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Florin Hategan
- born in Timisoara, Romania, in 1962
- immigrated to Canada in 1994
- studied civil engineering in Timisoara, Romania
(1983-1988); and graphic arts at the University of Fine Arts, Timisoara, Romania
(1992-1994)
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Using drawing and printmaking techniques, Florin Hategan
creates works inspired by his childhood and other personal, emotional experiences,
preferring the limitations of black and white media as they allow him to express the
contradictions inherent in human life, and the energy that arises from those
contradictions. "To draw, for me," he said in 1996, "is not necessarily a
hobby, it is more than that, it is an option of life. It is my way to tell the whole truth
about the inside and outside world, and eventually to give an expression to my entire
population of thoughts." In his early 1960s prints there is a concern for
the cityscape and the collision of humanity with technology. Over the years he has
explored, as well as themes from his childhood, the fall of the Iron Curtain in eastern
Europe, the consequences of war, and the relation between human anatomy and urban
architecture. His recent work includes "studies of crowds as a global expression of
spirituality, along with an in depth study of plastic space and techniques using details
as a re-dimension of notion of epic" (1996). In 1997 Hategan was awarded the
Television Osaka Prise at the Osaka Print Triennial in Japan.
See also: http://www.thebans.com/florin
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1996 |
J.M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart
House, University of Toronto, Ontario |
1992 |
University of Timisoara,
Romania |
1985 |
Pocket Gallery, Timisoara,
Romania |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998 |
Kanagawa Triennial
JapanInter-Kontakt-Grafik Triennial
Prague, Czech Republic
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1997 |
East Meets West
Graz, Austria (travelling in 16 European cities including Austria, Croatia, Poland)Osaka Triennial
Osaka, Japan
The Best of Printmaking
Rockport Publishers, United States
Ljubljana Print Biennial
Slovenia
Bitola Print Triennial
Macedonia
Varna Print Biennial
Bulgaria
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1996 |
Sapporo Print Biennial
JapanKanagawa Print Exhibition
Japan
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1995 |
Salon of Miniature Art
Toronto, Ontario |
1994 |
Seoul Print Biennial
KoreaBelgrade Print Biennial
Yugoslavia
Graphium Print Biennial
Romania
Grand prix de la ville de Saint-Grégoire
France
Salon international d'Aquitane
France
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1993 |
International Performance
Art Fest
Timisoara, Romania |
1992 |
International Art Horizons
New York, New York |
1991 |
International Photo
Exhibition
Bucharest, Romania |
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