Artists

Serban Savu


b. 1978, Sighisoara, Romania

Artist Bio

1978
Born in Sighisoara, Romania

2001
University of Art and Design, Cluj, Romania

2002-2004
Nicolae Lorga postgraduate research grant, Venice, Italy


Lives and works in Cluj, Romania


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
Close to Nature, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Under the Radar, Pitzhanger Manor, PM Gallery & House, London

2010
Unimportant Stories, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles
Essay on Limits, Galerie Hussenot, Paris

2009
Recent Paintings, Galeria Plan B, Berlin
The Edge of the Empire, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Behind the Walls, Laika, Cluj, Romania

2007
Along The River, FA Projects, London
Girls, Plan B, Cluj, Romania
The Harvest, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles

2006
The New Man, Mie Lefever Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Foaia de Pontaj, H'art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Anthem of People's Love, Mihai Nicodim, Los Angeles
Communism never happened, Charim Gallery, Vienna
Salonul de mai, Plan B Gallery, Cluj, Romania
East Ex East, Brand New Gallery, Milan

2010
Figurative Painting in Romania 1970-2010, Club Electro Putere, Craiova, Romania
After the Fall, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Berlin Show #2, Plan B Gallery, Berlin
Romanian Cultural Resolution, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Mircea Pinte’s Collection, Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania
Route tournante en sous-bois, Upload Art Project, Trento, Italy

2009
Show Me a Hero, curated by Jane Neil, Calvert 22, London
Expanded Painting 3, Prague Biennial 4, Prague
Invisible Body, Conspicuous Mind, curated by Lara Taubman, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles
I’ve Watered a Horseshoe as if It Were a Flower, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles

2008
Re-construction, Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest
Berlin Show #1, Plan B, Berlin
Closer Still, Nicodim Gallery (formerly Kontainer Gallery), Los Angeles
Days Become Nights, Galerie Hussenot, Paris
Size Matters: XS, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee

2007
Across the Trees: Romanian Art Now, David Nolan Gallery, New York
Eastern European Painting Now, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
Expanded Painting 2, Prague Biennale 3, Prague

2006
Cluj Connection, Haunch of Venison, Zurich
Please Drive Slowly Through Our World, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles

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