Dan Beudean was born in 1980 in Cluj-Napoca. He studied art at the University of Art and Design in Cluj. Today, Dan Beudean lives and works in Cluj-Napoca and is considered one of the best artists dedicated to drawing of his generation. Apart from his interest for drawing, Beudean has made a series of installations, sculptures and video works. Dan Beudean’s creation has a visionary dimension and, like a medieval artist, he is preoccupied with nature, mysticism and symbolism. His interest, however, draws towards the historical dimension of the 21st century and its socio-political issues. Beudean’s drawings capture even the smallest details, regardless of the format chosen, focusing on the physical and spiritual destiny of the contemporary man. Dan Beudean is a critical but subtle observer of the man’s attempt to dominate nature in his attempts to acquire it artificially. He admires, however, the perpetual explorational effort that underlies contemporary society. (text by Liviana Dan)