Catalin Badarau, Across, 2015, Iron, silicone, glass, water, 150 × 100 × 80 cm Catalin Badarau, Meat Me III, 2015, Iron and silicone, 320 × 350 × 60 cm Catalin Badarau, Misled, Sculpture, bronze and iron, aprox. 50X5X10 cm (HXDXW) (3) Cătălin Bădărău, Working force, 2014, Sculpture, mixed media, 140x70x30cm (HxWxD) Catalin Badarau, Scaffold, 2010, Sculpture, bronze and iron, aprox. 30X45X5 cm (HXWXD) Cătălin Bădărău, The Rest, 2015, Sculpture, iron and silicone, 130x40x50cm (WxDxH) Cătălin Bădărău, Depersonalization, 2011, Sculpture, carved polystyrene, 350 x100x50cm (HxWxD) Cătălin Bădărău, Depersonalization, 2011, Sculpture, carved polystyrene, 350 x100x50cm (HxWxD) Catalin Badarau, Depersonalization, 2009, ceramic, 85cm.h Cătălin Bărărău, „Derail”, 2015, Sculpture-Installation, mixed media, 230x40x150 cm (WxDxH) Cătălin Bădărău, Depersonalization, 2011, Sculpture, carved polystyrene, 350 x100x50cm (HxWxD) Catalin Badarau, Me and my double, 2008, Sintetic resin, fibre glass, 45 × 90 × 25 cm
Born in February 18, 1981, RO
Live and works in Bucharest, Romania, and teaches at the National University of Arts Bucharest, Sculpture Department
EDUCATION
2014 – PhD, National University of Arts Bucharest, RO
2009 – MA, National University of Arts, Sculpture Department, Bucharest, RO
2007 – BA, National University of Arts, Sculpture Department, Bucharest, RO
SOLO SHOWS
2016 – Perpetuum Violence, Nasui Collection & Gallery, Bucharest RO
2015 – Derail, Funnel Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RO
2015 – Klein Titel, Galerie #23, Langenberg, DE
2013 – Nur wo du bist da ist nichts, Galerie#23, Langenberg, DE
2009 – UMANIZARE-DEZUMANIZARE, Galeria Galateea, Bucharest, RO
2007 – Depersonalizare, organised by Hunedoara City Hall at Hunedoara City Hall Art Gallery, RO
GROUP SHOWS, BIENNALES, SYMPOSIA, PROJECTS
2016 – ”Uprooted – Dezrădăcinat” – Aurel Vlad, Cătălin Bădărău, Istituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica, IT
2015 – Aegyssus, Muzeu de Artă Modernă şi Contemporană, Tulcea, RO
2015 – Salonul de Sculptura mica, Galeria Simeza, Bucharest, RO
2014 – Profesorii şi profesorii lor, Brancovan Palaces, Mogoșoaia, RO
2014 – Unarte la 150 de ani, Sala Dalles, Bucharest, RO
2014 – Nud, Galeriile de artă, Focşani, RO
2013 – Group exhibition, G.A.P, Glurns, IT
2013 – Jeux de la Francophonie, Palais Acropolis, Nissa, FR
2013 – Saloanele Moldovei, XXIII edition, Chişinău-Bacău, RO-ML
2013 – dintr-UNA, UNA Galeria, Bucharest, RO
2012 – Turbohalle, Alternative Cultural Centre – Turbohalle, Bucharest, RO
2012 – Group exhibition, GoldArt, Bucharest, RO
2011 – Group exhibition/Teachers and Students of Sculpture Department, UNA, Bucharest, RO
2011 – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Interferențe Dunărene 2011, Muzeul de Artă Drobetă Turnu Severin, RO
2011 – Trans-realities, curator: Petru Lucaci, Paris, FR
2010 – Salonul Național de Artă Atingeri și Semne, Palatul Parlamentului, Sala Brâncuși, Bucharest, RO
2010 – dintr-UNA, UNA Galeria, Bucharest, RO
2010 – Bienala Gheorghe Petrascu, Complexul Național Muzeal Curtea Domnească, Târgovişte RO
2010 – Identităţi, Galeria Orizont, Bucharest, RO
2009 – Bienala de artă contemporană de la Tulcea, Muzeul de Arta Contemporana, Tulcea
2009 – Corp, Căminul Artei, Bucharest, RO
2009 – Aegyssus,Galeria UNA, Bucharest, RO
2009 – Salonul de iarnă, Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO
2009 – Salonul de iarnă, Palatul Suţu, Bucharest, RO
2009 – Expoziţia de Artă Contemporană, Galeria Apollo, Bucharest, RO
2009 – Desene de sculptor, Galeria Căminul Artei, Bucharest, RO
2008 – Bienala Gheorghe Petraşcu, Complexul Naţional Muzeal Curtea Domnească, Târgovişte, RO
2008 – Debut UNArte, Opera Română, Bucharest, RO
2007 – Expozitia “Arta Zemoasă”, curator Aurelia Mocanu, UNA Gallery, Bucharest, RO
2007 – “Absolvenţi ai UNA Bucureşti”, Hunedoara City Hall, RO
2007 – “Ezorelism”sau “Jubirely”, UNA Galeria, Bucharest, RO
2007 – Expoziţia “Bursele U.A.P.” Galeria Artis, Bucharest, RO
2004 – Expozitia itineranta “Ion Irimescu”, Iași, RO
2004 – Group exhibition, galeria Apollo, Bucharest, RO
AWARDS & PRIZES
2015 – Sculpture Prize, ”AEGYSSUS” National Biennale of Contemporary Art Tulcea
2010 – First Prize for Sculpture, Bienala Naţională de Artă Plastică „Gheorghe Petraşcu” Târgovişte
2008 –Won Scholarship in Roma, IT granted by National University of Arts Bucharest, RO and Eximbank România
2007 – Visual Arts Prize granted by National University of Arts Bucharest, RO
2007 – Sculpture Scholarship granted by Uniunea Artiștilor Plastici din România
2004 – First Prize for Sculpture „Primavera Tinerilor Artiști”, Bucharest, RO
PUBLICATIONS
2016 – Uprooted/Dezrădăcinat – Aurel Vlad, Cătălin Bădărău feat. Napoleon Tiron, PostModernism Museum Publishing House, ISBN 978-606-93751-3-6
2014 – „Pictură, Sculptură, Grafică, UNArte la 150 de ani”, Editura UNARTE, Bucureşti, ISBN- 978-606-720-009-6
2014 – „Nud şi jocurile imaginii”, Editura Terra, Focşani, ISBN 978-606-8299-76-1
2012 – „Vârsta de bronz”, Editura Eikon, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 978-973-757-664-4
2012 – „Forma, Întrebări şi Răspunsuri”, Tipar SC Print Group SRL, Bucureşti
2011 – „Sinteze contemporane –Arta românească”, Editura Bruman, Timişoara, ISBN 978-973-602-680-5
2010 – „Ipostaze ale corpului uman în arta contemporană”, Focşani
2010 – „Corpul Supravegheat”, Editura UNARTE, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-606-8296-02-9
2010 – „ART EXPO/ Universitatea Creştină Dimitrie Cantemir”, Editura UNARTE, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-973-1922-77-5
2009 – „Corp, Corpul ca proiect cultural contemporan, Provocări teoretice- replici artistice”, Editura UNARTE, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-973-1922-67-6
2009 – „AEGYSSUS”, Editura UNARTE, Bucureşti, ISBN 978-973-1922-55-3