BUCURESTI

Historian and art critic Corneliu Stoica states that "in her work, Adina Moldova Ţitrea expressed herself especially in the genre of landscape, but also approached the portrait, still life with flowers and composition. In all that she lays on canvas and paper one can feel the excitement of life, the externalisation of strong feelings, emotions and soul experiences, the pleasure and joy while painting, the artist being aware that through art she finds her own ego and fulfillment of an ideal that she has always longed for. Her landscapes, whether in hilly, mountainous and aquatic Romania, from Balchik, Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria) or from any part of the world where she walked her steps, sensitively capture views and aspects with large space scopes, presenting an atmosphere full of serenity and poetry. The artist is concerned to restore the particularities of those places, to emphasize the features that make them unique. Colours are vivid and harmonious, placed with a brush masterly handled. One can feel the rustling of leaves, the vibration of air and the lapping of waves."

Idealistic and dramatic.

Art director and graphic designer born in Bucharest, Alexu co-founded the "Hello Menthol" multidisciplinary design studio in 2007. In 2010, he and 2 other partners rented an industrial space and converted it to a cultural space, untitled "Atelierul de Productie". He left this business in 2012 and focused on building 2 new startups at the intersection of arts and hospitality. After 5 years of working for both international and local brands and organising events and exhibitions we launched 2 new start-ups along side his parents and his brother, artist Andrei Argaetic: The "Imbold" Foundation and Acuarela bistro. Imbold, Art Gallery, Plastilina Pop-Up Garden and Acuarela Bufet followed. In 2016 he bought and restored an old house and a barn in the remote village of Viscri - Unesco World Heritage Site. Alexu moved there with his wife, Mara, where they work and live most of the year.

Anca Ciofirla (Van Ka) is a Romanian artist and curator. She graduated The Art Faculty of Timisoara and a Master of Arts in Poland. Now is a Bucharest Art Highschool Teacher and is active like curator and artist in various projects and exhibitions.

Curator & gallerist

Starting August 2002, I work at the Center for the Study of Jewish History in Romania. Fields of research are the history of Jewish districts in Bucharest before and during the Holocaust, the methodology of teaching the Holocaust through the picture, the history of photography, imaginary. PhD thesis on Image and Imaginary in Jewish Bucharest. International projects: 2013, Participant in the Archival Guide to Relevant Sources Related to Jewish History (1900-1940), funded by the Rothschild Foundation Europe and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania 2013 Participant in the project Documenting and Making Educational Use of the Sephardic Trail from the Ottoman Empire to the Danubian Principalities, funded by Rothschild Foundation Europe 2011, Participant in the Saving, Conservation and Educational Use Project of the Romanian Jewish Urban Architectural Heritage Rothschild Foundation Europe 2008, Participant in the project Working together for the preservation of the Romanian Jewish heritage, funded by the Rothschild Foundation Europe 2006, Participant in the project Saving the Jewish Cemeteries of Moldova (research project focused on the digitization and mapping of the Jewish cemeteries in Târgu Frumos and Podu Iloaiei) financed by the Hanadiv Foundation 2006, Participant in the Romanian Holocaust Academic Learning Resource project (www.romanianjewish.org), co-funded by B'nai B'rith International and The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. 2003 - 2006, Interviewer for The Central Europe Center (Centropa) 2003, Participant in the Romanian Jewish Heritage Project (www.romanianjewish.org), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Project Coordination 2006 - 2011, Coordinator for Educational Programs -Romania, The Central Europe Center (Centropa) External Specializations: - 2010 (o7.), Prague, Vienna, Budapest - Centropa summer academy / Teacher learning session - 2008 (29.06 - 4.07), Berlin - Centropa summer institute / Teacher learning session - 2007 (29.08 - 4.09), Oswiecim - International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust / Seminar with history teachers and educators - 2007 (23-28.07), Vienna - Centropa / Teaching about Jewish life using technology (films and scanned old photos)

Eugen Rădescu is cultural manager, curator and theoretician, with background in political science (specialised on moral relativism and political ethics). He wrote for various magazines and newspapers. He curated, among others, Bucharest Biennale 1 with the theme “Identity Factories”, “How Innocent Is That?” , “presently i have nothing to show and i’m showing it!” and "Common Nostalgia" at Pavilion Bucharest. He published the book “How Innocent Is That?” at Revolver Book Berlin. He is co-editor of PAVILION – journal for politics and culture and co-director of Bucharest Biennale (with Răzvan Ion) and the chairman of the organisational board of PAVILION and BUCHAREST BIENNALE. He is member of the selection board at apexart for the programs "Franchise" and "Unsolicited Proposal Program". He held different lectures at several institutions such as apex, New York, Badisher Kunstverein, Karlshrue, Casa Encedida, Madrid, University of Arts, Cluj. Currently he is working on a new book, “Moral relativism – two perspectives”. He is Phd in political science at Babeș-Bolyai University. Also he is professor at Bucharest University and Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj. Lives and works in Bucharest.

George Popa. Born in Romania, Bucharest. Illustrator, painter and art director. My works combine conceptual compositions and figurative narrative images with an experimental touch for all my new works. Every work is a complete story. Graduated UNITEH - Technological University of Design 1991-1996 Graduate in Fine Arts and Decorative Arts at George Enescu University, Iasi, 2000. Founder and curator of the ARTHOL project, Leonida 19. Personal exhibition "ONE" organized at IAA Romania. Aiurart Gallery Group Exhibition - Art Agency. Group Exhibition Aiurart Gallery - Caragiale Year Exhibition. Exhibition "Second Nature" in ARTHOL space.

Ion Barbu was born in Petrila. He worked in the mine as a topographer engineer for 15 years. He is one of the most appreciated Romanian cartoonists, but not only: he founds magazines and publishing houses, organizes festivals, discovers young talents and inspires other artists. He is a member of the Union of Plastic Artists in Romania, president of the Cultural Foundation “Romanian Condition” in Petroșani, organizer of Autumn Salon of Humour (Petroșani), of “Bad Man” Festival and of Underground Theater Festival (Petrila). Currently, he is an editorial cartoonist at “Cațavencii”, “Dilema Veche”, “Observator Cultural” and “Suplimentul de Cultură”. Ion Barbu was an illustrator before and after the communism and is one of the toughest critics of this political regime; he took part in over 400 national and international exhibitions, won over 50 awards, wrote and co-wrote over 30 books.

My country.

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Human Rights Educator at Tikvah Oradea

Mihai Zgondoiu was born in 1982 in Romania. He is a visual artist and the coordinator of the Atelier 030202 Gallery – contemporary art space in Bucharest and co-curator of geamMAT Gallery from the Art Museum in Timișoara. In 2004 he graduated from the graphics department of the faculty of Arts and Design in Timișoara, and he is currently Assistant Professor PhD at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. Creative by nature, Mihai Zgondoiu easily oscillates between experimental and traditional, approaching a wide range of styles and techniques with his artwork from drawing, collage, engraving, all the way to new media, video-installations, performance and urban art. The most recent exhibitions/solo projects are: DADA Brancusi / Galateca Gallery – Bucharest (2016The Artist’s Golden Hand / FivePlus Gallery – Viena, 2014 & Aiurart Gallery – Bucharest, 2013, BreakBody / the Art Museum in Timișoara, 2012, Lenin’s Sleep / Free Press Square - Bucharest, 2011, The Red Line / the National Dance Center of Dance in Bucharest, 2001, The Red Carpet / the Schlooss Museum courtyard – Linz, Austria, 2011, Freedom as Visual Pattern / Hampden Gallery - Incubator Art Space, Amherst, Massachusetts USA, 2010, Me Matrix / Calina Gallery – Timișoara, 2009, Me / Contemporary Art Gallery of the Brukenthal Museum – Sibiu, 2008. He also participated in BB6 (Bucharest International Biennial for Contemporary Art #6) 2014, IEEB4 (International Experimental Engraving Biennial – Mogosoaia, 2010), Now Art Now Future (The International Biennial of print – Vilnius, 2008), his artworks being part of private and state collections: Art collection „Luciano Benetton” (IT), „DFEWA” foundation in Stuttgart (DE), Herczeg Art Collection (RO), Alain Servais Collection (BE), Nasui Art Collection (RO), The Visual Art Museum, Galați (RO), the Florean Contemporary Art Museum, Baia-Mare (RO), the National Museum of Art, Satu Mare (RO).

NERV is one of the few pure Romanian streetwear brands. When we say ”pure”, we’re referring to the fact that everything we do is born right here, specifically in the heart of Transylvania. Ever since 2014, since we started this project we wanted to get involved as much as possible into everything that the Romanian street art and urban culture is, and into promoting it. We didn’t create NERV just as a clothing brand, but as a channel to promote urban culture. This is exactly why we always tried to support young artists from all areas. This is exactly how the project StickerAttack was born. Because we believe that stickers are a new form of art, one that has to get out of the underground zone! And like every form of art, we believe it has to be exposed for the entire world to see. So we asked artists to send us their designs and we created an alternate gallery, with paintings that contain only stickers. So join us on the road to promote urban culture!

Galerist Renaissance Art Gallery- Contemporary Art Gallery

Since 2008, Save or Cancel is a medium of communication and propagation of arts and culture, facilitating their role in the contemporary society. Self-initiated multidisciplinary programs by Save or Cancel support the development of the contemporary society by identifying opportunities for sustainable and adaptable (re) valorization of the existing, through cultural, editorial, architecture and design projects. Summary of activities: - CAPITOL Summer Theatre 2008 & MMIX (2009) - auto-generated temporary reactivation - CAPITOL Cinema / Summer Theatre - 2016, a cultural project produced with ArCub, as part of the application București 2021 orașul_in-vizibil, continuing as a multiannual programme in 2017-2018 - Natural Park Văcăreşti / "Visions and research through architecture" prize, Bucharest Architecture Annual 2016 - feeder.ro (2014-present) - "the news agency of the alternative nation" and the editorial projects feeder insider web & print, and feeder sound - Un-hidden Bucharest - a guided art journey and interventions in public space.

Arhitect // Visual Artist