BOGDAN RAŢĂ

In
 his 
second
 postgraduate 
year
 at 
Bucharest, 
having
 graduated
 the 
University 
of 
Arts 
in
 Timisoara
 (Sculpting 
section) 
in
 2006, 
Bogdan 
Rată 
is
 one 
of 
the 
most 
promising
 young
 artists 
in 
Romania.
At 
23
 (born
 in 
Baia 
Mare,
1984)
 he 
is 
currently
 doing 
a 
masters 
degree 
under 
the 
guidance
 of 
Adrian
 Popovici 
and
 already
 possesses 
a 
prestigious 
record:
 the 
Eurobarometruvizual 
Prize, 
offered 
by 
the
 Center 
for 
Contemporary
 Art 


in 
Bucharest
(2007),
second 
prize at 
“Lumina
 în
 clarobscur“,
offered 
by
 the 
Dutch 
Embassy
(2006),
the
E xcellence 
Prize
 offered 
by
 the 
University
 of 
Arts
 of 
Timisoara
(2005).


His
 first 
solo 
show,
„Amprente 
si 
insecte“
(Prints 
and 
Insects),
opened 
in
 2005
 at 
the 
Mansarda
 Gallery, 
in 
Timisoara, 
is 
proof 
of 
a
spectacular 
originality, 
backed 
up 
by 
talent
and 
ethod

and,
 equally, 
testament
 to 
the 
artist’s
 ascent

 towards 
fertile 
experiments,
 at 
present, 
but 
without
 ostentation.