Robert Fekete

Robert Fekete

"Robert Fekete - Artist Portrait" / (c) Robert Fekete

Biography

Robert Fekete (b. 1987 in Satu-Mare, Romania), (he/him), visual artist, of Romanian ethnical background, grew up in Romania, lives and works in Cluj-Napoca. A graduate of the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Robert Fekete is part of the young generation of painters from the Cluj School of Painting. Exploratory studies at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino, Turin, Italy, in 2007-2008 period. He explores simplicity and the sublime, creating a mysterious, imaginary, and nostalgic world, as a form of neo-romanticism.

A picture taken during a trip to Milan in 2007 - first encounter with a different culture and artist beginings in the art world.- (c) Robert Fekete

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Artistic disciplines:

• Painting

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Process

Robert Fekete's experiment with mixed media combining oil, acrylic, sand and spray paint. His compositions are derived from fragments of source materials including film frames, old newspapers and photographs.

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Notable themes

Recurring theme in Robert Fekete's works is creating a pseudo-romanticism as a counter-narrative or recontextualisation of the romantical imaginary, displacement into mysterious and ambiguous territory.

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Works in collections and public recognition

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

Works included in private collections in Belgium, USA, Italy, Czech Republic, such as Imago Mundi Collection, Benneton Foundation, Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals, Belgium, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, USA and Taubman Collection, Raonoke, Virginia USA, Taylor Art Collection.

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Selected exhibitions

1.Selected solo exhibitions

• 2019 - solo exhibition, “I Could Ride Forever” Pilot Space, Cluj, Romania
• 2017 - solo exhibition, ’Light Hunters’, Tajan, Paris, France
• 2015 - solo exhibition, ‘Moving mountains’, M77 Gallery, Milan, Italy
• 2012 - solo exhibition, Conduits Gallery, Gea Politi, Milan, Italy
• 2009 - solo exhibition, “What was bad... will be bad”, Dominik Rostworowski Gallery, Krakow, Poland

2.Selected group exhibitions

• 2026 - group exhibition, “Transylvanian Painting Today” Telegraph, Olumuc, Czech Republic
• 2025 - group exhibition, “ORIGINS”, Sphera Contemporary, Satu Mare, Romania
• 2025 - group exhibition, “Join the dots”, Estopia Art Gallery, Aosta, Italy
• 2025 - group exhibition, “The eye that contains, The eye that punches”, Galeria Relicvar, Cluj, Romania
• 2024 - group exhibition, “Shadowland: Eastern European Artists of the PostCommunism Era, Marc Straus Gallery, New York, USA
• 2023 - group exhibition, “Looking Anew and Beyond:Contemporary Romanian Art from from the Arthur Taubman Trust, Taubman Museum, Raonoke, Virginia, United States of America

3.Art biennales, museum retrospectives, comprehensive retrospective exhibitions, art fairs

• 2011 - Art Biennale: “Portraits of power”, curated by Jane Neal, Prague Biennale 5, Prague, Czech Republic

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Artistic Residencies, Art Researches, Collaborations, Art Projects

• NA

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Selected works

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  The Bather, 2023-2025, acrylic and sand on canvas, 158x117cm, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2026

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  The middle of the road, 2024, acrylic and sand on canvas, 125x83cm, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2024

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  Midnight hike, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 94x74 cm, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2022

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  Learning the stars, 2024, acrylic and sand on canvas, 35x25cm, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2024

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  The rock monument, 2023, acrylic and sand on canvas, 37x24cm, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2023

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Exhibition views

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  View from show Transylvanian Painting Today 2026, work by Robert Fekete (c) Matěj Doležel 2026

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  View from show HOLOMERE 2026, work by Robert Fekete (c) Răzvan Năstase 2026

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  View from show Shadowland 2024, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2024

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  View from show Moving mountains 2015, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2015

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  View from show Bad Industry 2010, work by Robert Fekete (c) Robert Fekete 2010

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Publications

1.Published books

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2.Published articles in journals & magazines, interviews

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Curating activity (Artist as curator)

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Catalogues

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Gallery Representation

None.
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Social Media Links

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertfekete.artist/

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Hashtags

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

figurative landscape

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Compatible and inspirational artists:

(artist-mentioned reference list)

• Caspar David Friedrich

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