Claudiu Guraliuc

Cluj-Napoca

Here’s a stronger version, a bit more mature and less “platform bio” generic, while keeping the prestige and clarity: Claudiu Guraliuc is a fine art photographer and educator based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Self-taught and deeply influenced by the visual language of the Old Masters, his work brings the discipline of Renaissance and Baroque painting into contemporary photographic practice. Working almost exclusively in controlled studio environments, Guraliuc constructs images with the precision of a painter: sculptural chiaroscuro, carefully staged gestures, symbolic compositions, and a strong sense of theatrical presence. His photographs are not documentary portraits, but visual allegories — intimate, psychological, and often rooted in myth, sacred imagery, or the fragile relationship between the visible self and the inner life. His neo-pictorialist approach uses photography not as a tool for recording reality, but as a medium for transforming it. Through light, texture, posture, and silence, Guraliuc creates images that speak about identity, vulnerability, desire, memory, and introspection. His work invites the viewer into a slower kind of looking: one shaped by beauty, tension, and emotional depth, where the human figure becomes both subject and symbol. A shorter version for platforms with limited space: Claudiu Guraliuc is a self-taught fine art photographer and educator from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, whose work translates the visual discipline of Renaissance and Baroque painting into contemporary photography. Using chiaroscuro lighting, painterly composition, symbolic staging, and a controlled studio process, Guraliuc creates neo-pictorialist images that exist between portraiture, allegory, and psychological introspection. His photographs explore identity, vulnerability, memory, and the fragile relationship between the visible self and the inner life. Rather than simply documenting reality, his work seeks to transform it into a space of contemplation, emotional tension, and enduring visual resonance.

Claudiu Guraliuc ARTWORKS

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Invisible Tempest

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LIke Father like Son

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Pieta

Claudiu Guraliuc EXHIBITIONS

2023 – Personal Exhibit “Transcending Time” / Dia Xronis Gallery – Tinos, Greece
2023 – Personal Exhibit / Lovestruck Festival – Arcub – Bucharest, Romania
2023 – Personal Exhibit – Photo România Festival / Casino Centrul de Cultura Urbana – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2022 – Personal Exhibit / Cluj Museum of Art – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2022 – Personal Exhibit / Brukenthal National Museum – Sibiu, Romania
2024 – Sibiu Contemporary Art Festival / Casa Ursulinelor – Sibiu, Romania
2024 – Ad Hoc Fine Art Gallery / Mamaison – Budapest, Hungary
2023 – Bali Art Week / Superlative Gallery – Bali, Indonesia
2023 – Art Packs, Casa Nua Grand Opening Exhibit / Casa Nua – Sao Paolo, Brazil
2023 – 30 Campos Eliseos – Digital Enlightenment Exhibition / Thompson Hotel – Madrid, Spain
2023 – Sibiu Contemporary Art Festival / Brukenthal National Museum – Sibiu, Romania
2022 – Royal House of Medici Rennaissance 3.0 / Miami Art Week – Miami, United States
2022 – World Masters of Photography / Lik Gallerie – Vienna, Austria
2022 – International Competa Photo Days / Malaga – Malaga, Spain
2021 – Sibiu International Contemporary Art Festival / Museum of Contemporary Art – Sibiu, Romania
2021 – Lens Vision / Bengal Institute of Photography – Kolkata, India

Awards

2025

WPE – International Photographers Awards- First Place Gold Award – Groups and Family- Paris, France
2024

Romanian Visual Awards – Nominated- Bucharest, Romania
2024

Laudamus Award for sacred art – First Prize – 25000 GBP grant- London, United Kingdom
2023

Federation of European Professional Photographers- European Bronze Camera Award in Fine Art- Amsterdam, Netherlands
2023

European Futures Photography – Nominated- Cluj Napoca, Romania
2023

WPE World Cup (first half 2023)- 1st place and Gold Award in Fine Art Nude- Paris, France
2023

Prix de la Photographie Paris – Nominated- Paris, France
2023

HIPA International Photo Contest – Nominated- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2023

Varadinum Int`l Photography salon- IAAP Gold- Oradea, Romania
2022

International Master Photography Awards- MPA Portrait Photographer of the Year 2021- London, United Kingdom
2022

International Master Photography Awards- MPA Fine Art Photographer of the Year 2021- London, United Kingdom
2022

International Master Photography Awards- International Master Photographer of the Year 2021- London, United Kingdom
2022

International Color Awards – Nominated- Los Angeles, United States
2022

Trierenberg Super Circuit- Gold Medal, Portrait Special Theme- Vienna, Austria
2022

World Masters of Photography Award (WMPO)- Silver Trophy winner- Vienna, Austria
2022

Grand Romanian Circuit, Spring 2022 – 2x FIAP Gold Medals- Oradea, Romania
2022

Romanian Photoclub of the Year – Best individual author- Bucharest, Romania
2022

Prix de la Photographie Paris – Nominated- Paris, France
2022

European Professional Photographer of the Year – Nominated- Rome, Italy
2022

WPE World Cup (second half 2022) – 1st place and Gold Award in Fine Art Nude- Paris, France
2021

Master Photography Awards Gala- Fine Art Photographer of the Year Award- Birmingham, United Kingdom

Claudiu Guraliuc

Country:

Romania

Age:

49

Website:

https://www.claudiuguraliuc.com/

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