Education
17/20 | Meisterschüler at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Prof. Joachim Brohm |
13/16 | Bachleor in Photography and Video at National University of Arts, Bucharest |
Solo Exhibitions
2023 | Holding Pattern at 2/3 Galeria, Bucharest, RO |
2020 | Nothing was touched, just recorded at Switch Lab, Bucharest, RO |
2017 | Gărâna at Moebius Gallery, Bucharest, RO |
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2023 | Terrestrial Corals part of Semantics of the Shell at The Balcony, The Hague, NL |
2023 | Styro City part of Beyond Photography at National Art Museum, Kishinev, MD |
2023 | Sculpted Spaces part of See What. Photography in Romania after 2000 at MARe/Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, RO |
2022 | Styro City part of Domino Effect #3 at Gaep Gallery, Bucharest, RO |
2022 | The neighbours thought it was a science lab & Styro City part of Future Perfect #5 at Magma Gallery, Saint George, RO |
2021 | Styro City part of On past tense and its possibilities at Leilei Gallery, Bucharest, RO |
2020 | Holding Pattern part of Meisterschüler*innen Exhibition at a&o Kunsthalle, Leipzig, DE |
2020 | Holding Pattern part of Possible Realities at Scena9 BRD, Bucharest, RO |
2019 | The neighbours thought it was a science lab part of Moderne. Ikonografie. Fotografie - Das Bauhaus und die Folgen 1919 - 2019 at Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, DE |
2019 | Reacknowledged Structures: Models part of Circulation(s) at 104 Centquatre, Paris, FR |
2018 | 4m3 part of Landschaft at Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, AT |
2018 | Nothing was touched, just recorded part of Genau Da! at BTV Gallery, Stadtforum, Innsbruck, AT |
2017 | Production Areas part of Raumkonzepte at Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, AT |
2016 | Snails Hill part of The Factory of Facts and Other (Unspoken) Stories at Plan-B Gallery, Cluj, RO |
2016 | Reacknowledged Structures: Models part of Biennale of Contemporary Photography at Cupola Gallery, Jassy, RO |
2016 | What Remains part of Safe Perimeter at Make a Point, Bucharest, RO |
2015 | Gone Shopping part of City for Sale at Zpatiu, Kishinev, MD |
2014 | Production Areas at UNAgaleria, Bucharest, RO |
Contributions (Selected)
2023 | Sculpted Spaces, published in See What. Photography in Romania after 2000 by MARe/Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest |
2021 | Holding Pattern, book review by Brad Feuerhelm published online on americansuburbx.com |
2021 | Styro City published in Camera Austria Magazine, Issue 153 |
2020 | Interview published in Revista Foi Magazine, Issue 3 |
2020 | Holding Pattern published in British Journal of Photography Magazine, Issue 7893 |
2019 | The neighbours thought it was a science lab published in Moderne. Ikonografie. Fotografie – Kunstmuseum Magdeburg by E.A. Seemann |
2019 | Gone Shopping published in Kajet Magazine, Issue 3 |
2018 | Nothing was touched, just recorded published in Inn Situ – Genau Da! by Fotohof Edition |
2018 | What Remains published in Kajet Magazine, Issue 2 |
2017 | Reacknowledged Structures: Models published in Membrana Magazine, Issue 3 |
2017 | Broken Vertebra published in GR-02092017 by SKREID Publishing |
2016 | What Remains published in Safe Perimeter by P+4 Publications |
Awards and Grants
2020 | 1st prize, Young Artists Connections, Switch Lab, Buchaerst, RO |
2019 | Salzburg Summer Academy, Erste Stiftung Grants, Salzburg, AT |
2018 | Center of Documentary Photography Grants, Bucharest, RO |
2018 | Shortlisted at It's a Book, Leipzig, DE |
2017 | Shortlisted at Unseen Dummy Award, Amsterdam, NL |
2017 | Best photography book, prize offered by The most beautiful books from Romania, Bucharest, RO |
2016 | Young designer, prize offered by The most beautiful books from Romania, Bucharest, RO |
2014 | Erasmus scholarship at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, DE |
Miscellaneous
2023 | Lecture at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld, DE |
2023 | Lecture at the Center of Excellence in Image Studies, Bucharest, RO |
2023 | Guest editor of the 2nd issue of GRUPAJ magazine, RO |
2022 | Conversation with Michele Bressan part of Frame10 at Scena9 BRD, Bucharest, RO |
2022 | Conversation with Ludovic Balland and Andrei Grosu part of Local Design Circle at Black Rhino Radio, Bucharest, RO |
2022 | Workshop about photography and book making together with Ludovic Balland at Galeria Posibila, Bucharest, RO |
2021 | Presentation about self publishing together with Alin Cincă at Fabrik, Bucharest, RO |
2019 | Presentation about self publishing at Sounds Like a Book, Șona, RO |
2018 | Gărâna 20 book presentation together with Horațiu Șovăială at MZIN bookstore, Leipzig, DE |
Collections
BTV Bank, Stadtforum, Innsbruck, ATJazz Banat Cultural Foundation, Timisoara, RO
Private collections
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