CIPRIAN MUREȘAN Romanian, b. 1977

Ciprian Mureşan (b. 1977, Dej, Romania) graduated from the University of Art and Design in 2001 as well as the Academy of Fine Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Ciprian Mureşan's art critiques history and artistic canon through recontextualisation and deconstruction, showcasing a playful yet sardonic perspective on the world. Born in communist Romania, his work reflects his experiences of transition to capitalism and challenges institutionalised systems with irony and wit.

Ciprian Mureşan has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including Museum of Art Cluj Napoca, Cluj, Romania; Tate Modern, London; Ludwig Museum- Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary; Museo Pietro Canonica a Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy; and SMAK Museum Ghent; MUSEION Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland amongst others. Recent group exhibitions include BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania; Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany; Para Site, Hong Kong; Drawing Room, London, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia; MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria; Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany; Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY; ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA and the New Museum, New York, NY. Mureşan’s works have previously been included in the 53rd Venice Biennial and the 17th Biennial in Sydney, Australia. 

Mureşan’s work is included in the collections of ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; Art Collection Telekom, Bonn, Germany; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany; Pomeranz Collection, Vienna, Austria; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA; The Sander Collection, Darmstadt, Germany; Tate Collection, London, UK; The Taylor Collection, Denver, USA.