Born in 1999, RO.
Resides and works in Cluj-Napoca, RO.
Iulia-Dana Pușcașu is an artist working within mediums ranging from writing and drawing to video and new media. Her work combines theoretical research with a particular visual artistic approach, typically drawing on concepts and methods in philosophy. Pușcașu graduated with a BA in fine arts and an MPhil in philosophy, and is currently a PhD candidate at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, researching the author/instrument dilemma in using artificial intelligence for artistic creation. Recent exhibitions that display her work include Graduate Curated at MARe in Bucharest and Television Pavilion at The Wrong Biennale, along with contributions to several art and scientific literature publications and conferences.
2023 — MPhil in Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj–Napoca, RO
2021 — BA in Fine Arts, University of Art and Design in Cluj–Napoca, RO
2021 — Erasmus+ Scholarship, Académie royale des Beaux–Arts de Bruxelles, BE
2025
— Screening (Waiting Room, 2023), Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Toulouse, FR
— Group Exhibition, Permanent World Encyclopedia, The Mountainous Banat Museum in Reșița, Gloriae Gallery in Craiova, Amzei Creative Corner in Bucharest, Ilfoveanu&Badea Cultural Foundation in Pitești, RO
2024
— Screening (Waiting Room, 2023), International Festival Les Instants Vidéo, [.BOX], Milan, IT
— Group Exhibition, Palimpsest, Himera Gallery, Timișoara, RO
— Screening (Waiting Room, 2023), SI CINÉMA#5, Cinema Café des Images, Caen, FR
— Group Exhibition, Grandpa's Freestyled Fairy Story, The Cosmic House Gallery, Cluj–Napoca, RO
— Group Exhibition, Cei noi / Graduate Curated, MARe (Museum of Recent Art), Bucharest, RO
— Group Exhibition, Samtidighed, FKSE (Studio of Young Artists’ Association), Budapest, HU
— Group Exhibition, Television Pavilion, The Wrong Biennale 2o23/24
2023
— Duo Exhibition, Waiting Room, La Cave, Institut français de Roumanie à Cluj–Napoca, RO
— Group Exhibition, Hadopelagic, The Cosmic House Gallery, Cluj–Napoca, RO
2021
— Group Exhibition, selection of UAD graduates, Centrul de Interes, Cluj–Napoca, RO
— Group Exhibition, The Latent Image, Espace Vanderborght, Bruxelles, BE
2024
Photography contribution. CAHIER d'images. 2nd Volume. Luxembourg, LU
Exhibition catalogue. Cei noi / Graduate Curated, MARe (Museum of Recent Art). Vellant. Bucharest, RO
2022
Photography contribution. GRUPAJ powered by Camera. 1st Issue. Published and launched at Sit+Read Artbook Fair, Timișoara, RO
2025
Generative AI: collaborator or tool? The experience of interaction in the process of artistic creation, 6th Youth in High Dimensions, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, IT
2024
Creating with AI: On recent debates about authorship, The International Conference for Doctoral Students in Philosophy, 4th Edition, Cluj–Napoca, RO
2022
Artificial Intelligence and Art. Challenges surrounding the status of art. National Conference PhiloHistoriss. 7th Edition. Cluj–Napoca, RO
Explorations on Artificial Intelligence in Art. National Conference “Human Nature, Culture and Technology”. 3rd Edition (NUCT 2022). Cluj–Napoca, RO
2023-2024
Entrepreneurial Skills for Young Artists, Erasmus+ Mentorship programme, The Cosmic House Foundation, Cluj-Napoca, RO & Ab Ovo Egyesület, Budapest, HU
2020
Erasmus+ Traineeship, Associazione Culturale Figurazioni–Centro Studi Arte e Ricerca, Roma, IT