Alexandru Rădvan`s volumetric work presents attributes of the seductive strategies explored in imagology by the archetypal representation of The Hero. Figurative, momentous, expressive, vertical, free of judgment and sometimes incisive, the sculpture elaborated by him refuses the registry of refined sensorial expression through powdered experiences. The raw and grazing message is directly transmitted through an equation in which wood, cement, gypsum or the mixed technique constitute grounds for questioning and understanding the limits of the imaginary.
Andreea Foanene (2014)
(Bucharest, 1977)
Academic studies:
1996 - 2000 - Bucharest University of Art, Bucharest, Romania;
2000 - 2001 - Master at University of Art, painting department, Bucharest, Romania;
2012 - PhD University of Bucharest, Romania.
Scholarships:
1999 - Study Grant of Romanian Cultural Institute and Humanistic Research, Venice, Italy;
2007 - 2008 - Theodor Aman scholarship, awarded by The Education, Research and Youth Ministry through National Centre for Scholarships.
Professional activity:
2002 - to present (2014) - University tutuor at University of Art, painting department, Bucharest, Romania.
Personal exhibitions:
1994 - Happening at “Don Quijote” play by Mihail Bulgakov, Teatrul Mic, Bucharest, Romania;
2000 - “Anatomy of the landscape”, 35 Atelier, Bucharest, Romania;
2001 - “Heroes”, “Galeria” Gallery, Univerity of Art, Bucharest, Romania;
- “12 images told by Alexandru Radvan”, ArtJazz Club, Bucharest, Romania;
2003 - “Imperatores. Fragments”, H’Art Gallery / UNA Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Drawings for Petronius”, Posibila Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
2005 - International Action Art Center / UNESCO, Athens, Piraeus, Greece;
- “Soma”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Taurobolii”, Palatele Brancovenesti Culture Centre, Bucharest, Romania;
2006 - “Sol Victus”, U.A.P. Gallery, Bistrita, Romania;
- “Sol Victus”, Matei Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
2007 - “Memories of Constantine”, Anaid Art Gallery in collaboration with Cluj-Napoca Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
- “Cancer”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Memories of Constantine”, Curtea Veche, Bucharest, Romania;
2008 - "Homage to Judas and the Crusaders", Westfälischen Landesmuseum für Industriekultur Henrichshütte Hattingen (Bochum), Germany;
- "Zeus and Europe", Calina Gallery, Timisoara;
2009 - "Wond’ring aloud", Anaid Art Gallery Bucharest, Romania;
2011 - “The heart”, installation, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxemburg, curator, Didier Damiani;
- “Christ”, painting, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
2012 - “Ulysses”, Új Kriterion Galéria, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania;
2013 - “Epic”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania.
Group exhibitions:
1994 - “Don Quijote”, “Cervantes” Institute, Bucharest, Romania;
1995 - “Fleu d’Eau”, Diplomatic Club, Bucharest, Romania;
1998 - “Young artist from Romania”, “Taiex” Office, Bruxelles, Belgium;
- “Picasso’s Feast”, University of Art, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Portrait”, Culture Palace, Targu-Mures, Romania;
1999 - “Accents and Imprints” (“Accente - Amprente”), Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
2001 - “Autorbooks”, “Curtea Veche”, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Romanian Neurotic Neorealism”, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Master”, Artexpo Gallery, National Theatre, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Intimacy”, Romanian Literature Museum, Bucharest, Romania;
2002 - “Accents and Imprints”, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Works 3”, deInterese Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Arte Divina”, Romanian National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania;
- “10 + 1”, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
2003 - “Our simeza”, Simeza Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “The Forest in the Sleeping Beauty”, Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
2004 - “Face to Face”, INTERart 2004, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania;
- “Period & Start Again”, Posibila Gallery, National Museum of Art, Timisoara, Romania;
- “Visiting Velasquez”, National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania;
- “In Oglinda Meninelor”, National Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania;
- “Atterrissage”, ESCO Art Contemporain, Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris;
2005 - “Lettres et livres”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Figurativo Leggero” / Academia di Romania, Roma;
- International Art Biennale, Prague, Second Edition;
- “Bonjour Europe”, French Institute, Bucharest, Romania;
- “WORKS 5”, U.A.P. Art Gallery / Gallery Posibila. Bistrita, Romania;
2006 - “Beauty and the Beast”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
2007 - “Delirium Tremens”, Anaid Art Gallery in collaboration with Atas Gallery, Atas Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
2008 - “The Last Temptation”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “7 parallel 7”, Etaj ¾ Gallery, National Theatre Bucharest, Romania/ MOYA, Vienna, Austria;
2009 - “Zoomania”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania;
- “October, Remember, December”, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Messiahs“, Modem, Debrecen, Hungary;
2010 - Badly Happy”, Marina Abramovic Institute West ( The Performance Art Institute), San Francisco, USA;
2011 - “New figurative”, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Fresh Drawings, 2006 -2010", LC Foundation - Contemporary Art Centre, Bucharest, Romania;
- “Thirteen”, Visual Art Centre (House of Arts), Bucharest, Romania;
2012 - “Contemporary Histories in workshop: artistic and scientific perspectives”, Visual Art Centre, Bucharest, Romania;
- “11+Painting”, Visual Art Centre, Bucharest, Romania;
- “UNARTE ’012”, Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
2013 - “Escapes: Colony. Endocosmos. Ulysses. Unsent Postcards”, Casa-Museu Guerra Junqueiro, Porto, Portugal;
- “Ten plus”, Visual Art Centre, Bucharest, Romania;
- “AES Artists” Florica Prevenda / Titi Ceara / Alexandru Radvan, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania;
2014 - “Ten plus one - Leapsa Camp 2013”, Art House Galleries, Bucharest, Romania;
-“Duplex - Bucharest - Timisoara", Calpe Gallery, Timisoara, Romania.
Works in Bucharest National Museum of Contemporary Art collection and in private collections from Austria, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Israel, Romania and USA.
Awards:
2001 - “Alexandru Tzipoia” Foundation Award for the best exhibition of 2001 year;
2002 - Second Prize for painting at contest-exhibition “Accents and Imprints”;
2007 - “Opera Prima” award in the frame of the Prometheus Awards 2007.