Andrei Nacu (b. 1984) lives and works in London, U.K. and Iasi, Romania. In his creative practice, he is using documentary photography, the family album and the photographic archive to create stories which analyze the junction between personal memory and social history. His most recent work includes video, installation and performance and focuses on the politics of representation and media archaeology. Currently, he is working at the Royal Anthropological Institute, London. In 2013 he graduated with an MA in Documentary Photography from the University of Wales, Newport and previously studied Photography and Video at the George Enescu National University of Arts, Iasi, Romania.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 - Puls 22, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2023 - Alive in Sight Only for a Second, Sector 1 Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2023 - See What, MARe/Muzeul de Artă Recentă, Bucharest, Romania
2022 - Entwined Environments, Centrul Artelor Vizuale Multimedia, Bucharest, Romania
2020 - 12 Years After. A Survey of Romanian Art in 180 Works, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
2020 - WHOSE? - artistic intervention, Salonul de Proiecte, Bucharest, Romania
2020 - Conditions of Peace, 1+1 &Tranzit.ro/Iasi, Iasi, Romania
2020 - Crossroads. Poems of non belonging, Galeria Victoria, Iasi, Romania
2020 - Related Realities, Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere, Finland
2020 - Exotic Plants, 1+1 &Tranzit.ro/Iasi, Iasi, Romania
2019 - Rethinking the Image of the World, le MiLL, La Louvière, Belgium
2018 - Truth lies not only in a dream, but in many dreams, Eastwards Prospectus, Bucharest, RO
2018 - De Rerum Natura, Media Art Festival Arad 2018, RO
2018 - Property / Proprietate, Tranzit.ro/Iasi & 1+1, Iasi, RO
2018 - Mining in deposits of light, Electro-Putere Gallery, Craiova, RO
2017 - Encircled by the Motherland, Warsaw Photo Days, Warsaw, Poland
2017 - Life a User's Manual: The Catcher in the Mirror, Art Encounters, Timisoara, RO
2017 - Multimi, Submultimi, Familii, Tranzit.ro/Iasi & 1+1, Iasi, RO
2016 - In Plain Sight, The Centre of Contemporary Photography, Iasi, RO
2016 - Timelapse, Electro-Putere Gallery, Craiova, RO
2016 - Timelapse, Borderline Art Space, Iasi, RO
2016 - Latitudes | Humanscapes, L. Kanellopoulos Art Centre, Eleusis, Greece
2016 - Events with no cause, The Centre of Contemporary Photography, Iasi, RO
2016 - #memory_archive, Photobook Melbourne Photo Award, Australia
2015 - Renaissance Photography Prize 2015, Getty Images Gallery, London, U.K.
2014 - Uncertain States / NINE, Four Corners Gallery, London, U.K.
2014 - Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, U.K.
2014 - Renaissance Photography Prize 2014, Getty Images Gallery, London, U.K.
2014 - The Independent AIR, Silkborg, Denmark
2014 - A Process, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany
2014 - Intersecting parallels, Center of Contemporary Photography, Iasi, RO
2013 - FreshFaced+WildEyed, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, U.K.
2013 - Edges, MA Graduation Show, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, U.K.
2012 - WESTPHOTO Photography Prize, Ambika P3 Gallery, London, U.K.
2011 - Exhibition as (micro)city, “Luceafarul” Theatre, Iasi, RO
2010 - Oltenia, “Augusto Romagnoli” Centre, Terni, Italy
DISTINCTIONS:
2015 - Shortlisted for Bar Tur Photobook Prize, The Photographers’ Gallery
2015 - Winner - Renaissance Photography Prize 2015
2015 - Nominated for the Magnum Graduate Photographers Award
2013 - Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed Winner, The Photographers' Gallery
2012 - First Prize Winner - WESTPHOTO Photography Prize, UK
EDUCATION:
[2011-2013] MA Documentary Photography University of Wales, Newport, U.K.
[2009] BA Press and Editorial Photography Falmouth University, U.K. (Erasmus Scholarship)
[2006-2009] BA Photography and Video “George Enescu” National University of Arts, Iasi, RO
[2003-2008] BA Horticulture and Landscape Design University of Agricultural Sciences, Iasi, RO