Alexandra Constantinescu, an artist based in Cluj-Napoca, is working at the crossroads of visual art and design, with a focus on the making process and on the exploration, within the medium of ceramics, of those notes that are subdued. Her themes revolve around the perception of color and the use of text, in a manner that supplies non-visual meaning. Alexandra graduated in 2004 from The University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca- Sculpture Department and received a Master’s Degree in Sculpture in 2015. The same year, during an international MA scholarship, she attended, one semester, the course Ceramics: Art and Function from The Fine Arts Faculty of the University of the Basque Country.
Alexandra Constantinescu is a Romanian visual artist born in 1981, living and working in Cluj-Napoca.
education
2023-2024 -The special scholarships for cultural-artistic activity, from 2 October 2023 to 31 March 2024, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2022 – 2024 – M.A., Sacred Art, The Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Cluj-Napoca, Babeș-Bolyai University, RO2013 – 2015 – M.A., Visual Arts, Sculpture, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, RO
2014 – 2015 – Socrates-Erasmus Program, 2 September– 26 January, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Basque Country, ES
2015 – Socrates-Erasmus Program, 14 February- 16 May, Bilbao Arte Foundation, Bilbao, ES
2000 – 2004 – B.A., Fine Arts/ Sculpture, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, RO
exhibitions
2023 – In Writing – It Is Written, Cer Deschis Gallery, Sibiu, RO
2023 – In Writing – It Is Written, Hangar F, Alba-Iulia, RO
2023- „Joaca cu cretele colorate – Ecfraza revizuită sau efectivitatea imaginii în medii diferite”, National Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2022-Noaptea Alba a Galeriilor Alba Iulia, Studies for a Burning Silence, curator Ada Muntean, Hangar F artist-run space, Alba Iulia, RO
2022 – Studies for a Burning Silence, curator Ada Muntean, Hangar F artist-run space, Alba Iulia, RO
2021 – Noaptea Alba a Galeriilor, Open Studio, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2020 – Home, Tiff House, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2021 – Romanian Design Week, Senat Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2019 – Romanian Design Week, BCR Building, Bucharest, RO
2018 – Zain, unconventional space, Matei Corvin Square, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2018 – 50 Miradas: un recorrido por el movimiento de la gastronomía contemporánea-la cocina esta hasta en la sopa, Basque Culinary Center, San Sebastian, ES
2017 – Trasee/Sculptura, UNAGaleria, Bucuresti
2016 – Zain, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2016 – Expo Maraton Recall, Castigatorii Marilor Premii Editiile 2011-2015, National Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2016 – Ce mai face Penelopa IV, National Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2015 – Trending Up: Super Contemporary Romanian Artists, ArtMArk, Bucharest, RO
2015 – Quiet Cubes, French Institute, Bucharest, RO
2015 – Expozitia absolventilor UAD, Expo Transilvania, Cluj-Napoca, Ro
2015 – Cuerpo1000, University of Basque Country, ES
2015 -Wood and Wool, Gratz, Austria
2014 -Wood and Wool, ICR, Viena
2014 – Quiet Cubes, Expo Maraton, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, RO
2014 – Crossing Borders, Cultural Center of Belgrade, SRB
2014 – Ce mai face Penelopa III, National Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2014 -Romanian Design Week, Palace of the Chamber of Commerce, Bucharest, RO
2014 – Wood and Wool, ICR, Stockholm
2007 -Varsta de bronz, National Art Museum Cluj-Napoca, RO
2004- Expozitia absolventilor UAD, Expo Transilvania, Cluj-Napoaca, RO
collaborative projects
2021 – Aqua Alta, collaborative project included in the exhibition Objects Must Be Comfortable, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei, TW
residences
2014- A.C.T. Belgrade – Cultural Center of Belgrade, SRB
awards
2014- Expo Maraton, Casa Matei Gallery – L’Ateral Art Space Prize
2014- Expo Maraton, Casa Matei Gallery – The Public Prize- Documentary visit to Liverpool Art Biennial
2014- Expo Maraton, Casa Matei Gallery – Deutsches Kulturzentrum Klausenburg Cluj- Napoca Prize
2014- Expo Maraton, Casa Matei Gallery – French Institute Bucharest Prize
media references