Gabriel Marian

Visual artist at the Center of Interest, Cluj (Centrul de Interes) -
MA degree and PhD at the Art Academy (UAD) in Cluj-Napoca
Painter, art critic, curator
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Figurative, ironic, mixing abstract impressionism and calligraphy, inspired by the human figure, as well as the animal expression, exploring the frontier between figuration and representation.

Solo shows:
'The map is/not the territory', IAGA Contemporary art, Cluj (2023)
‘Neural Bonds’ (duo show), Art Museum, Cluj (2020)
‘Le désir du texte’, Association Parlementaire Européenne, Strasbourg (2019)
‘Fake Is the New Real’, Nano Gallery, Cluj (2019)
‘La trahison des images’, Institut Français de Cluj (2018)
‘Traces in the dust’, IAGA Art Gallery, Cluj (2018)
‘Jacob’s Wrestle/Lupta lui Iacov’, Atelier 4 Gallery, Cluj (2016)
‘Primal Dream’, The Paintbrush Factory, Cluj (2016)
‘Baroque Calligraphies’, Diverta Hubertus, Cluj (2015)
‘The Fly on the Strawberry’ (featuring Gizella Kovats), Nano Gallery, Cluj (2014)
‘Myopia’, Librăria Diverta, Cluj (2013);
‘Ego’, Nano Gallery, Cluj (2012);
‘Self landscapes’, Casa Artelor, Cluj (2010);
‘Low-cost icons’, Polul Cultural Cluj (2009);
‘Politics of beauty’, Harriet Woolley gallery, Paris (2003).




Group shows :

‚Memoria tăinuită a locului’ (The secret memory of the place), Art Museum, Cluj (2021)
‚Atrium’, Center of interest, Cluj (2021)
‘Art Market Budapest’, Hungary (2020)
‘Il faut cultiver notre jardin’, Center of Interest, Cluj (2020)
‘Thessaloniki Art Fair’, Greece (2018)
‘Micro Flora & Fauna’ (duo show) with Ovidiu Stan, Nano Gallery, Cluj (2017)
‘Hello Natasha 2’, Espace Wil...