Lucian Bran

Lucian Bran engages with landscape photography through a practice that blends cynicism and sentimentality, subtly destabilizing the ideological frameworks that shape our perception of the surrounding world. His projects reveal the interplay between humans, culture, and nature, employing technological methods that push the limits of image production. Alongside his photographic experiments, Bran’s recent work extends into objects, sculpture, and installation, further intensifying the tension between representation and reality.

Lucian Bran (b. 1981) graduated from the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Department of Photography. His work has been exhibited at Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest (2025, 2024); U10, Belgrade (2024); The Balcony, The Hague (2024); Art Quarter Budapest (2024); Artissima Art Fair, Turin (2025, 2023); the Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest (2023); the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest (2023, 2018); Iomo Gallery, Bucharest (2022); ElectroPutere Gallery, Craiova (2021); Borderline Art Space, Iași (2021, 2018); Fotogalerie Wien (2018); Salonul de Proiecte, Bucharest (2016); Galeria Posibilă, Bucharest (2015, 2013); and the Museum of Municipal Engineering, Krakow Photomonth – Show OFF (2014). He was selected for Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur (2019) and nominated for The Unseen ING Talent Award (2016).