Dan Perjovschi is an artist, writer and

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

born on 29 October 1961 in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

, Romania. Perjovschi has over the past decade created drawings in museum spaces, most recently in the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

in New York City in which he created the drawing during business hours for patrons to see. The drawings present a political commentary in response to current events. Another exhibition of Perjovschi's within a Portuguese bank consists of several

comic strip A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...

style drawings which address more European issues such as Romania's acceptance to the EU and abortion legalization in Portugal. Dan and Lia Perjovschi had their first retrospective exhibition at the

Nasher Museum of Art The Nasher Museum of Art (previously the Duke University Museum of Art) is the art museum of Duke University, and is located on Duke's campus in Durham, North Carolina, United States. The Nasher, along with Dartmouth's Hood Museum of Art and Pr ...

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in fall 2007. In 2009 Dan Perjovschi created his first permanent realisation in

Czech National Library of Technology The Czech National Library of Technology ( cs, Národní technická knihovna, abbreviated as NTK) is located at Technická 6 in Prague 6. The building also houses a branch of the Municipal Library of Prague. The former site of the National Library ...

in Prague. It consists of 200 monumental drawings on the concrete walls of main atrium of the building. In 2010, Dan Perjovschi served as an International Artist in Residence at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

Spencer Museum of Art The Spencer Museum of Art is an art museum operated by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Spencer Museum seeks to "...present its collection as a living archive that motivates object-c ...

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. He created an installation in the Museum's Central Court and engaged with students from various departments at KU. In March 2013 Dan and Lia Perjovschi were awarded with the

European Cultural Foundation The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) is a Netherlands-based independent cultural foundation. Its mission is to “make a tangible impact on civil society, citizen initiatives, public opinion and policy proposals to combat the fragmenting forces ...

's Princess Margriet Award. His work is reflecting social and civic issues of interest and as such it is often printed out and used during protests. File:Black belt drawing 04 by Dan Perjovschi at MQ.jpg, Black belt drawing by Dan Perjovschi at MuseumsQuartier, File:Dan Perjovski- Mind the step (5020715132).jpg, Dan Perjovschi- Mind the step,

Van Abbemuseum The Van Abbemuseum () is a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel River. Established in 1936, the museum is named after its founder, Henri van Abbe, who loved modern art and wanted ...

, 2010 File:Dan Perjovschi (Triennale, Palais de Tokyo) (6975551546).jpg, Dan Perjovschi at Triennale,

Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...

, 2012

Authored Books

* Postcards from America. Edited by Karen Davidson. Essay by Kristine Stiles. New York: Pont La Vue Press, 1995. * Castle Stories. Edited by Patricia Corbett. La Napoule, France: Edition La Mancha and La Napoule Art Foundation, 2000. * Vis-à-vis, Editura Nemira, București, 2000. * I Draw - I Happy. Edited by Lutz Becker. Koln: Schnittraum and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2004. * Toutes Directions. Edited by Dominique Abensour and Marc Geerardyn. Quimper, France: Le Quartier Centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, 2005. * Human Natural Desaster. Edited by Lutz Becker and Uwe Kock, Koln: Flypaper, 2005 * My World- Your Kunstraum, Edited by Stefan Bidner. Innsbruck: Kunstverein and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2006. * Non-Stop 1991-2006: 22 Magazine / Revista 22, București. Paris: Onestar Press, 2006. * A Book with an Attitude. Edited by Jean Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. Edited by Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. Geneva: Edition et Diffusion Attitudes, 2007. * Postmodern Ex-Communist. Edited by Marius Babias., Sabine Hentsch. Cluj, Romania: IDEA, and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, 2007. * Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Global Village: The Art of Dan Perjovschi. Verso: London 2007. * Love 196, Fuck 2008. Edited by Jean Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. . Edited by Jean-Paul Felley and Olivier Kaeser. Geneva: Edition et Diffusion Attitudes, Kunsthalle Basel, 2008. * București, Brussel, Chisinau. Edited de Matei Caltia. București, Galeria Posibila 2008 * Lia & Dan Perjovschi: The Cologne Crime, Edition Worpswede 2008. * Dan Perjovschi: Recession. DuMont, 2010. * Temporary Yours, 1995–2012. Idea Editura, Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E * The Book of Notebooks. Cartea carnetelor, P+4 Publications, 2021.

References

External links

* Dan Perjovschi is represented b
Lombard Freid Gallery, New Yorkgalerie Michel Rein, ParisGregor Podnar, Berlin
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090310104131/http://www.nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions_statesofmind.php * https://www.flickr.com/groups/danperjovschi/pool/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20070924123326/http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=3956
Interview with the artist

Dan & Lia Perjovschi European Cultural Foundation Princess Margriet Award
1961 births Living people People from Sibiu Romanian cartoonists Romanian artists {{cartoonist-stub