Catinca Tabacaru Gallery Collective

Ovidiu Toader

Ovidiu Toader (b. 1991, Brașov, Romania) is interested in exploring the individual and collective memory, using various forms of recollection of personal or historical experiences. In his artistic practice, he uses the assemblage as a method to juxtapose found, collected, and sometimes recycled objects collected from his travels, the space where he lives in, from his grandparents’ house or from his workshop.

EDUCATION

2016
MA, National University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Sculpture
2014
BA, National University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Decorative Arts and
Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
In Another Life I was a Stone, curator Daria Nedelcu, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, Bucharest
2022
Afterimage of Hope, curator Daria Nedelcu, Atelier 35, Bucharest
2021
The First Lockdown Among Insects, ET A J artist-run space,Bucharest
2018
Cub (Nest), curator Razvan Tun Galateca Gallery, Bucharest

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
RAD Sculpture Park, curated by Robert Bajenaru, CARO, Bucharest;
Situári Afective (A ective Sites), Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest
Diacroni, RCW23, curated by Marian Palie, Iasi – Romania
Morphogenesis, curated by Elena Scutaru, The House of Scientists of
The Romanian Academy, Bucharest
2022
National Art Salon, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest Sharp Festival, Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
2021
Rendez-Voux Aux Jardins, Domeniul Ghica, Ghergani, Romania
Double Decker, Sandwich, Bucharest
2020
Edge Runners, Multimedia Visual Arts Center (CAW, White cube, Bucharest
E T A J on wheels, Bucharest Process terminus (ad, Sandwich, Bucharest
2019
Playing God, why?, ET A J Artist Run Space, NAG Bucharest
2018
Foundry Hall, Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest
2017
Metal Salon, Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
2016
Scholarship recipients, Princess Margareta Foundation, Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
Diploma, The Institute, Stirbei Palace, Bucharest Dissertation Exhibition, Balassi Institute
Bucharest Arist Selection Princess Margareta Foundation, BRD, Bucharest Young talents
Elite Art Gallery, Bucharest Art and technology, Elite Art Gallery, Bucharest
2015
Atelier 35, Europe Gallery, Brasov Diploma, The Institute, Stirbei Palace, Bucharest

PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS

2016
Scholarship holder of the “Young talents’ program supported by the Princess Margareta Foundation of Romania

Ovidiu Toader at the Romanian Cultural Institute, Berlin
The Whole Universe is Crammed into Your Body marks the artist’s inaugural solo show in Germany
April 25 – May 25, 2024

Ovidiu Toader at Art Encounters
Group show, Gardening lessons, 10 tips for an organic garden
Curated by Ami Barak
Timisoara, RO
March 28 – May 11. 2024