Florin Ungureanu

CV & Education

Qualifications and training

2008 - MFA Fine Art , Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW

2007 - Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, SE14 6NW

1997 - BFA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, The "George Enescu" University of Arts (formerly known as "George Enescu" Academy of Fine Arts), Iasi, Romania

Solo exhibitions

2012 - 2013 Strawberries and no Cream: Ceausescu's 1978 visit to London, Ratiu Foundation London / Romanian Cultural Centre London, Manchester Square, 18 Fitzhardinge Street London W1H 6EQ

2012 - Monuments to Uncertainty, ASC Window Space, Erlang House, 128 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8EQ, UK

2008 - Small Monuments to Uncertainty, The Gallery, Goldsmiths Students' Union, Goldsmiths, University of London, Dixon Road, New Cross, London SE14 6NW

1997 - Florin Ungureanu - Solo Show, French Cultural Centre, Iasi, Romania

Group exhibitions

2015 The London Salon of Romanian Art, at The Romanian Embassy / Romanian Cultural Institute in 1 Belgrave Square SW1X 8PH London

2014 VIC Very Important Chair Project, Curated by Alexandru Noe Popovici, Chateau de Pont Chevron, Ouzouer-sur-Trezee 45250, France

2014 New Generations: Alumni Show 1860 - 2014 "George Enescu" University of Arts Iasi, The Royal Foundation Galleries, The University Central Library "Mihai Eminescu" Iasi, Romania. Curated by Lector Univ Dr Cristian Ungureanu

2013 SUMMER EXHIBITION, Royal Academy of Arts London, Small Weston Room, Curated by Professor Humphrey Ocean RA, Piccadilly, London W1J OBD

2013 - The Xmas BOGOF, WW Wilson Williams Gallery, 34/35 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8DX

2013 - VIC Very Important Chair Project, Curated by Alexandru Noe Popovici, Paris, France, http://www.veryimportantchair.com/index.html

2013 - Group Show curated by Sarita Jepps & Kirsty Harris, at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, 25 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AD

2013 - VAMALGAM 6 (Portrait of V&A Director Martin Roth), V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington SW7 2RL London

2013 - SUMMER EXHIBITION, Royal Academy of Arts London, Small Weston Room, Curated by Professor Humphrey Ocean RA, Piccadilly, London W1J OBD

2012 - VAMALGAM 5, V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington SW7 2RL London

2012 - Axisweb at LONDON ART FAIR 18th-22nd January 2012, in the Art Projects, Business Design Centre, Islington, London N1

2012 - NOTICE, curated by Mona Casey, ARTicle Gallery, The School of Art, Birmingham City University, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BX, UK, Birmingham

2012 - The Xmas BOGOF, , WW Wilson Williams Gallery, 34/35 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8DX

2011 - Afternoon Tea: WW Gallery at the 54th Venice Biennale, The Quaffers Pavilion, 1960 Campo San Polo, 30125 Venice Italy

2011 - Debut Contemporary, 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London W2 5RT

2011 - East Wing Nine, EXHIBITIONISM:The Art of Display, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London WC2R 0RN

2011 - Vivienne Westwood's 100 Days of Active Resistance, Day 45, http://ar100days.com, London

2010 - 9 SHEDS, Sartorial Contemporary Art, 26 Argyle Square London WC1H 8AP

2010 - Austerity Xmas BOGOF, WilsonWilliams Gallery, 30 Queensdown Rd, London E5 8NN

2010 - DIAL HISTORY, with Dzenana Hozic, Florin Ungureanu, Peter Donaldson, Curated by Anthony Gross, The Old Police Station, 114 Amersham Vale, London SE14 6LG

2010 - East Wing Collection Nine, EXHIBITIONISM: The Art of Display, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London WC2R 0RN

2010 - Florin "dropped some work" in Michael Landy's ART BIN, SLG South London Gallery, 65 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH

2010 - Vivienne Westwood's 100 Days of Active Resistance, http://ar100days.com, Day 45, London

2009 - SUMMER EXHIBITION 2009, Royal Academy of Arts London, Piccadilly, London W1J OBD

2009 - The Event '09: The Space Between, Surrounds our Desire, Curated by Mona Casey, 119 Floodgate Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5, UK

2009 - VAMALGAM 4 , V&A Victoria and Albert Museum London, Cromwell Road, South Kensington SW7 2RL London

2009 - Viking Mountain Funeral, The Celestial Suitcase, Curated by Eric Ayotte & Kathleen Smith , 476 Jefferson Street No.203, Brooklyn NY 11237 United States of America

2008 - MFA 'Master of Fine Art' Show , Goldsmiths, University of London, Ben Pimlott Building, New Cross, London SE14 6NW

2008 - Saatchi Online Top10, Chosen by Bill Roberts, Writer based in London, and a PhD candidate at the Courtauld Institute of Art London, www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/, 30 June-6 July 2008

2008 - Salon 08, Matt Roberts Arts & VINEspace, Selectors: Andrea Tarsia, Head of Exhibitions and Projects, Whitechapel Gallery; Cath Ferguson, artist, writer, lecturer; Kate Jones, collector and patron, 25a Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 9DG

2008 - SUMMER EXHIBITION , Royal Academy of Arts, Gallery IV Curated by Humphrey Ocean RA, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD

2007 - End of the Year Show, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW

2007 - Saatchi Online Top 10, Chosen by Rebecca Wilson, Editor of Your Gallery/Saatchi Online Magazine, London 2007

2007 - SHIFTING STATES, at BEARSPACE, 152 Deptford High Street, London SE8 3PQ

2007 - Short listed for CELESTE ART PRIZE 2007, The Old Truman Brewery, 91-95 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL

2007 - Silent Debate Goldsmiths INTERIM SHOW 2007, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW

2007 - ZOO ART FAIR , Saatchi Stand, Selected by Rebecca Wilson, Royal Academy of Arts, 6 Burlington Gardens, London W1S 3EX

2006 - Goldsmiths Art Auction, Chelsea Arts Club, London

2006 - THE GREAT ART FAIR, Alexandra Palace, London

2001 - "Romanian Artists in Italy", Romanian Institute for Culture and Research, Venice, Italy

2000 - "Icons, 12 Bisantine Paintings", Abbey of San Zeno Maggiore, Verona, Italy

2000 - Cupola Gallery, Iasi, Romania

2000 - IncorniciArte Gallery, Verona, Italy

1999 - IncorniciArte Gallery, Verona, Italy

1997 BFA Fine Art Graduation Show, The George Enescu University of Arts, Iasi, Romania

1996 - Victoria Gallery, Iasi, Romania

1995 - "Student Fest", The Huniade Museum, Timisoara, Romania

1994 - "Student Fest", The Banat Museum, Timisoara, Romania

1993 - "Student Fest", University of Timisoara, Romania

Residencies

1998 - Burgakademie, Volkswagen Concern, Neuhaus, Wolfsburg, Germany

Competitions, prizes and awards

1996 - Won First Prize at "Painting Contest for Young Painters", Dominus Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

Educational experience - tertiary 2001 - Assistant Professor, The "George Enescu" University of Arts, Iasi, Romania

1999 - Fluent in English, Italian and Romanian, The "George Enescu" University of Arts, Iasi , Romania

Publications

2013 - Adrian Aldea's Art Collection, Editura ART XXI Publishing House, 2013, Iasi, Romania

2012 - LONDON ART FAIR 2012, Upper Street Events Ltd, 58 White Lion Street, Islington, London N1 9PP

2011 - Afternoon Tea: Works on Paper, WW Gallery at the 54th Venice Biennale, Designed by Debra Wilson and Chiara Williams, Printed by WW Projects Ltd London

2011 - DAY 45 in Vivienne Westwood's 100 DAYS OF ACTIVE RESISTANCE, Damiani editore, Bologna, Italy

2010 - EastwingNine:EXHIBITIONISM, The Art of Display, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House Strand, London WC2R ORN, Design: Kevin Helas at rogerlondon.com

2009 - Hortensiu Aldea's Art Collection, Dana Art Publishing House, Iasi, Romania

2008 - ART FOR LIFE, Edited by Jacqueline Pruskin, Design:drdesign london

2008 - MFA 2008 GOLDSMITHS University of London, Edited by Rob Menzer,Vicky Wright, Design:Paulus Dreibholz

2008 - ROYAL ACADEMY ILLUSTRATED 2008, Edited by Humphrey Ocean RA, Royal Academy of Arts London

2007 - CELESTE ART PRIZE 2007, Edited by Sara Pearce, Design:Park Studio

2004 - A Century of Fine Arts in Iasi, by Valentin Ciuca, ART XXI Publishing House, Iasi, Romania

2000 - Elective Openings, by Valentin Ciuca, Augusta Publishing House, Timisoara, Romania

2000 - Studios and Openings, by Hortensiu Aldea, Dosoftei Publishing House, Iasi, Romania, 2000

Other

2013 - The Oli Bennett Charitable Trust: Anonymous Art Sale, Westminster School, Little Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1 3PF

2012 - ArtWiki.org started with the 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststraße 69 D-10117 Berlin Germany EU http://www.berlinbiennale.de/blog/en/projects/open-call-artwiki-digital-venue-of-the-7th-berlin-biennale-for-contemporary-art-18348

2012 - Award Nomination ALICE AWARDS 2012 ARTISTIC LANDMARKS IN CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE, Alice Society, C/o Artistic Landmarks In Contemporary Art bvba, PB 1398,1000 Brussels Belgium

2012 - PRIVATE COLLECTION, Ratiu Foundation London, England, United Kingdom

2012 - VAMALGAM 5, V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington SW7 2RL London

2011 - Longlisted for ANTHOLOGY , CharlieSmith London, Selectors: Edward Lucie-Smith, Zavier Ellis, Paul Carey-Kent, Roy Exley, Werner Grub, 336 Old Street London EC1V 9DR, http://zavierellis.blogspot.com/

2011 - PRIVATE COLLECTION, Roger Walters, London, England, United Kingdom

2011 - THE EVENT Fundraiser: SILENT AUCTION, BCAF Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum, The Waterside Room, The Bond Company, 180-182 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham

2011 - 'The Jennie and Jessie Gunhammar Lupus Trust' Auction, With Christie's Chairman and Auctioneer, Hugh Edmeades, Debut Contemporary , 82 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London W2 5RT

2011 - The Oli Bennett Charitable Trust: Anonymous Art Sale, Westminster School, Little Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3PF

2008 - 'ART FOR LIFE' Auction, With Christie's Chairman and Auctioneer, Hugh Edmeades, The Portico Rooms, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

2012 Ratiu Foundation London, England, United Kingdom

2011 Roger Walters, London, England, United Kingdom

1991 Hortensiu Aldea , Iasi, Romania

1991 Adrian Aldea, Iasi, Romania

1991 Valentin Ciuca, Iasi, Romania

Since 1991 works in many private and public collections in : Romania, Germany, Italy, France, Austria, USA, Canada, England, UK.