Alexandra Croitoru

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Alexandra Croitoru (born 1975) is a Romanian photographer whose work seeks to challenge accepted ideas of power sharing and gender in Romania.

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Biography

Born in Bucharest, Croitoru studied from 1993 to 1998 in the Graphic Department at the National Academy of Arts. Since 1999, she has taught at the university's Photo-Video Department. [1] In 2012, she participated in the artists' residency program at the 18th Street Arts Center in Los Angeles. [2] In 2014, Croitoru got her PhD degree from National Academy of Arts in Bucharest. Her thesis focused on the "nationalization" of Brâncuși in Romania and was the base for her book published in 2015 in Romanian and translated in English in 2017, Brâncuși. O Viață Veșnică (Brâncuși. An Afterlife). [3]

Photography

Croitoru's work explores Romania's social and gender structures and examines the relationship between fact and fiction in documenting history. She is currently extending her work to cover transnational environments. [2] Her approach began during her studies in the 1990s when she started to challenge power structures and gender as (in her own words) "the Academy was at the time an extremely patriarchal environment." [4]

Recent exhibitions

In addition to many group exhibitions, Croitoru has presented her work at a number of solo exhibitions: [5] [6] [7]

Published books

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References

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  2. 1 2 Sara Schnadt, "Alexandra Croitoru" Archived 11 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine , 18th Street Arts Center. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "The Origins of the Cult of Brâncuși. An Interview with Alexandra Croitoru". Scena 9. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. "The Gender Battles of Alexandra Croitoru", 18th Street Arts Center. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. "Alexandra Croitoru", Andreiana Mihail Gallery. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. "CV- Alexandra Croitoru" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  7. "Plan B Alexandra Croitoru". www.plan-b.ro. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. "Michael Baers, Alexandra Croitoru & Stefan Tiron with Guests" Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine , ArtFortune.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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