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Anca Poterasu Gallery

Bucharest

Matei Bejenaru

(Romanian, born 1963)

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Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2023.01_Focuri_01, 2023

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Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2014.09_Gugești_01, 2014

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Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2011.05_Andrieșeni_02, 2011

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prut_2011.07_cârniceni_01 by matei bejenaru

Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2011.07_Cârniceni_01, 2011

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prut_2011.07_trifești_01 by matei bejenaru

Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2011.07_Trifești_01, 2011

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Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2011.08_Hermeziu_02, 2011

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prut_2011.08_ștefănești_01 by matei bejenaru

Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2011.08_Ștefănești_01, 2011

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prut_2014.01_andrieșeni_01 by matei bejenaru

Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2014.01_Andrieșeni_01, 2014

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prut_2014.01_glăvănești_01 by matei bejenaru

Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2014.01_Glăvănești_01, 2014

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prut_2014.01_roșcani_01 by matei bejenaru

Matei Bejenaru

Prut_2014.01_Roșcani_01, 2014

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Matei Bejenaru

Models_08, 2019

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Matei Bejenaru

Models_05, 2019

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Biography

Timeline

Matei Bejenaru works with photography, video, performance and inter-media installations, in long-term projects that explore both the poetics of imagery, as well as the social, documentary aspect of social shifts during the last three decades in Romania. Matei Bejenaru's works were part of important exhibitions in events and institutions such as Tate Modern London,49th Venice Biennial Venice, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin;The Drawing Room London, Taipei Biennial, Taiwan; Athens Biennial, Futura Art Center Prague and Prague Biennial 3, NGBK Berlin, Ludwig Museum, Budapest,The National Museum of Contemporary Art. His artistic commitment to reflect the post-communist condition by experimenting with social practices of art, has gradually developed towards an analysis of the medium of photography, of the possibilities to communicate within it through a visual language, while being considerate of the ethics of representation and agency of others. He is the founder of Periferic Biennial in Iasi, Romania. Established in 1997 as a performance festival, Periferic transformed into an international artist-run contemporary art biennial defined as a platform for discussions on the historical, socio-political, and cultural contexts of the city. With a group of artists and philosophers from Iasi, Bejenaru founded the Vector Association in 2001, a contemporary art institution that supported the local emerging art scene to become locally and internationally visible. Together with a group of artists and professor he founded in 2015 the Center of Contemporary Photography in Iasi and organizes the Camera Plus Biennial for Contemporary Photography

Exhibitions

2021
Print, ARTEP Gallery Iași, curator: Cristian Nae, Romania (solo)
L’Air du Temps, Main Section, Paris Photo, France
Heartbeat 20, Kunsthalle Bega, curator :Călin Dan
The Show that Never Was, Anca Poterașu Bucharest, curator : Cristina Stoenescu, Romania
2020
Europa Wonderland, Contrasens Associacion Timișoara, curator : Olivia Nitiș, Romania
In Midst of the Worst, the Best Times, Litost Gallery Praga, curator: Cristina Stoenescu, Czech Republic
Slide/Diapozitiv, SwitchLab Art Space Bucharest, curator: Cristian Nae, Romania (solo)
Domestic Dissidence, Victoria Gallery Iași, curator : Radu Carnariu, Romania
The principle of Migration, New York Foundation for the Arts, curator: Olivia Nitiș
2019
Same Histories, Spinnerei Galerie Leipzig, curator: Cristina Stoenescu, Germany (solo)
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