•          Name: Oliver Merce
  •          Date of birth: 28 februarie 1977
  •          Residence: Timisoara, România
  •          Studies: Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov

 

 

 

 

 

Awards:

Books:

  • Act of Faith (2024)
  • Dogs (zine – 2022)
  • Juju (zine – 2022)
  • For You (2019)
  • The Anatomy of Decay (2016)
  • 5 Years of Shooting Street Photography (2017)

Personal exhibitions:

  • “Street View” – Timisoara, 2014;
  • “Urban Vision” – Iasi, 2014;
  • “Juju”- Timisoara, 2015;
  • “Orasul Nou” – Sequences Photography Festival, Ploiesti, 2015;
  • “Orasul Nou” – Versus dar impreuna, Negresti Oas, 2015;
  • “Crivina” – In/Out Transylvania Photo Festival – photo projection – Cluj Napoca, 2016;
  • “Crivina” – Versus dar impreuna, Negresti Oas, 2016;
  • “The Anatomy of Decay” – Timisoara, 2017;
  • “The Anatomy of Decay” – FotoArtFestival, Bielsko – Biala (Poland), 2017;
  • “Low Season” – Versus dar impreuna, Negresti Oas, 2017;
  • “Memento Mori”- Versus dar impreuna, Negresti Oas, 2018;
  • “For You” – Timisoara, 2019;
  • “For You” – Fotopia Collective Festival, Cluj Napoca, 2019;

Split exibitions:

  • “Analog vs. Digital” – Timisoara, 2016;
  • “Praga” – Timisoara, 2018;
  • “Dialoguri” – Versus dar impreuna, Negresti Oas, 2019;
  • “Dialoguri” – Timisoara, 2020;

Group exhibitions:

  • “Ziua Fotografiei de Strada” – Bucharest, 2013;
  • “Secvențe urbane” – Photo Romania Festival, Cluj Napoca, 2014;
  • “Contraste” – Bucharest Photo Week, 2014;
  • “Secvențe clujene” – Photo Romania Festival, Cluj Napoca, 2015;
  • “Argentik II” – Photo Romania Festival, Cluj Napoca 2015;
  • “Oitzarisme 2014″ – Sequences Photography Festival, Ploiesti, 2015;
  • “Oitzarisme 2015″ – Bucharest, 2016;
  • “Street Visions” – Bucharest Photo Week, 2016;
  • “5 O’ Street” – Bucharest Photo Week, 2016;
  • “Memento Mori” – Timisoara, 2018;
  • “Memento Mori” – Bucharest, 2019;
  • “Memento Mori” – Baia Mare, 2019;
  • “Street Art Photo” – Bialystok Interphoto Festival, Poland, 2021
  • “Les Balkannes – Urban Youth”, Paris, 2023
  • (With)in or (with)out Borders and Boundaries, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), 2023

Interviews and appearances in various publications:

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