Valentin Soare is one of the representative artists of the young generation of local sculptors. In parallel with his exhibition at CREART Gallery, he has three other group exhibitions in Bucharest and around the country: "Luna Brâncuși" at the Art Galleries of the Romanian Academy and at SIMEZA Gallery, as well as "Luna Sculptorilor Români" in Iași, an event that this year is held under UNESCO patronage. In his solo show at CREART Gallery, Valentin Soare puts on view, in addition to sculptures, drawings from his extensive series "The Long Way to the Monument," which he first displayed in 2023 at Fantom Gallery in Berlin as part of an artistic residency aimed at promoting Romanian artists in the German capital.
The exhibition "Ark of Dreams" by Valentin Soare is organized by the Bucharest City Hall, through CREART – the Center for Creation, Art, and Tradition of Bucharest, in the context of marking 150 years since the birth of Constantin Brâncuși.
"’Ark of Dreams’ starts from the idea of the port as a liminal space, of transit and accumulation, exploring the theme of navigation or circulation in which the works—wall objects (made of stone, wood, or resin) and sketches—function as orientation tools or landmarks in a subjective journey proposed by Valentin Soare. At the same time, the present selection activates, in parallel, another type of itinerary: that of the becoming of the sculptural form, from the sketch—understood as a space of intention, possibility, and projective geometry—to sculpture, approached in extenso. The sketch functions as a matrix of form, a place of negotiation between idea and matter, where the composition remains open, reversible, and subject to transformation. The transition to three-dimensionality involves a process of sedimentation in which volume is condensed and form acquires contour, scale, and stability, entering into a direct relationship with space.” – Ana Daniela Sultana
Valentin Soare is a sculptor, graduate of UNArte Bucharest, with a bachelor's and master's degree in sculpture, member of UAP. He has exhibited in public spaces locally works that have become landmarks of the contemporary artistic landscape, such as "Steaua are Nume" (Bucharest, Piața Presei Libere) and "Degetul lui Dumnezeu" (Bucharest, Bastilia Bookstore Courtyard, Gh. Petrașcu House Courtyard, Romană Square, balcony of the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest - NAG #8, Domnească Courtyard, St. Anton Square - NAG #7, and Ghergani, Rendez-Vous aux Jardins). His exhibition activity includes participation in solo and group exhibitions organized at the Royal Palace in Bucharest, the Art Galleries of the Romanian Academy, the National Salon of Contemporary Art-SNAC, MoBU, the House of Arts in Timișoara, the National Museum Zrenjanin in Serbia, Bensousan Han Thessaloniki Greece, the Museum of Contemporary Art Château de Montsoreau in France, etc.
Ana Daniela Sultana is a curator and publicist, a graduate of the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She publishes articles in ARTA magazine, Orizonturi Culturale Italo-Române, and on agentiadecarte.ro. She collaborates with institutions such as CREART, ICR Istanbul, ICR Vienna, ICR Venice, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bucharest, the Art Museum in Timișoara, Kunsthalle Feldbach, Aluniș Art Center, and numerous contemporary art galleries.