Biography

Rudolf Bone

(b. 1951 in Oradea, Romania) lives and works in Oradea. Graduated in 1976 The Art Institute “Ioan Andreescu”, Cluj, RO. Since 1984, he was a member of the Atelier 35 (the young section of the Romanian Fine Arts Union). In 1993, he destroyed most of his work and archive and retired from the art scene. He returned to art in 2009.

Solo Exhibitions

2010
DICE, Galeria Plan B Berlin, DE
Rudolf Bone, Galeria Plan B Berlin, DE
Memory of Form, Konstant Gallery, Oradea, RO

2009
Expansion, East Mill Gallery, Oradea, RO
B,O,N,E. square², Visual Art Gallery, Oradea, RO
Square's Temptations, Grotto Gallery, Oradea, RO

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Relatări despre o singurătate zgomotoasă, Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest, RO
Supposed You Are Not, Arter, Istanbul, TR

2021
Sensul Sculpturii, Galeria Sector 1, Bucharest, RO

2020
Dupa doisprezece ani. Productia artistica din Romania in 180 de lucrari. Expozitia Achizitiilor de Opere de Arta, MNAC - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, RO
Sensul Sculpturii, Kunsthalle Bega, Timisoara, RO

2019
Ex-East, past and recent stories of the Romanian Avant-Garde, Espace Niemeyer, Paris, FR

2018
DOUBLE HEADS MATCHES. A selection of contemporary artworks from four Romanian private collections, New Budapest Gallery, Budapest, HU

2016
Track Changes, curated by Plan B at Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, BR
BERLIN SHOW #4: Inventory, Galeria Plan B, Berlin, DE

2015
Appearance and Essence, ArtEncounters 1st edition, Timisoara, RO

2014
Between the Lines, Galeria Plan B, Cluj, RO

2012
Line and Erasure (with Dan Perjovschi), Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, DE
Salonul de vară, Galeria Plan B Cluj, RO
Just Another Brick in the Wall, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zurich, CH
Instart 1, Aurel Lazar Museum, Oradea, RO

2011
Performance in the booth of Galeria Plan B Cluj/Berlin, VIENNAFAIR, AT
Experiment and Community. Atelier 35 of Oradea 1981-1995, Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, HU
Salonul de mai, Galeria Plan B, Cluj, RO
Microfailure, Visual Container, International Video Symposium, Milano, IT
Sky Perspective, Arta Gallery, Oradea, RO

2010
When History Comes Knocking: Romanian Art from the 80s and 90s in Close Up, Galeria Plan B Berlin, DE
Borderless, Visual Container, International Video Symposium, Oradea, RO

1993
Allegory 2, Performance Festival, Bistrița, RO
Zone – Eastern Europe, Performance Festival, Timisoara, RO

1992
International Performance Symposium, Bratislava, Nove Zamky, SK; Karlovy-Vary, CZ
International Performance Symposium, Vac, HU

1991
Allegory 1, Performance Festival, Bistrita, RO
State without title, Contemporary Arts Festival, Timisoara, RO

1989
Orizont Gallery, Bucharest (with Dan Perjovschi), RO
Atelier 35 Oradea, UAP Gallery, Cluj, RO
Atelier 35 Oradea, UAP Gallery Sibiu, RO

1988
Atelier 35 Oradea, Home of the Arts' Gallery, Bucharest, RO

1986
Atelier 35 Oradea, Helios Gallery, Timisoara, RO
Mobil: Foto II, Atelier 35, Mercur Gallery, Oradea, RO

1985
Human Body Expression, Atelier 35, Mercur Gallery, Oradea, RO

1984
Mobil: Foto I, Atelier 35, Mercur Gallery, Oradea, RO

1983
”Dantesca ” biennal at Ravenna, Italy

1977
Republican youth exhibition, Bucharest

Bibliography

Exhibition Catalogues, Artist Books, Monographs

• 2013
  Cavatorta, Francesco (ed.). Civil Society Activism under Authoritarian Rule: A Comparative Perspective (Routledge / ECPR studies in European Political Science). Abingdon: Routledge, 2013, pp. 66-67.
  
  2012
  Di Quinzio, Apsara. Six Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012, p.113.
  
  2007
  Stiles, Kristine; Codrescu, Andrei; Babias, Marius; Marcoci, Roxana. States of mind: Dan & Lia Perjovschi. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 2007, p.112.
  Preda, Caterina. Art and Politics under Modern Dictatorships: A Comparison of Chile and Romania. Cham: Springer Nature, 2007, pp. 8, 266, 267, 268.
  
  2002
  Ileana, Pintilie. Actionism in Romania during the Communist Era. Cluj-Napoca: Idea Design & Print, 2002.
  
  2001
  Guță, Adrian. The 80’s Generation in the Visual Arts. Bucharest: Paralela 45, 2001.
  
  2000
  Cârneci, Magda. Art in Romania, 1945 -1989, Bucharest: Meridiane, 2000.
  
  1999
  Cârneci, Magda. Art of the 1980’s in Eastern Europe: texts on postmodernism. Pitesti: Paralela 45, 1999.
  
  1997
  Titu, Alexandra. Experiment in Romanian Art since 1960. Bucharest: Soros Center for Contemporary Art, 1997.
  Cârneci, Magda. ”80s in Romanian Art” in Experiment in Romanian Art since 1960. Bucharest: Soros Center for Contemporary Art, 1997.

Articles and reviews

• 2017
  Francis, Rich. ”Romania's 10 Contemporary Artists and Where to Find Them,” Culture Trip.com, January, 2017.
  
  2015
  Preda, Caterina. ”Forms of Collaboration of Visual Artists in Communist Romania of the 1970s-1980s,” Hungarian Historical Review 4, No. 1, 2015, pp. 171, 196.
  
  2013
  ”Orașul văzut de generația ’80,” arta vizuala 21, 2013.
  Plămădeală, Mihai. ”Orașul văzut de generația ’80,” Observatorul Cultural.ro, No. 671, April, 2013.
  
  2012
  ”Expozitie Dan Perjovschi - Rudolf Bone la Asociaţia Kunstverein Ludwigsburg,” hotnews.ro, September, 2012.
  ”Dan Perjovschi şi Rudolf Bone expun la Berlin,” Radio România Cultural.ro. September, 2012.
  
  2011
  Weibel-Lucerna, Daniela. ”'Another brick in the wall' eveniment de artă românească în Zürich,” casa-romanilor.ch, November, 2011.
  Ghiu, Daria. ”Istoria artei estice trebuie scrisă de esticii înşişi,” Agenda.liternet.ro, March, 2011.
  Brownell, Ginanne. ”Why Romanian Arts Have Gone Global,” Pri.org, February, 2011.
  
  2010
  Năsui, Cosmin. ”Galeria Plan B – Rudolf Bone,” modernism.ro, September, 2010.

Press

• Francis, Rich. ”Romania’s 10 Contemporary Artists and Where to Find Them,” Culture Trip.com, 2017

• Brownell, Ginanne. ”Why Romanian Arts have gone global,” Pri.org, 2011