Marius Bejera, b. 1986 in Baia Mare (RO), lives and works in Lyon (FR).

Marius Bejera’s practice includes drawing, painting, sculptural assemblage, installation, and video. Grounded in cultural, social, and historical contexts, his work explores our relationship to objects, symbols, and the environments we inhabit, examining the tension between lived experience and layered memory. His process is intuitive and organic: he begins with a mental image; a preliminary sketch that lingers and evolves over time. Rather than planning every detail in advance, he allows the work to unfold gradually, guided by intuition and the development of ideas. He starts by sketching these mental fragments, and as the work progresses, he turns to his notebooks and past sketches to find elements that resonate with the emerging composition.

Through processes of extraction and reinsertion Bejera disrupts materials, structuring his works as constructions based on memory. This accumulation distorts the present through acts of omission, displacement, and insertion, allowing imaginative elements to seep in. Some of his paintings incorporate fragments sewn from abandoned canvases; drawings infiltrate and merge with other drawings; sculptures and installations are assembled from modified found objects and fragmented elements.

By interrogating fixed notions of subjectivity, Bejera frames identity as a mutable construct shaped by intersecting cultural contexts. The figures he portrays are shaped by immersion in altered or transitional spaces, where partial objects and indeterminate connections predominate. Certain elements remain incomplete, yet traces of the familiar persist. These layered interventions invite viewers to navigate the blurred boundaries between memory and lived experience, reflecting on the unstable nature of personal and collective identity.

Marius Bejera has presented his work in museums, galleries, and cultural centers. He held solo exhibitions at White Cuib (Cluj-Napoca) and Nano Gallery / Centrul de Interes (Cluj-Napoca), and his works have been included in group exhibitions at Friche Space / Centrul de Interes (Cluj-Napoca), VÆG Contemporary Art Gallery (Aalborg), and Museum of Art and Visual Culture (Odense).

Bejera also participated in a documented performance as part of an art project by Emily Ghazal (Enschede). He was selected for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists’ RBSA 2023 Drawing Prize and participated in the Luxembourg Art Prize, receiving a certificate of artistic achievement. His practice has been featured in Draxing Pox, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine, ISSUE 17, the Contemporary Drawing Publication by Catalina Nistor and Dan Beudean, and Suboart Magazine Nr. 50.

Education

2007-2010 University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Graphic Arts (BFA)

2007-2010 University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Department for Teacher Training

Solo Exhibitions

“Default Image” at White Cuib, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2023.

“DemoGraphics – Rhythm and Flow” at Nano Gallery (Centrul de Interes), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2019.

Selected Group Exhibitions

”Why is there something and not nothing?” at Friche Space (Centrul de Interes), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2021.

”Winter Selections” at VÆG-Contemporary Art Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark, in 2015.

“Tattoo – From Maritime Heroes to World Art” at Brandts – Museum of Art and Visual Culture, Odense, Denmark, in 2014.