b. Craiova, Romania, Romania
Cătălin Marius Petrișor Hereșanu (born, 1978, Craiova, Romania) lives and works in Greblești, and in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania.
Petrișor completed a BA in Fine Arts, Painting, University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca, Romania followed by an MA in Visual Arts at the University of Art and Design of Cluj-Napoca.
His works has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Taiwan, China, U.S.A., Russia, Israel, Romania, U.K., Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic and Poland.
Petrișor’s work is in the permanent collections of The National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; The Nederlandsche Bank Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands and The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania.
In 2022, Cătălin Petrișor’s work was acquired by MNAC – The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania. The work is now part of the MNAC permanent collection and was exhibited as part of Puls 22, an exhibition of artworks acquired by the museum in 2022. The museum promotes Romanian and international artists with a programme that draws thousands of visitors from around the world each year. This exhibition, which celebrated the museum's most recent acquisitions, was accompanied by a series of public conferences organised by MNAC International Academy. The exhibition ran until 1st October 2023.
In 2023, Petrișor participated in the exhibition Core 0012. Inopportune Encounters 03, at Pasaj Cozia Ramnicu Valcea, Romania.