Artists
Dan Acostioaei (b. 1974) is a visual artist and he holds a teaching position at University of Arts “George Enescu” in Iași. He is one of the founding members of Vector Association. Acostioaei’s works focus on the identity models of the Romanian society in transition and on the ideological boundaries between the economic sphere and the conditions of artistic production within former Eastern Bloc.
Among Ana Adam’s (b. 1964) favorite techniques are drawing and photography, immortalizing the almost-unseen, the energy, the wake of actions. She practices art like a daily alchemy, similar to nameless creations by children and women. When she believes in the holiness of matter, it is empowered, becomes dynamic, can be transfigured into art, both structurally and formally.
Ana Adamović (b. 1974) is dealing with issues of identity and memory, both personal and collective, by working on the long-term photography and video projects. She graduated at the department for the World Literature at the Belgrade University and studied photography at the Art Institute of Boston.
Preoccupied with bookbinding, Márta Adorjáni (b. 1987) creates artist books, combining various graphical and printing techniques in her artistic practice. She has coordinated multiple bookbinding workshops within the project “The most beautiful books in Romania” and during the Minitremu Art Camp.
Throughout his multifaceted practice, Francis Alÿs (b. 1959) consistently directs his distinct poetic and imaginative sensibility toward anthropological and geopolitical concerns centered around observations of – and engagements with – everyday life, which the artist himself has described as “a sort of discursive argument composed of episodes, metaphors, or parables.”
Open in 2014, AMBASADA is a place of meeting for cool people with interesting ideas , a project developed to support the creative and non-profit environment. The space is divided between a cafe, a bistro, a meeting room and an event room, where during Art Encounters 2017 movie projections and meeting with artists will take place.
Alexandru Antik (b. 1950) is an artist known for his experimental activity in the areas of actionism and video-installation. Antik’s works cross varied medium of expression (object, installation, action, video, photography).
Răzvan Anton (b. 1980) teaches at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, works as an artist within the Paintbrush Factory community, and is one of the coordinators of the Minerva Press Photography Collection digital archiving project in Cluj-Napoca.
Inaugurated in 1924, Arta Cinema is one of the first cinemas in Arad. Newly equipped and renovated, it was officially reopened in 2016, after a 7 years break. During Art Encounters 2017, the cinema will host the events scheduled for Arad biennale, which is made of a series of movie projections and discussions with artist directors.
In the context of the organization in Timisoara of the second edition of the Art Encounters biennale in 2017 and Timisoara winning the title of European Capital of Culture 2021, the Art Encounters Foundation launches an intensive course dedicated to contemporary art mechanisms and writing about art.
