Paraschiv Christian

Christian Paraschiv
Born in Bucharest, Romania, December 24th, 1953.
Christian Paraschiv became known in the 1980s as a voice of the generation that radically transformed Romanian experimental art by following international postmodernist esthetics. Paraschiv created radical, innovative works using his own body and DNA in installations, paintings, sculptures, multimedia projects and artist’s books. His artistic practice was forbidden by Ceausescu’s dictatorship, and as a consequence the artist left Romania in 1986 and settled in Paris, where he is represented by the Galerie A l’Enseigne des Oudin gallery of contemporary art.

Expositions personnelles / Solo exhibitions
Tumuli, Galeria Atelier 35, Orizont, Bucharest, Romania (1979)
Strunga (Sheepfold), Galeria Simeza, Bucharest, Romania (1980)
Black is the color of language, Galerie A l’Enseigne des Oudin, Paris (1986-2011)
Bio-Art Skin/Body, Galerie A l’Enseigne des Oudin, Paris (1990-2013)
Retrospective exhibition 1977-2007, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (2007)
Retrospective exhibition 1977-2007, National Museum of Art, Iasi, Romania (2008)
Skin/Body, Romanian Cultural Institute, London, UK (2012)
Sorry!, Victoria Art Center, Bucharest, Romania (2014)
Diary 1966-2014, RIVAA Gallery, New York, USA (2014)
Convulsion Ltd. Christian Paraschiv, Eastwards Prospectus, Bucharest, Romania (2016)
In My Heart, Galeria Romana, Bucharest, Romania (2017)
Nomos, Fonds de dotation Enseigne des Oudin, Paris, France (2017-18)