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Marius Bercea (1979 - ) born in 1979 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, received both his BA and MA from the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He is known for the paintings of large in size that are at the same time brightly colored albeit with dark undertones, depicting the banalities and uncertainties of life in early capitalist Romania, after the fall of communism. Read the full biography

Marius Bercea (1979 - ) born in 1979 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, received both his BA and MA from the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He is known for the paintings of large in size that are at the same time brightly colored albeit with dark undertones, depicting the banalities and uncertainties of life in early capitalist Romania, after the fall of communism. Deeply personal in nature, his works are often contrasted with both decorative and decrepit landscapes where figures gather in scenes of intimacy that amount to surreal and monumental paintings. Together with Adrian Ghenie and Victor Man, Marius Bercea is considered one of the main artists of the Cluj school, a group of painters who gathered in Cluj-Napoca after the Romanian revolution of 1989. Drawing from his memory archive and his environment directed, the images are fragmented, collaged and amalgamated offering a glimpse into the vast world of Bercea which contains past, present and future, delicately oscillating between reality and imagination. Bercea's recent solo exhibitions include The Far Sound of Cities, MAKI Gallery (Tokyo, 2021) Thieves of Time, François Ghebaly (Los Angeles, 2020); Time Can Space, Blain|Southern (Berlin, 2018). His work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Travel Guide, IOMO Gallery (Bucharest, 2021), LA: Views, MAKI Gallery (Tokyo, 2020); Bad Peach, François Ghebaly (Los Angeles, 2019); La Brique, The Brick, Cărămida, La Kunsthalle Center D'art Contemporain (Mulhouse, 2019); Young Collectors 2, Elgiz Museum (Istanbul, 2015); No New Thing Under the Sun, Royal Academy (London, 2010); and the 4th Prague Biennial (Prague, 2009). His works are in many important public and private collections, including Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (Peekskill), ARKEN Museum of Modern Art (Skovvej), Taubman Museum of Art (Roanoke), Kistefos Museum (Jevnaker), Zabludowicz Collection ( London ), Olbricht Collection (Berlin), Space K Museum (Seoul).