Mircea Cantor
www.mirceacantor.ro
Born 1977, Romania, Lives and works on the Earth
Co-editor of VERSION artist run magazine www.versionmagazine.ro
Represented by Galerie Yvon Lambert , Paris, New York and Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Magazzino di Arte Moderna, Rome
AWARDS and NominationsPrix Paul Ricard S.A., Paris 2004*Nominated for Artes Mundi Prize 3rd edition, Wales
SOLO exhibitions
2010
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (upcoming)
Kunsthalle Nuernberg, Germany (upcoming)
Wise as snakes and gentle as doves, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2009
Which light kills you, The Commun Guild, Glasgow, Scotland
Tracking Happiness, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland *
Preventative kiss for suspicious war, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
White sugar for black days, Yvon Lambert, Paris
The need for uncertainty, Camden Arts Centre, UK*
2008
Future Gifts, Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle , Budapest, H*
The need for uncertainty, Arnolfini, UK*
The need for uncertainty, Modern Art Oxford, UK*
2007
Magazzino di Arte Moderna, Roma
Deeparture at Black Box, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
A free smile, Galerie Yvon Lambert, New YorkCiel Variable, FRAC Champagne Ardennes, FR*
Solo Screening of Deeparture , Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
Solo Screening of The Landscape is changing, Milton Keynes Gallery (UK)
2006
Jucãrii pentru copii (Toys for childrens)-with Ion Grigorescu, Protokoll Studio, Cluj Napoca, (RO)*
The title is the last thing, Philadelphia Museum of Art, (USA)*
Burn to be Burnt, GAMeC, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, (IT)
Solo Screening of The landscape is changing, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2005
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, IsraelPrix Ricard S.A., Centre Pompidou, Paris
Deeparture, Galerie Yvon Lambert, New York
Si tu marche plus vite, il pleut moins fort, Centro arte moderna, Gulbenkian Fondation, Lisbon, (P)*
2004
Preview, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Roma
2003
Corporate identity, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (F)
(...), Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris (F)In front of my eyes, Trans> Area, New York, (USA)
2002
The Right Man at the Right Place, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris Nulle part ailleurs, Le Studio-Yvon Lambert, Paris Ping Pang Pong, Entre-deux Association, Nantes *1999Headlines, Gad Photogallery, Bucharest
Selected GROUP exhibitions
2010
Languages and experimentations, giovani artisti in una collezione contemporanea, Mart-Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto*
You-WE + Ablo. 25 Video della Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Milano
Indefinite Destinations, Depo, Istanbul
2009
Barock, Museo MADRE, Napoli *
Kunst Film Biennale, Cologne (D)
The world is yours, Lousiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark *
Universal code, The Power Plant, Toronto *
Les Archipels reinventes, Centre Pompidou, Paris *
Lichtzwang, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2nd Tessaloniki Biennale, Greece *
Transmission Interrupted, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, (UK)*
La force de l’art 2, Grand Palais, Paris *
Videos Europa, Le Frenoy, Lille, (F)*
Portraits of the Artists as Young Artists, Galeria Andreiana Mihail, Bucarest (RO)
D’ailleurs – I won’t Play Others to Your Same, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes , (F)
Travail de la riviere, Centre d’art contemporain - le Credac, Ivry sur Seine, (F)
2008
28th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil*
Here is Every: Four Decades of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA)
Can Art Do More? Art Focus 5, Jerusalem (IL)*
I am never at home, Johnen Galerie, Berlin (D)
Eurasia, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (IT)
God and Goods - Spirituality and mass confusion, Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea (IT) *
Shifting Identities - (Swiss) Art Now, Kunsthaus Zurich (CH) *
Locked In, Casino Luxembourg (LUX) *
Artes Mundi 3, National Museum Cardiff, Wales (UK) *
Mimetisme, Extra City - Centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Antwerp, (B)
2007
Taking Time, Museo de Arte Contemporanea ,Vigo, (E)*
Stop. Look. Listen: An Exhibition of Video Works, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell Univ. Ithaca
Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (USA)*
An Atlas of Events, Gulbenkian Fondation, Lisbon, (P)*
Numerica, Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena (IT)*
Noise, Poeziezomer 07 Watou, Belgium *
Critical Foreground, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Power Play, Artpace, San Antonio (USA)
Logiques du rêve éveillé, Les instant chavirés, Montreuil (F)
Airs de Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris* (F)
Hay algo de revolucionario en todo esto, Sala Parpalló, Valencia
Fairytale, Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Albania
I want to believe, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (CH)
Confined Innocence, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario (CA)*
Paranoia, Freud Museum, London* (UK)
2006Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Spain*
Contos Dixitais, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
October Art Salon, Belgarde* (YU)
I Bienal de Arquitectura, Arte y Paisaje de Canarias*
Cluj Connection, Haunch of Venison, Zurich* (CH)
Busan Biennial, Busan, South Korea*
Dada east? The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire, Cabaret Volaire, Zurich, (CH)Voices of Silence, Herzliya Museum of Art, IsraelPrintemps de septembre, Toulouse* (F)
Human Game – Winner and losers, Stazione Leopolda, Florence* (IT)
Paranoia, Leeds City Art Gallery* (UK)Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable (UK)
Periferic 7: Focusing Iasi / Why Children?, Iasi* (RO)
La Force de l’art, Grand Palais, Paris (F)
Czeslaw Milosz “To Allen Ginsberg”, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Marcher , Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Cajarc (F)
LESS Strategie alternative dell'abitare, PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan*
Message Personnel, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris* (F)
4th Berlin Biennial for contemporary art, Berlin*(D)Notre Histoire…, Palais de Tokyo, Paris*(F)
2005
Global Tour, Art Travel and Beyond, W139, Amsterdam* (NL)
May you live in interesting times, Cardiff Fesitval of Creative Technology, A Picture This Moving Image ProjectWar is over, 1945 – 2005 The Freedom of Art from Picasso to Warhol and Cattelan, GAMeC - Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo*(IT)
Modern Times, Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, (IT)
Nach Rokytník - The EVN Collection, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, (A)
Generations of art-10 years at F.A.R., Fondazione Antonio Ratti* (IT)
On Difference, Wuertenmbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (D)
Cosmopolis, State Museum for Contemporary Art, Tessaloniki* (GR)
TEXT ground, Display, Space for contemporary art, Prague* (CZ)
e-flux video rental, Project room of KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin, (D)
Revolution is on hold, Isola Art Center, Milan (IT)
Theorema, une collection privée en Italie, Musée d'art contemporain, Collection Lambert, Avignon* (F)
The need to document, Kunsthaus Baselland, (CH)*
Works from the collection, Magasin 3 Konstahall, Stockholm
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, Museum of contemporray art, Chicago*
Irreducible, contemporary short form video, 1995–2005, CCA Wattis, San Francisco, (USA)
2004
The works I told you about, Galerie Yvon Lambert, ParisStock Zero (OPERA), MNAC, National Museum of Contemporary Bucharest*Prosismic, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris*I’ll be your Mirror, A special project for Frieze Art Fair 2004, City Inn Westminster Hotel, London
Publishing Without Limits: New Directions for Art Magazines, Art Forum Berlin Talks (with Version)
Cetinje Biennale, Cetinje, Montenegro*
Nine Points of the Law, NGBK, Berlin*
Mediterraneo, MACRO, RomaPlug in, Futura, Prague* (CZ)Quick-sand, De Appel, Amsterdam*Imagine Limerick, Limerick City Gallery of Art The Happy worker, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Anandale-on-Hudson, New York.
New Video, New Europe: A Survey of Eastern European Video, Renaissance Society, Chicago/ Tate Modern London2003
Tirana Biennale 2, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana*
Phalanstère, Centre d’art contemporain de Brétigny
In the Gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel*
Poesis. The Everyday Differently, Kunsthalle/Mucsarnok, Budapest*
Displaced, Ucla Hammer Museum, Los Angeles*50th La Biennale Di Venezia, « Clandestine »*
Unoccupied territotries, K&S gallery, Berlin*International Film Festival, with Smen video, Rotterdam*
2002
Les enfants du paradis, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
ForwArt 2002, Brussels
A9 Forum Transeuropa, Museum Quartier, Vienna*
Urban Tension, Museum in progress, Brussels, Vienna, Frankfurt,
RomeBoundless Borders, Billboards project in the city, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, Kassel *
Festival -Rendez vous Roumain, Espace En Cours, Paris * (with Version)
2001
Documents 11 young photographers, New Gallery, Bucharest*
Traversées, ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris *
Heimsuchung, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
49th La Biennale Di Venezia, (Context-network), Romanian pavillion, Venice *
Art Judgment Show, Moderna Galerija, Ljubliana
Jean Pierre Magazine, CNEAI (Centre National de l’Estampe et de l’Art Imprimé), Chatou *
Transferatu, Ifa Gallery, Bonn *
2000
Transitioland, Museul National de Arta, Bucharest *
Transferatu, Ifa Gallery, Berlin *Say What?, Eforie Gallery, Bucharest *
Argos Project 2000 Vevey (CH)
Actif-Reactif, C.R.D.C., Nantes *
International Boutique, >Public, Paris
MK2 project café, Paris
Periferic 4, Turkish bath, Iassy*
One Night Stand, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York
Voyages d'affaires, ERBAN, Nantes (with Gabriela Vanga) *
*catalogue
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Hans Joachim Müller, Kunst im Glück, in Die Zeit, 10 sept 2009
Nancy Princenthal - review Mircea Cantor, in Art in America, sept 2009
Urs Steiner, Existenzieller Besentanz, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung,12 sept 2009
Daniel Morgenthaler, Menschilche Spuren sind rasch verwischt, in Tages Anzeiger, Zurich, 2 Sept 2009
Ingeborg Ruthe, Globalisierung mit Eselmist, in Berlnier Zeitung, 12 May 2009
Jean Max Collard, in Les Inrockuptibles, 27.apr.2009
Nicole Scheyerer, Mircea Cantor review, in Frieze, January-February
2008
Kurti Emese; Tele van a feje Romaniaval, Magyar Narancs, 23 oct.
Mélyi Jowsef ; Kettos mérce; Elet és irodalom, oct 3.
Ines Gebetsroither, Cut Short, Spike art quarterly, Spring 2008
Marcello Smarelli, Recensioni: Magazzino di arte moderna, Flash Art Italia n.268
Patricia Briggs Reviews: Brave new worlds, Minneapolis, Artforum, Jan. 2008
2007
Blake Gopnik, The Idea: Predator, Prey, Provocative, Washington Post, 28. Oct. 2007
Pier Paolo Pancotto, Mircea Cantor esce dal “Nido”, L’Unita 29 Dec. 2007
Morgan Falconer, A free smile, ArtReview, November 2007
Cristina Hermeziu, O amintire cu Mircea Cantor, Evenimentul zilei 12. Aug. 2007
Sean James Rose, Mircea Cantor, poète politique, Libération 12 June 2007
Emanuelle Lequeux, Un Autre Monde est Possible – Portrait, Beaux Arts magazine no 275, May, p.108
Marie-Pierre Duquoc, All around the worlds, 303, no 96/2007
Nick Hackworth, Preachiness overpowers poetry, Evening Standard, UK, 11.01.07
2006
Alessando Rabottini, A future world, Flash art November December, no 251 + COVER
Steven Henry Madoff, At Berlin Biennial, Art Fits Evrywhere, The New York Times, 11.04
Von Harald Fricke, Von Wolfen und Rehen, Die Tageszeitung, 25.03.06
Jennifer Allen, The 4th Berlin Biennial, Artforum May, p181
Samuel Schellenberg, Bienale a la vie, a la mort, Le courier, 29.04.06
Steffen Dengler, Der Wolf lauert uberall, Abbendzeitung Munchen, 25.03.06
2005
Christy Lange, A story I want to belive, in Parkett 74, pp.200-203
Christy Lange, Artist meets con artist ; Travel and tourism, Matches lit at both ends, in Frieze, November-DecemberTravis Jeppesen, Read this text, in Umelec n° 3/2005, p.92
Ami Barak, Reviews –Mircea Cantor, Gabriela Vanga, in Artpress n° 315, p.86
Roxana Azimi, Marché de l'art. Regard sur la nouvelle Europe, in Le Monde, 11 september
Ana Maria Onisei, Un nou « Version » al artei contemporane, in Suplimentul de Cultura, Iasi, n°28, p.16
Dialog între Mircea Cantor si Cosmin Costinas, in Dilema veche, n°65, 15-21 arilie 2005, p.8
2004
Boris Groys talks to Jan Fuchtjohann and Mircea Cantor, in Janus, n°17/04, pp.74-78
Miriam Bers, Her und Hin, in Tema Celeste, November-December 2004
Florena Dobrescu, Mircea Cantor a câstigat Premiul tinarului artist francez, Adevarul, Bucharest, 25 oct.2004
Nicolas Bourriaud, Stock Zero (OPERA), Prologue :Bucharest, in cat. MNAC, Bucharest Oct 2004 pp.289-303*Francesca Shaw/Lavinia Garulli, Was will Europa, in Flash Art, July-Sept, n° 237.pg100
Amiel Grumberg, Le guide de Rout’art in Beaux Arts magazine no.242, pp.66-75
Simona Vladikova, Pictures at an exhibition, Umelec (CZ) 2/2004 pp.80-81
Katia Reich, in catalogue of exhibition Nine Points of the Law, NGBK, Berlin
Chiara Leoni, Prague gets plugged…, in Flash Art International, May-June, n° 236
Amiel Grumberg, The landscape is changing, In Quicksand catalogue Deappel, Amsterdam
Victor Palacios, Arenas movezidas, In Quicksand catalogue Deappel, Amsterdam pp.84-85
Yasmil Raymond Ventura, The happy worker, thesis at Bard College
2003
Attila Tordai-S, Aperto Romania, in Flash Art International, November-December, n° 233
Vanina Pinter, L’œuvre à processus, in Etapes ,Paris, November, no° 102
Michele Robecchi : Tirana Biennial 2, in Idea art+society, n° 15+16
Elsa Demo, Tirana në pasqyrat e rumunit Cantor, in Shekulli n°.208,
Dan Perjovschi, Mircea Cantor Super star, in Idea art+society, n° 14
Thomas Boutoux, Ouverture, in Flash Art International, March-April, n° 229
Ami Barak : Mircea Cantor and the match theory , in Balkon, n°13, SpringDossier : 10 vidéastes en vue, in Beaux Arts magazine no. 224
2002
Anne Pontégnie, On the road again, catalogue ForwArt exhibition, Brussels, Sept.
Ping Pang Pong, Flip book, Entre-deux Association (ed.), Nantes
Léa Gauthier, Ecrans de fantasme, in Mouvement, n°16, April-June
Traversari, Mircea Cantor, Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist, in Balkon, n°10, Spring
Olivier Michelon, Je ne suis plus un étudiant. Les post-diplômes en France, in Le Journal des arts, n°142
Hans Ulrich Obrist, First Take, in Artforum International, January 2002.
Ruxanadra Balaci, Nomansland for everybody holidays, Traversées catalogue of MAMDVP
Interlope 2002, ERBAN-Fine Art School, Nantes
2001
Magda Carneci, Travesând Traversées, in Artelier, n°7
Elena Deldrago, Piccoli miracoli della provincia francese, in Il Manifesto, Dec. 11
Jean Max Collard, Nouvelles frontières, in Inrockuptibles, n°312
Interview with Aurélie Voltz, in Traversées, Exhibition catalogue, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Oct. Context Network, Catalogue, Romanian Pavilion, Venice Biennal, June 10-Nov. 11
Stefanie Stadel, Rumänien: der Zukunft zugewandt, in Kunstzeitung, n°57, May
Catherine Millet, Transitioland, in Art press, Reviews, n°268, May
La petite Interlope, ERBAN-Fine Art School, Nantes
2000
The Spirit of the Place, Catalogue, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, July
Transitioland, Exhibition catalogue, MNAR, Bucharest, Dec.
Catalogue for the International Post Graduate Program at ERBAN-Fine Art School, Nantes
1999
Ruxandra Balaci, Mircea Cantor's ..."Headlines"..., in Artelier, n°3/4
