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