Biography

Iulia Nistor

(b. 1985, Romania) lives and works in Sao Paulo.

Education

2004 – 2011
Philosophy, German Literature and Art History at the Universities in Erlangen and
Regensburg

since 2012
PhD in Philosophy coordinated by Prof. Dr. Hans Rott, Analytic Philosophy,
University of Regensburg

2012 – 2014
Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, Prof. Thomas Hartmann (painting)

2015 – 2018
Städelschule Frankfurt, Prof. Amy Sillman and Monika Baer (painting)

Solo Exhibitions

2023
properties without object, Mendes Wood DM, New York, US

2019
Revenge of the Given, Plan B, Berlin, DE
Two Forward, Three Back, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, BE

2017
Eary Poise, Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, BR
canary in a coal mine, Plan B, Berlin, DE

2015
Before Interpretation, Galeria Electroputere, Craiova, RO
.../.../..., Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, AT

2014
(i)... (ii)... (iii)... (iv)..., Aiurart Contemporary Art Space, Bucharest, RO

2013
Non-Sense, Galeria 26, Bucharest, RO

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Pictorial Resonance, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, DE

2023
Linhas Tortas, Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, BR

2021
Living Together–Crossing Borders, The 4th Mediterranean Biennale, Sakhnin Valley, Haifa, IL
Secret Wing, Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale 2021, Timisoara, RO

2019
Rethinking the Image of the World, Ianchelevici Museum, La Louviere, BE
Iulia Nistor and Achraf Touloub, Space (Continuation and end), Rezidenta BRD Scena9, Bucharest, RO

2018
After Rubens. Absolventenausstellung, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2017
Ella CB & Iulia Nistor, JOHAN, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Mobile Biennale, Club Electroputere, Moldavia, RO

2016
Gardeners Digest: The Yew I, Societas Horti, Tbilisi, GA
Track Changes, curated by Plan B at Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, BR
The Real Kiss, JOHAN project space, Frankfurt am Main, DE

2015
Appearance and Essence, ArtEncounters 1st edition, Timisoara, RO
DIY Immortality Program (MTL II), Heute: project space, Nuremberg, DE
Into Black, Sala de Tipografie, Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest, RO

2014
areal17, AYCP Festival, Halle, DE
PediCure (MTL I), Heute: project space, Nuremberg, DE
Preisträgerausstellung, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna, AT
BYOB (bring your own beamer), Quelle Areal, Nuremberg, DE
Mooon, Aiurart Contemporary Art Space, Bucharest, RO

2013
8 – Problema infinitului personal, Galeria 26, Bucharest, RO
Q17/Q18, Offen auf AEG, AEG Areal, Nuremberg, DE
Escapes: Colony. Endocosmos. Ulysses. Unsent Postcards, Museo Guerra Junqueiro, Porto, PT

2012
Forum Junge Kunst, Westböhmisches Museum, Pilzen, CZ

Bibliography

Articles and reviews
  • 2019
    Ghiu, Bogdan. "Pictura-vedere, pentru o alta fenomenologie" in: Bojenoiu, Adrian, Nae, Cristian (eds.), Rethinking the Image of the World, Projects and sketches - Romanian Contemporary Art 2010-2020, Hatje Cantz, 2019.
    Willer, Luise. "Revenge of the Given", Exhibition text, Plan B, Berlin, September, 2019.
    Matzal, Andra. "In arta, momentul de indoiala e chiar inceputul", Scena 9, April, 2019.

    2018
    Schütte, Dana. "Iulia Nistor", Absolventenkatalog, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, 2018.

    2017
    Benschop, Juriaan. ”Iulia Nistor”, Artforum, Vol. 56, No. 1, September, 2017.
    Schrader, Sydney. "The Form of the Big Ball", Exhibition Text, Plan B, Berlin, May, 2017.
    ”Iulia Nistor « canary in a coal mine » at Galeria Plan B, Berlin”, Mousse Magazine.it, 2017.

    2015
    Bojenoiu, Adrian. ”Before Interpretation”, Revista Arta, December, 2015.

    2014
    Stefan, Olga. ”Iulia Nistor | (i)… (ii)… (iii)… (iv)…”, ArtReview, December, 2014.
    Vilau, Simona. "Meditations on the same being, on the same street", Revisit Arta, November, 2014.

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