Vlad Olariu
Laika Gallery Piggy, dead flies, found object, concrete, 60/16/16cm, 2010

Piggy, dead flies, found object, concrete, 60/16/16cm, 2010

Laika Gallery Black Swine on a Black Cube, styrofoam, poliurethane foam, bitumen, 60/80/110cm, 2010

Black Swine on a Black Cube, styrofoam, poliurethane foam, bitumen, 60/80/110cm, 2010

Laika Gallery Tower Monument of a Dark Jumbo Jet, inflatable toy, wooden structure, bitumen, 90/40/45cm, 2010

Tower Monument of a Dark Jumbo Jet, inflatable toy, wooden structure, bitumen, 90/40/45cm, 2010

Laika Gallery In a White Cube Even a Shit Looks Good, poliurethan foam, paint, variable dimensions, 2010

In a White Cube Even a Shit Looks Good, poliurethan foam, paint, variable dimensions, 2010

Laika Gallery UNTITLED(BLACK UNICORN), STYROFOAM, FIBREGLASS, 150/190/50, 2010 & BLACK SUN, STOOL SEAT (PLYWOOD, SPONGE, FABRIC), BITUMEN, 35/35CM, 2010

UNTITLED(BLACK UNICORN), STYROFOAM, FIBREGLASS, 150/190/50, 2010 & BLACK SUN, STOOL SEAT (PLYWOOD, SPONGE, FABRIC), BITUMEN, 35/35CM, 2010

Laika Gallery The tree makes the forest, concrete, pine tree and bitumen,  230/60/40 cm, 2010

The tree makes the forest, concrete, pine tree and bitumen, 230/60/40 cm, 2010

Laika Gallery ATOMIC PROJECTION, GOLDEN LEAF ON DRYWALL, 120/92 cm 2010

ATOMIC PROJECTION, GOLDEN LEAF ON DRYWALL, 120/92 cm 2010

Born: December 1983, in Roman, Romania; lives and works in Cluj, Romania

 

Education:

2006-2008  MA, University of Art and Design, Cluj, Romania

2006  The University of Central England, BIAD, Birmingham, UK

2002-2006  The University of Art and Design, Sculpture Department, Cluj, Romania

 

Solo shows:

2010  Memory of a Memory, Laika Gallery, Cluj, Romania

2009  Deep, Babush Project Space, Berlin, Germany

2009  Art Preview Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2009  Innocence, Mie Lefever Gallery, Ghent, Belgium

2009  Laika Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2008  Mini Monuments, DOT Space, Cluj, Romania

2007  Made in Heaven, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj, Romania

2006  Clay Age, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, UK

 

Group shows:

2010  Play, Academia di Romania, Romanian Cultural Institute, Rome, Italy

2008  Memorials, Laika Gallery, Cluj, Romania

2005  Atas Gallery, Cluj, Romania