Cătălin Petrişor - CV


born 1978, Craiova, RO
lives and works in Segarcea, Dolj, RO 

Education
2002 / 2004 - M.A., Visual Arts, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, RO
2004 - 3 months scholarship, Socrates-Erasmus Program, Athens School of Fine Arts, GR
1997 / 2002 - B. A., Fine Arts/ Painting, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, RO

Solo Exhibitions
2015 - The Illusion of  Depth, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, TW
2013 - The Distance Itself, C-Space, Beijing, CN
2012 - Geometry of Human Nature, curator Maria Rus Bojan, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
2007 - Chroma Sky (Blue Key), Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2006 - Cult, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, RO

Collaborative Projects
2014 - How to Mend Unbroken Things (in collaboration with Ana Maria Micu), Work-in-Progress Duo Show, my art, Vienna, AU
2012 - A Conscious Choice for Temporary Blindness (in collaboration with Ana Maria Micu), Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, TW (catalogue)
- Production as Tableau Vivant (in collaboration with Ana Maria Micu ), artist-in-residence finissage, my art, Vienna, AU
2009 - Understatement (in collaboration with Ana Maria Micu), curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Space, Beijing, CN

Collective Exhibitions
2014 - Very Important Chair, curator Alexandru Popovici, Pont Chevron, FR
2013 - #FFFFFF - #000000, curator Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
2012 - Renovation & Collateral Effects, curator Ami Barak, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
2011 - Colouring the Grey – State of Mind, curator Cosmin Năsui, Artists’ House Tel Aviv, ISR, (catalogue)
- Post Humanism, curator Cosmin Năsui, V-Art Gallery, Moscow, RU
- The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Special Projects Section, Colouring the Grey. The Second Wave of the Contemporary Romanian Artists, curator Cosmin Năsui, Art Play, Moscow,  RU, (catalogue)
2010 - Impermanence, Hendershot Gallery, New York, USA
- Acquisitions 2009 – a selection, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, NL
2009 - Fast Forward, curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Projects, The Hague, NL
- Urban Fictions, curator Irina Cios, organized by ICCA at The Ark Gallery, Bucharest, RO
- ....Expectations, curator Maria Rus Bojan, temporary space, Dé is Ka & de Verzameling, Barbara Strozzilaan 314-316, Amsterdam, NL
2008 - Strategies for Concealing, curator Maria Rus Bojan, C-Space Gallery, Beijing, CN, (catalogue)
- Urban Art, architectural projections festival, Bucharest, RO
2007 - Urban Art, architectural projections festival, Bucharest, RO
2005 - I Love Pictura, under construction space, Hotel Continental, Cluj-Napoca, RO
- International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague, CZ, (catalogue)
- European Blue – Young Generation, Matthias Corvinus House Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO and on tour at Aula Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, PL, (catalogue)
2004 - Airbag, National Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2003 - Urban Emotion, Galeria Gallery, Bucharest, RO
- Skin, Ataş Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2002 - Ana Maria Micu & Cătălin Petrişor, Atelier 35 Gallery, Bucharest, RO
- Dream Sequence, The Visual Artists' Union Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO

Residencies
2014 - my art, Vienna, AU (1.07 – 5.08)
2012 - my art, Vienna, AU ( 8.07 – 30.07)
2008 - În construcţie - 2, International Center of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RO (1.05 – 30.08)

Workshops
2014 - Abstract Circle, A Mobile Painting Workshop 22 - 29 July, daily 8-11 and 17-20, held together with Ana Maria Micu in different areas of Brestei neighborhood, Craiova, RO
2012 - 5. ART:aussee, Altaussee, AU (30.06 – 7.07)

Open Calls
2014 - Paint Like You Mean It, Interview Room 11, Edinburgh, GB ( long-listed, catalogue)
2013 - Celeste Prize Finalist, catalogue and exhibition at Spazio Fienaroli 28, Rome, IT 
2012 - Strabag ArtAward International Nominee, online archive
2009 - Încotro, online curation project by Tudor Prisăcariu
2004 - Prize of The DWS Presidium, DWS Art Award Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery of Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, RO (catalogue)
2003 - DWS Art Award Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery of Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, RO

Art Fairs
2014 - Galerie Dix9, Art Paris Art Fair, FR
2013 - Galerie Dix9, Cutlog New York, USA 
- Galerie Dix9, Art Rotterdam, NL
2012 - C-Space, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, CN
2011 - Jecza & Ross Gallery, The-solo-project, Basel, CH
- Hendershot Gallery, Scope Art Show, New York, USA
2010 - C-Space / C-projects, Art Amsterdam, NL
- C-Space, Art Beijing, CN
- C-Space and MB Art Agency, Art Rotterdam, NL
2009 - C-Space, Art Rotterdam, NL
2007 - Anaid Art Gallery, art.fair, Cologne, DE
2006 - Anaid Art Gallery, art.fair, Cologne, DE

Public Collections
De Nederlandsche Bank's Collection: the painting "Memorial House" made in 2009
The Collection of The National Gallery in Prague: the paintings “The Next Dog” and “Eye for an Eye” made in 2005

Selected Print Media
Max Joseph 1, Das Magazin der Bayerische Staatsoper (München, 2014 – 2015) p. 8, p. 20 - 21
Bogdan Ghiu, Linia de producție. Lucrând cu arta ( Cluj-Napoca: Tact Publishing, 2014) p.72 - 73, 416 - 419
In Sight. Thoughts on the Collection of De Nederlandsche Bank, Art Committee of De Nederlandsche Bank (Amsterdam, 12.2014) p. 249
Mihaela Velea, "Atelier Mobil De Pictură", Mozaicul no. 9 (Craiova, 2014) p. 14
The Empty Annual 01 ( Sydney, 2013)
ArtCo no. 244 (Taipei, 2013)
Artitude (Taipei, 01.2013) p.106-107
La Vie (Taipei, 12.2012)
C'est si bon no. 8 (Taipei, 2012)
Basak Malone, The New Collectors Book (New York, 2012), p.11
Liz Rice McCray, “Cătălin Petrişor”, BL!SSS Magazine 59 (Newport, 2011), p. 38
Cătălin Petrişor, C-Space (Beijing, 2010)
Cosmin Costinaş, 32 Romanian Painters, H’art Gallery (Bucharest, 2005), p. 66 - 71

Selected Online Periodicals
Marius Dobrin, “Cercul abstract”, Prăvălia culturală, 06.2014
Igor Mocanu, “Cătălin Petrişor sau despre răzbunarea semnului”, Accent cultural no. 8, 12.2011
Bogdan Ghiu, “Reconstrucţia visului (Cătălin Petrişor)”, Atelier LiterNet, 13.02.2011
“Picto-Rama Zilei: Cătălin Petrişor”, Artclue, 12.04.2011
Andra Matzal, “Tablouri care fac “afirmaţii moderate” la Beijing”, Cotidianul, 31.05.2009  
Andra Matzal, “Arta pe ruinele nou-nouţe ale capitalismului”, Cotidianul, 22.05.2009  
Cosmin Năsui, “Picturi crepusculare”, Observator Cultural no. 485, 2009 
Ellen Pearlman, “Shock and awe - C-Space provokes”, Time Out Beijing, 2008

Selected Blogs 
Jeff Hamada, “Catalin Petrisor”, Booooooom (blog), 26.08.2013. http://www.booooooom.com/2013/08/26/artist-painter-catalin-petrisor-2/
“catalin petrisor”, I need a guide (blog), 11.07.2011. http://ineedaguide.blogspot.ro/2011/07/catalin-petrisor.html
Jeff Hamada, “Catalin Petrisor”, Booooooom (blog), 29.06.2011. http://www.booooooom.com/2011/06/29/artist-painter-catalin-petrisor/
“Artist Link - Cătălin Petrişor”, Vernisaje (blog), 2011, http://www.vernisaje.com/2011/07/artist-link-catalin-petrisor.html