vineri, 9 decembrie 2022

COSTACHE POPESCU GHERGANI

Romanian artist, born in 1974. He developed interest in at since childhood, been raised in an artistic environment, his father being an artist and church painter. He studied engraving techniques in Marcel Chirnoaga’s studio in his 20s. He graduated the Bucharest National University of Arts in 2003 and obtained a doctor’s degree in visual arts in 2013, at the Bucharest National University of Arts with the thesis: “Biophylia – Another kind of living”. Before studying arts he studied economics in the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, at the Faculty of Business Administration ( German studies).
He activates in the fields of painting, sculpture, engraving, experimental film & music, animation.
Since 2003 he is member of the Romanian Artists’ Union.

Personal exhibitions
2018 – Wunderkammer, Palace of Parliament, C-tin Brâncuşi Hall (painting), Bucharest
2013 - Just fucking painting, Club Frankie, Bucharest (painting)
2010 – Costache’s Grocery, Hora Gallery, Braşov (pictură si gravură)
2010 –Costache’s Grocery, Palace of Parliament, C-tin Brâncuşi Hall (painting, instalation,
performance, happening), Bucharest
2007 –Apollo Gallery, Bucharest (painting, sculpture,  graphics)
2007 – Palace of Parliament, C-tin Brâncuşi Hall (painting, sculpture,  graphics))
1997-2006 –Galateea Gallery– Bucureşti, Mogoşoaia Palace- Cuhnia Art Gallery, Slovac Institute- Bucureşti, Museum of Bucharest, “Harry Tavitian”Foundation- Constanţa, Markt Beratshausen-Regensburg, Germania
 
Filmography
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Sentimental Crow Blues – 2022
DECONSTRUCTED PILLAR – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Silent Interior Silence – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - A minor groove – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Gravity stretch – 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Grisaille groove - 2021
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - White man can’t blues – 2021
CITY BIRDS - Variation 2 – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Enter = Exit – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - Wednesday B-flat jam – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - RETURN TO PARADISE BLUES – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - WINDY SWING – 2020
BEGGAR'S EYES – 2020
ENTER – 2020
CITY BIRDS - Variation 1 – 2020
LIVING ROOM SESSIONS - CIRCLE NOT REAL – 2020
THE GOLDEN SEED – 2020
FINE DISASTER BLUES – 2020
ICAR – 2019
FORMA – 2019
CITY DRIVE – 2018
WALK – 2018
SKETCHES FOR A STUDY IN WHITE – 2018
GRANDMA'S GARDEN IV – 2016
BLUE – 2016
THE APPLE'S BREATH – 2015
EL ANGELITO – 2013
ENTER = EXIT

All the movies are dispayed to be be watched freely on https://www.youtube.com/@costachepopescugherg/featured