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Radu Șerban
Visual and Multimedia Artist | Romania – Canada
Radu Șerban
Visual and Multimedia Artist | Romania – Canada
Radu Șerban is a visual artist active both in Romania and internationally, with a career distinguished by coherence, reflection, and a continuous exploration of visual language. He is a professor at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, where he has been teaching since 1990. In 2006, he earned a PhD in Visual Arts.
Radu Șerban is a visual artist active both in Romania and internationally, with a career distinguished by coherence, reflection, and a continuous exploration of visual language. He is a professor at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, where he has been teaching since 1990. In 2006, he earned a PhD in Visual Arts.
He completed his studies at the “Nicolae Grigorescu” Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, specializing in Painting, and later received research grants and artist residencies in Italy, Spain, and Canada. Between 1997 and 2002, he lived in Toronto, where he held an individual residency and was a member of Visual Arts Ontario.
He completed his studies at the “Nicolae Grigorescu” Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, specializing in Painting, and later received research grants and artist residencies in Italy, Spain, and Canada. Between 1997 and 2002, he lived in Toronto, where he held an individual residency and was a member of Visual Arts Ontario.
He is the founder of the ”Art in the Garden” International Visual Arts Symposium, held annually at the Botanical Garden in Jibou, which has gathered over 100 artists from eight different countries. In parallel, he has developed and curated numerous projects and publications dedicated to contemporary art.
He is the founder of the ”Art in the Garden” International Visual Arts Symposium, held annually at the Botanical Garden in Jibou, which has gathered over 100 artists from eight different countries. In parallel, he has developed and curated numerous projects and publications dedicated to contemporary art.
Radu Șerban has presented more than 30 solo exhibitions, including: Interval (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2025); Continuum (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2020); Waters and Caresses (Brâncoveanu Palaces Cultural Center, Mogoșoaia, 2018); Glissando (Arcade 24 Gallery, Bistrița, 2016); TransAparences (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2010); Traces (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2006); Objects from Within (Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, 2002); DeSigns (Pantheon Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, 1996).
Radu Șerban has presented more than 30 solo exhibitions, including: Interval (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2025); Continuum (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2020); Waters and Caresses (Brâncoveanu Palaces Cultural Center, Mogoșoaia, 2018); Glissando (Arcade 24 Gallery, Bistrița, 2016); TransAparences (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2010); Traces (Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca, 2006); Objects from Within (Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, 2002); DeSigns (Pantheon Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, 1996).
He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both in Romania and abroad, including: Reconfigurations 2024 (Art Museum of Iași, 2025); Puls 21 (MNAC, Bucharest, 2023); De Facto (BWA SOKÓŁ Gallery, Nowy Sącz, Poland, 2023); Embracing Dialogues (DCS Contemporary Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2021); Paradise Lost (Brukenthal Contemporary Art Museum, Sibiu, 2019); Centenary Salon of Contemporary Arts (MNAR, Bucharest, 2018); Objects from Within (Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, 2002); Romanian Painting (De Boog Gallery, The Netherlands, 1997).
He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both in Romania and abroad, including: Reconfigurations 2024 (Art Museum of Iași, 2025); Puls 21 (MNAC, Bucharest, 2023); De Facto (BWA SOKÓŁ Gallery, Nowy Sącz, Poland, 2023); Embracing Dialogues (DCS Contemporary Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2021); Paradise Lost (Brukenthal Contemporary Art Museum, Sibiu, 2019); Centenary Salon of Contemporary Arts (MNAR, Bucharest, 2018); Objects from Within (Teodora Art Gallery, Toronto, 2002); Romanian Painting (De Boog Gallery, The Netherlands, 1997).
Over the course of his career, he has participated in more than 30 creative camps and art symposiums. He has received numerous distinctions, including the National Salon Painting Award (2016), the Excellence Trophy awarded by the Ministry of Culture for his curatorial work (2014), and the Youth Award of the Romanian Union of Visual Artists (1993).
Over the course of his career, he has participated in more than 30 creative camps and art symposiums. He has received numerous distinctions, including the National Salon Painting Award (2016), the Excellence Trophy awarded by the Ministry of Culture for his curatorial work (2014), and the Youth Award of the Romanian Union of Visual Artists (1993).
His works are included in public and private collections such as: MNAC (Bucharest); Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca; Art Museum of Iași; Comparative Art Museum of Sângeorz-Băi; Banca Transilvania (Cluj-Napoca); and the Sălaj County Center for Culture and Arts.
His works are included in public and private collections such as: MNAC (Bucharest); Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca; Art Museum of Iași; Comparative Art Museum of Sângeorz-Băi; Banca Transilvania (Cluj-Napoca); and the Sălaj County Center for Culture and Arts.
Artist Statement
My artistic activity can be easily circumscribed to the concept of transappearance, as this word encompasses several aspects of experiencing reality — discovery, wonder, joy, fulfillment, obsession — as well as elements of the language of artistic expression: synthesis, reformulation, adjustment, spontaneity, gesture, reconsideration, playfulness.I believe that in art there are no themes that are more or less important, nor major or minor; only the artist’s degree of involvement determines how they shape and refine their masterpiece.
My artistic activity can be easily circumscribed to the concept of transappearance, as this word encompasses several aspects of experiencing reality — discovery, wonder, joy, fulfillment, obsession — as well as elements of the language of artistic expression: synthesis, reformulation, adjustment, spontaneity, gesture, reconsideration, playfulness.I believe that in art there are no themes that are more or less important, nor major or minor; only the artist’s degree of involvement determines how they shape and refine their masterpiece.
Haste, superficiality, and ephemerality are attributes of the times we live in. However, our passage through this world must leave behind traces — for both our contemporaries and those yet to come. In this way, the works of artists become their very lives.
Haste, superficiality, and ephemerality are attributes of the times we live in. However, our passage through this world must leave behind traces — for both our contemporaries and those yet to come. In this way, the works of artists become their very lives.
The artist in his studio in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2025
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