CRISTIAN “SMEAR” GHEORGHIU

Solo Exhibitions

2012

Cristian Gheorghiu, Artist of the Month series at Goethe-Institut, Los Angeles, CA. March 15th – April 27th.

The Navarro Residence presents Cristian “SMEAR” Gheorghiu, Highland Park, CA. March 10th.

Run With the Hunted, Klass Studios Presents at Mastadon Books, Los Angeles, CA. February 25th – March 17th.

2010

Cream of Meat, Buckwild, Venice, CA July 24 – August 28.

2009

From Immigration to Integration, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA September 19 – October 24.

I’m Tired of Being Sexy, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA August 15 – August 29.

Savage Stomach Pains, Han Cholo, Los Angeles, CA September 18 – October 15.

2008

Îmi place păsărică, Curve, Bucharest, Romania March 8 – April 5.

 

Select Group Exhibitions

2012

Red Bull Curates: The Road to Art Basel, Los Angeles, CA. April 5th.

Vinyl Revisionists, Warner Brother’s Records, Burbank, CA. March 30th, 2012.

2011

125 Artists in An Itty Bitty Art Show, Monkey House, Silverlake, CA, November 8 – 30.

Above the Radar II, The Fridge Gallery, Washington D.C., November 5 – December 3.

Summer Break 2011, Maximillian Gallery, Hollywood, CA, August.

FRINGE, The Loft x TSUS, Downtown LA Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA, June 9 – July 9.

What Graffiti is to New York, Street Art is to Los Angeles, Maximillian Gallery at The Sunset Marquis, Hollywood, CA, May 28 – June 30.

 Above the Radar, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.  April 2- May 1.

2010

Stand Tall, Old Crow, Oakland, CA April 9 – May 1.

2009

Emphasis:Extreme (representing Crewest), OCCCA, Santa Ana, CA July 3 – 25.

The Gift (of Fear), Bandit Gallery, Los Angeles, CA May 15 – June 8.

Printed, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA December 6 – January 4.

2008

The Inaugural Show, T&P Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA November 7 ­- December 4.

Mona Lisa, Strychin Gallery, Berlin, Germany January 25 -­ February 22.

2007

Block Party, Monkey House, Los Angeles, CA October 6 – 17.

Recess: A Custom Lunchbox Group Show, Monkey House, Los Angeles, CA September 8 – 19.

Strangers Platypus, Long Beach, CA February 10 – March 3.

 

Public Art and Special Projects

Live Paintings at New Mastodon, Los Angeles, CA

Goethe Institute Fundraiser, Los Angeles, CA

Toys for Tots Benefit, San Diego, CA

 

Selected Press

Label 228, Soft Skull Publishing, 1st Edition, 2009

Los Angeles Times, Andrew Blankstein, December 28, 2009

Ventura County Star, October 16, 2009

Daily News Los Angeles, Wire Service, October 8 2009

Citzen LA, A Moret, August Issue, 2009

Brand X, Ali Ward, August 13 Issue, 2009

Canyon News, LaDale Anderson, February 7, 2009

Los Angeles Times, Richard Winton, January 29, 2009

Los Angeles Times, Richard Winton, January 28, 2009

USA Today, Wire Service, January 28, 2009

 

Select Private/PublicCollections

Ventura Country Museum of Art

Christian Oliver

Art Medina

Jonathan Kramer

Norman Clarke

Hans Jergen Schatt