Nicoleta Sandulescu

Nicoleta SandulescuMoldova, 1994. Lives and works in the Lisbon region. 

Academic education

2005/2009 -Studied at the Republican Secondary School of Fine Arts Igor Vieru, Moldova; 

2014/2017 -Degree in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon.

2017/2020 -Master in Painting. Fine Arts from the University of Lisbon.

Individual exhibitions

2017 -Multiple Singularity Design Exhibition -Sintra, MUSA;

2017 -Engraving Exhibition Bichos e Engenhos -Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts; 

2020 -Multiple Singularity Painting Exhibition -Lisbon, Peripheral Art Gallery;

2021 -Drawing exhibition at Casa do Corpo -Luxembourg, Portuguese Cultural Center -Camões. 

2021 -Painting Exhibition What if? -Lisbon, Gallery of Peripheral Art.

Group exhibitions

2016 –Exhibition at Casa das Histórias -Paula Rego –Cascais; 

2017 –Plastic Arts Exhibition –Cascais, Cascais Cultural Center;

2017 –GAB-A: Open Galleries of the Faculty of Fine Arts –Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts;

2017 –Contemporary Engraving Exhibition –New Looks on the Côa –Côa Museum,Vila Nova de Foz Côa; 

2018 –Art Madrid ‘18 –Madrid, Galeria ArtePeriferica;

2018 –As Sandulescas –Galeria Arte Periférica,Lisbon;

2018 –Carmo, Chiado and the Apparitions of Fausto: Transfigurations of a Myth in the Arts and in the Public Sphere–Lisbon, Museu Arqueológico doCarmo;

2018 –Carmo, Chiado and the Apparitions of Fausto: Transfigurations of a Myth in the Arts and in the Public Sphere–Cuenca, Spain, (Sala Acua / Centro de IniciativasCulturales);

2018 –Carmo, Chiado and the Apparitions of Fausto: Transfigurations of a Myth in the Arts and Public Sphere –Lodz, Poland (The Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts);

2018 –Carmo, Chiado and the Apparitions of Fausto: Transfigurations of a Myth in the Arts and in the Public Sphere–France, Paris (Sala Vieira da Silva/ Maison AndréGouveia);

2018 –Exhibition of Finalists –National Society of Fine Arts –Lisbon, National Society of Fine Arts; 

2018 –Drawing(s) under construction –Lisbon, Santa Maria Maior Parish Council Gallery;

2019 –Chiado, Carmo and the Heart of Darkness: Arts in the Public Sphere –Lisbon, Cuenca, Lodz, Paris;

2019 –Contemporary Engraving Exhibition –Furrows and Water Lines in the Côa Valley –Lisbon, Carmo Archaeological Museum;

2020 –Contemporary Engraving Exhibition –Suspended Dudes and Flâneurs on a Smartphone. Chiado, Carmo and Arts in the Public Sphere. Carmo Archaeological Museum;

2020 –Exhibition –V edition of the Photography Prize –Sintra, MUSA; 

2020 –JustLX Fair –Madrid,Galeria Arte Periferica;

2020 –XXI Cerveira International Art Biennial –Vila Nova de Cerveira, Cerveira Cultural Forum; 

2020 –Drawing Room –Lisbon, National Society of Fine Arts;

2021 –Finalists Exhibition –Art Arrived at Colombo –Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon;

2021 –Espinho Art Biennial –Espinho, Espinho Municipal Museum –Espinho Art and Culture Forum; 

2021 –Drawing Room –Madrid, Galeria Arte Periférica;2021 –JOVART –Lisbon, Vieira da Silva Municipal Gallery;

2021 –Contemporary Engraving Exhibition –Un Ballo in Maschera by Chiado and Carmo Arts in the Public Sphere –Portugal, Italy, Poland, France;

2022 –9th edition of the Beijing International Art Biennial;

2022 –2022 –Chiado, Carmo, Paris. Soiree chez lui. Disquiet and appropriation –MNAC Sculpture Garden, National Museum of Contemporary Art.

Artist residencies:

Dissemination of graphic marks and pre-revolution moments, Festa da Arqueologia,–Lisbon, Museu Arqueológico do Carmo.

Awards and Distinctions:

2016 –1st Prize in the Infante D. Luis As Artes Competition –Salvaterra dos Magos; 

2017 –1st Prize at the Rainha Isabel de Bragança Competition –Cascais, Casino Estoril;

2017 –Honorable Mention in the Infante D. Luis As Artes Contest –Salvaterra dos Magos; 

2017 –1st Prize of the 2nd edition of the Paula Rego Prize –Cascais;

2018 –Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award –Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts;

2019 –Finalist Award for Emerging Art Millennium bcp Foundation, JustLX;

2019 –Honorable Mention in the D. Fernando II Painting and Sculpture Prize Competition –Sintra, MUSA; 

2020 –Acquisition Prize XXI International Biennial of Art of Cerveira –Vila Nova de Cerveira;

2020 –1st Prize in the Contest Amália um Olhar Contemporâneo –Antonio Prates Gallery, Lisbon; 

2020 –Finalist of the A Arte Chega ao Colombo award –Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon;

2021–Finalist for the Abel Manta Painting Prize –Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art Abel Manta, Gouveia; 

2021 –1st Photography Prize –Sintra, MUSA.