Catalin GEANA (b. 1969, Targu-Carbunesti, Gorj) is a Romanian sculptor graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Bucharest, class of Prof. Paul Vasilescu. Since 2007 he is a member of UAP, sculpture department, Bucharest branch. He won the first prize at the Art Biennale in London in 2015, the second prize "Leonardo for Sculpture" at the Biennial in Chianciano (Italy) and the third prize at the Sculpture Exhibition "Brancusiana" in Targu-Jiu.
"Catalin decently refuses the slight temptation. He uses his own poetic fantasy, a cleverly and systematically falsified fantasy of years of successful reconversion essays. Catalin has valuable experience in the public forum and has a substantial portfolio that attests to the originality of his sculptural vision. It can reshape spectacular archetypal motifs. These qualities place him unequivocally in the post-Brancusi patrimony, next to Zadkine, Boccioni, Lipchitz, Moore, Botero ”. (art critic Corneliu Antim).
“The artist Cătălin Geană, whose metal sculptures cross the traditional ways of figurative representation with renewed interest, reflects a deliberately reminiscent aesthetic of the ancient Harkening civilization. Geana instills in the works a distinctly modern ideology, and here we find the desire to honor and reevaluate the accepted standards of artistic understanding. Geana's work presents itself as a violation of tradition, a refusal to consent to what has already been established ”(Art Critic Beers Lambert - London 2013)
Come and meet Cătălin Geană at the ROCAT Gala on February 27th. You have all the details HERE.
Education and Training:
1995 - Bucharest National Academy of Arts, class of Prof. Paul Vasilescu
prizes:
2015 - First Prize at Bielana de Arte, London
2013 - Second Leonardo Prize for Sculpture, Chianciano Biennale, Italy
2013 - Distinction for artistic merit, Biennial of Chianciano, Italy
2005 - Third Prize in the "Brancusiana" Sculpture Exhibition, awarded by the City Hall of Targu-Jiu
Personal exhibitions:
2019 - "Arthalle" Art Gallery Bucharest, Romania
2016 - Combined Art Gallery Bucharest, Romania
2013 - Art Galleries of Targu-Jiu Municipality, Romania
2013 - Temporary Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2012 - "Prelude to mastery", Scit'art Gallery, Bucharest
2012 - "Catalin Geana - sculpture", Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
2011 - "The bronze seal of the dream", Casino Sinaia, Sinaia
2010 - "Nostalgia of dreams and bronzes", Casino Sinaia, Sinaia
2004 - "Catalin Geana- sculpture", Art House, Bucharest
Group exhibitions:
2014 - Emerging Artists 2014, Slow Art Gallery, New York
2014 - ART International, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
2014 - “Art 14”, Olympia Grand Hall, London (Beers Lambert Contemporary, London)
2013 - Biennial of the Chianciano, Italy
2013 - “Contemporary Visions IV”, Beers Lambert Contemporary, London
2013 - Freeze, Seet'ART, Espacio Gallery, London
2013 - Innsbruck Art Fair, Austria (Visual Arts Gallery, Florence)
2012 - "WHY NOT…", Bucharest Museum
2010 - "Small Sculpture Salon", Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
2010 - "Municipal Art Exhibition", Art Galleries of Bucharest
2009 - "Bronze Age", Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca
2007 - "Autumn Salon", Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest
2006 - "Drawings of sculptors", Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
1996-2005 - "Small Sculpture Salon", Simeza Gallery, Bucharest
Monumental works of art:
2006 - “Gheorghe Magheru Commemorative Bust”, Albeni, Gorj County
2005 - "Motor", Targu-Jiu
2001 - “Barbari”, Targu-Jiu
1998 - "Memorial bust of Ion Poescu Voitesti", Balaneşti, Gorj County
