Augustin Razvan Radu
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Augustin Răzvan Radu is a graduate of UNArte București, with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in painting. He has exhibited at the International Art Biennale in Chisinau, at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, the Astra Museum in Sibiu, the Constanța Art Museum, as well as in numerous local and international galleries. In his artistic practice he approaches, in a figurative manner, various themes that take place in large series, the most prominent representing buildings and architectural details in Bucharest, which still bears traces of bullets from the December 1989 revolution.
Two such paintings signed by Augustin Răzvan Radu, exhibited in "The imminence of life in the sensitive shell", depict the very moment of the Revolution when bullets fragment and expand matter on impact with the exterior walls of a building in Bucharest. The titles of the works also contain important details: CS 1.9.89 1, CS 1.9.89 2, CS 1.9.89 3, etc., referring to the Counter-Strike (CS) video game series, in which teams of terrorists and counter-terrorists are engaged in combat. In fact, in Augustin Răzvan Radu's painting, details play a very important role, whether it is architectural images, a life jacket or a political portrait. The moment chosen for such an exhibition is not accidental either: this year marks 30 years since the Revolution and 20 years since the launch of CS on the market. » (Ana Sultana Cipariu, Agenția de cArte – Art Agency, 2019)
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Augustin Răzvan RADU (born in 1974 in Bucharest, Romania)
STUDIES:
2014/2016 - Creative strategies in painting - FAP / UNARTE (master)
2011/2014 - Graduate of the Painting section - FAP / UNARTE (BA)
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2021 MIRRORS Senso Gallery, Bucharest
2019 The imminence of life in the sensitive shell ArtHalle Gallery, Bucharest
2019 LSD GMP Solutions, Bucharest
2018 SOS 1001arte, Bucharest
2018 PAN-PAN Teodor Costescu Palace of Culture, Drobeta T-S
2015 CS 1.9.89 Jecza Gallery, Timișoara
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION):
2022 Why a Story Rather than the Field of It Senso Gallery, Bucharest
2022 Tris de pictura Senso Gallery, Bucharest
2020 WAS JeTzT? What’s next? National Library, Bucharest
2019 The portrait of the illegal agent at the age of 30 1001arte Gallery, Bucharest
2019 Group 55 Căminul Artei, Bucharest
2018 JEG, Gallery LaBorna, Bucharest
2018 Extension + UNA Gallery, Bucharest
2018 Metropolis Sancta 1001arte Gallery, Bucharest
2017 Astra Salons Astra Museum, Sibiu
2017 National Painting Salon Căminul Artei, Bucharest
2016 3rd International Oil Painting Camp Zhangjiajie, China
2016 Studio 35 Europe Gallery, Brașov
2016 Diploma 2016 Știrbey Palace, Bucharest
2016 The nature of the artists Five Plus Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2016 Painting Atelier 34 Căminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest
2015 Selections Chisinau International Biennial Palace of Parliament, Bucharest
2015 International Art Biennial Moldova Art Museum, Chisinău
2015 Interwar Dobrogea from Sulina to Balchik Constanța Art Museum
2015 The (Irreversible) Passage of Time Annart Gallery, Bucharest
2015 Sweet concrete Elite Art Gallery, Bucharest
2015 The sense of the body Academia Albertina, Turin, Italia
2015 International Art Biennial Muzeul de Artă al Moldovei, Chisinău
2014 Does power seduce the soul? City Business Centre, Timișoara
2014 Diploma Știrbey Palace, Bucharest
2014 UNARTE 150 Dalles Hall, Bucharest
2014 Nine Interferences Studio Cinema, Bucharest
2014 Christianity in Dobrogea Constanța Art Museum
2014 Contempora 7 Bucharest
2014 (IN)FINITY WE TRUST UNA Gallery, Bucharest
2013 "EXTENSION" Romalo Castle, Bucharest
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
2016 - Diploma Scholarship for UNARTE graduates, awarded by Unicredit Bank Romania and The Institute
2014 - First Prize at the JUVENTUS national painting competition organized by the INTERART TRIADE Foundation Timisoara, Romania
2011 - 2016 Merit scholarship - National University of Arts Bucharest
CREATION AND TRAINEESHIP CAMPS:
2018 Internship, PLAN-B Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015 Painting camp, Constanța
2014 Painting camp, Constanța
2013 Painting camp, Cisnădie
2013 Painting camp, Constanța