DOINA COJOCARU – THANASIADIS                     

Born in 1994, Republic of Moldova

 

EDUCATION

2018-2026 PhD in Visual Arts, National University of Arts Bucharest, Romania

2019–2021 M.A. in Sociology (Intercultural Management), UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Exchanges, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (UNIBUC), in partnership with the Swiss Institute for Sustainable Management and the Universities of Fribourg, Hamburg, and Dortmund.

2016–2018 MFA in Fine Arts, University of Arts Bucharest, Faculty of Fine Arts, Specialisation: Dynamic Photography and Image

2016 BA in Visual Arts, National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania

2013 Baccalaureate Diploma, “Onisifor Ghibu” Theoretical High School, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFICATIONS

2026 SPRINT 4.0 – National Public Service Leadership Programme, National Institute of Public Administration and Management (INAMP), State Chancellery of the Republic of Moldova, Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden, and Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV).

2026 Political School for Emerging Democratic Leaders, The public Association for Advocacy and Public Policies WatchDog.MD

2024 Business Sustainability Management, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), University of Cambridge 

2017 Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London — European Academy of Participation, MFA Participatory Art (Pilot Programme)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2026–Present Senior Policy Adviser/Consultant Principal, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, Directorate for Media Policy (Audiovisual Subdomain)

2022–2025 Bid Manager / Writer, Corps Security, London-Glasgow, United Kingdom

2021–2022 Research Consultant, Melian Dialogue, London

2020–2022 Research Associate, Global TechnoPolitics, Owensmouth, California

2016-2026 Independent Socially Engaged Visual Artist

 

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

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

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018 Remnants, Galeria Posibilă, Bucharest, Romania

2016 The Foreigner, UNAGaleria, Bucharest, Romania

 

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

2026 Displacement, Identity, and Belonging An Autoethnography, Artist’s book, Fabrik, Romania.

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

2018 Wotisart Magazine, January 2018, London

2015 “EMBRIO” series, F-Stop” Magazine, issue No 74

2015 “Getting through the storm”, STARK Magazine

2015 National Geographic, Daily Dozen – 16 Dec

2015 National Geographic, Daily Dozen – 16 Oct

2015 “Black Butterfly”, National Geographic, “Celebrating Primary Colors”

 

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”