Carmen Marin
Born in 1977, Constanța, Romania
Lives and works in Bucharest, Romania
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Art History from the National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
Advisor: Professor Marilena Preda Sanc
Graduated from the Painting Department of the National University of Fine Arts, Bucharest, Romania, 2000
Studied under Professor Stefan Calti
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Carmen Marin: Toward Primordiality, The National Museum of Fine Arts in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. Curated by Vladimir Bulat. April 27—April 30.
2021—2022 “DOR/DESIRE,” midcareer retrospective at Țării Crișurilor Museum, Oradea, Bihor, Romania
2019 Art Fair, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2019 Rotenberg-Uzunov Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2019 The National Museum of Fine Arts, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2018 Renaissance Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2017 Dix Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Dix Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2014 Magheru One, Bucharest, Romania
2013 Carol Parc Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
2012 Galleri Storck, Oslo, Norway
2009 Dix Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2009 La Baule, France
2008 Carol Parc Hotel, Bucharest, Romania
2008 Costa Meloneras, Gran Canaria, Spain
2007 Irecson Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2007 Hilton Art Club, Bucharest, Romania
2006 Romanian Institute, Berlin, Germany
2005 Maarten's Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2005 L'Institut Français, Bucharest, Romania
2004 Uart Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2003 ValHouse Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2003 Romanian Embassy, Athens, Greece
2001 UART Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2001 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Bucharest, Romania
1999 World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania
1998 Friedrich Schiller Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 XL Space Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2019 Dix Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2019 MANA Contemporary Open House, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2013 Open House, Kiev, Ukraine
2010 World Village Festival, Helsinki, Finland 2004 World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania
2004 Art Museum, Athens, Greece
2003 World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania
2003 Florence Biennale International Exhibition, Florence, Italy
2002 World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania
2002 Art Salon, Bucharest, Romania
2001 UART Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2001 The International Fair of Visual Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2000 Art Salon, Bucharest, Romania
1999 Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research, Venice, Italy
1999 MLPAT Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1998 World Trade Center, Bucharest, Romania
1997 Timisoara Art Museum, Timisoara, Romania
1996 The National Romanian Literature Museum, Bucharest, Romania
1996 Apollo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
1995 Metopa Gallery, Pitești, Romania
AWARDS
2004 The Olympic Sport and Art Contest Prize in Graphic Works, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
2004 Maeba by Maria Elba Sotillo Pantin (RAO: Bucharest, Romania)
MEMBERSHIPS
Fine Artist's Union, Bucharest, Romania
PROJECTS
2000 Decoration of the French Restaurant Marly, Bucharest, Romania
2019 Artist-in-Residence Program, ESKFF, Jersey City, NJ, USA
1999 Restoration of the Greek Temple, Bucharest, Romania
1997 Sighet Memorial—Setting up the permanent Museum Exhibition, Sighet, Romania
SCHOLARSHIPS
1999 Studies and Documentation, Venice, Italy
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Norway, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America
Carmen Marin
Between Presence and Absence, 2024
Acrylic on linen
55 by 51 inches (140 by 130 cm)