ELIAN

Lives and woks in Cluj, Romania

Education

2002 > to present: started a 4 years PhD in Visual Arts, “Erotic Representations in .the European Art“, University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, co-ordinator: Zamfir Dumitrescu (president of Romanian Fine Arts Association)

1988 University Degree, University of Fine Arts “Ion Andreescu”, Cluj

Employment

1989 Conservator, Museum of History, Iasi

1991-to present: Assistant lecturer, University of Fine Arts “I.Andreescu”, Cluj

Member of the Roumanian Fine Arts Association

Individual shows

2004 “Happy End”, Cluj, painting and instalation

2002 “Soap Opera” HAG Gallery, Bucharest, painting

2002 “Erotica” Tranzit Space, Cluj, painting

2001 Tranzit Space, Cluj, painting 2001 “E of Elian”, Old Gallery, Cluj, painting

1998 ”The Magic Flute”, Museum of Art, Cluj, painting, curator: Robert Fleck

1996 “The Inner Beauty”, Cluj (objects and instalation)

1995 ”The Sacrifice”, Cluj (instalation) featuring Sylvie Moreau

1994 “The Family-Nucleus of the Society” (instalation and painting), RFAA Gallery, Cluj

1992 New Gallery, Cluj, painting 1993 “Simeza”Gallery, Bucharest, painting

1991 “Pochet” Gallery, Cluj, painting

Participations

2002 Group exhibiton at The Romanian Cultural Center, Paris

2002 “Pink”, video-installation at Tranzit Space, Cluj

2001 National Art Salon, Artexpo Foundation, Bucharest

2001 Group Exhibiton organised by The National Bank of Holland

2000 BIG Torino, Youth Bienalle, curator: Robert Fleck

2000 “Art dans le monde”, Paris, exhibition organised by Beaux Arts Magazine

2000 Pecs Gallery, Hungary

1999 Art Museum, Cluj, curator: Robert Fleck

1999 Glarus Gallery, Swiss

1999 Sylvie Moreau Gallery, video installation, Paris

1998 “Experiment”, Retrospective Exhibition of the Experimental Art in Romania, Bucharest, curator: Alexandra Titu

1998 “Young Romanian Artists”, Munchen, curator: Adrian Guta

1998 Prenzlauer Gallery, Berlin

1998 Insbruk, Austria

1997 Galerie de Boog, Holland

1997 Hungarian Cultural Center, Bucharest

1997 Werkgallery, Kassel, (Alternative to Documenta X)

1996 Romanian Cultural Center in Paris

1995 Romanian Cultural Center in Budapest Covalenco Gallery, Holland

1993 Kufstein, Austria

1991 Zwolle, Holland

1990 Group Exhibition, Berlin

Performances

1999 Timisoara, “Drink me!”, featuring Laurent Moriceau

1997 Kassel, “Perphomatose”, featuring Sven Schoning

1997 Bucharest, Performance Festival

1997 Cluj, Performance Festival

Workshops

2000 Workshop in Torino, “Artist today”

2001 Workshop with Robert Fleck, Cluj, “University Days”

Awards

2001 The Best Price for Visual Arts, Romanian Fine Arts Association

1997 Annual Award for the Best Ambiental Art Exibition,

Romanian Fine Arts Association

Art campus

Kassel, Europen Art Campus

Miskolc, Lithographic Campus

Maastricht, European Fine Arts Schools Meeting (coordinator)

Venice, documentation trip

Torino, preparation of the Youth Biennale

Symposions

2002 “Desire- Female Body Representations”, Transit, Cluj

2001 Open Workshop, Old Gallery, Cluj