Ileana Pintilie is an art critic and curator, professor at the Arts University in Timisoara, Romania. Her books include Actionism in Romania During the Communist Era and the volume Mitteleuropäische Paradigmen in Südosteuropa. Ein Beitrag zur Kultur der Deutschen im Banat (with Roxana Nubert). She has also published a number of articles and essays on contemporary art in Romania and abroad in international catalogues and volumes. In 1994 Pintilie won a National Award for Art Criticism. She is a contributing editor of ARTMargins. She organised and curated the performance art festival Zona in Timisoara, as well as many solo and group exhibitions in Romania and abroad.
During the residency Ileana Pintilie will investigate artistic and philosophical concepts in Paul Neagu's work, researching the archives of the Paul Neagu Estate in London and the Tate Collection.
When: 7 June - 5 August 2010; Where: Romanian Cultural Institute London.
