lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
shows+meetings+residencies exchanges+screenigs+panels
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STEFAN CONSTANTINESCU Born in Bucharest in 1968. Lives and works in Stockholm and Bucharest.
Stefan Constantinescu is a „special case”. Born in 1968 in Bukarest, he grew up in the Colentina district of the Romanian
capital, during Nicolae Ceausescu’s tyranny. He registered as an immigrant to Sweden in 1993, and he graduated from
both the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucarest and the Royal Univeristy College of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1996 and 1997
respectively. He is special in both the Swedish art context and the Romanian one, at the moment gaining more and more
international reputation for art projects recognizing and exploring precisely his own life and his experiences of being
„in between”. As in most serious, authentic, and well-qualified oeuvres, the autobiographical references are obvious,
although embedded in a discourse that also speaks, indirectly, of its own political and social points of departure.
(from Thank you for This Wonderful Day by Tom Sandqvist)
EDUCATION
1998 Master of Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm
1996 Bachelor of Art, Romanian Art Academy, Bucharest
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 An Infinte Blue, Galerie8, London
2009 Gallery Gal-On Art Space, Tel Aviv (curated by Catrin Lundqvist)
2008 The Golden Age for Children, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm (curated by Joanna Sandell and Miriam
Andersson-Blecher)
Archive of Pain, The Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm (producer: Giorgiana Zachia)
2007 Thanks For A Wonderful, Ordinary Day, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (curated
by Oana Tănase)
2006 The Passage, H.arta Gallery, Timișoara; Gallery Posibila, Bucharest
2004 Dacia 1300 – My Generation, The Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest; Vector Gallery, Iași; H.arta Gallery, Timisoara; Malmö Art Museum, Malmö (curated by Tom Sandqvist)
2003 Dacia 1300 – My Generation, ID:I Gallery, Stockholm (curated by Tom Sandqvist)
2000 Archive of Pain, co-authors: Cristi Puiu and Arina Stoenescu; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius;
Sala Dalles, Bucharest (curated by Tom Sandqvist)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 WARSAW GALLERY WEEKEND, lokal_30, Warsaw
I have a Dream, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław
2010 The Seductiveness of the Interval, The Renaissance Society, Chicago (curated by Alina Serban)
On Producing Possibilities, Bucharest Biennale 4, Bucharest (curated by Felix Vogel)
Teenagers of Socialism, Waterside Project Space, London (curated by Maxa Zoller)
2009 The social critique 1993-2005, Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar (curated by Martin Schibli)
The Seductiveness of the Interval, Romanian Pavilion, 53 International Art Exhibition: La Biennale
di Venezia, Venice (curated by Alina Serban)
Dada East? Contextes roumains du Dadaïsme, Tourcoing, (curated by Zofia Machinicka and Adrian
Notz)
Bad Times/Good Times, FUTURA – Centre For Contemporary Art, Prague, (curated by Matei Bejenaru)
Portraits of the artists as young artist, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest
2008 The Map: Navigating the Present, Bildmuseet, Umeå (curated by Jan-Erik Lundström)
Periferic 8 – Art as Gift, Biennial for Contemporary Art, Iași, Romania (curated by Dóra Hegyi)
Dada East? Romanian Context of Dadaism, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (curated by Zofia
Machinicka and Adrian Notz)
Stefan Constantinescu / bio
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
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Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
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There and Here, wip:konsthall, Stockholm (curated by Karolina Pahlén)
2007 Dada East? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire, Färgfabriken, Stockholm (curated by Adrian Notz)
2006 Dada East? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich (curated by Adrian Notz)
indirect speech, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (curated by Alina Serban)
2005 Minnesbilder, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm (curated by Viveca Lindenstrand)
On Difference #1. Local Contexts –Hybrid Spaces, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (curated
by Hans D. Christ and Iris Dressler)
2004 Blick 2004, Kunstverein Munich and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (curated by Maria Lind, Anna Livion-
Ingvarsson, Cecilia Widenheim)
2003 Narration in Swedish Contemporary Art, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping (curated by Marianne
Hultman)
2002 Public Art TransEuropa – Position: Romania, MuseumsQuartier, Quartier 21, Vienna (curated
by Susanne Neuburger)
SELECTED SCREENINGS, ARTIST TALKS
2010 Goldsmiths College, London
MOMA, Warsaw (curated by Zuzanna Janin and Agnieszka Rayzacher / lokal_30)
2009 Screening of The Passage, Eastside Projects, Extra Special People: Salon, presented by Viviana
Checchia, Birmingham
Screening of The Passage and Troleibuzul 92, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2006 Screening of The Passage within Politics of Space – conference in the context of the exhibition
On Difference #2: Grenzwertig, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (curated by Hans D. Christ
and Iris Dressler)
Artist talk – parallel event within Chaos: The Age of Confusion, Bucharest Biennial 2, Bucharest
FILMOGRAPHY
2010 Apartamentul 21 (pre-production), producers: 42 km, Bucharest / Eroikfilm, Stockholm
Taxi 2000 (pre-production), producers: 42 km, Bucharest / Eroikfilm, Stockholm
2009 My Beautiful Dacia, co-director: Julio Soto; producers: The ThinkLab Media, Madrid & Hifilm
Productions, Bucharest
Troleibuzul 92, producer: Comitetul Central, Bucharest
2005 The Passage, 62 min.
2003 Dacia 1300 – My Generation, 62 min.
2002 The Baron, 22.02.2002 (based on a concept by Cristi Puiu), 45 min.
FILM FESTIVALS
2010 My Beautiful Dacia, Trieste Film Festival, Trieste
2009 My Beautiful Dacia, Astra Film Festival, Sibiu
My Beautiful Dacia, Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal
2007 The Passage, Tempo Documentary Festival, Stockholm
2006 The Passage, Transylvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca
The Passage, festivalul cARTfilm, Iasi
The Passage, Göteborg Film Festival, Göteborg
2004 Dacia 1300 – My Generation, 8th Annual Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris
Stefan Constantinescu / bio
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Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
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WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Fondation Louis Vuitton Pour la Creation, Paris
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
Malmö Museum of Contemporary Art, Malmö
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Stefan Constantinescu, The Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm, Labyrinth Press, pionier press,
Stockholm
2008 The Golden Age for Children, The Romanian Cultural Institute of Stockholm
2006 Northern Lights, IDEA arts+society, No. 23, Cluj-Napoca
2003 Dacia 1300 – My Generation, Simetria, Bucharest
2000 Archive of Pain, pionier press, Stockholm
SELECTED GRANTS
2009 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee: Two-Year Working Grant
2008 Media Desk Broadcast Grant for My Beautiful Dacia, co-director Julio Soto
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Project Support for The Golden Age for Children
2007 Romanian National Film Board Grant for My Beautiful Dacia, co-director Julio Soto
2004 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Project Support for The Passage
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee: Two-Year Working Grant
2002 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Project Support for Dacia 1300 – My Generation
1999 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Project Support for Archive of Pain
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee: Two-Year Working Grant
Stefan Constantinescu / bio
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
shows+meetings+residencies exchanges+screenigs+panels
lokal_30_temporary_project_spacefundacja_lokal_sztuki POLAND www.lokal30.pl lokal30.pl/lokalna
Archive of Pain, 2000video installation, book
Stefan Constantinescu / video
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
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Northern Lights, 2006photographs, text
Stefan Constantinescu / photo
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
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Dacia 1300 – My Generation, 2007video-installation
Stefan Constantinescu / video
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
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Build Your Own Dacia 1300!, 2007installation
Stefan Constantinescu / installations
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
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Memories with Stuffed Animals, 2008 installation (vintage photos, stuffed animals)
Stefan Constantinescu / installations
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
shows+meetings+residencies exchanges+screenigs+panels
lokal_30_temporary_project_spacefundacja_lokal_sztuki POLAND www.lokal30.pl lokal30.pl/lokalna
Gadgets, 2008 Gadget 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wendesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Gadget 3: Hammer
Stefan Constantinescu / objects
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
shows+meetings+residencies exchanges+screenigs+panels
lokal_30_temporary_project_spacefundacja_lokal_sztuki POLAND www.lokal30.pl lokal30.pl/lokalna
Troleibuzul 92, 2009video, 8 min.
produced by Comitetul Central, Bucharest
Stefan Constantinescu / video
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
shows+meetings+residencies exchanges+screenigs+panels
lokal_30_temporary_project_spacefundacja_lokal_sztuki POLAND www.lokal30.pl lokal30.pl/lokalna
The Golden Age for Children, 2008–2009pop-up book
Stefan Constantinescu / objects
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
shows+meetings+residencies exchanges+screenigs+panels
lokal_30_temporary_project_spacefundacja_lokal_sztuki POLAND www.lokal30.pl lokal30.pl/lokalna
paintings from the series An Infinite Blue: 4, 6, 2009–2010oil on canvas, 90 x 70 cm (4), 146 x 109 cm (6)
Stefan Constantinescu / paintings
lokal_30_gallery Foksal 17 B / 30
00-372 Warszawa
Agnieszka Rayzachert. +48 608 29 09 [email protected]
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painting from the series An Infinite Blue: 1, 2009oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Stefan Constantinescu / paintings