Giulia Crețulescu – Zina Gallery

Giulia Crețulescu (b. 1994, Bucharest) is an artist based in Bucharest whose practice examines the relationship between functional and artistic objects through the lens of ergonomics. Her work explores how design functions as an extension of human abilities, focusing on the “invisible object” (functional) that immerses us in its action and the “silent object” (artistic) that communicates through presence and context. These dynamics are central to her Ph.D. research, which investigates the communicational roles of objects within artistic and social spheres.

Selected solo and duo shows: Wild Card (2024, Fragment, New York, 1:1 (2023, duo with Gavril Pop, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest), Sword Swallowing Acrobat (2023, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca), Gazing over the electric fence (2020, Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest). Selected group shows: Refuge (2024, Sapieha Palace, Vilnius), Variables as absence of uniformity (2024, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm), Show-Off 4 (2021, MATCA Artspace, Cluj-Napoca), Ghosts whisper loud and clear (2023, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca).

*Body Contouring*, 2023
textile, sponge
130 x 80 cm

Education
2013-2016
- BA, National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Fine Arts, Study program Graphic Arts
2016-2018
- MA, National Univesity of Arts, Bucharest, Romania, Filed of Study Visual Arts, Study program Graphic Arts
2018-Present
- Doctoral Studies, National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania, Study program Visual Arts

Selected exhibitions
2024
- WILD CARD, solo show, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA
2023
- Sword Swallowing Acrobat, Zina Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- My Rhino is Not A Myth, Art Encounters, Timisoara
- Following the Body, Fragment Gallery, New York, USA
2022
- Plus 22, Muzeul National de Artă Contemporană, group exhibition, Bucharest
- Nostalgic Throwbacks, Cazul 101, group exhibition, Cluj-Napoca
- Ritual Reconstruction, Grotto Gallery, group exhibition, Bucharest
- Plus 22, Muzeul National de Artă, group exhibition, Craiova
- Crash, ZinaGallery, group exhibition, Cluj-Napoca
- Weaving yourself Through Adaptation, Cazul 101, Bucharest
2021
- Based on a true story, Bucharest Film Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
- The current affair of some young Romanian artists, group exhibition, Cazul 101/Ivan Gallery, Bucharest
- Show-off 4, group exhibition, MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca
- May amnesia scratch our membrane, group exhibition, IOMO Gallery, Bucharest

2020
- Gazing over the electric fence, Goodbuy Gallery, Bucharest
- După 12 ani. Producția artistică din Romania în 180 de lucrări, group exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
- Edge Runners, group exhibition, CAV Gallery, Bucharest
- At a center of the word there is a Fiction, group exhibition, Aici Acolo Pop Up Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
- Yet at this time, or up to now, or at a future time, group exhibition, MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca
- Show-Off 3, group exhibition, MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca
2019
- Geometrii Post-Sistem în arta românească de acum, group exhibition, Muzeul de Artă Recentă, Bucharest
- Art Factory – Thriving Monologues – NAG, group exhibition, Make a Point, Bucharest
- Pages per minute #4 – copy show, group exhibition, Aici Acolo PopUp Gallery, Cluj-Napoca
2018
- At the bottom of the vulcano are the auxiliar metal bones, Shoptalk – Atelier 35, Bucharest
- Developing future functions, National Museum of Contemporary Art, București
- The membrane cuts itself to learn how to heal, UNArte, Bucharest
2017
- A string can become a trap if you know how to arrange it in space, Artfactory, Bucharest
- Inner Structures, Arthol, Bucharest