DUMITRU GORZO
Born in Ieud, Romania, 1975
EDUCATION
1997 University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2 009 “ The Welded Book”, CNDB, Bucharest, Romania
2009 “Core”, Slag Gallery, New York City, USA
2008 “In the Corner of My Eye”, Slag Gallery, New York City, USA
2007 “Short Stories of Gorzo”, Atelier am Eck, Dusseldorf, Germany 2007 "Belle Roumanie”, Kulturfabrik, Luxembourg
2007 "Don't Complicate the Sleeping Baroque" with Gili Mocan,
Kunstraum Noe, Vienna, Austria
2007 "The Fence" – urban intervention / public art, Bucharest, Romania
2007 "Punct de colectare a artei" - street debate / public art,
Sibiu 2007 CCE, Romania
2007 "7 Babes", Mie Leferver Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2006 "I Like God”, H’art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2006 “Indian Lava & Ritz Mood Guru: Present Salve Fiat Romuli Nepos”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest and Brukenthal Museum, SB, Romania
2005 "Mr. President is a Sexual Object", HT003, Bucharest, Romania
2005 "Welcome to Paradise", H'art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2004 “Dilitdotcom - Symptoms of Contemporary Myth”,
AnaidArt Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2004 “Rural Art” protestation, HT 003 Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2003 “Rediscovering the Nude Beauty”, H’art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2003 “Cocoons” street intervention, Bucharest, Romania
1999 “GORZO”, Eforie Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1999 “Ompozitie”, Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS:
2010 “ Art Fanatics”, Kunsthalle (M ű csarnok) Budapest
2009 “ That’s All Folks”, Stadthalle, Bruges, Belgium, curator Jerome Jacobs & Michel Dewilde
2009 “ ε ικονες " Conradi Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2009 ”Without Hintersinn” curated by Benjamin Fellman, Official Side Event for 11th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 “ T ajan : Romanian Art Today-History Frees Its Demons”, Tajan, Paris, France
2008 “Against All Odds”, Slag Gallery, New York City, USA
2007 Documenta 2007, Regensburg, Germany
2007 " Plus Zwei ", MKM Museum Küppersmühle , Duisburg, Germany
2005 "Offset", Plan B Gallery, Romania, Austria, Italy, Germany
2005 "Dance Instructor" performance with Electric Brother, F.A.C.E Novi Sad, Serbia
2004 “Romanian Artists (and not only) love Ceausescu’s Palace?”, Romanian National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2001 “Context Network” insert, The 49th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Romanian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2000 “Rostemplatia” with Group Rostopasca /video, Argos project 2000,
Vevey, Switzerland
2000 “Transferatu” with Group Rostopasca , ifa Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2000 “Transitionland” with Group Rostopasca , The National Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania
1999 “Junge Rumanische Kunst”, Munich, Germany
AWARDS:
2007 Grand Prize, REHAU Art Campus, awarded by international jury
2006 Prize for Visual Art, "Cuvantul" Cultural Magazine, Romania
2005 The UAP Prize, Young Artist Prize, Romania
2001 Artexpo Foundation Award, Romania