FAMOUS ARTISTSabina Tupan
“I find art to be simply a state of being, it’s the way some of us choose to live our lives; whether one is involved in the process of making or just can’t stay away from being around it – to consume it. Either way, I believe it to be a quite spectacular way of spending your day to day because, though art, possibilities tend to become endless in those rigid moments of life.
Art for me is escapism, it’s a tool for manipulating time- I can stretch it, colour it, melt it, go back in the past and change a narrative or even curve future perspectives.
Art for me is telling stories, the ones I choose while in waking life the narrative is pretty fixed.
Art for me is up close and personal and, yet again, simply a state of being.”
Sabina Tupan
In her 11 years of activity, Sabina TUPAN proves that she is a complex artist. Approaching multiple media of artistic expression, painting, drawing, collage, video, and sculpture, Sabina TUPAN joins the new generation of mixed media artists.
Passionate about feminist ideology, female anatomy/sexuality, and the theatrical surrealism of everyday life, the artist tells stories from her life using unconventional narrative tools, using an experimental and childish aesthetic in a tragic-comic way.
“Waterfall” - Sabina TUPAN
Medium: acrylic, pencil, ink, postcard on paper
Dimensions: 200 cm X 150 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: Private Collection
Photo credit: Sabina Tupan
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Activity
SOLO SHOWS
2019
- “Damp Journal in Semi-dry season”, Papila Studio – Bucharest, Romania
2011
- “Digital Daisy Dress” World Bank of Romania, curator Razvan Antonescu, Bucharest, Romania
GROUP SHOWS
2019
“Arta la intrare”, Galateca Gallery – Bucharest, Romania
2017
- Extremity Film Screening, curators Katharina Ludwig and Shira Wachsmann, Display Gallery – Berlin, Germany
2016
- Going Hard: Digbeth First Friday Film Screening, curator Mitra Saboury, Grand Union Gallery – Birmingham, UK
- Hers; me, curator Araya Vivorakij, Tad Gallery – Texas, USA
- Pavillion Open Art Exhibition, Penarth Pier Pavillion – Penarth, UK
2015
- Dystophies as part of The Wrong Digital Art Biennale, Arebyte Gallery – London, UK
- Costumer Experience, curator Sasha Burkhanova, National Centre for Contemporary Art – Moscow, Russia
- EESA – Exhibition: “Between Democracies 1989 – 2014: Memory and commemoration”, curators Judy Peter and Karen Von Veh, Capitol Hill – Johannesburg, South Africa
- “Venice Pavillion in London”, curators Tisna Westerhof and Cristiana Bottigella, Hearts Lane Project Space – London, UK
- Campaign in Vain, curator: Rosie Hermon, Fringe Arts Bath Festival – Bath, UK
2014
- Plan. Open. Neocraft, curator Caroline Jane Harris, Arebyte Gallery – London, UK
- Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award Exhibition, curator Donald Smith, Chelsea Arts Club – London, UK
- Latitude festival, Big Screen – Suffolk, UK
- Digital Silk Route, curator Bindu Mehra The State of Origin: Reel and Imagined – Bangalore, India.
- Digital Silk Route, curator Bindu Mehra , The State of Origin: Reel and Imagined, M.S. University – Faculty of Arts – Baroda, India
- Digital Silk Route, curator Bindu Mehra, The State of Origin: Reel and Imagined, Dr. Ambedkar University – New Delhi, India
2013
- Digital Silk Route, curator Bindu Mehra, The State of Origin: Reel and Imagined, Dr. Ambedkar University – New Delhi, India
- Opening House, Flat 34, curator Anne Breure – London, UK
- Film screening, curator Emily Sharp, Parade Gallery – Margate, UK
2012
- Platform Graduate Award, Curator Sepake Angiama, Turner Contemporary – Margate, UK
- Sound pieces “1953” and “Oreille” in collaboration with Marine Ange, Radio en construction – Strasbourg, France
2011
- Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival – Bucharest, Romania
- I Like, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste – Zürich, Switzerland
EDUCATION
2014
- Master Degree in Fine Arts, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
2012
- Bachelor Degree (Hons) – University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK
2011
- Erasmus – Media Arts department, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich, Switzerland
AWARDS
2019
- “Arta la intrare” Award, Galateca Gallery – Bucharest, Romania
2013
- Chealsea Arts Club Trust Award – London, UK
2012
- Platform Graduate Award, Turner Contemporary – Margate, UK
CURATORIAL PROJECT
2011
- Act 11 – Zürich, Switzerland
PRESS
“The Post-Lockdown Chronicles #18 ~ Sabina Tupan”, Hearts lane Project Space http://www.hartslane.org/lockdown-chronicles/sabina-tupan
“Expoziție în premieră de picturi și sculpturi, semnate de artista Sabina Tupan”, Observator News https://observatornews.ro/social/expozitie-pictura-sculpturi-sabina-tupan-293284.html
“SABINA TUPAN, revelația artei contemporane”, DolceMAG https://dolcemag.ro/sabina-tupan-revelatia-artei-contemporane/
Interviu “Arta prin gaura cheii”, Smart FM, Bucuresti, Romania
Videos
“This is in the tourist brochures”, 2013
Director: Sabina Tupan
Cast: Maya Inbar, Matthias Moos, Margaret
Soundtrack:
- Faramita Lambru- Foaie verde mar domnesc
- Etta James-At last
- Prince- Kiss
“This is in the tourist brochures” is a piece that responds to the discussions that have circulated last year regarding the removal of working restrictions in January 2014 for Romanian and Bulgarian nationals within the UK. The video narrates the love story between a Romanian, highly stereotyped girl and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron.
*This project was awarded the Chelsea Arts Club Trust Fund (London, UK) and was exhibited at the Moscow Institute of Contemporary Arts as part of the Costumer Experience Exhibition- Curated by Sasha Burkanova (Moscow, Russia), was included in the Digital Silk Routeproject: The State of Origin: Reel and I agined held in India: Bangalore; M.S. University, Faculty of Arts, Baroda; Dr. Ambedkar University, New Delhi-Curator: Bindu Mehra and exhibited at the Penarth Pier Pavilion (Penarth, Wales).
Along side exhibitions and awards, this video was also screened at Display Gallery as part of the Extremity film screening- Curators: Katharina Ludwig and Shira Wachsmann (Berlin, Germany) and at Grand Union Gallery as part of the Going Hard: Digbeth First Friday film screening- Curator: Mitra Saboury (Birmingham, UK)
“Lostalgae”, 2014
Director: Sabina Tupan
Cast: Cornelia Bardasu, Sabina Tupan
Sound: Sabina Tupan
Lostalgae is based on a conversation between the artist and her grandmother. The dialog takes place in two locations: the decayed staged representation of the Romanian bedroom and the documentation taken of Mamaie (meaning grandmother in Romanian) at her home. The unfolding sea ambient coming out of the bottle is a result of nostalgia but also the creation of a space where the fear of losing each other is just a mere fantasy.
* This project was awarded the Arta la intrare Award of Galateca Gallery (Bucharest, Romania), as part of the Damp Journal Solo Show (Bucharest, Romania), exhibited at the Penarth Pier Pavilion (Penarth, Wales), Hers; me, Tad Galery (Denton, Texas)- Curated by Araya Vivorakij
and the Plan. Open. Neo craft Exhibition, Arebyte Gallery (London, UK), Curator: Caroline Jane Harris.
Featured Works
“Dipping Toe” - Sabina TUPAN
Medium: acrylic, pencil, ink on paper
Dimensions: 42 cm x 59 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Sabina Tupan
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“Womb Coronation” - Sabina TUPAN
Medium: acrylic, pencil, ink on paper
Dimensions: 150 cm x 200 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Mihai Simion
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“Word Vomite” - Sabina TUPAN
Medium: acrylic, pencil, ink on paper
Dimensions: 23 cm x 35 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Sabina Tupan
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“Waterfall” - Sabina TUPAN
Medium: acrylic, pencil, ink, postcard on paper
Dimensions: 200 cm X 150 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: Private Collection
Photo credit: Sabina Tupan
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“Elegy to a plumber” - Sabina Tupan
Medium: acrylic, ink on paper
Dimensions: 25 cm x 35 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Sabina Tupan
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“Weeping wasp nest gently placed on a sweat stained pillow”, Sabina TUPAN
Medium: clay, pillow
Dimensions: 24 cm x 24 cm X 15 cm
Year: 2018
Exhibition: Damp Journal in semi-dry season (2018)
Collection: no
Photo Credit: Sabina Tupan
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