Simona Vilau (b. 1983) is an artist and curator based in Bucharest, Romania.
In 2011, she was the curator of LC Foundation Contemporary Art Centre in Bucharest and started as a member
of Platforma space’s team, in the framework of Anexa MNAC Bucharest (until 2012).
She developed projects with artists concerned with provocative, transgressive aesthetics, being interested,
as a curator, both in old and new media. As a researcher, she is a contributor to the project Eastern European
Collectors, initiated by Hans Knoll (owner of Knollgalerie, in Vienna and Budapest). She is a
permanent collaborator of Arta magazine and holds a Ph.D. degree on a subject related to the image of violence
in Romanian contemporary art.
Education
2012 – Ph.D. in Fine Arts, National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2008 – Master in Fine Arts, Painting Dept., National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2006 – Bachelor in Fine Arts, Painting Dept., National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
Artistic activity
2013 - The Beloved, Galeria 26, Bucharest, Romania (solo-show)
2011 – Mă numesc Cartier! / My name is Neighbourhood!, Make a Point, Bucharest, Romania,
curated by Cynthia Canela, Valentina Iancu
2011 – Desert lane (an almost violent diary), Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Alexandru Davidian (solo show)
2011 – Figure In, Figure Out, LC Foundation, Bucharest
2010 – How was it possible ?, Tel Aviv Romanian Cultural Institute, Israel
2010 – Zoomania.ro, MNAC, Bucharest, curated by Mihai Oroveanu
2010 – Idyll, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Olivia Nitis
2008 – 7 parallel 7, Artexpo Bucharest, Museum of Young Art, Vienna, Austria, curated by Diana Dochia, Ileana Dubovan
2008 – Biennale dell'Arti d'Unita d'Italia, Caserta, Italia
2007 – Communication breakdown, Carturesti, Bucharest, curated by Marilena Oprescu (solo show)
2006 – Beauty and The Beast, Casa Matei, Cluj-Napoca, Bruckenthal Museum Contemporary Art
Gallery, Sibiu, K.O.KE.M., Miercurea-Ciuc, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, curated by Bogdan Iacob
In 2011, she was the curator of LC Foundation Contemporary Art Centre in Bucharest and started as a member
of Platforma space’s team, in the framework of Anexa MNAC Bucharest (until 2012).
She developed projects with artists concerned with provocative, transgressive aesthetics, being interested,
as a curator, both in old and new media. As a researcher, she is a contributor to the project Eastern European
Collectors, initiated by Hans Knoll (owner of Knollgalerie, in Vienna and Budapest). She is a
permanent collaborator of Arta magazine and holds a Ph.D. degree on a subject related to the image of violence
in Romanian contemporary art.
Education
2012 – Ph.D. in Fine Arts, National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2008 – Master in Fine Arts, Painting Dept., National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
2006 – Bachelor in Fine Arts, Painting Dept., National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania
Artistic activity
2013 - The Beloved, Galeria 26, Bucharest, Romania (solo-show)
2011 – Mă numesc Cartier! / My name is Neighbourhood!, Make a Point, Bucharest, Romania,
curated by Cynthia Canela, Valentina Iancu
2011 – Desert lane (an almost violent diary), Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Alexandru Davidian (solo show)
2011 – Figure In, Figure Out, LC Foundation, Bucharest
2010 – How was it possible ?, Tel Aviv Romanian Cultural Institute, Israel
2010 – Zoomania.ro, MNAC, Bucharest, curated by Mihai Oroveanu
2010 – Idyll, Atelier 030202, Bucharest, Romania, curated by Olivia Nitis
2008 – 7 parallel 7, Artexpo Bucharest, Museum of Young Art, Vienna, Austria, curated by Diana Dochia, Ileana Dubovan
2008 – Biennale dell'Arti d'Unita d'Italia, Caserta, Italia
2007 – Communication breakdown, Carturesti, Bucharest, curated by Marilena Oprescu (solo show)
2006 – Beauty and The Beast, Casa Matei, Cluj-Napoca, Bruckenthal Museum Contemporary Art
Gallery, Sibiu, K.O.KE.M., Miercurea-Ciuc, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, curated by Bogdan Iacob