2025
Broken Heart, two installations from the Hearts series, specially created by a group of artists coordinated by Anca Boeriu and Andreea Sandu, incorporating recycled elements such as plastic and paper. Each heart carries a story, traveling and collecting the energy of the artists, architects, performers with whom it interacted, as well as the people from the NAC network. The first heart unites through a network of veins and arteries that pulse, while the second is divided, torn between reason and emotion, action and resignation, technology and humanity. These key messages have the power to change mentalities and perceptions, with words that can bring ideas, communities, and fragments of life together.
Broken Heart, two installations from the Hearts series, specially created by a group of artists coordinated by Anca Boeriu and Andreea Sandu, incorporating recycled elements such as plastic and paper. Each heart carries a story, traveling and collecting the energy of the artists, architects, performers with whom it interacted, as well as the people from the NAC network. The first heart unites through a network of veins and arteries that pulse, while the second is divided, torn between reason and emotion, action and resignation, technology and humanity. These key messages have the power to change mentalities and perceptions, with words that can bring ideas, communities, and fragments of life together.
Curatori
Anca Boeriu
Anca Boeriu is a renowned graphic artist and a university professor at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, with a remarkable creative career that includes both solo and group exhibitions in Romania and abroad. Honored with national and international awards, Anca explores a wide range of artistic techniques—from printmaking, drawing, and collage to ceramics and installation.
Beyond her artistic practice, Anca is also an expert curator, actively involved in numerous national and international projects.
A graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts, Graphic Arts Department, and holding a PhD in Visual Arts, she has been a member of the Union of Visual Artists of Romania since 1999 and, since 2016, President of the Bucharest Graphic Arts Branch. She is also a founding member of the International Association Friends of the National Museum of Art of Romania, a member of the international cultural association MitOst (Germany), and Romania’s delegate to the Chamalières International Print Triennial in France.
In 2014, she initiated and coordinated BIPB – Bucharest International Print Biennale, a landmark project in the field of international printmaking.
Andreea Sandu
Andreea Sandu is an entrepreneur, cultural manager, and curator, and the founder of the Galateca Gallery in Bucharest. She is the initiator of the cultural platforms CSWeek – The Sustainable Creativity Week and Neo Art Connect (NAC), the first annual Art and Science event in Romania. With over 15 years of experience in the field and studies in ICT, management, art, and art curation, Andreea has coordinated numerous national and international projects and exhibitions. Some of the significant projects she has developed include Romanian Art Energy, Neo Studio, Măiastra, Strada copiilor, and INT.EXT, all aiming to support young talents and promote contemporary art.
She has collaborated with prestigious international institutions such as Ars Electronica Austria, Fantom Gallery Berlin, and Brighton University, and has been involved in organizing eco-art, design, and innovation events. In recent years, she has focused her activity on the development of the CSWeek and Neo Art Connect networks, emphasizing sustainability, education, innovation, and the interconnection of art and science. In 2024, Neo Art Connect organized the largest event in Romania, covering 15,000 square meters of art and science, with presence in 11 cities. Andreea has held numerous conferences and mentoring sessions on topics such as cultural entrepreneurship, sustainable art, and the impact of new technologies on art. She lives and works in Bucharest.
Galateca
Galateca is one of the most well-known multidisciplinary art and design galleries in Romania, a landmark space and a platform for promoting multimedia projects since 2012. Over time, the gallery has organized or hosted numerous contemporary art exhibitions, as well as interdisciplinary exhibitions of both local and international contemporary artists. Similarly, the gallery has embraced programs to promote young artists, art and science programs, sustainability, and collaborative initiatives, encouraging the production of contemporary art through the development of cultural projects both within its own spaces and extending beyond its boundaries. Among the programs initiated and organized, we mention: Măiastra, the untold story of the traditional blouse, Art at the entrance, #contactless art wall, Neo Studio – a program to promote young artists, CSWeek – The Sustainable Creativity Week, and Neo Art Connect (NAC) – the first annual event of art and science.
For more details, visit www.galateca.ro