MA
Visual Arts
University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca
Curriculum Vitae
Flavian Savescu
Visual artist, researcher and educator
Education
Institutional positions
Current
Lecturer — photographic art, image analysis and digital image editing
Popular School of Arts and Crafts „Ion Românu", Reșița · Caraș-Severin Centre for Culture and Art
Professional memberships
Member
Union of Visual Artists of Romania (UAP)
Filiala Deva
Monographs
De la real la augmentat. Artistul vizual în epoca post-fotografică
Published — Volume I of the research
De la real la augmentat II-A. Corporalitate, spațiu și materialitate în arta post-fotografică
Manuscript in progress
Current critical writing
Distanța focală — permanent column of photographic criticism
Published essays
The Wrong Lens
Pure physiognomy without predicate: the statistical flesh of AI portraits
The prompt as photographic gesture
Captured attention
The gaze without referent
When the image no longer confirms the world
Intentionality without consciousness: can there be art without a subject in the AI age?
Taste as algorithm. Captured attention and administered desire
The ethics of AI-generated images
Delegated imagination
Solo exhibitions
| 2026 | Puntea Necreată (The Uncreated Bridge) | University of Craiova Gallery · ROMCON XLVII |
| 2025 | Puntea Necreată (The Uncreated Bridge) | Alexander Tietz Library · Reșița |
| 2022 | Touche | Agora Art Gallery · Reșița |
| 2021 | Un fel și CHIP | Agora Art Gallery · Reșița |
| 2020 | China în singurătate (China in Solitude) | Agora Art Gallery · Reșița |
| 2019 | Locuri de la răsărit de gând | „Paul Iorgovici" County Library · Reșița |
| 2019 | Continuum. Înlănțuind ere | Agora Art Gallery · Reșița |
| 2018 | Închipuiri (Imaginings) | English Art Club Gallery · Lugoj |
| 2018 | Himera (Chimera) | Agora Art Gallery · Reșița |
| 2017 | Introspecții (Introspections) | Euro Foto Art Exhibition Hall · Oradea |
| 2016 | Emoții și contraste | Clio Hall · Arad |
| 2016 | Printre trestii | Oltenia Museum · Craiova |
| 2016 | Chipuri, locuri și închipuiri | Military Centre Gallery · Craiova |
| 2015 | România de poveste | Caraș-Severin Police Inspectorate |
| 2014 | Impresii în mișcare | House of Culture · Oțelu Roșu |
| 2014 | Impresii și momente | Agora Gallery · Reșița |
| 2013 | Impresii despre lumină | House of Culture · Oțelu Roșu |
Group exhibitions (selection)
| 2026 | Hunedoara Visual Arts Winter Salon | FORMA Art Gallery · Deva |
| 2025 | Priviri peregrine | UBB University Centre Foyer · Reșița |
| 2025 | Five Art Plus Gallery | Vienna · Austria |
| 2025 | Illusorium | FORMA Art Gallery · Deva |
| 2025 | Prezentul continuu (The Continuous Present) | FORMA Art Gallery · Deva |
| 2024 | Aproape imperfect (Almost Imperfect) | Banatul Montan Museum · Reșița |
| 2024 | GPU Members Photo Exhibition | Museum of Art · Cluj-Napoca |
| 2024 | Hunedoara Visual Arts Autumn Salon | FORMA Art Gallery · Deva |
| 2023 | Hunedoara Visual Arts Summer / Winter Salon | FORMA Art Gallery · Deva |
| 2022 | Octofoto | Independența Cinema · Târgoviște |
| 2021 | Conurbația (The Conurbation) | Corvin Castle · UAP Hunedoara |
| 2021 | 8th Lensvision | Bengal Photography Institute · India |
| 2020 | We, people of the world | Tbilisi · Georgia |
| 2019 | Lumea unită prin artă (The World United Through Art) | Ministry of Internal Affairs Cultural Centre · Bucharest |
| 2019 | International Abgineh Photo Exhibition | Iran |
| 2018 | Celebrating 179th Year of Photography | Kolkata · India |
| 2016 | FOTO-grafii | Five Plus Art Gallery · Vienna · Austria |
| 2015 | Pirmasens Fototage | Pirmasens · Germany |
| 2014 | International Exhibition | Feldbach · Austria |
Coordination / Organisation
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International Salon of Artistic Photography of the Banat Mountains
Coordination
Original concepts
The AIM triad
Attention · Intention · Message. A framework for evaluating artistic decision in the generative age.
Situational aura
A reconfiguration of the Benjaminian concept of aura for the image without original.
The phygital object
An ontological category for objects with mixed physical-digital existence.
Distinctions
2019
Cultural Merit (Meritul Cultural)
Local Council and Town Hall of Vulcan