Bio

Doina Domenica Cojocaru – Thanasiadis

EDUCATION:

Ongoing PhD in Visual Arts, National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania
2019–2021 MA in Intercultural Management, UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Exchanges (Faculty of Philosophy), in partnership with the Swiss Institute for Sustainable Management and the Universities of Fribourg, Hamburg, and Dortmund
2018–2021 BA in Art History and Theory, Faculty of Art History and Theory, National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania
2016–2018 MFA in Fine Arts, University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Fine Arts, Specialisation: Dynamic Photography and Image
2017 Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London — European Academy of Participation, MFA Participatory Art (Pilot Programme)
2016 BA in Visual Arts, National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania
2013 High School Diploma, 39th General High School, Athens, Greece

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

2019 The Future Body — Interdisciplinary Laboratory, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest, June 2019

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2025 Remnants, National Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest — International Biennial for Young Artists and Students, March 2025
2021 Remnants, City Art Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria — Certificate of Presence, October 2021
2020 Remnants, Fabrik Book Exhibition, Teleki-Bolyai Museum and Library, Târgu Mureș, Romania, June 2020
2019 Emotional Europe: Next Generation! Please — Interactive Exhibition, BOZAR, Brussels, May–July 2019
2019 Remnants’, Romanian Design Week
2018 Remnants, Cele Mai Frumoase Cărți din România, Galeria Galateca, Bucharest, Romania
2018 Remnants, Diploma Show, Mogoșoaia Palace, Romania
2018 Remnants, Perspective, National Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest, Romania
2017 Post Sovieticus, Warsaw Photo Days, Warsaw, Poland
2016 The Foreigner. Parsing Imagination: Media Art and Dysfunction, The Institute, Bucharest, Romania
2015 Embrio, Photo Romania Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2012 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Collective Photo Exposition, Athens, Greece

BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS:

2018 Remnants. Artist’s book, Fabrik, Romania.
2018 Cojocaru-Thanasiadis, Doina Domenica, “Adversary Cultures: The Case of Relational Aesthetics and Participatory Practices”, Analele Universității din București. Filosofie, vol. LXXII, no. 1, pp. 67–83. DOI: 10.62229/aubpslxxi/1_23/4

DISTINCTIONS:

2024 Saatchi Art — Best Young Artists to Collect; featured in the Meet the 2024 Rising Stars catalogue (30 artists worldwide; two works acquired by U.S. collectors)

FILM FESTIVALS:

2017 Très Court International Film Festival, 19th Edition — In Spirit, The Link

AWARDS:

2018 Cele mai frumoase cărți din România (The Most Beautiful Books in Romania) — Best Limited Edition Book Award
2015 CINEMAIUBIT Festival — Photo Award
2015 IDC Photojournalism Competition — Winner

MAGAZINE FEATURES:

2024 Saatchi Art — Best Young Artists to Collect; featured in the Meet the 2024 Rising Stars catalogue (30 artists worldwide; two works acquired by U.S. collectors)
2021 Revista ARTA — feature including artwork and reference to Remnants (artist’s book), pp. 178–179, Bucharest
2019 Photographos Magazine, No. 295 — two-page spread (theme: Woman), Athens
2019 The Institute — Next Steps After DIPLOMA, Bucharest, June 2019
2019 IQADS — Beyond the Cover, Bucharest, January 2019
2018 Scena9 — Meet Three Young Artists from Romania, October 2018
2018 FOI Magazine — four-page spread, Bucharest
2018 Institute.ro — Remnants, art feature: “DOINA DOMENICA COJOCARU-THANASIADIS // REMNANTS”, October 2018
2018 Photographos Magazine, No. 266 — two-page spread, Athens
2018 Photographos Magazine, No. 263 — one-page spread, Athens
2016 Photographos Magazine, No. 242 — one-page spread, Athens
2015 Photographos Magazine, No. 239 — cover image and three-page spread, Athens
2014 Photographos Magazine, No. 231 — two-page spread, Athens
2013 Photographos Magazine, Special Issue No. 6 — two-page spread, Athens
2013 Photographos Magazine, No. 224 — one-page spread, Athens
2012 Photographos Magazine, No. 218 — one-page spread, Athens
2012 Photographos Magazine, No. 217 — one-page spread, Athens
2012 Photographos Magazine, No. 216 — one-page spread, Athens

ONLINE FEATURES:

INTERVIEWS

2018 Scena 9, Faceți Cunoștină cu trei tinere artiste din Romania
2019 The Institute, Next Steps After DIPLOMA
2019 IQADS, Etapele de creație implica foarte mult încercări si experiment, eșecuri dar si surprize plăcute
2018 Radio Romania Cultural, Arte Frumoase cu Daria Ghiu, Proiect Master, Trei Artisti
2017 Jurnal TV, Jurnal de Chisinau, Cealalta Basarabie, “Viata printre Valize “
2013 Jurnal TV, Jurnal de Chisinau, Pagina Buna, “Caut locul unde să mă simt acasă”