Ciprian Ciuclea (b. 1976 in Timișoara) is a visual artist and researcher based in Bucharest. He is interested in interdisciplinary projects that focus mainly on the conceptual features of reception. The themes he explores are closely related to the social aspects of communication, interpretation of messages, astrophysics and theoretical physics, contemplation and supervision, placed in relation to the scientific aspects of human existence. He is a recognized personality in the context of Romanian visual arts for his constant in¬terest in researching the relationship between art and science, as well for applying advanced forms of thinking for scientific knowledge in the artistic field. In his last solo exhibition (Intervals of an Infinite Line, Aparte Gallery, Center for Contemporary Photography Iasi, 2023) he focused on the set theory, a field of mathematics explored systematically relatively recently (late 19th century) by Georg Cantor and Richard Dedekind.
He has exhibited worldwide, including at the Saitama Museum of Modern Art (Japan), Engramme, Quebec (Canada), Platforma MNAC, National Museum of Contemporary Art Bucharest (Romania), Central European House of Photography, Bratislava (Slovakia), Silo Basemnet Space, Bergen School of Architecture (Norway), Brukenthal National Museum - Contemporary Art Gallery, Sibiu (Romania), D. Manuel, Evora (Portugal) or in alternative spaces such as Hospital de Santiago, Cuenca (Spain), Forte Marghera, Venice (Italy), etc.
He is the president of Experimental Project (an independent platform for contemporary art and culture) and founding member of the Romanian Society of Ophthalmogenetics. Between 2000 and 2017 he was the director of IEEB (International Experimental Engraving Biennial). He holds a PhD in visual arts from the National University of Arts in Bucharest. His doctoral thesis, on the interpretation of reality mediated by technology and the description of the mathematical language used in the production of images was published in 2022 at Vellant Publishing House, Bucharest under the title "The Particular Landscape"..
E-mail: ciprian@ciuclea.ro
• (2023) Intervals of an infinite line, Aparte Gallery, Iasi, (RO)
• (2019) Fire Outbreak, part of the Cultural Program TM2021, Timisoara, (RO)
• (2019) Remote Proximity, W.A.S.P. Bucharest, (RO)
• (2019) Approximate Singularity, Borderline Art Space, Iasi (RO), curator: Catalin Gheorghe
• (2017) Comparative Structures: OCT (optical coherence tomography) / DS (deep sky) photography, First National Ophthalmogenetics Conference and Art Encounters Biennale, Timisoara (RO)
• (2016) 2565 main [Relative Position], Electro Camp 4, International Platform for New Sounds & Dance, Forte Marghera, Venice (IT)
• (2016) Signal. 8 minutes after, National University of Music Bucharest, (RO)
• (2015) Focus/Unfocus [Unused Reality], W.A.S.P. Bucharest, (RO)
• (2015) A Response to a Perfect Situation, Alert Studio, Bucharest, (RO), curator: Catalin Burcea
• (2014) Open Interval, Aiurart – Contemporary Art Space, Bucharest, (RO), curator: Adriana Oprea
• (2013) Erosion (after continental drift theory), Platforma MNAC, Bucharest, (RO), curator: Simona Dumitriu
• (2011) Apparent Silence, D. Manuel Palace, Evora, (PT)
• (2010) The consequences of the object’s interpretation process on an objective look, Recycle Nest Gallery, Bucharest, (RO), curator: Adriana Oprea
• (2009) Descriptio, Contemporary Art Gallery, Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, (RO), curator: Liviana Dan
• (2009) I love Bach, Calina Contemporary Art Gallery, Timisoara, (RO), curator: Alexandra Titu
• (2008) Monolog-Dialog, Cuenca, (ES)
• (2006) Sediment of memory 2, ENGRAMME, Quebec City, (CAN)
• (2006) Sediment of memory 3, Saitama Modern Art Museum, (JP)
group shows (selection)
• (2024) Touch Nature, SAC Bucharest (RO), curator: Alex Radu
• (2023) Whispers of the Posthuman World. Dancing with Machines amidst Unstable Skies, Baia Turceasca, Iasi (RO), curators: Cristian Nae and Raluca Oancea
• (2023) The Multiple Nature of Time, Profil Gallery, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava (SK), curator: Cristina Moraru
• (2023) Multispecies, Bergen School of Architecture (NO), curators: Andreea Căpitănescu and Cristian Stefanescu
• (2021) Documenting a disaster, part of Earth Predictions. On ecological thinking and practice, Bucharest-Paris-London, curator: Mihai Zgondoiu
• (2021) Archeology of the invisible - echoes from the distant univers, produced for Fusion Air 2021 and presented at SAC Malmaison, Bucharest, (RO), curator: Olivia Nitis
• (2019) Performance, architecture and landscape, WASP – Working Art Space and Production, Bucharest, (RO)
• (2018) Retro Walk Decades to the Sun; realized together with the National Museum of Contemporary Art (as part of the Performing Arts Programme) and in partnership with the Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, the Arad Museum Complex / kinema ikon (Arad Media Art Festival) and Teatrul Fix, Iasi.
• (2018) FILMWASP Studios, Bucharest, Iasi (RO), curator: Matei Bejenaru
• (2017) Counterbody, a performative installation made in collaboration with Simona Deaconescu (choreographer), Olivia Nițiș (curator), Cătălin Creţu (composer), presented at the National Dance Center, Bucharest, included in the European program Aerowaves Twenty18 artist. The project was also presented at the Brush Factory, Cluj-Napoca, at Perform (D) Ance / Days of Contemporary Dance, Brașov, Babel Festival, Târgoviște, Plartforma Festival, Klaipeda, Lithuania, etc.
international curatorial activity (selection)
• (2019) Comisar - Ulsan Print Triennale, (KOR)
• (2016) Touch - Multimedia Project, Innersound - International Festival of New Arts, Bucharest, (RO)
• (2016) Visualizing the Sound, WASP, Bucharest, (RO)
• (2015) Corporeality and limitation, WASP, Bucharest, (RO)
• (2014) X Platform – International New Media and Interactive Residency, Bucharest, (RO)
• (2010) Mexican Contemporary Experimental Print, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, (RO)
conferences & talks (selection)
• (2022) Topological Space. The constructed image of a remote territory, International Conference „NATURE – ARTS interconnections”, CICASP Research Center, West University of Timisoara (RO)
• (2019) Negociating the Reality. Faculty of Physics, University in Iasi (RO)
• (2018) Moving a Biennial. The Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice (PL)
• (2017) Comparative Structures. First National Ophthalmogenetics Conference, Timisoara (RO)
• (2016) New Media in Arts. The Institute for Management in Art, Bucharest (RO)
• (2015) CAA, New York, Are we there yet? Creative communities outside art centers, New York (USA)
• (2015) Art Management. West University, Timisoara (RO)
• (2014) Curatorial politics in Eastern European Contemporary Art, Bucharest, (RO)
• (2013) Platforma MNAC, Bucharest, Romania. (RO)
• (2008) INGRAFICA Conferences, Cuenca, (ES)
awards (selection)
• (2016) International C.A.R. Art Award, Essen, (DE)
• (2010) The Great Prize, 21 Maximo Ramos Award, Ferrol, (ES)
• (2009) Nominated for the Great Prometheus Prize, Anonimul Foundation, (RO)
• (2009) Special Award,”Manu Propria” International Drawing Biennial, Tallinn, (EST)
• (2008) The Prize of the Teoartis Foundation, Evora, (PT)