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Aici Acolo is a curatorial collective built on friendship, sharing skills and knowledge, that aims to cultivate collaborative models and support young and emerging artists, making use of the pop-up format for exhibitions, hence the Pop-up Gallery, to temporary transform unused or abandoned urban spaces.
Aici Acolo_Cluj-Napoca_Snap from the opening of the exhibition You Can Meet Me Anywhere, pop-up exhibition, 2016
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ALERT studio is an independent project initiated by Raluca Demetrescu, Alina Buga and Catalin Burcea in order to create a platform of research and promotion of contemporary artistic production. Taking on the function of a laboratory space, Studio Alert proposes a meeting between artists, ideas, directions and speeches from different areas of conceptual and cultural spaces. Critical thinking and interrogation are important and valued as research methods in the contemporary cultural and artistic field.
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Independent art space, open to safeguard a work that has survived time, artist and intention. The sole of 100 interventions. Artistic intervention 42 of 13 Tribunei Street, Sibiu. Artă.nonstop was founded by George Roșu, together with the NGO Develop and uzinaduzina, with the intention to place this intervention in an artistic context, thus contributing to its safekeeping.
Artă.nonstop_Sibiu_Image from the opening event of Artă.nonstop, 2020, courtesy of Artă.nonstop.
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ATELIER 030202 is a contemporary art space dedicated to young visual artists interested in experiment, visual concept and new media. It is coordinated by artist Mihai Zgondoiu.
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The activity of the ARTeast Foundation consists of organizing solo and group exhibitions, artistic interventions, talks and symposiums, residencies. The location of most of its events is the B5 Studio, comprising an exhibition space, a residency area and a contemporary art library. The specificity of the initiative lies in a strong conceptual footing and a responsiveness to the cultural and social phenomena found in the local environment, as well as in East-European society and in international contexts. Its main objective is to connect the local art scene to the international and European cultural landscape, with a specific attention to keeping contact with expat artists, and addressing topics of local society.
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Balamuc (Romanian for loonie bin) is the manifesto-free experimental platform of Livia Coloji, Răzvan Cornici and Ana Kun. Generally they develop their own projects and together they collaborate for The Norm, a series of observations on social, political, cultural and whatever themes, a kind of collective sketchbook which can be browsed online and offline. Since its birth in 2013, Balamuc generates and hosts private and collaborative projects regularly.
BALAMUC_Timișoara_Image of the studio space. Photo: Lucian Barbu, courtesy of Balamuc.
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Baraka Artist-run space is a place for contemporary artistic production and research.
Baraka_Timișoara_Image from the exhibition I forgot my ruler!, 2023. Photo: Roland Vaczi, courtesy of Lateral ArtSpace.
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Cabinet 44 is a hybrid space that functions mainly as a studio extension for the founding artists and aims to develop organically into a space dedicated to projects, exchanges and dialogues between artists. Founded and coordinated by artists Ioana Gheorghiu, Adelina Ivan, Ramon Sadîc and Virginia Toma.
Cabinet 44_Bucharest_Image of the entrance to the exhibition space, courtesy of Cabinet 44.
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CAMERA is the artist-run space founded by Irina Dumitrașcu Măgurean, a visual artist based in Cluj-Napoca. CAMERA is focused on promoting the work of emerging visual artists, especially photography-related, as well as installation art, new media and mixed media.
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Diptych exhibits contemporary art while also serving as a creative space and art studio.
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ETAJ is an artist-run space that was established in 2018. It serves as a catalyst, focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of contemporary artistic creations within the local context. A group of artists came together to form this cultural cell, aiming to address the needs of emerging artists and provide them with alternative solutions for showcasing and presenting their work to the public. It embraces an eclectic and spontaneous aesthetic approach, often delving into experimental territory. However, it also incorporates specific organizational elements, such as the in situ nature of the exhibited works, designed and showcased by the featured artists. By emphasizing contextual and site-specific aspects, ETAJ aims to create a unique experience for both artists and audiences. This initiative strives to increase the visibility of emerging artists, supporting their creative endeavours and fostering an environment where their innovative works can be discovered and appreciated.
ETAJ artist-run space_Bucharest_Image from the opening event of the exhibition Mystic Nothing, 2018. Courtesy of ETAJ.
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Friche (fri-ch') Friche (fri-ch') is an uncultivated, residual, abandoned space. Friche (fri-ch') is a living, wild, vital space. Friche (fri-ch') is a space irresolute between resignation and renewal. Friche (fri-ch') is an ecosystem. Friche (fri-ch') is a potential space. Friche (fri-ch') is a new collective consciousness. Friche (fri-ch') is a project space coordinated by Ana Horhat and Ovidiu Leuce that intercepts visions about art, city and landscape.
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Indecis Artist Run is an independent space located in Timișoara, Romania, founded in 2020 by an artist and an engineer. As a non-profit, non-hierarchical organization, our aim is to promote and cultivate dynamic relationships between contemporary art and artists of all kinds. The space is dedicated to hosting exhibitions, stimulating artistic production, publishing works, presenting and debating ideas, and offering non-formal art education programs.
Indecis_Timișoara_Image from the opening of the exhibition EXTR-Activism. Decolonising Space Mining, 2023. Photo: Mircea Ilcău, courtesy of Indecis Artist Run.
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kinema ikon – multimedia atelier was founded by George Sabău in 1970. The group underwent several periods of activity throughout the years. In 1990, ki became a part of the Arad Museum Complex. Since 2012 the group has had its dedicated gallery space at the Art Museum in Arad. Călin Man is the group’s current coordinator.
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LAPSUS is an independent artist-run space and laboratory dedicated to supporting interdisciplinary research in contemporary art through personal and collective projects working with emerging practitioners. Our spaces are situated in the old paint factory “AZUR”.
LAPSUS_Timișoara_Image from the exhibition Share, Tag or Dye, 2023. Photo: Roland Vaczi, courtesy of Lateral ArtSpace.
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Lateral ArtSpace is an independent contemporary art platform initiated in April 2012, as an experimental platform for young and emerging artists, with a focus on the dialogue between local and international artists. Until December 2019, Lateral ArtSpace was located at Fabrica de Pensule, a former paintbrush factory transformed into the most acclaimed independent art center in Romania. Since closing the exhibition space at the end of 2019, the team implemented cultural projects focusing on contemporary art and the artist run sector at various locations in Romania or abroad. Lateral ArtSpace is coordinated by Cristina Curcan/musz and Lucian Indrei, in association with Dragoș Bădiță.
Lateral ArtSpace_Cluj-Napoca_Exhibition opening of To the Reading Room. We Applied Ourselves to Mid-Air Visits by Apparatus 22, 2019. Photo: Roland Váczi, courtesy of Lateral ArtSpace.
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The MAGMA Contemporary Art Space started working on the April of 2010, with a three years preparatory work in Romania in Saint George city with the founders and runners of the space – Ágnes-Evelin Kispál (Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department), Attila Kispál (Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department) and Barnabás Vetró Bodoni till 2013 (Academy of Fine Arts, Cluj and Timișoara). MAGMA is an independent artist run space, the events realised are going on his defined concept, namely to present contemporary art, focusing on media art, workshops, experimental or improvizative music, artist talks, art pedagogy, guided tours, performances; cooperating not only with those who come from the art field but also with musicians, philosophers, or theater etc.
MAGMA_Sf. Gheorghe_Image of the building hosting MAGMA, 2018. Photo: Attila Kispál, courtesy of MAGMA.
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MATCA artspace is a DIY artist-run space managed by three local artists in Cluj-Napoca.
MATCA artspace_Cluj-Napoca_Exhibition view of 30 years of Optimism, 2021. Photo: Alexandru Mihai Budeș, courtesy of MATCA.
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Built on the premise that the Peasant Museum (Muzeul Țăranului) has always been and will continue to be a vibrant space, the proposal to transform the basement hall of the museum (which has been hosting the MNȚRplusC program since April 2021) into a site for artistic experimentation is an initiative aimed at fostering a new community comprised of artists active in the art scene and its followers. Some of the exhibitions held in the MNȚRplusC hall will draw references from the museum's material and immaterial heritage.
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The Nano Gallery is an artist-run space; it is a project born in the virtual/online world, and it focuses on assuming a transgressive type of activism, both in the sphere of visual arts and on the social and political scenes. Starting with 2012, this recalcitrant spirit embodied within the Paintbrush Factory in Cluj, thus being able to develop its disturbing and uncomfortable vision in a tangible space, more accessible to the local public. In the real world, the Nano Gallery owned for 3 years the smallest space in the Factory, a fact that helps strengthen the idea of promoting art in a miniature, almost microscopic manner. In other words, symbolically speaking, you can enclose art in the size of a pill or a virus /pathogen agent. Small is beautiful, Small is powerful. Founded and coordinated by Gabriel Marian.
Nano Gallery_Cluj_Image from the opening of the exhibition Fake Is the New Real by Gabriel Marian, 2019. Source: Facebook.
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Founded in 2016 as a parasitic space (within an institutional art space). The role of RAFT was from the beginning to demonstrate that a favorable context for contemporary art can be created very simply and to start dismantling the idea that lack of money leads to lack of spaces and therefore of art. RAFT was founded and is coordinated by Alina Andrei and George Roșu.
RAFT (at MV Center)_Timișoara_Exhibition view of installation by Lia Perjovschi, 2023, courtesy of RAFT.
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Salonul de proiecte is a program focused on research and production, which promotes Romanian contemporary art through exhibitions, publications, presentations and debates, while positioning it in dialogue with the regional and international context. Salonul de proiecte was founded in 2011 in the framework of MNAC Anexa and since 2016 it functions as an independent art space located in Palatul Universul, Bucharest. The team is comprised of the artists Alexandra Croitoru and Ștefan Sava, and curator Magda Radu.
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Sandwich is an artist-run space that strongly benefits from its all-inclusive view on the art world. Having started by using the hidden potential of a residual space in-between two utilitarian buildings (11 sqm), Sandwich is slowly but constantly expanding and now includes Sandwich Chocolat (indoor, rusty metal, former storage unit), Sandwich Sculpture (200 sqm unclaimed outdoor space) and Sandwich Offspace (at Malmaison Studios, indoor, white walls).
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Located within the iconic Casa Scânteii building in Bucharest, Switch Lab is a project-based space founded in 2017 by Romanian visual artist Dani Ghercă. SwitchLab actively promotes diverse forms of visual practices, spanning photography, video, installations, and other forms of visual representations of our time. SwitchLab primarily produces its own exhibitions, workshops, and artist talks with a focus on young and emerging visual artists. Additionally, our team collaborates with public and private contemporary art institutions to organize and curate exhibitions, employing our expertise in production and exhibition design.
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Unirea Studios brings together more than nine personal creative studios at the last floor of the former UNIREA Factory in Cluj-Napoca.
Unirea Studios_Cluj_Image from Unirea open studios #3, 2023. Photo: Dorina Doce, courtesy of Unirea Studios.
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VAGon – In(ter)disciplined space is a creative hub developed within the Malmaison Studios community. Originated in the artistic and research practices of duo Sabina Suru & Andrei Tudose, it works as a catalyst for cultural activities that tend to elude the realm of more established art spaces.
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With a focus on the analysis of nature and culture as forms of knowledge, VSC (Visual Studies Center) is an artist-run space that aims to go beyond appearances and simple aesthetic representation, delving into biology, natural history, ethology and ethics, ecology and evolution to synthesize relevant information about living through art.
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A group of friends with a passion for the arts, providing a blank space for whatever matters. Coordinated by artist Alina Andrei.
White Cuib_Cluj_Image from an exhibition opening at White Cuib. Photo: Alina Andrei, courtesy of White Cuib.