Giulia Crețulescu
b. 1994, Romania
Lives and works in Bucharest
Giulia Crețulescu creates hybrid works by combining diverse materials (textiles, steel, aluminium) and techniques (embroidery, engraving, drawing). She starts with functional objects or elements of the human body, deconstructing them into new forms that become artworks. This process prompts viewers to engage with familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, redefining their meanings. Her interdisciplinary approach explores the relationship between physical reality and subjective perception, emphasizing how objects can expand both physical and mental boundaries while inspiring diverse interpretations.
Giulia Crețulescu completed the Bachelor and Master studies in Graphic Art, following the Doctoral program in Visual Studies at the National University of Arts in Bucharest where she was an Assistant Professor for the Graphic Art department.
Giulia Crețulescu collaborated with spaces in Bucharest (National Museum of Contemporary Art), Cluj-Napoca, and internationally, including in recent years: 2024 – Wild Card, Fragment Gallery, New York (solo show); Variables as Absence of Uniformity, Stockholm (group show); 2023 – Pickle Bar Presents: Slavs and Tatars, West Den Haag, Netherlands (group show); Following the Body, Fragment Gallery, New York (group show); A Human Being After All, EastContemporary Gallery, Milan (group show); 1:1, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest (duo show with Gavril Pop); Costume and Collapse, Pickle Bar Slavs and Tatars, Berlin (group show); My Rino is Not A Myth, ArtEncounters Biennale, Timișoara.
Education
2018-2023 – PhD, Assistant Lecturer in the Graphic Arts Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, The National University of Arts Bucharest
2018-2024 – Doctorial Studies at The National University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Fine Arts
2013-2018 – The National University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Fine Arts, Graphics Department (BFA, MFA)
Solo exhibitions
2024 – Wild Card (Fragment Gallery, New York, USA)
2023 – Sword Swallowing Acrobat (ZINA Gallery, Cluj-Napoca)
2022 – Weaving yourself Through Adaptation (Cazul 101, Bucharest)
2020 – Gazing over the electriv fence (Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest)
Recent group exhibitions
2024 – Variables as Absence of Uniformity (Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm); Refuge (Sapieha Palace ,Vilnius)
2023 – 1:1(duo w/Gavril Pop) (Ivan Gallery, Bucharest); Following the Body (Fragment Gallery, New York); A human being after all (eastcontemporary Gallery, Milan); Ghosts Whisper Lound and Clear (ZINA Gallery, Cluj-Napoca); Costume and Collapse (Pickle Bar Slavs and Tatars, Berlin); My Rino is Not A Myth (ArtEncounters, Timisoara); Plus 22 (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest)
2022 – Nostalgic Throwbacks (Cazul 101, Cluj-Napoca); Reconstruction (Grotto Gallery, Bucharest); Plus 22 (National Muzeum of Contemporary Art, Craiova); Crash (ZINA Gallery, Cluj-Napoca)
2021 – Based on a true story (Bucharest Film Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art); The current affair of some young romanian artists (Cazul 101/Ivan Gallery, Bucharest); Show-off 4 (MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca); cMay amnesia scratch our membrane (IOMO Gallery, Bucharest)
2020 – După 12 ani. Producția artistică din Romania în 180 de lucrări (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest); Edge Runners (CAV Gallery, Bucharest); At a center of the word there is a Fiction (Aici Acolo Pop Up Gallery, Cluj-Napoca); Yet at this time, or up to now, or at a future time (MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca); Show-Off (MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca)
2019 – Geometrii Post-Sistem în arta românească de acum (Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest); Pages per minute #4 – copy show (Aici Acolo PopUp Gallery, Cluj-Napoca)
2018 – At the bottom of the vulcano are the auxiliar metal bones (Atelier 35, Bucharest)