Mădălina Zaharia

Mădălina Zaharia

"Mădălina Zaharia - Artist Portrait" / (c) Mădălina Zaharia

Biography

Mădălina Zaharia (*1985 in Sighetul Marmatiei, Romania), (she/her), visual artist, of Romanian ethnical background, grew up in Romania, with country of choice United Kingdom (currently lives and works in London). She was a 2023 fellow in residence at Akademie Schloss Solitude, holding a master of Royal College or Arts in 2012, London, graduated of Byam Shaw School of Art, CSM, UAL, London and University of Arts and Design, Bucharest. Her films have been included in the official selection of the BFI London Film Festival, Aesthetica Film Festival (York), Bucharest Experimental Film Festival, GRRL HAUS CINEMA (Boston and Berlin), Tourne-Films Festival Lausanne and many more.

An image from childhood held by my adult hand, photographed by Mădălina Zaharia - (c) Mădălina Zaharia

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Artistic disciplines:

• Video art

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Process

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Notable themes

Recurring theme in Mădălina Zaharia's works is sadness, timidity and introspection in order to make sense of what it means to be human and vulnerable in a world that can only ascribe value through assertiveness and success.

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Works in collections and public recognition

• exhibited nationally and internationally, at film festivals and art galleries.
• works in institutional and private collections.

Works included in the art collection of the Romanian National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection, Bucharest, Romania.

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Selected exhibitions

1.Selected solo exhibitions

• 2024 - solo exhibition, Bye-Bye Confidence, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
• 2022 - solo exhibition, TristxtOTL, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest, Romania

2.Selected group exhibitions

• 2025 - group exhibition, Flat Volume, APT Gallery, London, curated by Sarah Longworth-West, United Kingdom
• 2025 - group exhibition, TOGETHER, Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest, with Phoebe von Held, Anca Muntean Rimnic and Dana Andrei, Romania
• 2025 - group exhibition, aDigital Perspective, Galleria GOCAT/Piramida e Tiranës, curated by Spazio Taverna in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institutes of Belgrade, Bucharest and Tirana;
• 2024 - group exhibition, Variables as Absence of Uniformity, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2024 - group exhibition, The house, the paste, the weather (Part 1), BINZ39, Zürich, organised by Cazul101 & BINZ39;
• 2023 - group exhibition, Did you watch the video too?, Cazul 101, Summer screening programme, Bucharest;
• 2023 - group exhibition, PULS 22, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest;
• 2023 - group exhibition, INVENTORY OF THE WEEK/Inventarul Saptamanii curated by Anca Rujoiu, The National Centre for Dance Bucharest, Sala Omnia, Romania
• 2022 - group exhibition, Visions Programme 2 curated by Webb-Ellis, Nunnery Gallery (Bow Arts), London, United Kingdom

3.Film festivals, awards, nominations, shortlisted

• 2025 - film festival, 31st Cucalorus Film Festival 2025, Official selection (Film: Unfortunately_Wonderful_Difficult);
• 2025 - film festival, Prague Film Awards 2025, Winner of the 'Best Experimental' award (Film: Bye Bye Confidence);
• 2025 - film festival, Budapest Independent Film Festival 2025, nominated for the 'Best Short Film' award (Film: Bye Bye Confidence);
• 2024 - film festival, Milan Indie Film Festival 2024, Honourable Mention in the Best Short Experimental Film category (Film: Bye Bye

Confidence);

• 2024 - film festival, Jakarta Independent Film Festival 2024, nominated for the 'Best Short Director' award (Film: Bye Bye Confidence);
• 2024 - film festival, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2024, York, Official Selection (Film: Bye Bye Confidence);
• 2024 - film festival, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2024, Shortlisted and programmed as part of the Video Library (Film: Bye Bye

Confidence);

• 2024 - film festival, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (BIEFF), Official selection for the National Short Film Competition (Film: Bye Bye Confidence);
• 2024 - film festival, 7th Tourne-Films Festival Lausanne (TFFL) 2024, Official competition for the short film category (Film: Public Figure);
• 2024 - film festival, San Francisco Short Film Festival 2024, Winner of the Best Experimental (Film: TristxtOTL);
• 2024 - film festival, Close:Up Reykjavik Film Festival 2024, Winner of the Best Experimental (Film: TristxtOTL);
• 2023 - film festival, I will not be sad in this world, filmlounge 2023, Sehsaal, Vienna, curated by Maximilian Lehner;
• 2023 - film festival, 67th BFI London Film Festival, ICA London (Film: TristxtOTL);

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Artistic Residencies, Art Researches, Collaborations, Art Projects

• 2023 - Artist residency: Akademie Schloss Solitude Fellowship, Eastern European Network
• 2021 - Artist stipend: Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice Grant
• 2019 - Artist stipend: Chelsea Arts Club Trust – Trustees Award
• 2012 - Augustus Martin Award
• 2010 - Artist residency: AIR residency, AIRstudio, London

2008

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Selected works

• Art1-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  Title, photography by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Art2-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  Title, photography by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Art3-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  Title, photography by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Art4-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  Title, photography by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Art5-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  Title, photography by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

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Exhibition views

• Exh1-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  View from exhibition, works by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Exh2-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  View from exhibition, work by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Exh3-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  View from exhibition, work by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Exh4-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  View from exhibition, work by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

• Exh5-MadalinaZaharia.jpg

  View from exhibition, work by Mădălina Zaharia (c) Mădălina Zaharia

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Publications

1.Published books

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2.Published articles in journals & magazines

• 2014, Control Magazine| Issue Nineteen (contributor)
• 2014, Neru Phuyt| Issue 1 (contributor)
• 2013, UM:DRUCK| Issue 25 (contributor)

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Curating activity (Artist as curator)

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Catalogues

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Gallery Representation

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For further non-commercial inquiries, feel free to contact NPK

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Social Media Links

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mada_zah/

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Hashtags

(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)

poetry

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Compatible and inspirational artists:

(artist-mentioned reference list)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul,
Diego Marcon,
Andrea Luka Zimmerman,
Moyra Davey,
Dora García,
Dana Kavelina,
Deborah Stratman,
Hetain Patel,
Lindsay Seers,
Ben Rivers,
Riar Rizaldi,
Sophia Al Maria,
Iva Radivojević,
Nguyễn Trinh Thi,
John Akomfrah.

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