About
Daniel Moldoveanu
Daniel Moldoveanu is an Austrian/Romanian artist and essayist. His interdisciplinary approach circles around ideas of superficiality, analyzed in creative writing through the lens of philosophy, critical theory and cultural analysis; and in visual arts through painting, video, mixed media, and photography. Upon graduating from the Vienna Institute of Fashion, he enrolled at the Humboldt University and the University of Fine Arts, Berlin, studying Cultural Studies, Art History and Fine Art.
Contact
hello@danielmoldoveanu.com
SABOT gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
News
Memoirs of a Himbo, accompanied by a logo design and works courtesy of Julian-Jakob Kneer, was published by Nuda Paper, 16.10.2024. Read it here.
Rude Awakening, a solo exhibition at Invitro Gallery, opens in Bucharest on the 25.10.2024. Address: Calea Plevnei 137C, 060011, Bucharest, RO.
Daniel Moldoveanu is the recepient of The Swatch Art Peace Hotel Residency, kindly supported by Swatch Group in Shanghai, CN.
Selected Writing
Essay, To Preserve Your Truth While Escaping It, in: Artforum, 2024
Exhibition Text, Finally, a flat rectangular surface is too handy to give up, at: Damien and the Love Guru, Brussels, 2024
Movie Review, Emil Cioran Meets Happy Clown. Notes on 'Rotting in the Sun' (2023, in: Nuda Paper, 2023)
Essay, Bluemark Verification? Marisa Olson says: 'Not Chic.', in: Sleek Magazine, Issue 78, 2023
Essay, 72 Whole Hours of Fun, in: BylineByline, 2023
Exhibition Review, Neurodivergent Martha Stewart, in: Spike Art Magazine, Issue 76 (Summer 2023)
Short, Ski 5 Shades, Dior by John Galliano, in: Spike Art Magazine, Issue 76 (Summer 2023)
Essay, Spring of the Undead, in: Spike Art Magazine, 2023
Essay, Tragedy and the Superflat, in: Spike Art Magazine, 2022
Press Release, The Whatever Moment, SABOT, feat. an essay by Ulysse Carrière-Bouchard
Essay, Into the Void, Again, in: Spike Art Magazine, 2022
Essay, The Ethical Scammer, in: 032c, 2022
Essay, Essay on Being Short in Clubs, in: POP-Kultur und Kritik (online, 2022)
Essay, ALEXEY, 2022
Essay, On the Ferocity of Confined Freedom, in: This Is Badland, Issue Nr. 5, 2022
Essay, People Who Are Made For Clothes, in: Arts of the Working Class, Issue Nr. 20, 2022
Essay, The Incredible Lightness of SHEIN, in: Arts of The Working Class, Issue Nr. 20, 2022
Essay, Patternmaking, 2021
Essay, Risking Lives For Spring Break, in: Hugo Zorn, 2020.
Selected Press
Exhibition Review, Philipp Hindahl, in: Zeitung Magazine, print, 27.04.2024
Exhibition Review, Xavier Robles de Medina, in: PASSE-AVANT, 23.04.2024
Exhibition Review, Yujia Bian for Critics' Picks, in: Artforum, 08.04.2024
Exhibition Views, Eloquence! Eloquence ! Eloquence !, in: Contemporary Art Library, 2024
Interview, > I like the idea of being true to myself and a caricature to others. < , in: Collectors Agenda, 2024
Exhibition Views, The Whatever Moment, in: ArtViewer, SABOT, Cluj-Napoca, 2023
Interview, We're Not Pretending Hard Enough, in: This Is Badland Magazine, 2023
Interview Feature, in: PDF-Mag, 2023
Exhibition Review, Arash Shahali, "Sex and Patternmaking", in: Arts of the Working Class, Issue Nr. 20, 2022
Exhibition Views, Patternmaking, Suzie Shride, Vienna, in: KubaParis, 2021
Interview, On the Commodification of Sexuality and Aesthetic Flatness, in: PW-Magazine, 2019
Exhibition Views, Hindrance to Modern Speed, in: Parnass Magazin, 2018
Interview, Boy Meets Art World, in: Vangardist, 2017
Selected Exhibitions
- Eloquence! Eloquence ! Eloquence !; GROTTO, Berlin, DE, 2024.
- The Whatever Moment; SABOT, Cluj-Napoca, RO, 2022.
- Patternmaking; Suzie Shride, Vienna, AT, 2021.
- Stimulus; Art Institute Vienna, Vienna, AT, 2019.
- Appearances; 21er Pavilion, 21er Belvedere, Vienna, AT, 2016.
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Metal and the Flesh; Horse & Pony, Berlin, DE, 2024.
- A Tower of Birds; Electroglobal HQ, Cluj-Napoca, RO, 2024.
- Zürich Biennale; Kunstalle, Zürich, CH, 2023.
- UdK Berlin Rundgang; Berlin, DE, 2023.
- Queer Body Against; Kunstsalon im Fluc; Vienna, AT, 2020.
- OPEC Red Cross Auction; Sotheby’s, Vienna, AT, 2019.
- Hindrance to Modern Speed; Sehsaal, Vienna, AT, 2018.
