Kitră

Bio

Kitra (Nicu Duta) was born in 1981 in the grim concrete landscape of communist Romania and grew up in the 90’, in a post-revolutionary climate characterized by chaos. This setting was the source of a need for escapism, which shaped his visual language towards the use of bold colors and an obsessive preoccupation with cleanliness and order, constantly present throughout his work.

After graduating with a B.F.A. and M.F.A. at the National University of Arts in Bucharest (2005, r., 2011), Kitra became interested in street art and the raw, direct response one can receive by exposing one’s workout in the open. His choice of medium gradually shifted during the last 10 years from urban intervention to mural and later to canvas, in search of more permanence and intimacy. In 2019 Kitra’s work was recognized as part of the prospective exhibition Post System Geometry, at the Museum of Recent Art in Bucharest and was included in the permanent collection of the museum.

Currently living and working in Berlin, Kitra draws inspiration from the urban landscape, industrial design, and the digital world, using a mathematical approach to create his geometric abstract-minimalist compositions, evoking the sensibilities of artists such as Frank Stella, Peter Halley, and Bridget Riley.

Born 1981, Targoviste, Romania as Nicu Duta.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany since 2017.

Education and artistic background

M.F.A., National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania (2009 - 2011)
B.F.A., National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania (2005 - 2008)

Exhibitions and participation in festivals (selection)

2025
Gelbe Seiten, Selerie Weekend, Berlin, Germany
New Perspectives, New & Abstract Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2024
Losito Kunstpreis, di Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Positions Berlin Art Fair, collaboration with Hilgemann Art, Berlin,Germany
Camouflage, installation for Völklingen Urban Art Biennale, Germany

2023
Positions Berlin Art Fair, collaboration with Hilgemann Art, Berlin, Germany
Notes to Myself, SupaLife, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Under the House, Arcub, Bucharest, Romania
Still Stand, Museum of Art, Craiova, Romania

2022
Structures of Solitude, Frizz23, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Positions Berlin Art Fair, collaboration with Hilgemann Art, Berlin, Germany
Signscapes, Donnerstag Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)

2021
Prenez Place, public art intervention for Quai36, Paris, France
Positions Berlin Art Fair, collaboration with Hilgemann Art, Berlin, Germany
Double exposure, Hilgemann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Preview: Thinking about the measure of things, Frizz23, Berlin, Germany (solo)

2020
Over and Over, public art intervention on historical Litfaßsäule, Berlin, Germany

2019
Duality, Halle113 Art Space, Berlin, Germany
Post System Geometry, Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, Romania
Torino Graphic Days Festival, Torino, Italy
Gods just want to have fun, MsArtville Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Mix&Play, Sibiu Street Art, Festival, Sibiu, Romania
EttoSpace, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2018
Romanian Artists at the Centenary, Kunst Kooperative, Berlin, Germany
Saison France-Roumanie, Paris, France
One Night Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Babel, MsArtville Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Bonjour Tristesse, Baull Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Wandelism, Berlin, Germany
My Solo Group Show I, CAV Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Monumenta, Leipzig, Germany

2017
Golden Frame, 030202 Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Urbingo Centenary, Alba-Iulia, Romania
Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria
Amural Festival, Brasov, Romania
Play, Sibiu Street Art Festival, Sibiu, Romania
Liaison, Pilat Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (solo)
CAF Art Fair, Materia Repositorium, Bucharest, Romania

2016
Dynamo, Blind Walls Gallery Festival, Breda, The Netherlands
Amural Festival, Brasov, Romania
Romanian Design Week, Bucharest, Romania
Art Safari, Bucharest, Romania

2015
M60 Space, Bucharest, Romania (solo)
Amural Festival, Brasov, Romania
Sibiu Street Art Festival, Sibiu, Romania

2014
Titikitra, Kabinet Art Space, Bucharest, Romania
Street Delivery Festival, Bucharest, Romania

Contact

hello@kitra.ro
instagram: @kitragram