Dan Vezentan

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Dan Vezentan

"Dan Vezentan - Artist Portrait" / (c) Dan Vezentan 2019



Biography

Dan Vezentan (b. in 1978, in Seini, Romania), (he/him), visual artist, of Romanian ethnical background, grew up in Romania, lives and works in Bucharest. As an agricultura storyteller, he explores the zootechnic and agricultural universe, presenting it subjectively as he recalls it from childhood. His works stem from the design of households, the animal feeding and watering systems or from the food stocking systems, investigating the production of food, surplus, biological waste and ecology. He grew up in the context of an agriculture based environment in Maramureș, northern Romania, surrounded by feeding machineries, technical husbandry manuals and animal anatomy books.


Dan Vezentan's first set of carpentry tools (around 1986) - (c) Dan Vezentan 2022


Artistic disciplines:


Process

Dan Vezentan's working process unfolds in situ, influenced by the local agricultural history, ecology and technologies used indigenously by agricultural workers.

Notable themes

Recurring theme in Dan Vezentan's works is food production, the agriculture work caught in the circular economy sphere and forgotten technologies, with a focus on surviving and basic needs, as well as aspects of commonning. He is inspired by the quiet ingenuity of rural agricultural technologies, reconfiguring them into visionary mechanisms and architectures of a utopian world.

Works in collections and public recognition

  • exhibited nationally and internationally, at art galleries,
  • exhibited in international biennales,
  • works in private and institutional collections.

Works in private collections in Romania. Works in National Museum of Contemporary Art Collection, Romania.

Selected exhibitions

1.Selected solo exhibitions
  • 2025 - solo exhibition, Structures de récolte, Galerie Boquet, Un weekend a l'est festival, Paris, France
  • 2025 - solo exhibition, My Timeline on Paper. Solo show, Atelierele Malmaison, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2025 - solo exhibition, Structuri de recoltare, The N-V Architecture Annual, Baia Mare, Romania
  • 2021 - solo exhibition, L’Anatomia del Cavallo, Kunsthalle Bega Box, Timișoara, Romania
  • 2020 - solo exhibition, Why Does The Earth Bear Us ?, Antipa Natural History Museum, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2018 - solo exhibition, Water, Food, Shelter, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2.Selected group exhibitions
  • 2025 - group exhibition, Polisticks. Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • 2025 - group exhibition, Ctr +Atl + Del. EMŰK, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
  • 2025 - group exhibition, HEMP - Back To The Future, Romanian Pavilion, World Expo 25, Osaka, Japan
  • 2025 - group exhibition, Shelter for Collective Dreaming. Siliștea Snagovului, Romania
  • 2025 - group exhibition, IEsc. Ivan Patzaichin Association, Creart, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2025 - group exhibition, To Give a House a form of an Event, Stația de cercetare/ Tranzit, Siliștea Snagovului, Romania
  • 2025 - group exhibition, În(toarcem) Cânepa în viitor, The Romanian Peasant Museum, București
  • 2025 - group exhibition, The Cats are Taking Over, Vila Catena, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2025 - group exhibition, Touch Nature. Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
  • 2025 - group exhibition, Fragile Images. Ethnographic Museum, Krakow, Poland
  • 2024 - group exhibition, Pursuing Light, Iomo Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2024 - group exhibition, The Harmless Show. C5CNM, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
  • 2024 - group exhibition, Răsucirea. Triumful provinciei, amurgul imperiilor. MNAC, Bucharest, Romania.
  • 2024 - group exhibition, Touch Nature. SAC Malmaison, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2024 - group exhibition, Conector On-Off, Electroglobal, Cluj, Romania
  • 2024 - group exhibition, Sein Name ist Pferd, Museumsgalerie im Dorfmuseum Rosshaupten, Germany
  • 2023 - group exhibition, All We Can Eat. Solo show, Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, Ivan Patzaikin Memorial. Public project, Tulcea, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, From place to community, from community to place. Kaunas Biennale, Lithuania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, Haptic Challenges. Visuality and Experiment in Contemporary Art.16 Portraits, Cetate Arts Danube, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, The Heritage of Ivan Patzaikin. The Romanian Peasant Museum, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, #ReSituări afective, Combinatul Fondului Plastic, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, Responsive Matter, Cazarma U, Timișoara, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, Heartbeat 22. MNAC acquisitions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2023 - group exhibition, Ferdinand. Kulturverein Hotel Kovel, Oberammergau, Germany
3.Biennials, museum retrospectives, comprehensive retrospective exhibitions, art fairs
  • 2025 - Art Fair: RAD Sculpture Park, Caro, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2024 - Art Fair: RAD Sculpture Park 2024. Caro, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2024 - MNAC Collections. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2023 - Biennale: Embodied Knowledges, Shifting Grounds” Biennale Jogja 17, 2023. Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 2023 - Art Fair: RAD Sculpture Park. Caro, Bucharest, Romania

Artistic Residencies, Art Researches, Collaborations, Art Projects

  • 2023 - Art Residency: Magic Carpets Residency, Kaunas, Lithuania


Selected works

  • The Plant Collector (Harvesting Structure No.6) 2024,Corten steel, anodised aluminium, stainless steel, 350 x 350 x 280cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2024

    The Plant Collector (Harvesting Structure No.6) 2024,Corten steel, anodised aluminium, stainless steel, 350 x 350 x 280cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2024

  • The Rice Collector (Harvesting Structure No.5) Jogja Biennale, 2023, Bamboo baskets, bamboo sticks, wire, rope, nails, 500 x 500 x 480cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2023

    The Rice Collector (Harvesting Structure No.5) Jogja Biennale, 2023, Bamboo baskets, bamboo sticks, wire, rope, nails, 500 x 500 x 480cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2023

  • Unpacking my Dearest Invaders, 2016, Wood, plywood, chicken wire, door hinges, wheels, corrugated bitumen roof, 120 x 700 x 220cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2016

    Unpacking my Dearest Invaders, 2016, Wood, plywood, chicken wire, door hinges, wheels, corrugated bitumen roof, 120 x 700 x 220cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2016

  • The Water Collector (Harvesting Structure No.4) Tulcea, 2022-2023, Steel, metallic enamel buckets, aluminium, steel, inox, water filtering system, hydraulic engine, floating devices, 520 x 900 x 500cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2023

    The Water Collector (Harvesting Structure No.4) Tulcea, 2022-2023, Steel, metallic enamel buckets, aluminium, steel, inox, water filtering system, hydraulic engine, floating devices, 520 x 900 x 500cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2023

  • L'Anatomia del Cavallo-Tauola II del Lib.IV, VI, 2019, ink on paper, 270 x 320cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2019

    L'Anatomia del Cavallo-Tauola II del Lib.IV, VI, 2019, ink on paper, 270 x 320cm, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2019



Exhibition views

  • View from show L'Anatomia del Cavallo, Kunsthalle Bega Timișoara, 2019, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2019

    View from show L'Anatomia del Cavallo, Kunsthalle Bega Timișoara, 2019, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2019

  • View from show Water, Food, Shelter, MNAC Bucharest, 2018-2019, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2018

    View from show Water, Food, Shelter, MNAC Bucharest, 2018-2019, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2018

  • View from show Why do The Earth Bear Us ? Antipa Natural History Museum Bucharest, 2020, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2020

    View from show Why do The Earth Bear Us ? Antipa Natural History Museum Bucharest, 2020, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2020

  • View from show All We Can Eat, Sandwich Gallery, 2023-2024, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2023

    View from show All We Can Eat, Sandwich Gallery, 2023-2024, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2023

  • View from show Feed Me/ No Gravity, Sandwich Gallery, 2016, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2016

    View from show Feed Me/ No Gravity, Sandwich Gallery, 2016, work by Dan Vezentan (c) Dan Vezentan 2016



Publications

1.Published books

NA

2.Published articles in journals & magazines, interview
  • Dan Vezentan: Arta poate fi militantă și fără să aibă un mesaj direct, Interview with Curatorial.ro by Patricia Marinescu[1]


Curating activity (Artist as curator)

NA

Catalogues

NA

Press

  • Dan Vezentan: Cronologia desenului pe hârtie, essay by Patricia Marinescu[2]
  • Anatomy of Inspiration: Dan Vezentan’s Zootechnical Library as Muse, essay by Dan Stănescu[3]
  • Hotnews.ro news aggregator[4]
  • Dan Vezentan presentation in Nasui Collection[5]


Gallery Representation

None.
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Social Media Links



Hashtags

(artistic practices, currents, techniques, themes - applicable hashtags for this artist)
animal rights, assemblage calligraphy, collecting drawing ecological collapse, environment found objects ink kinetic art land art public art sculpture, section drawing, site-specific installation vernacular

Compatible and inspirational artists:

(artist-mentioned reference list)

  • Agnes Denes work - Wheatfield — A Confrontation



  1. ↑ https://curatorial.ro/arta/interviu-dan-vezentan-arta//
  2. ↑ https://curatorial.ro/arta/dan-vezentan-cronologia-desenului-pe-hartie/
  3. ↑ https://www.glitchlibrary.com/dan-vezentan-library-as-muse/
  4. ↑ https://hotnews.ro/interviu-dan-vezentan-arta-poate-fi-militanta-si-fara-sa-aiba-un-mesaj-direct-1807118
  5. ↑ https://www.cosminnasui.com/2019/05/dan-vezentan/
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