Simona Vilau

Simona Vilau (b. 1983, Tirgu-Jiu) lives and works in Bucharest. She is a curator, art writer and artist. She studied Painting at the National University of Arts from Bucharest and worked independently until 2010. In 2011, she was the curator of LC Foundation Contemporary Art Centre in Bucharest and started as a member of Platforma space's team, in the framework of Anexa MNAC Bucharest (for one year). As a researcher, she is a contributor to the project Eastern European Collectors, initiated by Hans Knoll (art historian and owner of Knollgalerie). She is a permanent collaborator of Arta magazine and holds a Ph.D. degree since 2012, with a thesis entitled The Image of Violence in Romanian Contemporary Art.

2012 – Ph.D. in Visual Arts, UNArte Bucharest
2008 – MFA in Fine Arts, UNArte Bucharest
2006 – BFA in Fine Arts, Painting Dept., UNAarte Bucharest

2016 Humanesque, Atelier 030202, Bucharest
2015 On Floating Grounds. Ways of Practicing Imponderability, Timisoara City Business Center @ Art Encounters, curated by Ioana Mandeal
2013 The Beloved, Galeria 26, Bucharest, Romania (solo show)
2011 Desert Lane, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania (solo show)
2011 Figure In, Figure Out, LC Foundation, Bucharest, Romania (incl. catalogue)
2010 Zoomania.ro, MNAC, Bucharest, Romania
2008 La Funk La Freak, Galleria Comunale di Torre Civica di Mestre, Italy
2008 Biennale d’Arti dell’Unita d’Italia, Caserta, Italy (incl. catalogue)
2008 Miniature Biennial of Gornji Milanovac, 9th edition, Graphics section, Serbia (incl. catalogue)
2008 Mitologie temporanee, Aripa Gallery, Turin, Italy
2008 7 parallel 7, Artexpo, Bucharest, Romania (incl. catalogue)
2007 Communication breakdown, Cărturești, Bucharest, Romania (solo show)
2005 Beauty, Revolt & Nausea, UNAgaleria, Bucharest, Romania (solo show)
2005 Figurativo Leggero, Accademia di Romania, Roma, Italy