{"id":35,"date":"2024-10-31T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T11:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garabetanu.com\/new\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:04:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garabetanu.com\/new\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c4a7b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2c4a7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d43e10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d43e10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 28-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cristina Garabe\u021banu<\/strong>, 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\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a904cda elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a904cda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cristina_garabetanu\/\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:c_garab@yahoo.com\">E-mail<\/a><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3441af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3441af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>B in 1986, Constanta, Romania<br \/>lives and works in Bucharest, Romania<\/p><h5><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/h5><p>2010. MFA Painting, National University of Arts, Bucharest<br \/>2008. BA Painting, National University of Arts, Bucharest<br \/>2006. Multimedia, National University of Theatre and Film &#8220;I.L. Caragiale&#8221;, Bucharest<br \/>2004. Cinematic Art, Analogue Photography, and Light Study, National School of Arts, Constanta<\/p><hr \/><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h5><strong>SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/h5><p>2025. PRIMORDIAL, Borderline Art Space, Ia\u0219i \/ curated by C\u0103lina Coman<br \/>2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/2pe3galeria.ro\/The-Flexible-Measure-of-all-possibilities\">THE FLEXIBLE MEASURE OF ALL POSSIBILITIES<\/a>, 2\/3 Gallery, Bucharest \/ curated by C\u0103lina Coman<br \/>2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/laborna.ro\/?page_id=12772\">OMNIPOTENT,<\/a> LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2016. The Moment Before, Qreator, Bucharest<br \/>2014. In the Ground we Sleep, Bastion, Timisoara \/ curated by Kelemen Gabriel<br \/>2009. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0lkGIiuNcw\">EXIL (The trauma of being in the body)<\/a>, Galeria Calina, Timisoara\/ curated by Olivia Nitis<br \/>2008. QARANTINE, Galateea gallery, Bucharest\/ curated by Petru Lucaci<\/p><h5><strong>GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/h5><p>2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/propagarta.ro\/imagini-video\/expozitia-suprapuneri-de-la-etaj\/\">Suprapuneri Blitz<\/a>, Etaj Artist Runspace, Bucharest \/ curated by Razvan Neagoe<br \/>2024. Young Blood 03, ArtSafari Museum, Bucharest \/ curated by C\u0103lina Coman<br \/>2024. Good Girls, U.B. The Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest<br \/>2023. National Painting Biennale, Constanta Art Museum<br \/>2023. Overlays II\/ Gallery 2\/3, Bucharest<br \/>2023. Overlays II\/ Etaj gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2022. Lust is in the Air\/The Institute, Bucharest<br \/>2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/laborna.ro\/?page_id=12200\">SLOW TOMORROW<\/a>\/ The Isolated Temple\/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2021. The TRAP, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/laborna.ro\/?page_id=12151\">Maybe, For Sure<\/a>, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2020. Brain Fog. LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2019. Filth, LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/laborna.ro\/?page_id=7479\">Death<\/a>\/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/laborna.ro\/?page_id=7022\">Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.)<\/a>, Essen, Germany<br \/>2016. Still Working\/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2016. Space Flow\/ Stirbei Palace, Bucharest<br \/>2016. Contemporary Drawing Biennale\/ Mogo\u0219oaia, Bucharest,<br \/>2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/laborna.ro\/?page_id=5594\">Red dog&#8217;s bed<\/a>\/ installation &amp; concept book, LABORNA, Bucharest<br \/>2015. International Contemporary Art Fair, Tirana, Albania<br \/>2015. Contemporary International Art Fair, Pristina, Kosovo<br \/>2015. Drawing\/ LABORNA gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2014. Lostritza, Ozyogyn University, Istanbul, Turkey<br \/>2013. Washingmachine, Kunstbarkeiten, Graz, Austria<br \/>2013. Les Projet Sfax, Sfax (Tunis)\/ Barcelona\/ Madrid (Spain)<br \/>2013. A nos yeux, Sfax \/ Tunis, Tunisia<br \/>2012. FEMART\/Visual Arts Center, Bucharest<br \/>2012. Washingmachine, International Festival of Contemporary Art, 6th edition, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia<br \/>2012. Red dog&#8217;s bed \/ during the &#8220;Heat&#8221; event, Constanta<br \/>2011. Trans-Realities \/ Washingmachine \/ Victoria Art Center, Bucharest<br \/>2010. Art Embodiment\/ Washingmachine, The Art Museum, Constanta<br \/>2010. Achievement, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2010. Idyll, Atelier 030202, Bucharest<br \/>2009. Body, House of Art, Bucharest<br \/>2009. Green Room, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2008. Fresh Meat, The National Museum of Romanian Paesant, Bucharest<br \/>2008. 18\/1, Apollo Gallery, Bucharest<br \/>2008. Fine Arts Fair, Dalles Hall, Bucharest<br \/>2007. World vs Human, Astra Library, Sibiu<br \/>2007. Habble Bublle M, Nit Gallery, Bucharest<\/p><h5><strong>AWARDS \/ RESIDENCES<\/strong><\/h5><p>2018. Painting residency, Istanbul \u2013 Sharkoy, Turkey<br \/>2016. Painting residency, Gostivar, Macedonia<br \/>2015. Painting residency, Vlore-Jale, Albania<br \/>2014. Painting residency, Ozyogyn University, Istanbul, Turkey<br \/>2013. UNESCO and M.A.E. photography residency. in Tunisia, Sfax<br \/>2010. Art and wine, SHERPIUM, limited edition (concept, design and labels), Crama Oprisor<br \/>2011. The Grand Prize &#8220;Nora Iuga&#8221; for short prose \/ Nora Iuga literary competition, 2nd edition<br \/>2008.Documentary photography residency and P.U.G., Berzasca, Romania<br \/>2007. Painting residency, European House of Art, &#8220;Sibiu,The Cultural Capital&#8221;, Sibiu, Romania<\/p><h5><strong>SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h5><p>National Painting Biennale &#8211; Constanta Art Museum, exhibition album, coordinated by Lelia Rus Parvan, Monitorul Oficial publishing, 2023<br \/>The Red Dog&#8217;s Bed \/ conceptual book of poetry and drawing, Master Print, Bucharest\u00b8 2016<br \/>In the Ground we Sleep \/ photography album, Master Print, Bucharest, 2014<br \/>Le Projet Sfax\/ exhibition catalogue \/Publication by Laura Baeza, coordinated by Juan Angel de Coral, Novaprint, Tunisie, 2013<br \/>Idila. Idyll \/ exhibition catalogue \/ Organizer: Austrian Cultural Forum, Curator: Olivia Nitis, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, 2010<br \/>Body under surveillance \/ coordinated by Petru Lucaci, UNARTE publishing, 2010<br \/>Cristina Garabetanu \/ exhibition catalogue \/ Galeria Calina, coordinated by Alina Cristescu, Timisoara, 2009<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristina Garabe\u021banu, 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. 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