Iulia Nistor

Galeria Plan B is pleased to present Iulia Nistor’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. In her work, Nistor explores processes that analyze and question the pre-existing concepts that inform our perception. Through painting, text, and spatial interventions, she probes the conditions and boundaries of perception and representation.

The upcoming exhibition will include new works from Nistor's ongoing series of Evidence Paintings as well as related text-based works. In the paintings, she aims to depict the contingent properties of objects, which subsequently leads to the exclusion of the image of the object itself. The empirical process of revision and redefinition does not result in a common aesthetic or style, as it is intended to capture the phenomenon in question. The resulting works prompt viewers to reconsider how we perceive the object of an artwork. The text-based works are working sheets on which she probes and refines sets of propositions that describe the concept of the paintings. Both painting and writing are presented as processes that formulate and challenge how we think and perceive. Extending this inquiry into the physical space, Nistor's interventions mimic architectural or structural elements that are typically taken for granted. These additions seamlessly blend with their surroundings and are not mentioned on the exhibition's floor plan or the list of works, thus concealing their artistic origin and exposing our assumptions about what is given and what is made. By inducing uncertainty and doubt, these spatial manipulations further expose how our perception is informed by our concepts and expectations.

Iulia Nistor (*1985, Bucharest) is a visual artist and philosopher, living and working in Berlin and São Paulo. Nistor graduated in philosophy and completed her doctorate at the University of Regensburg. She received a Meisterschüler in fine arts from the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main. Solo exhibitions include: properties without object, Mendes Wood DM, New York (2023); Revenge of the Given, Plan B, Berlin (2019); Eary Poise, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2017); Canary in a coal mine, Plan B, Berlin (2017); Before Interpretation, Galeria Electroputere, Craiova (2015);.../.../..., Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna (2015); (i)... (ii)... (iii)... (iv)..., Aiurart Contemporary Art Space, Bucharest (2014). Group exhibitions include: Pictorial Resonance, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin (2024); Linhas Tortas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2023); Living Together–Crossing Borders, The 4th Mediterranean Biennale, Sakhnin Valley, Haifa (2021); Secret Wing, Timisoara Art Encounters Biennale, Timisoara (2021); Rethinking the Image of the World - Projects and Sketches, Ianchelevici Museum, La Louviere (2019); Iulia Nistor și Achraf Touloub. Spațiu (Continuare și sfârșit), Rezidența BRD Scena9, Bucharest (2019); After Rubens, Städelmuseum, Frankfurt/Main (2017); Mobile Biennale, Club Electroputere, Moldavia (2017); Gardeners Digest - The Yew, Societas Horti (CCA), Tbilisi (2016); The Real Kiss, JOHAN, Frankfurt/Main (2016); Appearance and Essence, ArtEncounters 1st edition, Timișoara (2015); PreisträgerInnenausstellung, Strabag Kunstforum, Vienna (2014); Escapes: Colony. Endocosmos. Ulysses. Unsent Postcards, Museo Guerra Junqueiro, Porto (2013).