Cristina Garabețanu, multidisciplinary visual artist that lives and works in Bucharest, explores in her artistic practice a volatile balance between vulnerability and strength, between destruction and rebirth. In her works, introspection meets the dynamism of change, creating a complex visual space where human frailty and the power of transformation after chaos coexist harmoniously. Cristina’s scenes are loaded with symbols that reflect a timeless symbiosis between man and nature, order and chaos, offering a subtle reflection on the inner and outer transformations that define existence.
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Cristina GARABEȚANU
B in 1986, Constanta, Romania
lives and works in Bucharest, Romania
EDUCATION
2010. MFA Painting, National University of Arts, Bucharest
2008. BA Painting, National University of Arts, Bucharest
2006. Multimedia, National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale”, Bucharest
2004. Cinematic Art, Analogue Photography, and Light Study, National School of Arts, Constanta
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2020. OMNIPOTENT, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2016. The Moment Before, Qreator, Bucharest
2014. In the Ground we Sleep, Bastion, Timisoara / curated by Kelemen Gabriel
2009. EXIL (The trauma of being in the body), Galeria Calina, Timisoara/ curated by Olivia Nitis
2008. QARANTINE, Galateea gallery, Bucharest/ curated by Petru Lucaci
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. Young Blood, ArtSafari Museum, Bucharest
2024. Good Girls, U.B. The Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest
2023. National Painting Biennale, Constanta Art Museum
2023. Overlays II/ Gallery 2/3, Bucharest
2023. Overlays II/ Etaj gallery, Bucharest
2022. Lust is in the Air/The Institute, Bucharest
2021. SLOW TOMORROW/ The Isolated Temple/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2021. The TRAP, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2020. Maybe, For Sure, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2020. Brain Fog. LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2019. Filth, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2017. Death/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2016. Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.), Essen, Germany
2016. Still Working/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2016. Space Flow/ Stirbei Palace, Bucharest
2016. Contemporary Drawing Biennale/ Mogoșoaia, Bucharest,
2016. Red dog’s bed/ installation & concept book, LABORNA, Bucharest
2015. International Contemporary Art Fair, Tirana, Albania
2015. Contemporary International Art Fair, Pristina, Kosovo
2015. Drawing/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest
2014. Lostritza, Ozyogyn University, Istanbul, Turkey
2013. Washingmachine, Kunstbarkeiten, Graz, Austria
2013. Les Projet Sfax, Sfax (Tunis)/ Barcelona/ Madrid (Spain)
2013. A nos yeux, Sfax / Tunis, Tunisia
2012. FEMART/Visual Arts Center, Bucharest
2012. Washingmachine, International Festival of Contemporary Art, 6th edition, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
2012. Red dog’s bed / during the “Heat” event, Constanta
2011. Trans-Realities / Washingmachine / Victoria Art Center, Bucharest
2010. Art Embodiment/ Washingmachine, The Art Museum, Constanta
2010. Achievement, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2010. Idyll, Atelier 030202, Bucharest
2009. Body, House of Art, Bucharest
2009. Green Room, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
2008. Fresh Meat, The National Museum of Romanian Paesant, Bucharest
2008. 18/1, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest
2008. Fine Arts Fair, Dalles Hall, Bucharest
2007. World vs Human, Astra Library, Sibiu
2007. Habble Bublle M, Nit Gallery, Bucharest
AWARDS / RESIDENCES
2018. Painting residency, Istanbul – Sharkoy, Turkey
2016. Painting residency, Gostivar, Macedonia
2015. Painting residency, Vlore-Jale, Albania
2014. Painting residency, Ozyogyn University, Istanbul, Turkey
2013. UNESCO and M.A.E. photography residency. in Tunisia, Sfax
2010. Art and wine, SHERPIUM, limited edition (concept, design and labels), Crama Oprisor
2011. The Grand Prize “Nora Iuga” for short prose / Nora Iuga literary competition, 2nd edition
2008.Documentary photography residency and P.U.G., Berzasca, Romania
2007. Painting residency, European House of Art, “Sibiu,The Cultural Capital”, Sibiu, Romania
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
National Painting Biennale – Constanta Art Museum, exhibition album, coordinated by Lelia Rus Parvan, Monitorul Oficial publishing, 2023
The Red Dog’s Bed / conceptual book of poetry and drawing, Master Print, Bucharest¸ 2016
In the Ground we Sleep / photography album, Master Print, Bucharest, 2014
Le Projet Sfax/ exhibition catalogue /Publication by Laura Baeza, coordinated by Juan Angel de Coral, Novaprint, Tunisie, 2013
Idila. Idyll / exhibition catalogue / Organizer: Austrian Cultural Forum, Curator: Olivia Nitis, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, 2010
Body under surveillance / coordinated by Petru Lucaci, UNARTE publishing, 2010
Cristina Garabetanu / exhibition catalogue / Galeria Calina, coordinated by Alina Cristescu, Timisoara, 2009