Biography

Bogdan Rața was born in 1984 in Baia Mare, Romania, is a sculptor, associate professor (Faculty of Arts and Design, West University of Timișoara), co-founder of Kunsthalle Bega and initiator of the Pavilion Library. In 2017 he started the ARTISTHETEACHER educational project together with Alina Cristescu. He had personal exhibitions at Slag Gallery, New York; Farideh Cadot, Paris; The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest; Nasui Collection & Gallery, Bucharest; Calina Foundation, Timișoara.

Education

  • 2012   Ph. D. , West University of Timișoara, RO
  • 2008   MA , National University of Arts, Bucharest, RO
  • 2006   BA , West University of Timișoara, RO, Faculty of Arts and Design

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024   The Crossing (Le passage), Le Castelet, Toulouse, FR
  • 2023   The Middle Way, National Museum of Banat, Timișoara, RO
  • 2020   Abandoning the Shadows/Catching Light, curator Călin Dan, MNAC Bucharest, RO
  • 2018   Moving Monuments, The Middle Way, curator Cosmin Nasui, Kiev, UKR
  • 2018   Perspective Shift, curator Răzvan Ion, Calina Foundation, Timișoara, RO
  • 2018   Moving Monuments, The Middle Way, curator Cosmin Nasui, Casa da musica, Porto, PT
  • 2017   Shaping the Perception, Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, FR
  • 2017   Moving Monuments, View From Light, curator Cosmin Nasui, Râmnicu Sărat Prison, RO
  • 2017   Moving Monuments, The Middle Way, curator Cosmin Nasui, Cascais, PT
  • 2016   Moving Monuments, The Middle Way, curator Cosmin Nasui, Millennium Square, Baia Mare, RO
  • 2015   Superstitions, Nasui collection&gallery, Bucharest, RO
  • 2015   New sculptures, Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, FR
  • 2014   The Middle Way, Independents Liverpool Biennial, curator Cosmin Nasui, Liverpool, UK
  • 2013   Sculptures, Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, FR
  • 2012   Hand Gun, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RO
  • 2012   rupTrup, Timișoara Art Museum, RO
  • 2012   rupTrup, Atelier 030202, The Night of the Galleries, Bucharest, RO
  • 2011   1990 Project: Hand Gun, curator Ioana Ciocan, Piața Presei Libere, Bucharest, RO
  • 2010   In/Out (Penitenciary), Mulhouse 010 Biennale, FR
  • 2010   God Bless Me , Slag Gallery, New York, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2023   Puls 21, MNAC Bucharest, RO
  • 2023    Absent Without Official Leave, curator Horațiu Lipot,   Cazarma U, Timișoara, RO
  • 2023   Expanded Nature, curator Ileana Pintilie, Water Museum, Timișoara, RO
  • 2023   Puls 22, MNAC Bucharest, RO
  • 2022   My First (Anti)Monument, workshop coordinated by Cristian Rusu and Bogdan Rața, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara, RO
  • 2022   Predicțiile pământului, curator Mihai Zgondoiu, ICR London, UK
  • 2021   Grand bazar, Chateau d’ Oiron, FR
  • 2021   Predicțiile pământului, curator Mihai Zgondoiu, Cotroceni National Museum, Bucharest, RO
  • 2021   Heartbeat 20, curator Călin Dan, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara, RO
  • 2021   The Meaning of Sculpture, curator Liviana Dan, Sector 1 Gallery, Bucharest, RO
  • 2020   12 Years After. A Survey of Romanian Art in 180 Works, MNAC Bucharest, RO
  • 2020   The Meaning of Sculpture, curator Liviana Dan, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara, RO
  • 2018   At Different Angles, curator Simona Vilău, MNAC Bucharest, RO
  • 2018   Edit Your Future, 8 Bucharest Biennale, curators Beral Madra, Răzvan Ion, RO
  • 2017   ARTISTHETEACHER, Calina Foundation, Timișoara, RO
  • 2016   Post Historic Diptych, curator Cosmin Nasui, NAG # 10, Bucharest, RO
  • 2016   40 ANS DE GALERIE, Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, FR
  • 2016   La colection de la galerie, Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, FR
  • 2014   Le mur. la collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris, FR
  • 2013   The Essences of Reality, curator Cosmin Nasui, Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, RO
  • 2013   Autour du Portrait, Farideh Cadot Gallery, Paris, FR
  • 2013   Personal Structures, 55th Venice Biennale , Palazzo Bembo, Venice, IT
  • 2013   Kaleidoscope, Famleigh Gallery, Dublin, IE
  • 2012   The Essences of Reality, Varfok Gallery, Budapest, HU
  • 2012   State of Body, Independents Liverpool Biennial, curator Cosmin Nasui, Liverpool, UK
  • 2011   Colouring the Grey, State of Mind, curator Cosmin Nasui, Artists House, Tel Aviv, IL
  • 2011   Post Humanism, V-Art Gallery, Moscow, RU
  • 2011   Colouring the Grey, curator Cosmin Nasui, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
  • 2011   Figure IN/OUT, curator Simona Vilău, LC Foundation, Bucharest, RO
  • 2010   Un Regarde Autre…, Farideh Cadot Gallery , Paris, FR
  • 2010   Al treilea 6, Little Yellow Studio, Bucharest, RO
  • 2009   Panorama de l’art roumain, Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, FR
  • 2008   Against All Odds, Slag Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2008   International Experimental Engraving Biennale, Palatele Brancovenesti, Mogoșoaia, RO
  • 2007   Visual Eurobarometer, Vecinity, MNAC Bucharest /3⁄4 Gallery, Bucharest, RO