Mona Vătămanu and Florin Tudor are artists who have worked together since 2000. Their artistic practice consists of film, photography, painting, performance, and site-specific projects. On the occasion of the FORMER WEST Research Exhibition Surplus Value at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst (06.09–09.11.2009), Vătămanu and Tudor took part in BAK’s Research-in-Residence program in 2009. Previous residencies include: FRAC|Nord – Pas de Calais, Dunkerque (2008); Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2008); Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin (2006); and Project Room, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (2003). Exhibitions include: Still (the) Barbarians, EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, 2016; Clinical Architectures for a Compositionist Future, CAMERA PLUS, Biennial of contemporary photography and moving image, Centrul de Fotografie Contemporană, Iași, 2016; Graphisches Kabinett, Secession, Vienna, 2009; Appointment with History, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, 2008; August, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest, 2008; Living Units, Mercer Union, Toronto, 2008; and Re-animating the city, Cooper Gallery, Dundee, 2006. Recent group exhibitions include: Liquid times, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, 2009; Pièces de résistance: Forms of Resistance in Contemporary Art, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, 2009; Nothing is worth more than this day, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest, 2009; Blind Spots, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, 2009; Sounds and Visions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2009; 5th Berlin Biennial, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, 2008; Art as Gift, Periferic Biennial 8, Iaşi, 2008; Like an Attali Report, but different. On fiction and political imagination, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, 2008; Since we last spoke about monuments, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague, 2008; Dada East? Romanian Context of Dadaism, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2008; Atomized, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam, 2008; Low-Budget Monuments, 52nd Venice Biennale, Romanian Pavilion, Venice, 2007; The Building Show, Exit Art Gallery, New York, 2007; Der Prozess, Collective memory and social history, Prague Biennale 3, Prague, 2007; and How to Do Things? In the Middle of (No)where…, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, 2006. In addition the artists regularly participate in numerous festivals, screening programs, and curatorial projects. Vătămanu and Tudor live and work in Bucharest. [Last updated 2017]
MONA VA˘ TA˘ MANU and FLORIN TUDOR are artists who have worked together since 2000. Their artistic practice consists of film, photography, painting, performance, and site-specific projects. Exhibitions include: Still (the) Barbarians, EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, 2016; and Clinical Architectures for a Compositionist Future, CAMERA PLUS, Biennial of contemporary photography and moving image, Centrul de Fotografie Contemporana˘ , Ias¸ i, 2016.
