Artists

Serban Savu


b. 1978, Sighișoara, Romania

Artist Bio

Born 1978 in Sighișoara, Romania
Lives and works in Cluj, Romania

2001
University of Art and Design, Cluj

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Pictures at an Exhibition, Plan B Gallery, Berlin
Manastur, Dawid Radziszewski Gallery, Warsaw

2014
Sometimes My Eyes Are the Eyes of a Stranger, Monica de Cardenas Gallery, Milano

2012
Overview, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
Daily Practice for the End of the World, Galeria Plan B, Berlin

2011
Close to Nature, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Under the Radar, Pitzhanger Manor House & Gallery, London

2010
Unimportant Stories, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
Essay on Limits, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

2009
Recent Paintings, Galeria Plan B, Berlin
The Edge of the Empire, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Behind the Walls, Laika, Cluj

2007
The Harvest, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
Girls, Plan B, Cluj
Along The River, FA Projects, London

2006
The New Man, Mie Lefever Gallery, Ghent
Foaia de Pontaj, H'art Gallery, Bucharest

2004
Vietato l’ingresso ai non addetti ai lavori, Cube Gallery, Venice
Ichtyos, Spazio Arte Pisanello, Verona

2001
Other Marine Species, Radio Gallery, Cluj Napoca


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Layers, Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest

2015
Tracing Shadows, PLATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Appearance and Essence, Art Encounters Biennial, Timisoara (Ro)
Pocket Revolutions, Korea Foundation, Seoul
Group Exhibition, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles

2014
Defaced, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado
A FEW GRAMS OF RED, YELLOW, BLUE. New Romanian Art, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
This Side of Paradise, curated by Jane Neal, S|2 Contemporary Art Gallery, Sotheby’s, London

2013
Romanian Scenes, Espace Culturel Loius Vuitton, Paris
Km/h, Utopies automobiles et ferroviaires (1913-2013), Musée du château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbéliard; traveled to: Musée de Belfort, Belfort
Hotspot Cluj, New Romanian Art, Arken Museum, Copenhagen

2012
Nightfall. New tendencies in figurative painting, curated by Jane Neal, (MODEM) Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art in Debrecen, Hungary; Traveled to: Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2013)
European Travellers: Art from Cluj in the New Millenium, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
Referencing History, Green Art Gallery, Dubai
Salonul de vara, Plan B Gallery, Cluj

2011
Anthem of People's Love, Mihai Nicodim, Los Angeles
Communism never happened, Charim Gallery, Vienna
Salonul de mai, Plan B Gallery, Cluj
East Ex East, Brand New Gallery, Milan

2010
Figurative Painting in Romania 1970-2010, Club Electro Putere, Craiova, Romania
After the Fall, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York; traveled to: Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee
Berlin Show #2, Plan B Gallery, Berlin
Romanian Cultural Resolution, Spinnerei, Leipzig
Mircea Pinte’s Collection, Museum of Art, Cluj
Route tournante en sous-bois, Upload Art Project, Trento

2009
I’ve Watered a Horseshoe as if It Were a Flower, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
Show Me a Hero, curated by Jane Neal, Calvert 22, London
Expanded Painting 3, Prague Biennial 4, Prague
Invisible Body, Conspicuous Mind, curated by Lara Taubman, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles

2008
Size Matters: XS - Recent Small-Scale Painting, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Re-construction, Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, Romania
Berlin Show #1, Plan B, Berlin
Closer Still, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
Days Become Nights, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

2007
Across the Trees: Romanian Art Now, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Eastern European Painting Now, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin
Expanded Painting 2, Prague Biennale 3, Prague

2006
Cluj Connection, Haunch of Venison, Zurich
Please Drive Slowly Through Our World, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles

GRANTS
2004 “Nicolae Iorga” postgraduate research grant, Venice

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