
Creativity & cognition 2002, Loughborough University Art Gallery
8th Venice Architecture Biennial, Romanian Pavilion, D.S.B.A. project (cat.)
Weird Screen, Micromuseum, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki
Free Biennial, New York/ TWITCH VISUAL & POLITI-VIDEO, Remote Lounge, N.Y.
Bound/less Borders, first outdoor touring Balkan project, Belgrade,
Sarajevo, Bucharest, Sofia, Kassel (cat.)
Festival RDV roumain, Espace en Cours, Paris
Mirror at the bottom, A Virtual Memorial
Re:combo, Recife, Brazil
Reload, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum/ iS.CaM/ Net-Art Open
Exhibition / 2002.
Twice Upon A Time... Balkan Video presentation, Istituto Svizzero,
Rome. Curator: Dobrila Denegri
World View 2002/ Cinema electronica
Coop_01, Atelier 35 / Coop_02, Kalinderu Medialab/MNAC, Bucharest
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2001
Videotree, Firenze
Trieste Contemporanea Central European Video Art presentation, Trieste
Digital Media Festival, Quezon City, Philippines (cat.)
Mediaterra Festival, Micromuseum, Fournos Center for Art and
Technology, Athens-Lavrion, Sofia-Plovdiv, Maribor, Frankfurt (cat.)
Festival Computer Space, Sofia
Rostopasca insert in Context Network, 49 Venice Biennial, Romanian
Pavilion (cat.). Curator: Alexandru Patatics
Periferic Biennial, Iasi/ Lex Luthor Found Projects
Virtual Mine, Saarland, Germany (cat.)
Video Lounge Festival, Outer Limits, New York
Transcafe, New Gallery, Bucharest
Rostopasca, Atelier 35, Bucharest
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2000
Transitionland, National Museum of Art Bucharest (cat.) Curator: Ruxandra Balaci
Rostopasca Alliance, Czech Centre Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Images, Argos project, Vevey, Switzerland (cat.)
Transferatu, ifa Gallery Berlin, Rostemplation, (ifa Gallery Bonn, 2001) (cat.)
Bananas, performance -installation, Rostopasca Group, Periferic
Festival, Iasi (cat.)
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1999
Totally Blinds, Rostopasca group performance simultaneously developed
in Bucharest and Annart Festival, Sf. Ana Lake
Grants/Awards
2020
"Brătianu" Award for Visual Arts in 2020 awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Romania.
2005:
„Künstlerspecial”, online Siemens_artLab, Galerie Ernst Hilger, Wien, Austria
2003:
Giovane emergente europeo Trieste Contemporanea 2003, Trieste, Italy
1999:
Youth Award offered by Artexpo Foundation, Bucharest, Romania for
Rostopasca's group activities in 1998.