István BETUKER

istvanbetuker@gmail.com
+40 740 284 469

Born on 27.10.1984 in Satu-Mare, Romania.
Working and studying in Cluj Napoca at the University of Art and Design.
Graduated the Fine Arts High school from Satu Mare in 2003 and University of Arts and Design, Cluj Napoca in 2007.

Solo exhibitions:

2011
"Welcome to the Uncanny Valley", BAZIS Contemporary Art Gallery, F.D.P. - Fabrica de Pensule, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2010
ISTVAN BETUKER, White Project (in collaboration with Prometeo Gallery), Pescara, Italy
BRUITS ETOUFFES, Galerie Popy Arvani, Paris, France

2008
ERRANCE, Galerie Popy Arvani, Paris, France
IDLE, Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
IDLE, BAZIS Contemporary Art Gallery, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Solo exhibition in the project UNTITLED-2. (1 group project, 5 solo exhibitions), Bulgakov Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Group exhibitions:

2010
UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, Ivan Gallery, Bucharest

2010
IN THE EYES OF MY BROTHER, Larm Galleri, Copenhagen

2009
GROWHT, Parti Gallery, Pecs, Hungary
DON’T GET MAD BRO, Point Contemporary, Bucharest, Romania
Galerie Popy Arvani, Paris, France

2008
ROMANIAN ART TODAY, Tajan, Paris, France
READY, STEADY, GROWTH... , Bulgakov Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
15 HUNGARIAN AND ROMANIAN ARTISTS, Plan B Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2007
Exhibition with Cristina Vulcu, Art Cafe Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland
HOMAGE A YVES KLEIN - the winners of the "Prix LVMH des jeunes createurs 2006-2007, Galerie de l'Association Le Pont Neuf, Paris, France
7 , Parti Gallery, Pecs, Hungary 
The 5th anniversary of the Bulgakov Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania
UNTITLED-1., Bulgakov Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania

2006
EUROPA ARTIUM, Cluj Napoca, Romania
ESPERIENZE FUORI CAMPO, Galeria Antichi Forni, Macerata, Italy

2005
RED 6, Bulgakov Gallery, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Other activities:

2007
Winner of the LVMH Young Artists' Award 2006 - 2007, international competition In tribute to Yves Klein, Paris, France
Golden Kentaur 2007 International Painting Competition, Munich, Germany
Winner of the Preview Gallery Painting Competition, Cluj Napoca, Romania

2006
Workshop in Eger, Hungary
"Luci d'oriente" International Project of Mural Painting, representing the Fine Arts Academy of Macerata, Italia; Torino, Italy
Socrates/Erasmus Mobility in Macerata, Italy
2005
"Poszt" International Painting Competition (National Theatre Meeting in Pecs) Nagy Gallery, Pecs, Hungary