
CLAUDIA LAZAR
artist, curator, designer
work in progress.
Curiculum Vitae
Member of The Union of Visual Artists of Romania (UAP) and IAA / AIAP since 1999.
EDUCATION
2012 Ph.D. – National University of Art, Bucharest
1999 Graduated from National University of Art, Bucharest – Design Department
1995 - 1996 Yale University & Central European Unievrsity & CEP – “Aspects of Contemporary Art” (course graduation certificate)
1994 - 1995 Yale University & Central European Unievrsity & CEP – “Modern and Contemporary Art History” (course graduation certificate)
Languages: Fluent in English and French, medium Spanish, beginner Italian and Hebrew
EXHIBITIONS AND ART EVENTS (selective)
2013 Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS – Sikkema Jenkins & CO
2012 Sub-curator "Common Roots. Design from Eastern Europe" - Design Museum Holon
2011 Jennifer Norback Gallery, Chicago IL USA – Art from Romania
2009 Chosun Ilbo Art Museum – International art exhibition “Tomorrow”
2008 Beijing International Art Biennale (BIAB), the 3rd edition
2007 “Peinture Pure” – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Italy
2007 Chosun Ilbo Art Museum – International art exhibition “Peace”
2007 AP 2007 – Ein Hod, Israel
2006 Romanian National Art Salon – Bucharest, Parliament Exhibition Hall (curator and exhibitor)
2006 “Let’s Talk about Migration” – Patras, Greece
2006 International Women Artists' Exhibition – Celaya, Mexico
2006 “Placer/Remplacer”, Romanian contemporary art exhibition at Universite De Toulouse Le Mirail, France
2005 Romanian Contemporary Art Exhibition in Hanoi, Vietnam – curator and exhibitor
2002 - 2005 “ShopArt” art fair – World Trade Center Bucharest (curator, coordinator and exhibitor)
2005 “locuire/in-locuire” – Artis Gallery, Bucharest
2005 Personal exhibition (painting) – Universite De Toulouse Le Mirail, France
2005 “Landscape” (group exhibition) – Romanian Cultural Institute, Vienna, Austria
2005 “The Red Wire”, group exhibition – Orizont Gallery, Bucharest
2002 - 2004 Curator of the Assemblage Contemporary Art Gallery
2003 Personal art exhibition – HVB Millennium Bucharest
2001 and 2002 International Fair of Visual Arts (TIAV) – Bucharest
2001 “a4” personal exhibition – Caminul Artei Gallery, Bucharest
2000 Personal exhibition – World Trade Center Bucharest
1998 - 1999 “Communication” – Series of paintings created for the company “Arthur Andersen” (now “Ernest&Young”)
1992 – present - Participated in national and local art exhibitions: “Ion Andreescu” Biennial – Buzau, Bucharest Annual Art Exhibition, Spring Salon of the Association of the Romanian Women Artists, “Moldova” Art Salon, “Gaudeamus” Art Salon, “N. Tonitza” Art Biennial – Birlad, “Lascar Vorel” Biennial – Piatra Neamt, charity auction in the benefit of the Friends of the National Museum of Art, “Modernity and tradition” - Contemporary art exhibition at the Art Museum in Craiova
Artworks in public and private collections from Romania, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, France, Holland, Japan, USA, Mexico, Peru, Lebanon, Israel
Professional trips: Israel, Italy (Venice), Korea (Seoul), France (Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees), Vietnam (Hanoi), Switzerland (Zurich, Basel), Poland (Warszaw, Łodz)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2007 – present Romanian Cultural Institute – visual arts expert & project manager
2004 - 2007 Romanian Fine Arts Union – Head of the Exhibitions & Projects Department
2001 - 2008 Artistic director, graphic designer and event manager – World Trade Center Bucharest
2003 - 2004 Artistic director and manager of the Assemblage Contemporary Art Gallery
2001 - 2002 Graphic designer – EdimpressCamro printing house
2000 - 2001 Graphic designer – World Trade Center Bucharest
first job, before 2000 – Assistant analyst programmer and graphic designer – Romanian Foreign Trade Center
and various free lance jobs as graphic designer, event manager and exhibition curator, including for non-profit organizations like International Women's Association (IWA) Bucarest and World Vision Romania