Set designer painter

Date and place of birth: 01.02.1972, Cluj-Napoca

Studies: "Ion Andreescu" Academy of Visual Arts, Cluj-Napoca, 1997

The young set designer from Cluj-Napoca has made his name since he was a student. His first collaborations at the Oradea Theatre were in 1997, with two young directors who also came from the Cluj theatre school: with Radu Ghiţulescu on "Năpasta" and "Doctor fără voie", and with Tudor Chirilă on "Pseudolus" by Plautus. He also designed the set for the shows "If Love Aren't..." by Marin Preda and "Electra", by Sophocles and Euripides. Elaborate, functional, bearing the mark of good taste and a perfect understanding and collaboration with the directors, the sets designed by Cristian Rusu were appreciated by critics for their originality and surprising ability to "speak" about one era or another, while still maintaining a modern air in perfect harmony with the text and its message.

(Presentation by Eugen Ţugulea)

Artistic sheet – Oradea State Theatre

• Set design for Plautus's PSEUDOLUS, 1997, directed by Tudor Chirilă
• Set design for THE DISASTER by ILCaragiale, 1997, directed by Radu Ghiţulescu
• Set design for DOCTOR WITHOUT WILL by Molière, 1998, directed by Radu Ghiţulescu
• Scenography for IF LOVE IS NOT... by Elena Preda and Eugen Ţugulea based on the novel by Marin Preda, 1998, dir. Eugen Ţugulea
• Sets and Costumes for ELECTRA after Sophocles and Euripides, 2004, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu