Victor Ciato (b. 1938 in Sudrigiu, d. in 2011 in Cluj) lived and worked in Cluj.
Victor Ciato graduated from the Art and Design University in Cluj in 1964, where he held a teaching position between 1964 and 2008.
Solo exhibitions include: Variations in the spirit of the Tang system, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2011); Momentul 0, Galeria Plan B, Cluj (2011); Structuri Paralele Om-Peisaj, UAP Gallery, Cluj, (1983); Painting, Drawing, UAP Gallery, Cluj (1977); Untitled, UAP Gallery, Cluj (1974); Artistes Etrangers, Boursiers du Gouvernement Français, Cité Internationale des Arts, Salle Sandoz, Paris (1973); Aquarelles (with Doina Hordovan), Kalinderu Gallery, Bucharest (1968); Aquarelles, UAP Gallery, Cluj (1967).
Selected group exhibitions: Hocus Focus, Conector / OFF-space, Cluj Napoca (2025); In our immediate environment, Plastic, Cluj-Napoca (2024); Lost in the Moment That Follows, Ways of Collecting: Ovidiu Șandor Collection, Kunsthalle Prague (2023); Track Changes, curated by Plan B at Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo (2016); BERLIN SHOW #4: Inventory, Galeria Plan B, Berlin (2015); Abstract Drawing, curated by Richard Deacon at the Drawing Room, London (2014); Between the Lines. Plan B, Cluj (2014); East Ex East, Brand New Gallery, Milan (2011); Hand Painted, The Hungarian Artists Association Gallery, Budapest (2001); Untitled, Gartenflügel Gallery, Ziegelbrücke (1999); Experiment in Romanian Art since 1960, National Museum of Art, Cluj (1996); Hora Romaneasca, Kunststation Kleinsassen, Hofbieber-Kleinsassen (1995); Romanian Cultural Center, Paris (1994); Fourth International Asian European Art Biennial, Ankara, TR1990 The Republican Exhibition, Bucharest (1992).
Text courtesy Galeria Plan B.

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