My work is an exploration of intimacy, identity, and the quiet singularities that define us. I consider myself a collector of hidden stories; I am drawn to the overlooked details and gestures of daily life, seeking to give a second life to objects and spaces that have been forgotten or misunderstood.
While my path began with formal training in painting in Timișoara and fine arts in Metz, those years served as a foundation for a necessary development. I chose to redefine my practice, moving away from academic constraints toward a more personal, observational language. This shift allowed me to focus on site-specific installations where the environment itself becomes part of the narrative.
In recent years, this journey has led to challeging commissions, such as my 2024 site-specific work for the St. Gallen Textile Museum in Switzerland and my inclusion in the ELLES x PARIS PHOTO anniversary book. Whether exhibiting at Paris Photo, the Daegu Photo Biennale, or through collaborations with curators, my goal remains the same: to reveal the profound poetry hidden within the mundane. Pusha
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Pusha Petrov lives and works in Romania.
Commission work
2024 St. Gallen Textile Museum I ‘All You canNOT Eat,’ curated by Dr. Alexandra Schüssler
2022 Corderie Vallois Museum I comission work for Rouen Metropole Museum
Solo shows
2023 AT/ Deep in the flour, Charim Factory I 26.05.2023 - 28.05.2023
2021 FR/ “ La Ronde #5”, Corderie Vallois Museum, comission work for Rouen Metropole Museum
2021 RO/ “ The unspoken and other images ” Jecza Gallery, Timișoara, curator Ami Barak
2020 RO/ “ Descoase ” Borderline Artspace, Iași, curator Ami Barak
2019 FR/ “ Privilege ” Galerie Le granit, Belfort
2016 FR/ “ Soba ” Romanian Cultural Institute, Paris
2016 FR/ “ Tout ce qui brille ” French Institute of Timișoara
2015 FR/ “ Dedans ” Luttange Castle, Lorraine
2013 FR/ “ Indiscrétions” Courcelles Castle, Montigny-lès-Metz
2012 FR/ “ Croyance à la maison” Octave Cowbell Gallery, Metz
2011 FR/ “ Le tout amplifie la somme des parties” Jacques Brel Art Space, part of the project NEUE, Thionville
2010 2010 FR/ “ Floraison ” Gallery of Galleries, G. Lafayette, Metz
2010 BE/ Marsupium a main, on wall at LST, Anvers
2010 BE/ Machine a laver, on wall at LST, Anvers
2010 FR/ “ Daily Mirrors ” Art Space of Conseil Général de la Moselle, Metz
Collective shows
2025 RO I Bucharest I 27.03.2025 – 08.05.2025 Unleashing the Sins of Sculpture
PL I Krakow I 08.03.2025 – 20.07.2025 One Eye Laughing, the Other Crying. Art From Romania
2023
CZ/ “ Lost in the moment that follows”,Ways of Collecting: The Ovidiu Șandor Collection Kunsthalle Praha, curator: Tevž Logar
SP/ Women in art at RecoletoCreative, Xavia
2022
RO/ “ In and Out, Out and In”, collective show at Jecza Gallery, curated by Ami Barak
RO/ “ On her side”, Contrasens at Center of projects, curators Dana Sarmes& Simona Constantin, TM
FR/ “ Statements of pure consciouss”, Danube Dialogues, The Serbian Cultural Center, Paris
FR/ “ Visage(s) d’Europe ”, organized by Fête de l’Europe, selected by ICRParis
BG/ “ Double face”, joint project with the artist Ivan Moudov at Structura Gallery, Sofia
2021
RO/ “ I feel something, don’t know what ”, ArtEncounters Foundation,Timisoara and at
PL/ Zachenta Project Room, Warsaw, curators Magda Kardasz & Diana Marincu
2020
RO/ “ Wonded identity ” Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest, curator Ileana Pintilie
AT/ “ Genealogy of Things ” Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, curators Yul Koh & Rebecca Fuxen
SB/ “ Quo Vadis Homini? ” Danube Dialogues, Novi Sad
FR/ “ Petit programme ” La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse
CH/ “ Passer (VII) ” EAC(les halles), Porrentruy
2019
AT/ “ A Causal Loop ” Charim Gallery, during Curated by, curator Ami Barak, Vienna
FR/ “ La Brique, The Brick, Cărămida”, curators Ami Barak, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse
FR/ “ Ex_East - Ex(iste) ” l’Espace Niemeyer, curator Ami Barak, Paris
2018
FR/ “ L’esprit parfaitement clair ”, Gallery Santo Amor, Lille
BE/ “ Una mas ”, with Héctor Olguin, LST, Anvers
2013
FR/ “ Est-étique ”, La Gare, Public Cultural Space, Mericourt
2012
FR/ “ Prix des Arts 2011” Gallery Neuf, Nancy
2011
FR/ “ Carte de visite” Gallery of Esplanade, Metz
2009
FR/ “ La fin, le début ” Gallery of Esplanade, Metz
FR/ “ Une Cohabitation 2 ”, Octave Cowbell Gallery, Metz
2008
FR/ “ Mulpi (ple) prise ”, Gallery of Esplanade, Metz
Art faires/ Foire
COLOGNE ART FAIR 2023 I Charim Gallery
PARIS PHOTO 2023 I Grand Palais Ephemere, Jecza Gallery
PARIS PHOTO 2021 I Grand Palais Ephemere, Jecza Gallery & Anne Sarah Benichou Gallery
PARIS PHOTO 2020* I Elles & PARIS PHOTO, selected by Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska
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Biennale
07.09- 16.10.2018 « Role-playing: Rewriting Mythologies Daegu Photo Biennale, guest curators Ami Barak & Hyo Yeun Kang / KP
29.09 - 05.11.2017 « La vie, mode d'emploi » Biennale ArtEncounters, Timisoara / RO curators Ami Barak & Diana Marincu
03.05 - 18.05.2014 « Ailleurs », 18ème Biennale Internationale de l’Image de Nancy / FR
Residencies
10.07-22.07.2026 Balkan Echoos, Iatrus Residency, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
01.05-10.05.2025 Sinemoretz Art Residency, with Roxana Neagu, Bulgaria
17.02- 01.05.2023 Residency at Charim Factory Ankerbrot, Vienna
10.2018 - 09.2019 Residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris , France
07.01 - 20.01.2019 Residency at Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France, during the cultural season France-Romania
21.07 - 28.07.2012 International Artist Residency in Pallier and Gentioux, France
01.05 - 31.05.2012 Art Residency at Romanian Cultural Institut, Paris, France
2009 Performance Couleurs superposées, Act XIII* by Daniel Buren at the Opera-Theatre in Metz, France.
Scholarships
2007-2008 Erasmus scholarship awarded by the West University of Timișoara to study at the Metz Métropole School of Art, France.
2009-2010 1st Arts Prize (Photography Category), District 1790 Prize for the Rotary year, Nancy, France
Publications/Article
La Ronde V / Musees de la metropole Rouen Normandie, 2021
Danube Dialogues / Exhibition catalog 2020
Arta, Visual Arts / Artmagazine nr. 48-49, 2021, Art & Digital Capitalism / “The Infection of Identity in the Age of the Body Docile / Quarantined / Without Organs “ written by Raluca Oancea(Nestor), curator and lecturer at The National University of Arts in Bucharest
Dilema Veche / art supliment edition, interview Pusha Petrov
Arta, Arts visuels ArtRevue nr. 36-37 2019, portofolio Pusha Petrov, texte par Foanene Andreea, curatrice et comissare ’d’expo Musée Beaux Arts Timisoara
La Brique,The Brick, Caramida Edition d’exposition no.42 La Kunsthalle, centre d’art Contemporain Mulhouse
Ailleur Edition photographique de la Bienalle Internationale de l’Image 18ème èdition, Collection ALBUM,2014, page 122-123
Est éthique Catalogue de l’exposition Est éthique a Mericourt, l’Imprimerie BrumaR, Roumanie, novembre 2012, page 36
Une décenie 2002-2012 Ouvrage édité à l’occasion du 10e anniversaire de la galerie Octave Cowbell, l’Imprimerie Centrale à Luxemburg à 1000 ex. , septembre 2012, page 93
Le Salon Revue du Centre de recherche I.D.E. Image/ Dispositifs/ Espace de l’Ecole supérieure d’art de Metz Metropole, l’impremerie Fort-Moselle à Marly, article White Layer, page 120
Arta, Photography ArtRevue nr. 6-7, portofolio Pusha Petrov 2012, Diana Marincu, curatrice