about
I was born on July 28, 1972, in Timisoara, Romania. I am a designer and visual artist, currently living and working in Bordeaux, France since 2008.
my projects
The series presented here shed light on my current concerns, seeking to identify visual patterns that recur, to varying degrees, and sometimes almost obsessively, in each series. The context in which the subject is seen is crucial.
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What cultural and personal associations does the viewer establish with the object? How do these factors influence the way the subject is perceived and interpreted? Generally, visual patterns are used to create a sense of order, balance, and harmony in a design, or conversely, to convey a feeling of chaos, movement, or energy. In some cases, visual patterns can also be used to convey meaning or symbolize ideas. How can these reference points be manifested and destabilized?
Similar to the recurring motif of water (Cloud stories, Glassworks of Elena or Shapes of water), which serves as both backdrop and actor in my work, foreground objects and background subjects alternate, exchanging their positions, merging within the lens. The viewer’s process of identification stumbles, and the elements become polymorphic, embracing different dimensions, unfamiliar shadows, and reflections, as seen in the series Could be on Mars. A new narrative can then emerge.
Thus, playing with distance, circling around the object (The Corselet), traversing patterns of representation can produce the indecipherable, the familiar, a loss of meaning, or a new configuration of reference points. Looking closely, observing from afar, being in the midst of movement (Between A&B), encountering reflections (Blend in, Reflected events), the reversals, and the doubles of reality (Light just beyond red, The place). My photography practice continuously challenges the certainties of perception, both in the abstraction of form and in the identification of figures.
blog
recovered memory
This archive rather contains the period 1989 – 1997, when I was studying at the Ion Andreescu Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj, a city that gradually became my new “home”.
commissions
I cover public and personal events, provide images for editorials, documentaries, theatre, and dance performances, backstage images, music videos, and brand stories.
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I have worked for TED X, Bordeaux, France / Fédération Française du Bâtiment Gironde, France / NODE, portraits and interviews, Bordeaux, France / Lectra, Cestas, France / La Manufacture CDCN Bordeaux, interviews / Puppetmastaz, Backstage events, Bordeaux / Clandestino, Radio brand illustrations, Bucharest, Romania / Cliniclowns, photography session, Bucharest, Romania / Alexandru Matei, “Buna, ce faci?” ( Hi, how are you? ) Movie backstage photography session, Bucharest, Romania / Mike Altrin (Mihai Negrutiu), music video.