Razvan Botis

Răzvan Botiș observes reality and processes it with a sharp eye and humor in his ceramics. His works overturn conventional perception and preconceived ideas through a detached and lucid approach, speculating the apparent simplicity of certain gestures and situations. He uses a single type of clay and he is interested mostly in representing the human body in various situations. The works might seem easy shaped, but at a closer look they reveal a complex know-how tool. An important detail in the artist choice is that he uses just his hands and no other instrument.

Răzvan Botiș (b.1984, Brasov, Romania) lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2019, he earned his PhD at the University of Art and Design, Cluj-Napoca and is currently Associate Professor in the Ceramics department of the university. In recent years, he had several solo exhibitions, including The Ceramist (2019) and Cashmere Thoughts (2016) at SABOT Gallery, Cluj-Napoca and Blue Air (2018) at White Cuib, Cluj-Napoca. He was part of group exhibitions such as Parlour for little objects (2020) at Cinema Arta, Cluj-Napoca, Virus Diaries (2020) at White Cuib, Cluj-Napoca, RE:Start (2019), Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca and several international group shows such as Persona (2019), Mucem, Marseille, France and A word for each of us (2018), Richter Gallery, Rome, Italy and Cluj Connection 3D (2015), curated by Jane Neal, Galerie Judin, Berlin, Germany. In 2017, he participated in the exhibition Life as a User’s Manual: I work therefore I’m not, the second edition of the Contemporary Art Biennial Art Encounters, in Timisoara, Romania.