Liliana Basarab

Educational background:
2013, International Summer Akademie, class of Tania Bruguera (ERSTE Foundation & Tranzit.ro Fellowship), Salzburg, AU
2002-2004, M.A, Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, ‘George Enescu’ University of Arts, Iași, RO
1997-2002, B.A, Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, ‘George Enescu’ University of Arts, Iași, RO

Professional experience:
Artist in residence:
2022, April-July, Riddergade Air, Viborg, DK
2018, July, Reciproc Performativ, Colectiv A Cluj, RO (with Petronela Grigorescu)
2017, June-July, ArtEncounters, Timișoara, RO
2014, September, Platform, Vaasa, FI
2012, October-November, International Artist in Residence Programme (MPRA), Poznan, PO
2011, July- August, Independent grant – CEC Artslinks residency hosted by Dayton Visual Art Center, Ohio, USA
2010, October, CEC Artslinks residency hosted by Dayton Visual Art Center, Ohio, USA
2009, August-September, CIAC (in partnership with The Ark and AFCN), Bucharest, RO
2008, April – October, Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, DE
2007, October, Artistsne(s)t ProHelvetia, Sinaia, RO
2005-2006, Pavillon/Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
2004, April-May, W 139, Amsterdam, NL
2003, November-December, NIFCA, Soumenlinna, Helsinki, FI

Solo Shows:
2021 - Tangled (as long as I have Myself), curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, Contemporan Hair Space, Bucharest, RO
'From the tips of my finger, from the bottom of my heart', curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, Alert Studio, Bucharest, RO
2020 - 'My heart sits on my tongue', Sandwich, Bucharest, RO
2016 - 'Talent is not democratic, art is not luxury', Borderline Art Space, Iași, RO
2012 - ‘LUCK /Do I feel lucky? Do ya, punk?’, Glosna Gallery, Poznan, PO
2011 - ‘Truth/s’, apARTE gallery, Iași, RO
- ‘Truth/s’, DVAC, Dayton Visual Art Centre, Dayton, Ohio, USA
2010 - ‘Accidents, mutation and mistakes‘, MORA gallery, Bucharest, RO
2006 - ’Fight!’, Vector gallery, Iași, Romania (with Costel Chirilă)
2005 - ‘Truth/s; Imagine beauty!’ 2020 home gallery, Bucharest, RO
2001 - ’Beauty mark’, curated by Irina Cios, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Bucharest, RO

Screenings/events/performances/online projects:
2020, https://doubledecker.ro/LILIANA-BASARAB
https://www.fundatia9.ro/grup/2
2019, 'Some Other Time', screening, Londohome, RO
2018, 'You are the woman that I am dying for', lecture performance, Colectiv A Cluj, RO (with Petronela Grigorescu)
'Some Other Time', screening, Paintbrush Factory, Cluj, RO (with Petronela Grigorescu)
'Fight!, We might...', screening, Pop up Festival Cameral #2, Iași, RO (with Costel Chirilă)
2017, 'We might fall or we might stand up', performance, Botanical Garden, Timișoara, RO
'Fight!', screening, CINEMA, Media Art Festival Arad, IV edition, Arad, RO (with Costel Chirilă)

Group shows (selection):
2022
‘Clouds and Iclouds’, curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, Senso gallery, Bucharest (RO
‘Lust is in the air’, curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, The Institute, Bucharest (RO
‘Flower and People/Homo homini flos est’, curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, Contemporan Hair Space, Bucharest (RO)
‘The night of living artists’, curated by Cristian Cojanu, 1001 Arte gallery, Bucharest (RO)
‘Bombs and Humans. United Artists against War’, curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu & Daniel Loagăr, Carol 53+ Celula de Artă, Bucharest (RO)
2021
'Superheroes/Antiheroes. Trends in Romanian Contemporary Art', ArtSafari, Dacia Palace, Bucharest, RO
'Papa ragazze', curated by Olivia Neutron Bomb, Nicodim Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Football. Realism of the game, curated by CORNER football+society, Floreasca Sports Hall, Bucharest, RO
'Porn o’clock', curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, Manasia hub, Bucharest, RO
'Explore: art and nature', curatoriat by Etaj artist run space, Conacul Ghica, Ghergani
'Our name is Iele. Word without singular', curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, Manasia hub, Bucharest, RO
'Heartbeat 20, (new entries in the MNAC collections) ', curated by Călin Dan, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara, RO
2020
'12 years after. A survey of Romanian art in 180 works’, MNAC- National Museum of Contemporary Art, București, RO
'Crossroads. Poems of non-belonging’, curated by Cristian Nae & Lavinia German, Sala Victoria, UAPR, Iași, RO
'Phallus Impudicus’, Alert Studio, curated by Raluca Ilaria Demetrescu, București, RO
'Process Terminus (xtd), Sandwich București, RO
'Artists Rooms', Rezidența BRD Scena9, București, RO
2019
'Ordinary lie', curated by Siyeon Lee, Seoul Museum, Seoul, Korea
'Beijing Konditorei', C5CNM Beijing, CN
'Garage sale', Sandwich gallery, Bucharest, RO
'Jeune Création Européenne' Biennial, Como (Italy), Figueres (Spain), Amarante (Portugal)
'Ex-east – The past and present stories of the Romanian avant- garde', curated by Ami Barak, Oscar Niemeyer building, Paris, FR
2018
'Jeune Création Européenne' Biennial, Vrå (Denmark), Cēsis (Latvia), Cluj (RO)
2017
'Jeune Création Européenne' Biennial, The Belfry – Montrouge, Paris, FR
'Life a User's Manual', ArtEncounters Biennial, curated by Ami Barak & Diana Marincu, Timișoara, RO
'Being mountains, being seas', Lateral ArtSpace, Cluj, RO
2016
‘Girls with ideas [boys and paintings], curated by Delia Popa & Giles Eldridge, Lateral ArtSpace, Cluj, RO
2015
'In times of hope and unrest. Critical art from Iași', curated by Cătălin Gheorghe & Cristian Nae, Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest (MNAC), RO (with Bogdan Pălie)
'Art on display#2', invited by Irina Botea, site-specific exhibition on window shop S&A Interior, Bucharest, RO (with DeliaPopa)
'Vaasa 20X0 ', Vaasa, FI (with Tuomo Väänänen)
2014
‘R.A.M. Media Art Festival’, curated by Ileana Selejan & Călin Man, Arad, RO
‘Salon video/Showcase’, HAU Berlin, GE
'Overstepping', MORA gallery, Bucharest, RO
2013
‘Calling Cards’, curated by Maria-Alina Asavei, Gallery 8 (European Roma Cultural Foundation), Budapest, HU
‘Matters of Method’, curated by Luminita Apostu, Meru Gallery, Iași, RO
‘1:1’, curated by Mihaela Varzari, Atelier 35 Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2012
‘Beyond the reality’, curated by Daniele Perrier, Heike Strelow Gallery, Frankfurt, GE
‘This and There’, curated by Claude Closky, Paris, FR
‘Salon Video’, Alert Studio, curated by Daniela Pălimariu, Bucharest, RO
2010
‘Where do we go from here? ‘, curated by Elisabeth Bettina Spörr, Seccesion, Wiena, AU
‘As you desire me‘, curated by Raluca Voinea, Brukental Museum, Sibiu, RO
2009
‘Small Moments of Fantastic Things’, curated by Catherine Helmerich, Antje Wachs Galery, Berlin, GE
‘Km 5000’, Kunstahalle Mainz, Mainz, GE
‘Young Artist Biennial’, curated by Ami Barak, Bucharest, RO
‘Same same but different’, Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, GE
2007
‘Sultan and grapes’, Museum of contemporary art, Constanta, RO