Mirela Cerbu

CV

Born on the 5th of April 1997,  in Arad (Romania). She finished her bachelor’s and her master’s in graphic arts at the University of Arts and Design which is part of the West University of Timișoara. During her studies, she benefited from a scholarship in Spain in the field of illustrations. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student at the same University, where she is developing research on the topic of absurdity, her doctoral thesis is entitled «The visual poetic of absurdity and the playfulness expressionism». At the same time, she is a master’s student in the field of educational management and curriculum development at the University of Sociology and Psychology which is part of the West University of Timișoara.

AWARDS

National:

Emerging Artists Award, Timișoara, 2021

Young Artists Connections, SwitchLab, București, 2020

Emerging Artists Award, Timișoara, 2020

Mention, ART United Contest, organized by The House of Culture of Timișoara city and Timișoara City Hall, 2020

1st Place – Untitled Contest – 4th edition, organized by Artevezi, București, 2020

Prize of the University of Arts and Design, Exhibition of the Graduates Gala – 2019

Timișoara Art Museum 1st Place – National Contest of Creative Passages – graphic section, Timișoara, 2016

Mention, “REVOLUȚIE LIBERTATE” painting contest, painting category – FAD Timișoara, 2016

Erasmus Study Scholarship – Escuala de Arte y Superior de Diseño, 2017

Erasmus Study Scholarship – ZumoTv, Madrid,  2018

Certificate of participation at the INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM with the theme: Contribution of the Romanian Orthodox Church 

Merit scholarship, University of Arts and Design, Timișoara, Master’s, 2019

Merit scholarship, University of Arts and Design, Timișoara, Bachelor 2016-2018

International:

1st Place – Campaña de Animacion a la Lectura XIV, Madrid, Spain, 2018

Certificate of participation – Network Flic, 8th edition, Literaturas en juego, Segovia, Spain, 2018

Prizes won as a mentor:

Diploma of Merit – PASSAGES – National Contest of Creativity, for high performance in vocational didactic activity, Timișoara, 2021

Diploma of Participation – Online Exposition of plastic art Brâncuși in the consciousness of Romanians, Timișoara, 2021

Mention, PASSAGES, photo video scanning process of an image, coordinator of student Nemeth Andrada at the J.L. Calderon Highschool, a contest organized by the University of Arts and Design, Timișoara, 2021

3rd place – (5th-grade student), County Contest of Religious Art, 16th edition, Timișoara, 2020

1st Mention – (9th-grade student), County Contest of Religious Art, 16th edition, Timișoara, 2020

SHOWS

National:

Group Show, Ocheanul Intors/Atelierul artistului, curated by Sorina Jecza, Reparaj Gallery, Oradea, 2021

Group Show, Total Liberty, Curated by Milena Pop, Reparaj Gallery, Oradea, 2021

Group Show of the Bachelor’s and Master’s projects of the University of Arts and Design, participated with the dissertation project, She and the Fly, Center of Projects, Timișoara, 2021

Solo Show, She and the Fly, Art and Design Office, Timișoara, 2021

Group Show, Emerging Artists Award, Clape Gallery, Timișoara, 2020

Group Show, Gods and Demons, Epicentru Gallery, Constanța, 2020

Group Show, Y.A.C., National Museum of Contemporary Art, București, 2020

Group Show, C.19 Interface, Digital: CANVAS, Timișoara, 2020

Virtual Show, At least once a month, organized by Etaj Artist Run-Space, București, 2020

Group Show, Alternative Cyanotype Techniques, Van Dyke, Multifunctional Center Gallery, Bastion, 2019

International Biennial of small engravings, Graphium, Timișoara, 2020

Group Show of the Bachelor’s and Master’s projects of the University of Arts and Design, participated with the dissertation project, The sequence of the involuntary emotion, Baroc Art Museum, Timișoara, 2019

Group show, Broken-Pixel, Alternative Transfer Techniques, University of Arts and Design, Timișoara, 2018

Group Show, In our element, Student House of Culture, 2018

Solo Show, She and the jungle, Carturești Library, Arad, 2018

Group Show, unlikely phenomenons, Delta National Art Gallery, Arad, 2016

International

Group Show, Book Object, El Palacio de Quintanar, Segovia, Spain, 2018

Group Show, Life has Priority, El Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, Spania, 2018

Campaña de Animacion a la Lectura XIV, Madrid, Spain, 2018

Shows completed as a teacher:

Half-yearly 5th-grade virtual show of J.L Calderon Highschool, Timișoara, 2021

Religious art show, 16th edition with the participation of the students from the J.L. Calderon Highschool, Timișoara, 2021

Virtual Show, Brâncuși in the conciusness of the Romanian’s, Timișoara, 2021

ACTIVITIES/WORKSHOPS/CAMPS

Photography camp, organized by Iris Photo Club in collaboration with the University of Arts and Design, Chevereș, 2019

Anina Rezidence, University of Arts and Design in collaboration with the Art University from Germany, 2018

Alternative transfer techniques camp, Broken-Pixel, Kostanjevica Na Krki, Slovenia, 2018

Activities completed as a mentor:

Specialized practical project, Department of Visual Arts, Painting Specialization, 2nd year 2020/2021 in collaboration with J.L Calderon Highschool.

CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS

National:

2021

Zile și Nopți, << New Generation>>, Y.A.C., București, Romania

Artevezi, <<Ella Cerbu, the artist that loves flys>>, București, Romania

PROPAGARTA, Interview-Veronica Toma, București, Romania

2020

Emerging Artist Catalog, published on the 1st of November 2020, Timișoara

Modernism, posted by Cosmin Nasui on the 12th of October, 2020

Scena Digitala Newspaper, October 2020

UAP Timișoara, October 2020

Scena 9 Interview, published on the 13th of October 2020, București

DIGITAL: CANVAS, Album C.19 Interface, 25th of April 2020

Jurnalul.ro, October 2020

Artevezi, 12th of June 2020

THE INSTITUTE/ARTICLE/18 September 2020

Expres de Banat, the 23rd of October 2020, 10:30 o’clock

Special Arad, the 23rd of December 2017

Uniunea scriitorului Arad, November 2016

International

Egomania Mgazine, the 1st of April 2020

Biblioteca del Real Sitio de San Ildefonso, the 15th of March 2018,13:23 o’clock, Segovia, Spain

CADENA SER, Segovia, the 13th of August 2021, 14:48 o’clock, Segovia, Spain